March 2011
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Days four, five and six!
First of all, we’re all alive and we’re all safe – I imagine that that’s the most pressing question you have.
We’ve been in Mexico since Monday afternoon in an area known as ‘The Kilometers’ (probably because it’s way out in the middle of nowhere and stretches on for miles). I didn’t think I was going to be able to catch a wifi signal in Mexico, but when we got there I knew I wasn’t; I apologize...
Day two & three!
Hey guys – so updating nightly didn’t work out as well as I planned; the last two days have been running together, so bear with me as I try to sort it all out in my mind.
After we got into Texas, we met up with some Yoopers who’d relocated there and needed to see some faces from home – there are sixty of us and no matter how early we call ahead to restaurants, they still manage to be surprised by...
Day one!
So, it’s Saturday and we’ve been on the road for approximately … a long time. Jess says 24 hrs, and because she’s pretty reliable, I’m going to take her word for it. We’re on US-Highway 40 somewhere in Oklahoma and the sun is amazing. Bright. Brilliant. Beautiful.
Before we got to “The South,” we spent about a half an hour praying as a group in Michigan, acknowledging the opportunity that we’ve...
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Reach a different beach
Missions. That’s what got us to Ferris State University: a wish, a goal, a dream. We all wanted to get somewhere.
We all wanted to become “someone.” We all wanted to find something — and, by one route or another, we all did … we found God and his goodness. We found his love. We found his mercy. We finally found something worth holding on to, and, in the process, we...
