Detroit Day One- 28 February 2009

WHEW! Day one was a LONG DAY!

We pulled out from NC State around 4am. I caravan-ed with Mark John and Dana. My car mates, Alecia and Tara, stayed up with me for about an hour and then dozed off. I drove for the next two hours, fighting sleep, all by myself until we stopped at Mickey D's for breakfast.

After breakfast... my car mates fell asleep... AGAIN! So, for the next couple of hours... I fought sleep some more, listened to some music and talked to myself... I know, strange, but I HAD to stay awake. I made the group stop when I realized I was about to pee my pants!!! After our potty break... guess what happened!?!?

If you guessed that my car mates slept again... you would be correct! I couldn't believe it... am I really that boring?? Anyway... I made it til 12:30pm when we stopped for gas and lunch. After lunch at Wendy's... Alecia took over, THANKFULLY!

While Alecia was driving... she had to save our lives! Some crazy lady decided that the entire road belonged to her... and tried to take us down! Thank the Lord Alecia has quick reflexes!
On our next stop... Alecia took down something of her own... a trashcan!! After running into it... she hugged it. Now, according to her, she thought it was a person... but I think she was just apologizing to the trash can.

Alecia drove the rest of the way to Detroit and since I couldn't sleep, we all played the Alphabet game. Very fun... until Alecia won... that ruined the whole thing ;D Just kidding, just kidding!
When we got to Detroit... our caravan got lost. So, Alecia took off! We followed Alecia's GPS and made it to the church only about 20 minutes before the rest of our convoy.

We had an excellent dinner in the fellowship hall and headed to an informal meeting after bringing our stuff inside.

In the meeting, Terry Robinson (from Here's Life Inner City) provided us with an observation about Detroit: When the rest of the world gets a financial cold... Detroit gets pneumonia. That was some food for thought... I chewed on it for the rest of the week.

My prayer that night before I went to bed:
Lord,
Open my eyes, arms and heart to the unknown and unimaginable this week. Manifest
yourself in unexpected places. Give me a personal mission for the week so I can grow
and learn more about your children.


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-Britt