Tuesday, July 12th

Julie says yesterday was Tuesday. Linda adds – all day. Perhaps you can sense that our group, at least the adults, are tired. Janet is now paranoid and thinks people are out to get her.

Tuesday was another busy day. We all went to out to our crew assignments. Some painted very small rooms that ended up being very crowded when you put 7 painters in them. Annie was delivered to Julie in a box- the best present of the day. Katie and Mac cleaned some more carpets and moved on to cleaning lockers where Mac discovered a violin. There is video of him playing – so if you haven’t bought a share in our trip, it is not too late. You will enjoy the musicality. After painting, some got to play in a water park and then returned to painting. The water park rated higher in the telling. They also had a young man from the neighborhood join them for chips and more chips and some more chips.

We all rushed back to the campus at the end of our work day so that we could clean up and head out for our evening with just our group. We went down to Saugatuck for a Bune Duggy ride. Each dune buggy held 18 people so we filled up most of two vehicles. We drove up and down and around and through sand and woods. Katie did not like the snake in the tree. Even now that she knows it was not real, she still isn’t fond of it. We discovered that Garrett is geographically challenged as he claimed the large body of water that was visible was the ocean. We are now teaching him about the Great Lakes. Some of the group took the challenge of dune running. Running down was pretty easy but coming up was not! Even some of the kids admitted it was tough – which made Barb, the only adult that tried it, feel a bit better. Corrinne and Shannon took a side trip when we were stopped on the highest dune. Their reward was a beautiful view of Lake Michigan.

After the dune ride, we had dinner at the Beechwood Inn. It was fantastic. (Fortunately, some of us took a long walk on the jetty and worked off some of the dinner which helped us sleep better.) We then headed to the beach for a bit of fun and then devotions while admiring the sunset. God sure paints a beautiful picture. We rushed back to beat the dorms being locked. Some were apparently a bit tired and did a few circles in returning but we all made it back before we got locked out.

As you may have determined, time is a bit limited so these posts are not on a regular basis. We look forward to sharing more details when we return.

Your 2011 LUMC Youth Mission Team