A Beau-tea-full Par-tea

This blog is being written by the Team Mom, Shelley.   Which you can tell by the way I capitalize the first words of sentences.  And made up such an amazing blog title. Heather was too tired to participate in our tea adventure, so she obviously can't describe it for you. This picture is what tea looks like when it's growing. Who knew? Tea grows on bushes, and in Sri Lanka, they are beautifully sculpted into the mountainsides in straight rows. Very picturesque.

On the way, we were captivated by the Shangri-la-like scenery, such as this waterfall...

And, these twin waterfalls cascading down a lush mountainside of amazingness...

And finally, this scene of serenity and panoramic beauty, photographed by Michelle (she was the only one awake at this point of our 2-hour journey).

After our tour of the tea factory (did you know that there is a shriveling station and an electromagnetic stalk separator?), we got to enjoy free tea and cake. Let me rephrase that. THEY got to enjoy free tea and cake. I am probably the worst person to bring on a missions trip to Sri Lanka because I don't like tea. Or coffee. Or spicy foods. But enough about me.

For once, Oneil joined us in our snack time. He appreciated doing this driving duty today, I think. 

The two purple girls, savoring strawberry and vanilla tea.

An artistically-screened view of the twin waterfalls on our way back down the mountain.  See them there through the window stripe?  Yeah. I know. Totally artistic.

A fitting message for us all.

We returned from this adventure only to turn around and head for what turned out to be one of the highlights of our trip, our visit to the orphanage. But, that story will have to wait till another post.

Love, The Team Mom