We're Back!

It's back to the streets we know.  The team arrived at church around 8pm tonight.  There were no flight delays and no lost luggage!  With a long morning of goodbyes, we finally left Turkey early in the afternoon on Sunday.

We arrived in Munich on Sunday evening and hotel shopped near the center of town.  After dropping stuff off, we took a walk down to the Marienplatz.  The pedestrian-only street along the way is lined with fashion shop after fashion shop and is still beautifully lit for the Christmas season.  At the center of the city is the historic "New Town Hall".  After staring at it for ten minutes, we finally went in and ate at a beautiful restaurant, the Ratskeller.

A short night of rest and we were back on the S-Bahn, endless security checks and a long flight to Chicago.

On the way back, one of the many types of stories that was shared about the trip was the appreciative words from the families.  This is an opportunity that they rarely have on such a large scale and feedback was hugely (I checked, it's a word) positive.  It's going to take a week to sort out all of the new facebook friendships.

We will have many more (about 4,000 more) pictures posted to a picasa album after they have been organized.  Thank you for your encouragement and following us the whole way!