Eden
This is my beautiful neice,
Eden Marie Storer.
Daughter of Troy and La Rae Storer
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Thursday, August 11, 2005
He said, "welcome home."
So Monday the 8th we left Beijing, China and flew to Tokyo and then from Tokyo to Portland, Oregon. I think we left China around 8:30 AM and we landed in Portland about 8:45 AM. (Those numbers may be off by a couple hours, but nothing too significant.) So it was really crazy... we traveled backwards through time! cool! We had to go through customs, so that meant filling out a card, getting out luggage, passing a couple guards (who could have checked our bags, but didn't) and then we handed our cards to one last guard and when I handed it to him I was officially in America! As he reached to take the card, he said, "welcome home." I grinned from ear to ear. Home. I'm home. After 11 weeks of traveling in Thailand, Laos, and China, I was finally home. We had one more jump from there to Minneapolis, and then I said goodbye to Dr. Larson, Dr. Baker, Sarah, and Bekah, and Bethany and I went with Bethany's parents.
I spent the night there and then the next day after a relaxed start, Bethany and her parents took me to Grand Forks. I met up with Troy and spent the night there. The next day, (Wednesday) I worked with Troy and David, (Troy's father-in-law) putting some things (a highly specialized technical word) in a gym floor to support volleyball poles. Today (Thursday) I helped them again... this time building a wall and starting to put up a wall in a part of the school staircase. Then when we came home my parents and sister were home (yay!) Everyone is doing well, and I would like to give some more details, about my time in China, but the next few days I will be with my family, and I don't know how much time I will have for blogging or email. I will try get caught up with all of that (I haven't even tried yet) as soon as possible. Thank you my dear friends for your patience.
-Luke
I spent the night there and then the next day after a relaxed start, Bethany and her parents took me to Grand Forks. I met up with Troy and spent the night there. The next day, (Wednesday) I worked with Troy and David, (Troy's father-in-law) putting some things (a highly specialized technical word) in a gym floor to support volleyball poles. Today (Thursday) I helped them again... this time building a wall and starting to put up a wall in a part of the school staircase. Then when we came home my parents and sister were home (yay!) Everyone is doing well, and I would like to give some more details, about my time in China, but the next few days I will be with my family, and I don't know how much time I will have for blogging or email. I will try get caught up with all of that (I haven't even tried yet) as soon as possible. Thank you my dear friends for your patience.
-Luke
