Today we started off our day bright and early under the Gannon Arch to depart for Richmond, Kentucky! For those of you who have not heard, this past week we had an accompanier step out and another take her place. However, that did not stop her from seeing us off at the arch with four dozen donuts this morning for Grace's Birthday. Grace is one of the freshman Occupational Therapy Majors on our trip and the only birthday this week.
This morning we all met at 7:30am with some of the other trips traveling Haiti/Guatemala, Ruskin and Detroit. We all gathered for a group prayer and then began to pack into our two suburbans. With fourteen people across these vehicles, the six and a half hour drive turned into just over eight hours! While it was long, the morale of the group remained high. Thankfully both cars had an awesome group of people where we could sing to music at the top of our lungs and share a lot of laughs.
We only stopped three times on the trip: two times to stretch our legs and the other for lunch. The group decided that we wanted to get Chipotle and wow was that a good idea. After being in the car for four hours and having donuts as our main snack, it really hit the spot. Finally after another four hours in a tight suburban ride, we arrived at our lodging sight in Richmond, Kentucky. Austin said: "People always say it's not about the destination, it's about the journey. The car ride today was just that. It was the most fun on a road trip I have had in a while."
When we got inside, our student-leaders David and Amanda, surprised us with everyone's names on the door for their room. They were really cute decorations! After about an hour or so of unpacking and settling in, we headed off to the grocery store to stock up on food. We will be cooking our own meals most of the trip and had to plan everything out. Since there were so many of us, we separated into teams and shopped for each meal. It was a little stressful checking out with four carts but we made it! Our group then went back to our lodge and cooked a delicious meal of pasta and salad. It also really hit the spot.
The rest of the evening was full of playing board games together and just hanging out. We did a reflection to check in with how everyone was feeling after the day and what they were looking forward to. David and Amanda came up with the idea that we should each decorate a bag with our names and everyone will be writing uplifting notes to each other all week.
We are so excited for what the rest of the week has in store for us and we will be updating you all on this blog each night. Thank you all for supporting us on this trip and stay tuned to hear about our experiences!
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