Chad reflects on arriving at the mission:
Our actual arrival at the mission itself was like something out of a movie. First of all, you have to keep in mind that it is 5:30 in the morning. It is dark. When we pull into the drive, they have the place lit up with Christmas lights. There is about a 7 piece uniformed band that begins to play LOUD. They have us all get out of the vans to see the band up close.After a few songs, we were ushered around a corner (with the band). There, we met a truly beautiful sight. The boys were all lined up on the right and the girls were all lined up on the left. They each held a candle as we walked down the middle between them. In total, there were about 60 kids from the orphanage that were up that late to greet us!We followed the band to our room. The kids fell in behind us. It was quite an impressive welcome to Good Shepherd.