Cody
Saturday, February 28, 2015
First Night
Getting ready to hit the sack after our first day here in Detroit - it's still freezing here... But we all had a great day full of good experience and good memories (some weird ones too lol). After our end-day reflection and discussion, I am feeling really good.. Feeling very connected with the whole gang! We are all so very excited to begin our week and learn a lot about Detroit, the world, and ourselves! Goodnight everyone, God bless!
The Main St. Grill
The restaurant we ate at for dinner! The food was great and the service was good too. If you're ever in Detroit... 😀
Laura, our merchant friend
Here's one of the merchants in the marketplace, and she sold hemp seed energy bars, and other products with hemp seeds in them. THC Free though!
Detroit Eastern Market
Here's a food shed that we got some groceries at! It was a part of the Detroit Eastern Market, and there were people who sold produce and other goods who got there at 2 AM to sell food to local restaurants.
What a day!
Well, it's been a hecuva day with a lot of great stuff happening so far! We are all settled in at our apartment (pictures to follow soon), and we're all stocked up with food for meals. We had some great adventures that included a 'RiverWalk', a meal at a really cool restaurant, and a grocery excursion at Whole Foods. All went well, except for a minor incident with a beverage bottle shattering... (Not mentioning whose bottle it was though 😁). Pictures to follow, but it's been a great first day! Thank you for following, and please stay tuned for pictures and more posts!
Made it to Detroit! 😆
We made into Detroit about 2 hours ago! More info to come soon. We're settling into our housing arrangement as this is typed, so stay tuned!
Here's the (whole) team!
Whole team selfie! From left to right: Tori, Kurt's hand, Evan, Kelly, Maddie, Nathan, Cody, Malik (in the back behind Cody), Megan, Josiah, Andrew, and Sara
On the road!! 😄
We're on our way out of Erie!! Woohoo!! All 12 of us are packed into our 12 passenger van, so it's a little cozy! We're also breaking into the snacks already! Everyone is very excited and we're hoping to be in Detroit at some point in the early afternoon. Keep checking back with the blog - more great news to come!!
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Countdown 2 Detroit!
Hello dear reader! As this is posted, there are only 17 days left until we leave for Detroit! Our group has had 2 meetings since we returned from Christmas break, and the vibe is good! We've had some interesting and thought-provoking discussions and we've also been planning about what our itinerary is for the trip as well. We are all getting very excited! One of the members of our group, Megan Alexander, has a few things to say about the trip:
I have a couple reasons why I've wanted to go on the ABST trip to Detroit. For one, I used to live on a dairy farm, so I've grown food, so I guess I wanted to see what food justice was all about. I'm also looking forward to the friendships and the new leadership skills that I will form over this trip.
-Megan
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