Climbers are summitting

As I write this our group of Kilimanjaro climbers are making their ascent to the highest peak in Africa. They started out at 6PM tonight, Friday (1:00AM Saturday their time). It should take them approximately 6 hours to reach the summit (1:00AM Saturday in Atlanta), and they will hopefully see the sunrise. Catherine and Abby's youngest sister, Liza, was fortuante to talk briefly (the call was lost) on Thursday to Catherine to find out they could see their breath inside their tent and they were very cold. I personally thank everyone for praying for the climbers since 2 of my 3 daughters are partaking in this adventure. Liza found this verse which she wishes the group could see to encourage them as they climb. Their climb will consist of 13 hours for Saturday alone. Romans 5: 4-5, "we also rejoice in our sufferings, becuase we know that suffering produces perseverance, character and hope. And hope does not disapoint us, becuase God has poured out his love into our hears by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us."

The blessings of giving and serving

What a total joy to wake up to all of your updates this morning! A million thanks for writing.....It allows us to "walk" this journey with you. Your descriptions of how the African people have sacrificially served you meals and snacks out of the little that they have is so humbling and convicting. The spontaneous and unconditional love they exhibit is such an example for all of us. What a gift for all of you to be able to step out of our materialistic, self centered society of abundance and be immersed in the simplified, unhurried pace of life that the Africans lead. All of you are living out the meaning of Acts 20:35: "It is more blessed to give than to receive." All of us, along with you, are being challenged, motivated, inspired and blessed by your experiences on this trip. We are all praying for each of you continually! God bless you!!!!
Lots of Love,
David and Beth

A message from Habbakuk

" THE SOVEREIGN LORD IS MY STRENGTH; HE MAKES MY FEET LIKE THE FEET OF DEER, HE ENABLES ME TO GO ON THE HEIGHTS". Chapter 3,Verse 19.

Our prayers are with you all as part of you ascend the Mountain, and the rest enjoy you safari. May our Lord watch over and protect you. May He give each of you "feet like a deer" as you go.

DAY 8 - July 23, 2007

Last breakfast in Lego...
Left lego and drove on the bus a couple of hours back to Arusha. Stopped in Arusha for lunch at Indian restaurant. Came back to hostel and the group is about to split. Kili folks had a couple of hours before they leave for their hotel and will start hiking in the morning.... Join us in praying for them...

- Christy & Stephanie

DAY 7 - July 22, 2007

Today was a day filled with reflection. Our Sunday morning prayer and worship service started with a challenge by Randy and Papa Deo for us to examine our lives and see how we were spending our time and what we were giving attention to. Papa Deo spoke how the closer we are to material possessions the farther we are from God. Here in Africa it is easy to see the simplicity of life. We don’t need all the modern conveniences we rely on daily (although Papa Deo does have and often uses his cell phone J) when we asked what time sunrise was we were told “no time, its whenever the sun comes up”. We will miss the simplicity of Legho village, expect for the bathrooms or lack there of.

After worship we began our hour and a half hike up the mountain to view a magnificent waterfall. The hike was difficult at times, but well worth the challenge. Our pictures could never do it justice, but that’s going to be true of this entire experience. After some fresh roasted peanuts and a coca-cola (the villagers are so generous) we began our decent back down the mountain. We then had the pleasure of spending more time with each other including YL staff from Dar Selam and Arusha. We had an evening worship on the mountain looking out toward Kilimanjaro. After several worship songs and prayers the clouds parted giving us our first sighting of the mountain since flying over (next to) at 16,000 feet last Saturday. We ended the evening singing in Swahili and dancing together. Evan Carter pointed out how this was a glimpse of how we will all worship together in heaven as one body of Christ!

Tonight is our last night in Legho and the goodbyes are sure to be difficult. Papa Deo thanked the guys for not killing the roosters that has been their wake up call at 3:45 every morning.

Those hiking Kilimanjaro leave tomorrow for their last night of rest before they begin their trek up the mountain on Tuesday. Please pray for their safety.

