ANDERSON TOURS

Many of you know about my travels with Anderson Tours and I'm excited that I get to travel with them again this year. My college institute director, Clark Anderson, is the owner of the company and I got to know Clark as I worked in the Institute Presidency as one of his counselors. One thing that we organized as a Presidency was a Nauvoo and Missouri trip for the Institute students. I loved putting it together and making all the plans, so after the trip I told Clark I wanted to be able to help him with his tour groups. I moved to St George and have been helping him coordinate his tours for the last 3 years. Two summers ago I got to go to New York with the Institute tour and also to Egypt and Israel for two weeks on the Holy Land tour. My personal moto for Anderson Tours is "IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!" Not Anderson Tours the company, but everything that you get to experience! I can't believe how much all these few times touring have changed my view of the world and have educated my mind and spirit.

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SATAN WORKS FOR DELTA AND...... HE HATES ME I know that Satan knew how much of a positive impact the tour of the Holy Land would have on me and he tried pretty hard to keep me from going on that trip. I was waiting in the Boston airport comparing my passport to another girl with me and in the back I noticed that I had changed my name on my passport when I got married and it had not been changed back! I freaked a little but I called Clark and he said that I should be fine. So we got to JFK airport and waited for my luggage...and waited...and it never came. Stinkin' Delta!!!!! I was feeling like I shouldn't go because we were going to Cairo...EGYPT! I wouldn't have anything! In my carry on backpack I had one pair of extra g's and another pair of capris along with a book about Egyptian Art. I knew that I wasn't going to be able to go, it was a sign, how were they going to get my lost luggage clear over to me in Egypt! Not do mention if I do get over there with my fake name passport what are the chances of me getting back? BUT I said what the heck, I'm goin and filled out the paperwork to have them send my lost bag over to Cairo at our hotel, which I only had a name of the hotel not an address and it was like the Cairo Hotel or something! I bought deoderant and a toothbrush in the airport and got on the plane! Clark had me listen to a Mika song as we took off and it said "say goodbye to the world you used to live in". I cried! :) I spent 5 days in Cairo and other cities around Egypt without my luggage. I survived! The girls I stayed with were wonderful and let me borrow t-shirts and shampoo and conditioner and toothpaste. It was SO much fun and I was overly grateful when my bag got in about 4 hours before we were supposed to leave for Israel. When I went to go get my bag I had to give my passport to our Egyptian guide so that he could go get my bag without me having to go through security all over again. The next morning as we were checking into our Israeli hotel they asked for my passport and I didn't have it! We had left it at the pick up in Cairo. AH! Actually I started freakin' out and the guide let me for a minute and then pulled out my passport from his pocket. He had driven all the way home that night which was a 2 hour drive, realized he had left my passport in the airport and drove back the 2 hours to get it and by that time our bus was leaving for Israel. When we got back to JFK customs took 2 hours so we missed our connecting flight to SLC. I hadn't slept AT ALL on the 11 hour flight back to New York so I was POOPED! I couldn't get our of JFK until later that night so a few of us that were left over went into the city and ate at this AMAZING restraurant! I got back to the airport got on my plane and passed out. Seriously I passed out, I woke up 1 1/2 hours later and we were still on the ground at JFK! I was totally out of it but we did make the 5 hour flight back to SLC and got in at midnight. Clark had arranged for his poor sister to come and pick me up and let me sleep at her house for 6 hours until I had to be back at the airport to fly to St George. It took me 54 hours to get home of which I didn't sleep at all except the 1 1/2 when I passed out, and the 5 hours at Clark's sister's!

SO we are going back in August if anyone is interested! Check it out on andersontours.com !