Proclaim Justice! (Saturday, July 18)

Today was a very important and highly anticipated day on our Detroit trip, our service project day.

We woke up early this morning and quickly made our way to meet up with everybody else that intended to proclaim justice.

 After a short dance party in a plaza square, we, a few other groups, and our servant companion, Meghan, set out on a short bus ride. Our destination was Osborn, a battered neighborhood where we helped board up abandoned houses, paint those boards, and removed overgrown greens.

After our completing service projects, we went back to our hotel rooms and hung out. After our break, we left for the nightly program at Ford Field. The whole crowd was very excited. Tonight we listened to some inspirational speakers, some amazing artists, and it was all wrapped up by a hardcore rock band called Skillet that really got the crowd pumped up. 

To end the day, we had an insightful discussion about the day’s happenings and about how we affected the people in this community, and how the project affected us.

All in all, today was a very good day that produced some very good experiences. Everybody had fun today, knowing that our service was a huge hit with the community as they were all very grateful and kind.

Max