Musi kuwema (Good night)

– Stephanie Naglich & Christy Buchanan

DAY 6 - July 21, 2007

Thank you all so much for your continual prayers. God has definitely been answering your prayers by protecting us and showing himself through the people here in Tanzania. A portion of the support money raised paid for all the supplies and construction for the first medical clinic here in Legho. Today we worked as a team to help lay some bricks and mortar. We are so excited to be a part of this project, as one of the rooms will be designated for labor and delivery brining many new lives into this world. In addition to the manual labor on the clinic we visited the village school. We had hundreds of crayons, markers, coloring books and stuffed animals to give to the children. It was awesome to see all the little faces lined up in front of the school patiently waiting to see what we had for them. In the early evening we went out to the top of the mountain to spend some time in awe of God’s amazing handiwork. Papa Deo shared how his vision for the mountain and his home was for it to be a retreat for followers of Christ. He’s been praying for over 20 years and YL Northwest Atlanta is the first group ever to begin bringing this vision to fruition. Please as you pray tonight pray that God would continue to bless Papa Deo, Momma Irene and their family.

Christine, Momma Irene and Hilda all shared a fun experience of ants in the pants. Our room kept the entire house awake with the sound of uncontrolled laughter for the next 30 minutes. I hope we never forget the spirit we all expierenced in laughter here in Africa.

– Christy Buchanan & Stephanie Naglich

DAY 5 - Friday, July 20, 2007

Singing on the mountain

Today was full of surprises some fun and others less pleasant. Beginning with an extra hour of sleep followed by Gina’s special treat of somosas (chicken and cheese filled pastries) and then an unexpected stop at a “convenience store” on our way to Legos Village in Moshi, where Matt Hawkins graciously bought us all cokes. Please keep in mind each cost 350 shillings, which is about 30 cents! But, you wouldn’t believe how delicious a passion fruit Fanta is!!! The next surprise was being told we were all to get off the van with our luggage and must walk the rest of the way. This was NO joke, TIA (This Is Africa)! We are literally in the bush of Tanzania and hiking, many of us in flip-flops, about 2 miles up hill (thanks for the heads up) was not among the fun surprises. Once we tirelessly reached the homestead of Papa Deo, Irene and his family we were graciously welcomed in true African fashion. After an amazing lunch, of rice and chicken, we didn’t have to venture far to find the most breath taking views that words can’t even describe. Looking over the mountainside toward Kilimanjaro we all sat down and sang a few praise songs. We were blown away by the magnitude of God’s creation. From the breath taking views of the lush vegetation to the coffee and banana trees we all spent most of the afternoon awestruck.

Dinner once again acceded all of our expectations! We are constantly amazed by all the love and care not to mention hard work that goes into preparing these meals. After dinner we once again all got together for praise and worship where we learned a new song in Swahili (Amazing). This morning Randy asked us to spend some time alone with God and listen to what it is that he is trying to teach us and what ways we can implement the changes that we are experiencing in our hearts when we return to Atlanta. Rory O’Day talked about how amazing it would be if we all loved the people in Atlanta the way that the children of Sokoni One loved us. What would it look like if we freely loved people based not on who they are, what they wear, where they live or what they do, but simply because they are people. Just think of all the people that you come into contact with daily. What would it look like if you loved them without knowing them?

We are off to bed excited about an early rise for a beautiful sunrise! ;)
Lala solama (Sleep well)

–Stephanie Naglich & Christy Buchanan

so humbled....

Thank you, Ashton and Evan for sharing your thoughts with us. I feel so close with all of you as I read your daily journies and pray for all of you. Ashton, I was in tears with you as your shared your goodbye with Irene. Each of you is such a blessing to the children...and who knows who we will all meet in heaven...maybe the little boy with the broken marbles...

DAY #4 - Part II

Swahili Bible

Irene

Flora and friend

Thursday, July 19 2007, 10:22 pm

Wow. Today was a big day. As Evan wrote, we had our last day in Sokoni One. Tonight’s time was amazing as we again went around the circle and everyone shared their highs and lows today. I’ll touch on a few. It was neat to hear how Ellie Mann had really bonded the last few days with a little guy and all week the two of them had played marbles. He would pull the marbles out of his pocket- so proud. The majority of the marbles were broken in halves or fourths, yet prized possessions of his. When it was time for Ellie to go, he reached in his pocket and pulled out the whole marble that he had, and gave it to Ellie. He wanted her to have it. She talked about how she was overcome with his generosity, giving her the best of what he had to offer. It was amazing to walk through the village, through all of the smells and trash everywhere, seeing how proud of their homes and their families these children are. We heard a lot tonight from our group about how incredible it was to be sitting there in a one bedroom house the size of a closet, holding hands with these African families, taking turns praying for their families as we went to the different houses. One person talked about how in one of the homes they visited, they looked up and there was a bible verse written in Swahili on the wall. Christin Hartsfield talked about looking through a Swahili bible and realizing just how big the God we serve is.

