Well, this is our travel day! Up especially early, we are at Lyn & Joy's by 5:50 to catch the big bus back to Panama City... Tearful goodbyes to Holly and Josh, who will stay behind... Lyn, Joy, Ben and our translators are making the trip with us...
7 hour bus trip, broken up by a lunch stop in Santiago... we ate at KFC!
We arrive in Panama City at 2:50 (made really good time), and went straight to the Panama Canal to do the tourist thing... there is a very nice visitor center at the Miraflores Locks, and we took full advantage! It was a very impressive sight to watch as a huge ship made its way from one end of the locks to the other... very cool!
Afterwards, we boarded the bus and stopped at a souvenir stand about the size of a large flea market... most of us bought our Panama souvenirs here, and got some really good deals!
Then on the hotel CentroAmericana where we would spend our final night in Panama before boarding the plane for home... We ate at a nice restaurant adjacent to the hotel, then retired for a short night's sleep (need to leave the hotel by 6 to get to the airport in time).
This trip was absolutely incredible! I have been blessed with the opportunity to travel to foreign mission points several times over the past decade, and I am more excited about the possibilities here in Panama than any others I have been involved with...
On a selfish note, I thank God for providing this opportunity for my family! And we are forever grateful to the Riverside Church of Christ for their support, without which it would not have happened!
My cup is so full.
Blessings!
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