Mission MN: Day 0

Sunday:

Day 0! Traveling to MN!

 

10:30am (ish): All 77 high schoolers and adult leaders met in the church's overflow parking lot to load our weeks-worth of belongings into ten vehicles

11am: Prayer, group picture and good-byes to families and other well-wishers

1pm: Lunch for my 12-passenger van, Vixen (all of the vehicles were named after Santa and his reindeer), in Cedar Falls, IA

5pm: Found our home for the next week in MN (well most of us arrived then, a popped tire delayed three vehicles)

That night we set up our air mattresses (not as easy as it sounds with many mattresses and few electrical outlets) and ate dinner (pulled pork sandwiches) before we had a meeting with our Youthworks Site Coordinator to learn more about how the week would work logistically. We also had Club time and got to meet with our family groups. Our families were a group of five students with one leader who would meet each evening to reflect on our day.  

This was a long day, but I was so excited for the "real part" of the trip to start. I was very excited to work with the youth in my work crew and meet with the girls in my family each night.