Alexis (Young Life staff Africa) shared one of his highs for the day. He talked about observing Flora Theden with this little baby boy that she had been holding. Flora was so concerned for him and took great care of him. He was hurt and his wound needed some attention. Flora took some alcohol and put it on his wound. We all know how alcohol stings, and as a result, I think it’s safe to say most babies cry. This baby didn’t. Why? Alexis proposed it was because this child felt loved loved- safe in the arms of Flora and maybe this child doesn’t always feel that love.

We knew it would be hard to say goodbye to these children, but I don’t think we knew quite how hard. Irene looked up at me today as I was hugging her and trying to pull away and she wouldn’t let go. She finally looked up at me with big eyes and said “Quesho?” (which means tomorrow) and I had to say no. I tried to “keep it together” but failed. For once, I didn’t care. I couldn’t help but wonder what would happen to Irene. What would the rest of her life look like? I have to have faith that she is God’s child; not just “my girl” for the week. What a blessing it was to be able to hug this precious child, pull her in close for the last time, and silently pray for her. Thanks y’all. Off to Lego!

by ASHTON THURMOND

Day #4 - Last day @ Sokoni One :(

Day 4:

Day 4! There is very little time to write unfortunately because we are borrowing the YL internet really quickly before dinner and we’re running a little late as it is. Today was a pretty difficult day of working again, mixing concrete by hand and pouring the foundation for the YoungLife club building for about six hours or so. We got the pleasure of having the local community work alongside us and it’s amazing to see how much work can be done when everyone the same language,After we came to a stopping point, we gathered all 100+ kids in a large circle, then distributed lots of crayons, coloring pencils, coloring book pages, candy and even Beanie Babies that were all donated and brought over here wit us. Words will not do it justice and I’m fairly certain that pictures won’t either. The looks on the children’s faces when they received their stuffed animal was like it was Christmas, smiles from ear to ear as they clinched their new treasure with all their might. Childlike screaming sounds of “asante sana” were muttering over and over as they all continued to thank us all. So, thank you all for all the donations that you sent over with us!

After that, we had the surprise of being given the tour of Sokoni One…behind the village walls, getting to see where lots of the YL kids live and go inside their houses, capturing a more accurate picture of their neighborhood. It was both difficult to see the living conditions and humbling to see how much they are able to live at home without.

Tomorrow morning we will be heading to Lego Village for three days to work on their local clinic that’s under construction. We have two huge duffle bags full of medical supplies that people donated from Atlanta that we will be bringing them and we’re told that will be a huge blessing since it’s so difficult for them to get decent medical supplies due to the high cost locally. Since we are headed to such a remote village, we will unfortunately not have internet to update the blog until early next week…so don’t worry, we’re still alive and well! Thank you all for your continued prayers, we can’t wait to share more stories and lots of pictures when we get a chance!!! God bless! ~ Evan

Day #3 - Better late than never...

Day 3:

Day 3! More chants last night from the church with the megaphones on the outside! Some of our crew has resorted to ear plugs. Smart move. More peanut butter and banana sandwiches and eggs for breakfast, some words of wisdom from Randy and a 45 minute quiet time before we were on our way back to Sokoni One. We had our usual warm welcome by our rafikis and then we got to work moving more big rocks for the foundation and then filling in the holes with dirt. We had our bowl of rice, beans, avocados, bananas, pineapple, spinach, and cucumbers for lunch prepared for us by the mamas of the village. We are still struggling with looking up at all of the kids lined up on the hill watching us as we eat, waiting for us to finish before they are able to be served. God, please grant (us) the serenity to accept the things which (we) cannot change! After lunch, a little concrete mixing 101 was held- that was comical. We then made an assembly line of buckets with the concrete mix and ultimately spread it on top of all of the rocks. We’re clocking in some long hours. We left around 5:00pm and then got to take a little tour into town and saw three schools where Young Life will hopefully get started pretty soon. At the third school, we got to get out of the bus, walk around and saw monkeys! We then went to see Alexis’ house/the Arusha Young Life office. He has a banana tree and an avocado tree in his backyard and we got to meet his two dogs. On our way back to the hostel, we were able to observe all of the hustle and bustle out on the streets. There are people everywhere! It is still so funny for all of us to see the African women walking down the street with these HUGE loads of stuff on top of their heads. I saw a lady today with a giant bucket of at least 100 tomatoes. No coordination/balance here whatsoever, so I am thoroughly impressed.

