We left the base promptly at 9:30 am, after a team prayer and cleaning up the rooms. We drove off in our two minivans, waving goodbye to the base leaders as the snow sprinkled down. We quickly made it to Sweden, and even though it is no longer snowing, there is still much snow collected on the ground. As we left, the car was filled with a spirit of excitement and joy. We tried to get a stamp for our passports at the Sweden border but the border patrol refused. It only took 3.5 hours into our tour before we had our first incident. I was deep into a book by Kathryn Kuhlman when our van started to pull over to the side of the road. Apparently the van following us, carrying Elisa (who was driving)
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