Saturday, July 15, 2017

2017 Mission Trip - Gatlinburg - FRIDAY

7/14/17

After a late night at the Waffle House we were all very tired in the morning since we had to be up and ready by 7:30 am for breakfast. Right after breakfast we said our goodbyes to our awesome TeamEffort leaders, Evan, then hit the road. We spent the morning in Gatlinburg and split into smaller groups and toured around. I was with Shannon, Ava, Sam, and Mari and we had such a good time together. We all got many treats and good food as throughout the town. My favorite part about Gatlinburg was its old town feel, but yet it was still so cute and quirky. Around lunch time we packed up the vans again and made our way to Cincinnati for dinner. We ate at Dewey’s Pizza, and everyone devoured their food. Finally we ended up at Wittenberg University for our last night together. Nathan gave some of us a tour of the campus which was really cute. 10:30 pm came around and we started our nightly jam session that was followed by a huge cry session. We shared our highs and lows and seniors (me) shared our many memories with STAGE. It was also emotional because we all had to say goodbye to Nathan. It was all bittersweet, but by the end of the night we were all playing games and laughing together again. I even lead some of the girls in a yoga session!


-Sarah Hart  

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