After dinner, (same as last night- noodles, carrots, green beans, cabbage, rice, and some type of stew, and pineapple) we came together again to sing, pray, recap and hear from Labon (the mossai warrior who is AWESOME by the way) who shared his life story with us--in English! He doesn’t wear the Mossai garb, but we have seen some other Mossais decked out walking around town. They have this red cloth/blanket that they wear over them and drape over their head and they always have this stick/staff/spear not sure what it is in their hand. It is really easy to pick them out! Apparently, the Mossais are pretty hard core! Sidenote: Labon did share with us that before he started to do Young Life, he worked on Kilimanjaro as part of the rescue crew so feeling good about the fact that he will be hiking kili with the kili crew.

It has been encouraging to hear everyone’s heart each night and their perspective on the day. Tonight, after the tremor we felt from the earthquake (yes, earthquake, but don’t worry we’re fine), we again talked about where we saw God today/where we see God working. Everyone has incredible insight. In particular, Hayward McEver had some neat words that he shared with the group tonight. He mentioned how Jesus tells us in Matthew 18:3 “Truly I tell you unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Hayward spoke about the refreshing ability of these children to trust us so freely and he related this to our personal relationship with Christ-- how it is hard to trust Christ like this with all the distractions life throws you as we get older. If only we could trust the Lord like these little children trust. What would our relationship with the Lord look like? This verse came alive today as Christ was evident in the faces of all of these children. Specifically, I think of Irene who has now had the same dress on for the last three days and is absolutely beautiful. She is timid and shy and loves to be tickled. I think of Douglas who tells us stories and knows so much about the history of Africa. His work ethic is admirable as he shoveled gravel all day long. He is also quick to share his faith with you and is not afraid to ask how your relationship with the Lord is going. I think of Sarah who was just dying for someone just to pick her up and hold her today and the joy she received from being given half of a crayon and a sheet from a coloring book. Our relationship with Christ SHOULD be as these children have demonstrated this trust to us—with an uninhibited faith.

Each day, the children run after the bus as we enter and leave Sokoni One. It is amazing to turn around, look out the window of the bus and see little people sprinting after us- full speed ahead. The imagery is beautiful if you think about it. Hayward said it best. The parallel between these precious kiddos running after us parallels our Heavenly Father, chasing after us with wild abandonment. Thank you Lord for opening our eyes and for creating this visible picture of your love for us! ~ Ashton

Learning to Blog

After much help from Mrs. Dick and Professor Geek, Im able to finally blog on. Ive enjoyed hearing about each of your days and am so excited about what God is doing in Africa through each and every one of you. Your lives will be different when you return. We all want to wish Hayward a Happy 27th Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HIs birthday is on the 20th and I want to make sure he gets this blog!!!!!! We love him and miss him and can't wait for his safe return. Every one of you is in our prayers for safety, strength, a hedge of protection against illness, and just sustained energy for the entire trip. We love you!!
Kim McEver

DAY #2

Reflections on the first night of sleep in Africa. After waking up at 3:00 am, forgetting where I was and throughougly confused as to why I was entrapped by a giant net (mosquito net), I was able to go back to sleep only to wake up to extremely loud chanting at 4:00 am by the Orthodox Christians at the church across the street from our hostel. Again, went back to sleep and then ready to go for breakfast (peanut butter and banana sandwich) and then hit the road to begin our day of work. We returned to Sonoki One Village where we spent a little time yesterday. It was amazing to see the greeting we received again today as our buses made their way back down the dirt road to the village. It makes me laugh so much to see a little African child scream and point “Muzungas!” (translation: white person) as we got into town. It was really neat to see some of our friends from yesterday come and run and jump into our arms. It is amazing to see how fast a relationship can form between an English speaking Muzunga from Atlanta, GA and a Swahili speaking five year old child from Arusha, Tanzania. The language barrier is frustrating, but we’re picking up some Swahili and the kids just laugh at our pronunciations- but I will give them props for being so patient with us! Most of us have learned a Swahili song that they sing at Young Life club here in Arusha. Our work today consisted of laying the first part of the foundation for a club room/community center (spreading dirt and moving big rocks).

