Party Van v. Sleeper Van

Day One (Saturday, March 14, 2009)

What it do. It's yo girl, Jhttp://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=32953132&postID=870557779661590492.D. from the hood hollerin' atcha from StL. Today was crazy. Picture this, 16 hours of driving from the ATX all the way to StL (aka St. Louis). Two vans. As we all know, I was in the crazy van, or shall I say the party/movie van.

We decided to do some team bonding by getting out Ms. Kelly's laptop and starting the day off right with a lil bit of V for Vendetta. After that most inspiring and saddening of films we decided some comedy was in order and popped in Pineapple Express. Now you might ask: Aren't you supposed to be on a mission trip? Well my friend, we had 16 hours to kill, what would you do with that much time? After a quick bite to eat at Quiznos we decided to take the drive home with good 'ole 300.

Meanwhile in Van #2, they were having a ball just sleeping the day away. Naturally, Day One was spent mostly in the van and I have to say I definitely saw some interesting relationships pop up. There was most assuredly some Daniel and Eric love. Now you gotta understand, Daniel likes to sing, get down, and drop it like it's hot. Eric on the other hand is chill. I mean real chill. Literally... the guy is from Alaska. Eric is the type of guy who in a van full of people singing "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is sitting in the corner shaking his head asking why God would put him in a van with such crazy people. Of course, Daniel would consistently tell Eric to break it down with the boys and get dirty... but unfortunately for this story, he never did. One day though, it will happen.

Finally, we get to our hotel, and are able to chill and have some quite time. Everyone is exhausted and yet every night we have these things called "devo's" or basically devotionals where as a group we get together and just go over what has happened throughout the day and how we can apply it to our lives. At the end of all this, as a group, we hope to take what we learn here, from Mission St. Louis to UT Austin and reach out to other students and friends in an authentic, God-centered way, that touches the hearts of people around us. This is our mission, this is our goal, and throughout the week I'll be filling you guys in on what's the latest scoop and how we're applying it to our lives. Peace out kids.

-J.D.


Quote of the day: (ducks flying in V formation across the sky...)

Amelia: "Wow, that's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."
Daniel: (pulling out imaginary shotgun) "You know (Nathan) if you go 65 I think I might be able to get a head shot."