Despedida de Kristine

This morning I took Kristine, YLM's summer volunteer who had been here since May 18, to the airport because today was her last day in El Paso. She's probably sitting in the Denver airport right now (or maybe at the art museum/out to dinner with Chris's dad!) because she had some insane layover there, like 7 hours. Everyone was sad to see her go and is looking forward to seeing her next summer when she comes with her church group--a year from last week actually--but we bade her goodbye in style. The festivities began last night when the BBQ dinner requested by one of the groups turned into a farewell party complete with a surprise visit from the Moraleses, cake and ice cream, and LOTS of pictures. Stephen even gave a brief speech and presented her with a Siervo de Cristo certificate. Then this morning, after the 2 of us took a group to the airport at 5 am, we decided to go to Scenic Drive for sunrise, which turned out to be a fantastic idea. We were the only people there for awhile, then some others showed up after the sun had essentially already risen--they missed the good stuff, as you can see:

Kristine at the BBQ last night surrounded by her "familia de YLM."

Until next time, blessings!