Staff Detroit Trip!

Hey everyone, just got back from Detroit! The staff team went up there to work with a church that is right on the boarder from where you will have on 1 side of the street extremely impoverished residents, and the other side near mansions. It was a surreal experience to say the least. Driving to the church it seems like every couple of homes was burned to the ground! We helped out with a harvest festival and basketball tournament over the Halloween weekend, as the "holiday" tends to be littered with racial tension and violence rather than fun. The festival and tournament allowed for an opportunity for the Kids to have a healthy environment, and to experience Christs Love. Being the artist I am, i was on face painting duty...yep, for 4 straight hours. The trip to Detroit also allowed us staff to "explore" so to speak the area, to see if we could potentially lead a group of students there over a spring break to help out further. That is still up in the air, but I really hope to head back.