It Begins...

May 23rd, 2013 12:00pm

Nervous- Do I have everything? What if something goes wrong? Will we have a profitable ministry? Excited- I can't believe it's finally here! These next few hours are going to take forever. When will our plane finally leave?

Our entire team in the Springfield Airport- Strapped in and Ready to Go!

All these thoughts and more swirled through my head as my team and I said goodbye to family and friends in the Springfield Airport. A quick photo op and we were headed through security and to our gate. After what seemed like forever we got on a quick flight to Atlanta. From Atlanta we took about a 10 hour flight to Madrid, Spain- with two people getting very sick on the way over, the flight in itself was an adventure. Let's just say airsickness was not part of the plan. Once in Spain it took an airport train, two buses, and a 45 minute Taxi ride through mountainous switchbacks to finally arrive in St. Jean Pied de Port.

St. Jean is a small town in the south of France, which acts as the start of the Camino Del Santiago. Filled with shops, restaurants, and albergues, St. Jean caters to the flood of pilgrims who begin their journey here. We had one day to explore the town and acclimate before we set off on our first day of trekking. Below are some pictures of our exploration of the town.

Picturesque St. Jean

Lunch...and yes that's a whole egg on my pizza!

St. Jean's beautiful Medieval church- We saw hundreds of these small town parishes.

 

An ancient key to the church in the picture above, that still worked!