7-1/2 Sendoff

The sendoff started from 8PM with hymns played by the team themselve.


Keep in mind that they did not know each other three months ago, and now they bond together as a wonderful team.



followed by each team member's introduction and prayer requests...

Andrea




Joshua...





Jason...





Ruth...




Sheila...





Please remember Sheen, he is in Taiwan already.

The next is prayer time for each team member....


For Sheila...



For Joshua...




For Ruth...





For Andrea...





For Jason...





Then Pastor Dean gave some Bible verses ...




team is listening to the verses ...




Pastor Dean lead the final prayer...




with all hands laid down upon the team to send them out.




Wow, surpisingly, we have a birthday girl, Andrea!
What an amazing day to have mission sendoff on the birthday!




The team left church at around 10PM with many waving hands behind.



arrived at SFO...

what? a schoolmate came to Jason and told him that his classmate is on the phone...

waiting in the check-in line and having a nice chat...





asked the check-in desk to get all team seating together...





about to go through the custom...



with families and Andrea's lovely pets...








It's almost mid-night. The flight will leave around 1:40AM.

Have a safe trip!

WY