So, travel day:
1. a lovely send off from Rick at the church with a passage from the work of Oscar Romero (look him up on wiki!) : "We cannot do everything and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for God's grace to enter and do the rest. We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker. We are workers, not master builders, ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own."
2. From Lehigh Valley Airport to Atlanta to Gulfport Mississippi
3. A shore drive to Camp Coast Care... oh, wait... the train has stopped...
so... I had a little fun before we turned around to find a different route...
but we are here now and lights are out... so time for bed!
tune in tomorrow for the personalized update on the situation on the ground...
goodnight
Elizabeth
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Here is an e-mail from our pilgrims traveling together in Seattle and Oregon - received July 21st.
Dear Friends, Family, and other Godly Folk,
On the first day, God created Earth. In that same fashion, we created our foundation for our Pilgrimage. As Pilgrims, we had to search out sources for nourishment in the Southside of Bethlehem. We split up into groups and went to McDonalds and the grocery store and Dunkin Donuts. Then we stayed overnight at the Cathedral and left for Newark International Airport around 3:40 am. We’re thankful for Tom Kolepp, Meg Seltzer, Carol Yale, and Judy Doell who all drove us to the airport at O’Dark 30.
We got to the airport, found more food at various fast food stops by the terminal, and loaded the plane. The 6 hour flight took off at 7:05AM, and the scenery as we flew was phenomenal. As we were landing, we saw a beautiful Mt. Rainier and the foggy but whoa-enticing terrain of Seattle. At first we thought it was going to be damp and dreary, but it ended up turning into a beautiful day with gorgeous sunny weather. Thursday we learned the ins and outs of the wonderful Metro system and got settled into into our home base at Crossroads. (the Episcopal & Lutheran ministry house on campus)
Then we explored Seattle and ate a wonderful Mediterranean meal. We woke up the next morning; we had a Jewish breakfast and then a tour of the campus led by Brian’s uncle, “Biff.” Uncle Biff is a just recently retired professor at UW in anthropology and religious studies. (pronounced U-Dubb, for University of Washington) We had a wonderful talk with him about the culture of Seattle. We also pondered the three things that all religions mutually deal with: suffering, bafflement and order. You should ponder this also.
Then we split-up, yet again, to go to Starbucks then to Trader Joe’s or University of Washington’s Book Store , where the very fashionable Marirose bought a black campus ‘hoodie’. Then, we ventured back to our temporary home at the Covenant House located on the U of W campus, in the midst of the noisy but exciting University fraternity houses. When we got there we took some time to rest because most of us were a bit jetlagged from the 3 hour time change.
That night, we went to a Jewish service at the Temple Beth Am near downtown Seattle. It was very interesting and fascinating to compare their worship to ours. The Hebrew baffled us but we tried our hardest to stay on top of the messages. The service was great and the people were so open and friendly and spoke with us after the service and as we shared the Challa bread.
After this service, we took a bus or two into downtown Seattle, perhaps the most exciting part of our trip so far. We planned to eat on the beach while those of us courageous enough took a dip in the 54 degrees ocean, but the bus never showed, so instead we ate on tables outside of a city market out of the cooler we had lugged along, though we were going to eat in a park which was apparently “closed”. We eat the delicious potato salad, as well as, the chicken salad. Then we walked down the street to a bus station, which appeared active, yet like other buses, turned up with an extremely crowed bus. Then, after sometime, another bus came that was heading toward our neighborhood and was not too crowed, so we stayed on, for what seemed like an eternity with our tired minds and bodies, until we reached the ever homely 17th street. (Its about the journey, not the destination!)
Now today, we are going to go to SeaFair, Bon Odori Japanese Buddhist and Bite of Seattle festivals, as well as the Farmer’s Market and Pike Fish Market. Tonight, we are going to an Emergent Church to experience more of a modernized coffee house church environment. Then, off to bed. We are having tons of oodles of fun experiencing all of the fascinating and exciting things that there are to do and see here in Seattle and will keep sharing these adventures with you as we move through our pilgrimage.
With love and prayer,
The PILGRIMS
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