One neat aspect of this trip was the tangible guardian support for us and the kids while on the trip. Some of you sent positive comments via text, or email, or commented on the site. Others sent those words of encouragement through your kids.
I'm sure I'll forget someone significant, but offhand two families stand out for their contributions. The first is Andrew's mom, who took the time to home-bake dozens of cookies and prepackaged bags of homemade chex mix for everybody. At first, it seemed we'd neglected to properly appreciate the gift, as we forgot to dispense on the bus traveling east. But in retrospect, that meant we had nourishment and connections to home just when we most needed them. We handed out the cookies on Thursday, soon after resolving the wallet-stolen-by-Holocaust-Museum-employee ordeal. It was the perfect time for comfort food! And the chex mix may have prevented a student mutiny when they'd walked for several hours in and out, around and back-around, the 4th of July security fences as we toured the memorials around the reflecting pool. The kids were quite rightly hungry, hot and tired, and they needed to walk another few blocks for lunch. Just then we whipped out the chex mix and that gave them the needed fuel to keep going. Kathy, thanks very much from each of us!
The other guardian support that comes to mind offhand is samuel's parents, who sent along enough ponchos for all of us. Boy did we end up needing them. Once I get caught up on uploading pics and vids, you'll see just what I mean.
Till next time...
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