Days 1 - 3: We Made It!

2018 HS Mission Team

Noelle Pennison - Days 1, 2, and 3

 Hi, this is Noelle. Right now I’m in my room in Detroit writing this. It’s pretty cool and the trip here was really awesome. On the first day we drove through Nebraska.

It was kind of like Kansas but more green and beautiful. Very long though but I didn’t mind. It had a lot of nice hills and houses that reminded me of something like the 1800s during the civil war. Then we got to Iowa which was very similar but had trees and some swampy looking rivers that were really big. I was sitting in a van with my brother Levi and Nick. It was really calm and quiet and they slept most of the ride. But we got to talk a lot and joke about stuff. We stayed in this really nice church where there was a multitude of flowers and trees. I had never traveled to either Nebraska or Iowa so it was breathtaking to see how even such a small thing like a flower could be so uniquely beautiful and different from Colorado. When we went to sleep it did take me till one to do so but it was nice to hear the sound of crickets outside.

The next morning Sam decided that we would split the vans into boys and girls so I went into the girls van. Most of them were tired so Aimee put on her music and they fell asleep while I took pictures and drew mythical creatures. Once they woke up we just talked and sang along with some of the music(personally I would choose Dubstep and Soundtrack music over Beyonce and Taylor Swift any day but a girl just has to roll with it).I introduced them to a game/app called heads up and it was kind of like charades except you could use words.

Once we got to the church in Indiana we set up our sleeping stuff and got to go to the beach of Lake Michigan. It was really cool cause I got to swim there and the waves were just straight up epic. Me and Levi got to bury nick in the sand as well and watch him burst out XD.

Afterwards when we headed back to the church Aimee said that she met a cute employee at the Wendy’s we we went to prior to the beach. She decided to call and the conversation was something along the lines of this,


Wendy’s Worker: Hello

Aimee: Hi. I was wondering if Sage is there.

WW: Ok. May I ask who this is?

Aimee: This is Aimee. I came in earlier today.

WW: Ok.

(goes and gives phone to Sage)

Sage: Hello?

Aimee: Hi this is Aimee. The girl who said you would trust with your hat.

Sage: Ok.

Aimee: I just wanted to tell you that I think your pretty cute.

Sage: Thanks.

(silence)

Aimee: Do you have a last name?

Sage: Yeah it’s Store.

Aimee: Ok. How do you spell that?

Sage: S-t-o-r-e.

Aimee: Oh, like the store!

Sage: Yeah.

Aimee: Ok thanks. Bye.

Sage: Bye.


Afterwards Aimee began to look for the charming Wendy’s worker Sage Store on social media. I do not know if she was successful in doing so but I wish the best of luck to her. That night we went out to dinner, said prayers, sang, did rose, bud, and thorn, then went to sleep.

The journey to Detroit was not very long and we made very few stops, but once I got there I had never seen a more beautiful church in my whole life than the one we are currently staying at. I hope that as I work here I grow closer to God and am able to reach out to many people and use some of my skills to help my youth group and those here who need help.

Many Blessings,
Noelle :)


Levi Pennison - Day 3

Today we woke up around 8:00 which allowed us to get plenty of rest for the drive ahead. Despite this we slept most of the drive anyways probably making up for years of lost sleep. 

Breakfast at Micky Dees and then we hit the road for about 3 hours. After a long drive we arrived at a Panera bread in Ann Arbor Where Sam met up with an old friend. 

Then more road for about 1 hour. After the relatively shorter drive we had finally arrived in Detroit where we unpacked settled down and relaxed, preparing ourselves for the day tomorrow

 Tour of Metropolitan UMC - Detroit, MI