We are on the road!

Good morning! 

We are on the road and I have to say thanks to all the families of our students because everyone was ON TIME this morning and loading buses went incredibly well! Thanks to our adult chaperones for stepping in to help check kids in and help put bags under the bus.

Thanks to Deacon Ray Larsen and Deacon Brad Kneeland for blessing our buses before we departed.

We are currently about to Bloomington and will be stopping for food soon. I’m on bus 15 and our bus driver, Sheri, is awesome! We made a quick stop at a as station and I challenged my kids to be done in 25 minutes or less and I would give them each $1 - they were back on the bus in 18 minutes. Guess I need to get some $1’s!!

Will try to update and go live once we hit Lucas Oil Stadium tonight you see FOR KING AND COUNTRY! 

Come, Holy Spirit!

Annie 

One Day More!!!!

If you know the musical “Les Miserables” you will understand this title and perhaps even sang a little bit when you read it.

Today is the day I start to get emotional about NCYC. Knowing we are just hours away from what I hope will be a life changing experience has me in tears at 7:04am!

Although I have lots of stuff to do today, I will make some time to pray in the chapel at Columbus and ask God to open our hearts to His presence this weekend. I will bring the list of teens and adult faith leaders with me so I can remember why I have worked so hard to make this trip happen - it is all for these teens! I will pray that they experience Christ in a totally new and unexpected way at NCYC. 

The road to Emmaus story comes to mind every time we prepare for NCYC. “Were not our hearts burning within us?” I think we are like those disciples on that road. We are on a journey. We will meet many people along the way. Will we know Jesus if He’s walking beside us? I think we will. I think our hearts will be burning - I know mine already is. 

I ask that you pray for our group and all teens and adults traveling to NCYC. We will be praying for you!

Come, Holy Spirit!

~Annie 

We are SO CLOSE!!

Holy cow it is crunch time!

NCYC is just over 2 weeks away and I am so excited! More than a year of work is almost done and soon we will be loading buses and heading to Indianapolis.

As you can imagine, there are still lots of details to take care of, so I’m very busy until we leave. If you need to contact me, email, text or message me on Remind. 

The goal is have all your goodie bags done by Monday the 11th. CHS kids listen to the announcements for pick up instructions. West kids, I’ll bring your bags to school some day next week. I’ll let you know what day!

If you go to East or CF, I’ll text you to make arrangements to get your stuff to you.

Remember to make getting to mass a priority the next few weekends. Also, make time for prayer! Our hearts need to be open to how God is calling us. This trip can change your faith life if you let it!

Go to: www.ncyc.info and click the  “schedule” tab to start looking at workshops. If you can make a plan ahead of time - it will help you be less overwhelmed.

I cannot wait to share this experience with you all! NCYC is the BEST part of my job and I can’t wait for us to be Blessed, Broken and Given.

Peace!

Annie 

 

On the road!

We are on the road!

My group is the best. All were on time, which allowed us to leave on time! It takes roughly 8 hours to get to Indianapolis. We are scheduled to arrive around 3:30pm Eastern time.

We are travelling in a caravan of 3 buses. One full bus with our group. One bus that's half our group, the other half from Calmar. The Calmar group seems like a lot of fun! The 3rd bus is Jesup and another group.

Thanks to Fr. Bob Gross from Calmar who is travelling with their group for blessing us before we hit the road!

Right now, things are quiet on Bus 14 (our full bus). Lots of sleeping kids (and adults!)

I will try to update the blog a few times each day, but sometimes my phone doesn't cooperate.

We ask that you pray for our group. We'll return the favor and pray for you!

Peace!
Annie