Doug Van Pelt

I miss my bloggers

I'm here at our home church tonight (Calvary Chapel, Austin) and we're sharing about our trip to Uganda. We have three large video screens over the top of the stage, as well as larger ones on each side. They've got images from our trip displayed on the screens. I'm moved by how much I miss the 15 bloggers. They're really sweet people and I'm better for knowing them. Shannon, Sophie, Anne, Keely, Chris, Charlotta (she needs a blog), Heather, Randy, Carlos, Brian, Tom, Shaun, Spence, Phil, and David. There's another person that was part of our trip there every day. He was our "road manager" type person for this Blogger's Tour. His name was Dennis and he started a blog while we were there. I wish they could've been here tonight to share. I can't wait to see them again. I hope it's soon.

This trip was amazing and it's cool that its effects are longer reaching than, say, the typical vacation or business trip. The last time I heard, there was over 380 children sponsored as a direct result from this trip (people like you, who have read our blogs).

We're singing our last worship song now, after an extended time of communion. People will come out here in the lobby, where I'm posting. We brought a few of our laptops with us to offer a chance at sponsorship if anyone wants to do that tonight. We also have a slideshow of Uganda photos as our screensavers.