Daniel...with a cheeseburger head
Choo ChooEllie and Dreyton after finishing a 20oz burger!!!
Mission Trip: Day 1 (June 19)
Today was the first day of the 2010 Senior High Mission Trip to St. Louis. Who could have known that our first travel day would be filled with unforgettable events!!
We departed MPC at 7 a.m. We drove all the way to Chattanooga, TN. The van ride involved: dollar store gifts; sleeping; mad libs; the ABC game; and LOTS of conversation.
As we arrived at our housing accomodations for the evening I had never saw so many jaws drop to the floor at once! The house we stayed in was the Presbyterian campus ministry house at the University of Tennessee @ Chattanooga. And IT…WAS….AWESOME!!! It was a three story house with leather couches, plush furniture, wi-fi, blu-ray player. The very large bottom floor had a huge projector screen for showing movies, playing Wii, and presentations. There was a pool table, a small venue for karaoke and concerts surrounded by coffee house furniture. The house had 4 bathrooms one of which had a jacuzzi tub! There were enough couches for everyone to have their own! So you can see why it was popular!!!
After checking in and meeting Bob Hill the Presbyterian campus minister, we headed to the Choo Choo hotel that take pictures in front of the train cars. From their we went downtown and ate at a local burger place called Chee Burger Chee Burger. It was awesome. 3 out of 4 youth were able to down a 20oz. burger!! Congrats to Dreyton, Daniel and ELLIE!! Quote of the meal made by Adam: “We just ate $117 worth of COW!! MOOO.”
The real adventure was our evening at the Presbyterian campus house. Apparently the alarm went off at around 11:30p.m. So about 11:45p.m. the police come knocking on the door. After explaining who we were and what we were doing there, the policeman turns to me (Adam) and says he is going to have to ask me to put my hands behind my back!!! Turns out it was an aweful joke!! 15 minutes after they leave 2 more people bang on the door. They were apparently on the Board that is in charge of the property!! In the morning it turns out that Beth thought the alarm panel was the thermostat the night before, hence the police!
Other quotes of the day:
Katie Wyble: (after Adam announced we were in Atlanta, and we were passing through the sky scrapers Katie said this:) “Where are we??”
Silly Beth! Yes, this sleep deprived chaperone was trying to make the beeping sound go away and pushed too many buttons not realizing it was the a l a r m and not the thermostat (they look the same. No really). I’m glad I could offer such excitement our first night away…and I thought it would be Dreyton sleepwalking!
Too funny! Makes for great memories! Praying for all of you.