Greetings

Greetings all. We have had a good first few days of preparation. We had some good team building activities as well as bible study. We have been preparing our minds and bodies for this wonderful journey God is going to be leading us on. We left New Wilmington at 4am for JFK. We then flew out at 4pm. We traveled northward passing the north pole and down though Russia, Mongolia, and China. The flight took 17 hours and we landed in Hong Kong at 7pm Monday night. Being my first time flying I was nervous but thanks to the guidance of my fellow team members I was able to have a fun first very long flight. The view from the plane was amazing, especially over the ice of northern Canada and the Artic Circle. We are waiting for our next flight to Bangkok. Sharing our stories and devotionales while we wait. We are very excited to get to Thailand and catch up on sleep, and then begin our orientation. Please continue to pray for us as we work on our Thai and try to get accustomed to the time change and our new surroundings. Eric Juengel, Summer Service 2012