Each day you will hear from one of our youth. Today you will hear from Lauren Maland.
-Emily Harrow


Hey to everyone back home! Hope the weather there is faring you well. We look to be having a bright, sunny first day in Detroit. We made it safely to Chicago to enjoy lunch then on to Detroit we went. When we landed we spotted many other groups and plenty of signs welcoming all the Lutherans. After getting our rental cars ( Van-a White and the soon to be named mini van) we headed out to Kroger's grocery! Us kids all purchased a plethora of snacks, including two half gallons of milk that where jugged upon realization that we lacked mini fridges in our rooms. Many prayer partner gifts where sneakily exchanged as we waited for Emily and Claudia to purchase breakfast and lunch supplies, which took according to us a LONG time. There were many carts left in the parking lot so our group raced each other to put them away. Once to the hotel we met several other groups of kids. We got settled in our rooms, connected to WiFi, ate some snacks, and then met up with Emily, Claudia, and Dave to discuss today's schedule. We met our cute little buddy Martin who we cannot wait to share our adventures with. Already today the group has gone swimming and met new faces from Pennsylvania, Connecticut, South Carolina, and Arkansas. We have an exciting packed day of museum touring ahead of us! Cannot wait to see what else lies ahead for today.
Best Wishes,
Lauren Maland