We arrived this afternoon around 5:00 pm (local time) at the hotel. Turns out that most of us did not get our luggage. We all went out to dinner together at a local restaurant. We paused there before eating and talked about how we are approaching this trip as a pilgrimage. I thought of the Irish priest and poet, John O'Donoghue who called life in this world "God Safari." I think that's a good description of this trip for us today -- it is a "God Safari." We are looking to see God's presence in the people, the land, and the stories here -- we hope so that we can see God more clearly in the world around us at home. We headed back to the hotel and then went off to bed.
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