Thursday Update

Just a word of assurance to parents who are concerned by all the blog entries about sickness. We still aren't sure what caused the upset stomachs... it doesn't seem like it was reaction to the sun, since it affected some who were not badly sunburned at all. We're suspecting that some sort of 24-hour "bug" started with one person and got passed around the group.

The good news is that everyone seems to be bouncing back. Most of the group was eager to be working on fences, caring for horses, and even riding horses in the arena yesterday. The memories of being sick are still vivid, though, and show up in a lot of yesterday's blog entries.

There are a lot of great photos still in the kids' cameras. Tonight I will try to get them all to share their memory cards with me so that I can upload the rest of the photos to the gallery (www.kodakgallery.com/bbruneau). When you view that gallery, you can download or order reprints of any of the photos.

Tonight in our devotions, we will continue to ask the kids to reflect on what they've learned or how they've changed in the last two weeks. I look forward to sharing some of their comments with you.

Depending on our schedule for Friday morning, I will try to post one more set of entries. Any that don't get posted on Friday morning will be posted on Saturday after we arrive home.

Thanks to all the parents and friends who posted comments. Please continue to do so, as I'm sure the students will come back to this blog to read it after they get home.

It has been a tremendous privilege to get to know each of these travelers as we have laughed and worked, suffered and celebrated together. They have all enriched my life and my ministry in more ways than I can even count right now.

Pastor Barbara