Two Surprises

On Sunday morning we attended Late Service at the historic Lucas Theater in downtown Savanna, an ultra-contemporary worship service in a very historic theater. They do a good job in the old-wine-new-wineskins department, we liked the service a lot.

Then we tried out the Oglethorpe Tours, getting a 90-minute on-the-scene briefing on the history of downtown Savanna from a local native. That went really well and we enjoyed it very much. But when we got back to our car, it wouldn't start. Some friendly fellow-travelers gave us a jump, but the van still wasn't running right. So we called AAA and grabbed a pizza while we waited. The tow-truck driver, Lee, was very helpful and gave us some good suggestions on repair options. Then we took a cab to the airport to rent a car from Hertz (with AAA discount) to get us back to Fort Stewart.

Anne and Candess were up for much of the night, excited about Drew's return and getting preparations finalalized (baking cakes, making posters). We got to the athletic field about 8:30am and the buses with the soldiers arrived about 9:45. Everyone was anxious for their arrival. Fortunately the welcoming ceremony was very short, with a two-minute speech and a couple of songs.

Then families were reunited and happiness reigned. Drew said he spotted us right away. He also said that he wasn't surprised that we were there, he strongly suspected that we would make it, since we were traveling this week anyway. So much for the element of surprise.