Lunch was a special time as some of the mothers in the village prepared lunch for us. They prepared a bowl for each one of us with rice, pinto beans, spinach, avocado, pineapple, banana, and cucumbers all piled up together. The community and fellowship with one another was incredible. It was hard to process though as the mothers made the children sit up on the hill and wait for us to finish our lunch. As we would finish lunch and bring our bowls back up, they would distribute the food that was left in the pots and immediately put it back in the same bowls that we had just used without washing them for the children. It was hard not to feel guilty that we got to go first and that essentially these children were being given our leftovers. Randy gave some great encouraging words for us this morning and sitting here tonight and thinking back on our day, it was evident that the Lord was speaking through him this morning. He reminded us of the Serenity Prayer and just encouraged us to reflect on this during our time here in Africa. We definitely saw some tough things today in the village that none of us have ever seen before and it will take a good while to process these things. Tonight after dinner, we came together as a group and sang songs, gave our highs and lows of the day, prayed, and listened to Alexis (Arusha Young Life Staff) share some encouraging words. I can’t explain how incredible it was to be singing and looking around the room at how the Lord has brought us all together. It was indescribable to be worshipping sitting next to Lebon, one of the Arusha Young Life leaders who is a member of the Mossai tribe, singing "How Great is Our God"and to think how different he and I are from one another and yet we both have the priveledge to worship the same God. Thanks y'all.

How great is our God
Sing with me how great is our God,
and all will see
how great, how great is our God…

by ASHTON THURMOND

DAY #1

Jambo Rafikis! Translation: Hello friends. After 17 hours on a plane, a hour stop over in Rome, some interesting experiences with Ambien on the plane, and a hour bus ride from the airport to the hostel, we have finally arrived. We were met at the airport by Alexis and Gina- two Young Life staff members here in Africa. We had two buses and all of our luggage had to go on the roof so that was an experience getting the bags up there. We made our way to the hostel and unloaded our things. Our hostel has far surpassed any expectations that I had for African hostel standards! I guess I just remember some of those hostels in Europe. We had a snack in the dining room (crackers, peanuts, and popcorn, juice and water- so far so good) and then we got back on the buses and went took a little drive to one of the villages in town. I wasn’t really sure what to expect. This particular village is very poverty stricken – the poorest neighborhood in Tanzania. As we made our way down the bumpy dirt streets in these buses, probably a hundred little kids came running after the bus screaming Muzungus! They were screaming with joy and followed us all the way until the bus stopped. I have been on mission trips before and have seen the beautiful smiles of little children on these trips, but something about this was different. I was amazed at how they so freely jumped in our arms-complete strangers- just wanting to be loved. I was overcome with emotion, realizing that almost half of these children were orphans. I had one little guy that would not let go of my hand the whole time we were there in the village. It was pretty funny. He loved having his picture taken and then getting to see it on the digital camera. He would laugh and laugh upon seeing his picture! We came back to the hostel and had dinner and then by 8:30 most of our crew has hit the sack. Thank you for your prayers and for sharing this special time with us. Quesho! (Translation: Tomorrow!) - by ASHTON THURMOND

We're praying for all of you!

OK.....this is the first time I have ever "blogged"! It is Monday evening in Atlanta and there are so many who have thought about each of you and prayed for each of you many times since you left on Saturday. We pray that God will equip you, sustain you, lead you, energize you, comfort you, use you, mold you, protect you, transform you and assure you of HIS PRESENCE each step of this journey!! HE is the great I AM and is SO ABLE to provide your every need while you serve those in Africa! We pray that HE will bless the lives of those you serve and that HE will be glorified by all that you do! God bless each of you!!!! lots of love.....David and Beth

