Tue
Jul 20
2010
Lisa Kramme
Director of Faith Formation
Nebraska Synod, ELCA
It was Saturday, June 26, and we had loaded into five coach busses earlier that morning, bound for Minneapolis and the 2010 Nebraska Synod Youth Mission Trip. Our bus was scheduled to stop for lunch at a particular fast food restaurant in Sioux City, Iowa, and wisely, each of the five busses was assigned a different place to eat.
All 47 of us ordered quickly, as the restaurant staff members were doing their jobs well. Those in our group who finished eating early found themselves on a backyard-size lawn, behind the restaurant and next to their drive-through lane. Some youth started tossing around a football, and others of us launched into conversation, meeting new people with whom we’d be spending the week. It was a fun time. However, it appeared the manager of the restaurant was watching us.

