Thoughts from Karen Brown

I have asked my fellow KUMC travelers to send me some of their favorite memories and pictures from the trip.  Karen Brown sent a wonderful story about our concert at Lorraine.

Group picture of The American Salute Chorus at the Lorraine Cemetery

"I was surprised how much the concert at the Lorraine American Cemetery touched me.  I was expecting to be touched more by the other concerts and not this one.  Boy, was I wrong!   Before we sang, the director of the cemetery told us the story of three service men buried at the cemetery.  These were very courageous men!  He then read a letter that one of them had written home to his parents shortly before his death.  The letter really touched the hearts of every parent in the group.  As we started to sing, a few rain drops fell.  The thought came to mind that God was shedding his tears for the service men, too and appreciated our songs of honor for them.  The sun then came out for the rest of the concert.  It took me several songs to get my composure to be able to sing again!  There were very few people in attendance, so I felt that the concert was for the fallen soldiers and for our chance to honor them.  After the concert, the rain fell in earnest for a short time.  It was very, very moving!"

 

"We saw Rick Steves at the Eiffel Tower.  I don’t know if I was more excited to see Rick Steves or the Eiffel Tower!!"

I want to thank Karen for contributing her stories and pictures to the blog.  I hope some of our other travel buddies will send some things as well.  Stay tuned!