Atlanta Mission Trip - Day 1

Hello this is Katie McCormick reporting from the field. We are currently in Atlanta aka Hotlanta, Ga. So far we have met the staff, they are some pretty cool people and they are super nice which is always good. We have also spent our first night in a room with about 15 girls and its pretty tight with no a.c.!!!! Can you believe it, well if it’s for the work of God then I guess we can handle it. We have also spent a lot of time chillin’ out with our friends and making new friends for instance I was cleaning the Kitchen last night after dinner (you can probably find pictures some where) and I met this really cool kid from Ohio his name is Ryan. I also met another Ryan and Ria they are from Ohio too.

As crazy as it might seem when we woke up this morning I was freezing!!! I don’t know how you can get cold in a room that does not have air conditioning in this middle of June but whatever. So we had breakfast and I found out that one of my best friends Jessica Judd was on my team I was very excited at that point. So after breakfast we had devotion and I went outside I was sitting across from a street, but I have to say that place seemed really beautiful to me.

So my crew and I found out that we would be going to a food bank in the morning and to work on a house in the afternoon. So we got to the food bank and found out that we wouldn’t be doing any work we were just going to learn about what they did and what there goals were as a community. Now for any teenager being inside just listening to someone speak about something you probably know about may seem good because you might not have to pay attention, but I gained a lot of knowledge from that place it was awesome.

The next place we went to was a persons house that needed to be painted so we got started as soon as possible and I am proud to say that we are half way done but I don’t think we will be done tomorrow.

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Hey everyone! This is Caitlyn and Morgan. We just finished eating a delicious dinner consisting of pasta, alfredo, chicken, broccoli, garlic bread, fruit, and salad. Today was a LONG day. It’s pretty hot where we are sleeping. However, they got an air conditioning unit in our room so it should be a little bit better tonight. =] Of course, we are the only two that didn’t bring an air mattress so we are sleeping on the ground, oh well, we’ll live!!!!!

We just got back from Centennial Park. We ate (ice cream!), played in the park, took lots of pictures, raced (Mary won!), and watched people play in the fountain. When we got back we got a little time to rest and a snack before “club” (a time of worship, a lesson for the day and a few fun activities and skits.) After club we went to small groups with our own individual youth groups. Now we are getting ready for bed and just found out that they are putting ANOTHER A.C. unit in our room =] =] yay! So we are super tired so we are going to get ready for bed. Good Night! Oh yeah… Cozart’s and McNeel’s, WE MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU!!!!

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