Ahoy.. we have arrived! It is now time to recover from jet lag, organize the VBS classrooms, re-aquaint with our Slovak friends and look forward to the arrival of 350 students on Monday morning!
Our trip over can best be describe as… long, but, in all, uneventful. Highlights were a last cup of “good” Minnesota Java at the Minneapolis airport watching Pastor Hogenson and Diane Erickson give us their best impression “hamsters in a wire wheel” at the Amsterdam airport, and a dangerous moving sidewalk which tripped Joanie Johnson, inflicting a “boxer-style” laceration above her right eye. A few wet-wipes and band-aid were applied, and she was good to go.
From Amsterdan we ha d 1 ½ hour flight to Vienna, arriving in Vienna minus only one piece of luggage! However, when attempting to load our luggage on to the bus and van that were there to get us to Martin, we realized that it may have been to our advantage to lose a few more!! Try as we might, we were unable to get all of our gear into the provided transportation. A meeting of the minds decided that a taxi would be hired to get the “excess bagge” to another location to be picked up later by a Bible School employee who would make the 8 hour trip from Martin to Vienna and back so that we could have our jammies in time for bed! Slovak hospitality in the truest sense!
Our trip over can best be describe as… long, but, in all, uneventful. Highlights were a last cup of “good” Minnesota Java at the Minneapolis airport watching Pastor Hogenson and Diane Erickson give us their best impression “hamsters in a wire wheel” at the Amsterdam airport, and a dangerous moving sidewalk which tripped Joanie Johnson, inflicting a “boxer-style” laceration above her right eye. A few wet-wipes and band-aid were applied, and she was good to go.
From Amsterdan we ha d 1 ½ hour flight to Vienna, arriving in Vienna minus only one piece of luggage! However, when attempting to load our luggage on to the bus and van that were there to get us to Martin, we realized that it may have been to our advantage to lose a few more!! Try as we might, we were unable to get all of our gear into the provided transportation. A meeting of the minds decided that a taxi would be hired to get the “excess bagge” to another location to be picked up later by a Bible School employee who would make the 8 hour trip from Martin to Vienna and back so that we could have our jammies in time for bed! Slovak hospitality in the truest sense!
Today we awakened to a sunny and 72 degree day. We can only hope that it will continue for the duration of our stay! Pastor Jan Hrobon assures us that he has “highest connections,” so he will see what he can do about the continuation of this perfect weather.
The Martin Bible School campus was a busy place today. VBS teachers readied their rooms and lessons. The parish hall was cleaned up and made ready for VBS opening, lunch was prepared in the dormitory cafeteria for all of us hard working folks, lost luggage was found and delived, ATM’s were located, downtown was explored, and three weddings took place at the church. Whew!!
Tonight will most likely find us enjoying dinner at the hotel or downtown and retiring early as tomorrow is another full day, and a day closer to the start of VBS 2008!
The Martin Bible School campus was a busy place today. VBS teachers readied their rooms and lessons. The parish hall was cleaned up and made ready for VBS opening, lunch was prepared in the dormitory cafeteria for all of us hard working folks, lost luggage was found and delived, ATM’s were located, downtown was explored, and three weddings took place at the church. Whew!!
Tonight will most likely find us enjoying dinner at the hotel or downtown and retiring early as tomorrow is another full day, and a day closer to the start of VBS 2008!
Nancy Olker and Sue Sohrweide
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