The eagles have landed, and by eagles I mean 20 bright, lime green, bleery-eyed, hungry yet excited eagles. Gathering at dawn (literally) at the Columbus airport, we (the McCurdy mission team), were pleasantly surprised to have Pastor Jeff and Beth there to pray and see us off. With a minor hour and a half delay in Dallas, the plane was finally cleared to fly "safely and legally," much to our relief!
We took the Albuquerque IHOP by storm and aren't sure if we left food for anyone else! With our stomachs full of carbs and our spirits high, we were on our way to McCurdy!
Greeting us with a huge smile was the amazing Vicky, McCurdy's Assistant Director of Church Relations. Brimming with energy and quick one-liners, Vicky immediately made us feel welcome at McCurdy. During our orientation, she filled us in on all the vandalism that occurred over the summer and how much money these simple, sad acts cost. As strong and resilient as she is, she let us know that for a moment she honestly didn't know how they would go on. And then...at that exact moment, more volunteers came rolling in in their big RVs. In her words, "It was literally like watching the calvary roll in!" Her spirit renewed, she said she remembered why she does this and the volunteers renew her spirit every Sunday.
In a mere hour Vicky inspired and motivated us. She made us laugh, almost cry and pointed out that God put us here for a reason and we should embrace it! Seriously, she was like a New Mexican Beth Moore! We had about reached our point of exhaustion and wouldn't you know, when we went outside for our tour, it rained? (This was a rare occurence lately.) We witnessed one of God's beauties, a huge, full rainbow! Who says God's signs are hard to read? :) With one simple, powerful symbol, we knew we were here.
With a new pep in our step, we tackled WalMart for supplies and had the most amazing food at Angelina's. Many of us were introduced to Sopapaillas for the first time and our lives will never be the same! So good!
Throughout the entire day we were a large group of lime green shirts, a walking billboard if you will. We met other Christians, talked about their missions, had others stop and thank us and took time to thank the many military we saw. Would it have been this powerful if we wore our regular clothes? Aren't we supposed to be like this everyday? What would the world look like if we all wore bright, lime green shirts?
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