Safe Arrival

Cathy McLain has heard from her daughters today, Catherine and Abby. YEA!!! They assured her that all had arrived safely in Africa with ALL of the bags!! another YEA!!! It was a long flight with a stop in Rome for refueling. They also said the hostel they are staying in is nice with 2 to a room. Cathy wanted me to share this good news for all of us home folks.
Let's keep them in our prayers :)
Would love to hear and share more good words as we get them!
belle

"Never trust anyone over 50"

As a paraphrase of a famous rock singer from the 1960's, your technology- challenged and anxious parents are now discovering the joy of navigating the wonderful world of Blogs. While some of us are having more success than others at figuring this crazy software out, one thing is certain. As you get used to your new digs and new friends in the big T., we all love you, and are looking forward to hearing about your adventures in and around Deo's hometown at the base of Kili. Blessings from all of us!

A rainy Sunday at Lakemont

Belle and I are thinking about you guys heading over the Atlantic, a little tired and excitedly anticipating the next two weeks. You will be in our prayers on a constant basis. Give our love to Irene, Deo, Alexis and our other friends in T. You who are climbing Kili will be led by a wonderful young man , Gabrielle, who took us up two years ago. He has been up the mountain about 100 times,and has led many groups with folks aged from 14 to 75. So, no worries! Listen to what he asks. He knows his stuff! We pray for transformed lives , both there and within our group. Remember, Aslan is on the move.

Hotel Overnight in D.C.

We're together in D.C. tonight... It all begins tomorrow at 9:45am, when our plane leaves for Arusha... Keep us in your prayers... & stay tuned for more trip updates

It's game time!

So we leave in just a few hours. Like Christy said, I have no idea what I packed. All I do know is it was a sight trying to pick up my duffle bag while I was on the scale. I tipped over a few times. My bag started at 57 pounds but I think I got it down to 50. We'll see when we get to the airport! Those jars of peanut butter are heavy!There are so many thoughts running through my head right now. It's a weird feeling, knowing you're about to go to AFRICA- one that is hard to verbalize. I watched Africa slideshows last night from past trips and after repeatedly seeing the big innocent eyes of the orphans, that's all it took. I am now ready. The Lord reminded me this morning in Matthew 10:8 "Freely you have received, freely give." Thanks to all of you reading this who did just this and have agreed to partner with us on this exciting adventure to which God has called us. I will be honest and say that this week I have been a little intimidated leading up to this trip. Am I ready? But how soon God reminded me that He doesn't call the equipped, but He equips the called. Therefore, I firmly believe that He has called all 36 of us to this mission and He WILL equip us as He promises. Please pray that He equips us physically through safety and good health and that while being out of our comfort zone the Lord will speak to us in ways like none other before. Please pray thet He equips our eyes- that we would see the things we are about to see through His eyes. Please pray that He equips our heart- that He will prepare it for what we are about to experience.

We will finally get to Africa late Monday night/early Tuesday morning. We will be with the YL leaders over there, building relationships with them and assisting with their construction needs then later we will be working on the medical clinic. While over there, we will be doing a home stay with some of the leaders. We will pair up in groups of 2 or 3 and go and live with the leaders in their homes. It is one thing to see their homes and the difference between the homes in Africa and in the US, but living it alongside of them is going to be pretty powerful.

Stay tuned! Thanks for sharing in this time with us.

We are off

I can't wait!!!!!!!

Are we there yet?

Are we there yet? No Seriously are we there yet? I feel like i have waited my whole life for this trip. You know when you were little how the days leading up to Christmas seemed so long and then Christmas day seemed to only last a few minutes, and then when it's all said and done the anticipation of it all was actually better then the real deal? Luckily for us i know that the anticipation of this trip is going to pale in comparison to the actual experience. My heart is literally beating out of my chest just thinking about seeing those beautiful vibrant African children. I can not wait to hug the kids i have been dreaming about my whole life. I feel like across the pond is a piece of my heart that i'll finally be united with (if only for a short time).
I have no idea what i packed, but i pray that i have the Armor of God somewhere in that 49.9 lb duffel cause this trip is going to rock my world and i best be prepared.
Ephesians 6:10-20

Packing

Sucks! Still have about 10 things to buy before tomorrow night. Not sure how this is going to get done at this point. Oh yeah, and I am leaving my job for 2 weeks so have a bit to do before hand. Is everyone ready for this experience?! I'm getting really excited, this is going to be the trip of a lifetime for sure. Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!