Well,
Bethany and her Mom, Pam spent the night with us last night (and Melody
did too) and we just left the girls at the airport, all checked in and
on their way to their boarding gate!! Their plane leaves Memphis at
10:42 AM and goes to Chicago for a 5 hour layover. David is planning on
meeting up with them at the airport and having lunch with them. Then
they're on to London and then to Paris.
Someone from the Abbey (school) will meet
them at the airport in Paris and they (hopefully several will arrive at
similar times) will ride a train for several miles where a van from the
Abbey will meet them to take them the rest of the way. Pontlevoy,
France is just a small village where the
Abbey is located, 1 and 1/2 hours southwest of Paris. The village is so
small it isn't even on a map of just France that my neighbor got for
me. However, they do have a mayor and the whole town turns out for a
big celebration when all the students arrive for each semester.
Actually, Heather's group (of 50 total, 15 from Southern Miss and the
rest from several other schools) will only be the 3rd group to attend
there since Southern Miss bought this property.
Heather requested that I make our famous
Mid-Night Kisses, to take a small can of them to her host family that
she will visit with, eat with some, etc. We tucked the recipe inside
the box so that should be very interesting for them.
Pray that all will go well with flight connections, etc. I'm looking forward to sleeping in in the morning!!!
