Day 2 We all had a decent night sleep last night and woke up ready to go this morning. We started with a hearty (and not terribly heart healthy) English breakfast at our hotel. Our first stop was Westminster Abbey. We took the Tube and made sure we "minded the gap." Westminster Abbey was quite impressive. The surprise was seeing the tombs of all the people that I did not realize were buried there. We saw the tombs of Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, David Liv...

We're here! We arrived at the hotel about 2:00 this afternoon, London time. Got settled, went to a nearby place for fish and chips. Walked around Hyde and Kensington parks. Saw Kensington Palace and the pretty garden there. Had some yummy ice cream. It's now 7:30pm. Rob and Luke have crashed. Ellie and I are hanging on!

Hey all!Just a quick recap of our (Ellie and Rob) mission trip to Mexico. We were part of a group of 28 kids and adults from Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. We left on Sunday, July 12th and returned on Tuesday, July 21st. The purpose of the trip was to get a better understanding of the people who live on the margins of both rural and urban Mexican society. We spent the first two and a half days in Mexico City. One day was spent in Tultitlan, a impo...

July 3/4 Out last day in Argentina. We spent the morning walking to the point in Puerta Iguazu that is at the confluence of the Parana and Iguazu Rivers and overlooks Brazil and Paraguay. We able to see the two countries a couple of days ago at another spot, but this was a much better view. As we began walking from the hotel a small black stray dog started walking with us. He was with us for the whole hour and a half walk. We nicknamed him Messi. He would ...

July 2 Today was our day at Iguazu Falls Park and it lived up our high expectations. We caught the 9:20 AM bus to the park, arriving about 10:00 AM. Before we left, Mark arranged a speedboat tour of the falls. Once we got to the park we had to pick up our tickets. We were told when we arranged the tour that kids 11 and under were not allowed on the tour, but we thought (like all rules in Argentina) it was more a suggestion than a rule. In a country where sto...