Mission Possible - Monday
First, you should know that our trip kind of started yesterday, Sunday, July 22. Two vans full of youth and their leaders from Harpeth Presbyterian Church in Brentwood, TN rolled in to Davidson about 6:30 PM. They split-up and spent the night with us. So by the time we left today, we already had a couple of new friends.
Our drive to Philly was looooooong - about 12 hours with rush hour gridlock madness in Washington DC and Baltimore. Blaaah. We were a little sick of each other by the time we arrived. But we did have a pretty good time singing, playing Cranium, and driving one another nuts. When we arrived, the youth from Swarthmore were already there - big surprise, they live 5 minutes away. So were the youth from Colesville and Rockville in Maryland. They, along with adults with Swarthmore, had made us a tasty dinner of lasagna, chicken enchiladas, salad, and cookies.
After dinner, we met our travel teams - the group of 5 or 6 youth and adults we would travel with throughout the duration of mission possible. Repeat after me, "I will stay with my travel team on public transportation at all times so that I will not get lost in Philly."
Then we worshipped together and heard all the rules. Once again, "I will stay with my travel team on public transportation at all times so that I will not get lost in Philly . . . oh, and, on penalty of death, I will not reveal any details about the final Harry Potter book."
Armed with our trusty Mission Possible tags and lanyards (with emergency info just in case we got a little misplaced) and our sleeping bags, we headed for bed.
Our drive to Philly was looooooong - about 12 hours with rush hour gridlock madness in Washington DC and Baltimore. Blaaah. We were a little sick of each other by the time we arrived. But we did have a pretty good time singing, playing Cranium, and driving one another nuts. When we arrived, the youth from Swarthmore were already there - big surprise, they live 5 minutes away. So were the youth from Colesville and Rockville in Maryland. They, along with adults with Swarthmore, had made us a tasty dinner of lasagna, chicken enchiladas, salad, and cookies.
After dinner, we met our travel teams - the group of 5 or 6 youth and adults we would travel with throughout the duration of mission possible. Repeat after me, "I will stay with my travel team on public transportation at all times so that I will not get lost in Philly."
Then we worshipped together and heard all the rules. Once again, "I will stay with my travel team on public transportation at all times so that I will not get lost in Philly . . . oh, and, on penalty of death, I will not reveal any details about the final Harry Potter book."
Armed with our trusty Mission Possible tags and lanyards (with emergency info just in case we got a little misplaced) and our sleeping bags, we headed for bed.
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