We had a great day of travel to Nashville with beautiful weather and opportunities to begin the relationships in our separate vans that will continue throughout the week. Each van constitutes a serving group throughout our week in Nashville. The vans go to different locations each day and so it is important for each van to know each other and develop trusting relationships. It has been great to watch students and leaders begin to create an identity in their vans that will carry the through the week as they serve together.
After arriving at our housing site, Eastland Baptist Church, we ate dinner and then were introduced to our Center for Student Missions host leaders for the week. These leaders have committed their entire summer to serve groups like ours that come in each week. We split up into our serving groups so that each group could get to know their particular host and then we took a tour of our housing site to get acclimated to our surroundings. After our tour, we unpacked our gear, washed up, and got ready for bed. Our first night here is just meant to be very relaxed so that we can be fully rested for our first day of service at all of the different service locations the groups will go to.
We are excited to share what our team experiences every day throughout this week and so check back every day to read about all of our adventures. We will update the blog every evening to keep you updated.
