Well hello, friends and family of the Detroit ABST squad!
Our group of 7 (amazing) women piled into a big van bright and early to begin our journey to Detroit, MI! The car ride was filled with some major jams, potholes that seemingly came out of nowhere, and an iced tea that all 7 of us were unable to open! (Until we ran it under some hot water.)
We passed through Detroit, and headed to Frankenmuth in order to cross off a major bucket list item of one of our amazing accompaniers Kristen: Bronner's. The biggest Christmas store IN THE WORLD! It did not disappoint! Our group embraced the "Christmas in May" spirit getting lost in endless ornaments, Christmas trees, and every Christmas decoration you can think of (we literally got lost.) After soaking in all things Christmas, we headed into town to experience the world famous chicken dinners of the Bavarian Inn! After grabbing a much needed coffee, we headed back to the van when we ran into a Gannon Alum of the class of 1959! He noticed one of our members wearing Gannon apparel and stopped us to talk! He shared with us (an all female group) of how when he went to Gannon there were no females there! On our way out of town, Rachel spotted a lion that was actually a tiger and we all just realized Rachel needed some sleep.
After leaving Frankenmuth, we headed to our Airbnb in Detroit where we were completely blown away. Each of us moved room to room full of excitement over how cute the rooms were, how nice the place is, and how excited we were to have a place to ourselves!
We went grocery shopping for meals for the week, settled in, and went into an amazing night of reflection! Our group fully embraced the spirit of vulnerability and community, and we are so excited to further build this community through service in the days to come!
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