On the Road

We are on the road to DC. We met at church at 5:45 and left at 6:00 (sort of- It took a little while to get everyone in the van)  We named our van Jet Puff- the great White Marshmallow. Thanks to Jeremy, we where all supplied with donuts and drinks from the Oostburg Bakery. We made our first stop at about 9:00 and are moving down Interstate 80 with Pastor John as our chief navigator. Here are some pictures from the day.
We departed from the Ministry building at around 6:00 in the morning. A group of people said goodbye to us at the ministry building. Despite everyone getting up extremely early. No one fell asleep right away in the car. We just hung out in the car. The ride wasn't anything out of the ordinary until we crossed into Illinois. When we got into Chicago we first noticed the skyline of buildings and took lots of pictures. We passed the time by playing games and jammin' out to music! The song of the day was "Call Me Maybe." The song is usually a girls song but we made it fun. We even reenacted parts of the Harvard baseball team "Call Me Maybe" YouTube video. We stopped for lunch at an Oasis rest stop in Indiana with a Burger King/Pizza shop. We then left Bear country into Colt country (illinois to Indiana). Most of us slept off a big chunk of time until we got into Ohio. We listened to Tim Hawkins, the Christian comedian, many of us are still quoting parts of his comedy such as how finding extra fries under your napkin in a McDonalds bag makes your entire day. "It's not over!!!" After 11 hours of driving, Tim Hawkins, and "Call me Maybe,"we finally got into Pennsylvania to our hotel and checked in. The first things we did was swim and get situated into our rooms, which are quite nice and comfortable. We ordered Vocelli pizza which according to the girls, had "cute" pepperonis on them. Nicole Ogena and Julia Bolkema joined since they were in Pittsburg. It was also Nicole's birthday so we surprised her with an ice cream cake.  After eating our ice-cream cake, Pastor Tinsley led us in devotions based on Colossians 4:12.  He challenged us to wrestle in prayer for each other. We went to our rooms later that night to sleep. We were all very excited to see that "Aladdin," the Disney movie, was on TV. Lord willing we will reach Washington DC tomorrow evening and will learn about exactly what we will be doing in DC. Can't wait to get on the road again!!
-Matt Rubsam
-Justin VanderWaal
-Andrew Roerdink