Day 1

Good evening! Long day. A long lunch made it so...but it was a needed break and we made it in good time after that. The kids are in good spirits, although the road has them weary. Fun to see a group this size (biggest SummitServe ever) start to bond. Greasy burgers, silly songs, and a whole lot of unknown will do that. Our older kids are leading already and the younger starting to loosen up. Gonna be a lot of fun this week. 

We drove up Big Thompson Canyon on the way, site of some of the most dramatic flooding last fall. It was sobering to see familiar spots wrecked or gone, to see what was a narrow river channel changes and flattened in spots. Boarded up homes, some in ruins, and some rebuilt with thank you signs posted for the world to see. It is a honor to come here and to serve this community, and I was most struck by the number of crosses I saw in yards as we came up canyon. Good reminder of where our help and our hope comes from...

Thanks for reading. See you tomorrow...