Sunday Travel Day!!!

GOOD EVENING,

 Today we met at church where we all loaded the vans with our luggage and got commissioned by the congregation, then we hit the road. 

We stopped for lunch at McDonalds after about an hour and then stopped again to stretch our legs for a little bit. After Bob finally met up with us at the rest stop, we were pleasantly surprised when he gave us all our favorite snacks! Then we got back in our vans and listened to a shared playlist with all of our favorite songs and played fun games to pass the time. 

We arrived at Deep Roots (surprisingly on time..) and were greeted by Jeremy and his son, Ryder. They then showed us around the property and told us some things that we will be working on this week. He also told us about his history here in Deep Roots and the residents. We learned that the families who live here must have kids to be selected. We also saw that there are many other residents living here such as cats! There are 8 cats living here at Deep Roots! Their names are Caruso, Bella, Frosty, Scar, Albert, Oliver, Luna, and Simba. They are very cute. We got some free time and took a walk in the woods, where we learned that there is a beautiful campfire next to a stream. We had a nice dinner that was burgers and french fries. 

We got a FANTASTIC weather report for tomorrow from Micah. Afterwards we broke off to do scripture lessons with our groups where we talked about expanding your "roots" by being optimistic. Now that this blog is OVER, we FINALLY get to rest for our BIG day tomorrow.

From the best of the best, 

Charlotte C & Delaney K

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