Tuesday, March 16, 2010
A Goose in the Chicken Hut...
Well, we are in the final days of our trip and still going strong. After leaving Philly, we went to New York to stay with GANAS on Staten Island. Iris, Delphi, and Gavin helped cook one of the evening meals while the rest of the group took a ride on the ferry into Manhattan. The next day the group split up with half of it going into the city to explore and the rest going to the Liberty Science Museum. We all got back together that night for Pizza at Lombardi's.
Yesterday, we drove down to Virginia and spent the night at the Tandem Friends School. Today, we went to Joel Slezak's farm and helped him put up some electric fencing, rebuild some chicken tractors, and gut a goose that Joel had hunted that morning. For lunch, Joel rewarded us with two delicious chickens right from his farm. It tasted amazing.
Tomorrow we are visiting with the Tandem Friends School and then going to Yogaville. We will be spending our final night in Farmville, VA before heading home to AMS on Thursday.
See you all then.
Yesterday, we drove down to Virginia and spent the night at the Tandem Friends School. Today, we went to Joel Slezak's farm and helped him put up some electric fencing, rebuild some chicken tractors, and gut a goose that Joel had hunted that morning. For lunch, Joel rewarded us with two delicious chickens right from his farm. It tasted amazing.
Tomorrow we are visiting with the Tandem Friends School and then going to Yogaville. We will be spending our final night in Farmville, VA before heading home to AMS on Thursday.
See you all then.
Friday, March 12, 2010
MOVE...............
March 12
Yesterday was busy day. We went to hang out with MOVE, an inner city community in Philadelphia. We went to a park in Philadelphia where we did some muscle building exercises with them. Then, we went on a walk to a river where Delphi, Iris, Nick, Gavin, and Daniel all went swimming and jumped off a rope swing. It was cold. That afternoon, we handed out pamphlets about a play MOVE was putting on in April. After an exhausting day, we went to get Philly cheese steaks at Tony Luke's an watched a high school production of Fiddler on the Roof.
The trip so far has been one thing after another so today we took a day off. We spent the day watching movies and playing boardgames. We are well rested and ready for our trip to New York tomorrow.
Felix
Yesterday was busy day. We went to hang out with MOVE, an inner city community in Philadelphia. We went to a park in Philadelphia where we did some muscle building exercises with them. Then, we went on a walk to a river where Delphi, Iris, Nick, Gavin, and Daniel all went swimming and jumped off a rope swing. It was cold. That afternoon, we handed out pamphlets about a play MOVE was putting on in April. After an exhausting day, we went to get Philly cheese steaks at Tony Luke's an watched a high school production of Fiddler on the Roof.
The trip so far has been one thing after another so today we took a day off. We spent the day watching movies and playing boardgames. We are well rested and ready for our trip to New York tomorrow.
Felix
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
We Reached the Halfway Mark
Hey here's the latest update on the events of our trip.
March, 2
Today we visited Jubilee Partners. We ate lunch with them and took a tour of their wonderful and expansive organic gardens. After lunch, we went to the school and played games with some of the younger refugees from Burma.
March, 4
We went to Greensboro, NC today and helped some Amish put down the sub flooring to their new house. We also walked around the beautiful country side and went into a quaint Amish country store.
March, 6
We traveled on to Lancaster, PA to visit another Amish family. Bob Neuhauser brought us on a tour of the countryside and an Amish family's huge farm. They showed us their home and all of their animals. They also answered the many questions we had for them about their way of life.
March, 8
Today, we went to Fort Meade near Washington D.C. They gave us a tour and then we ate lunch in the cafeteria. We talked with the soldiers during lunch and asked them questions about what it was like to live on the base. Then we returned to Harry and Emily Volz's house where we are staying. They made us a delicious dinner and dessert.
March, 9
Still in D.C., we woke up early and took a tour of the White House and met up with the Power Trip for a little while. After that, we wandered around the city and some of us went to the Holocaust Museum.
March,10
Today, we traveled to Philly and did service work for the South Jersey Food Bank by packing lunches for their Kids Packs program. We packed over 340 lunches. Tonight, we will be staying with the Murray family in Collingswood, NJ and enjoying a wonderful dinner of fish tacos.
Till next time...
Delphi
March, 2
Today we visited Jubilee Partners. We ate lunch with them and took a tour of their wonderful and expansive organic gardens. After lunch, we went to the school and played games with some of the younger refugees from Burma.
March, 4
We went to Greensboro, NC today and helped some Amish put down the sub flooring to their new house. We also walked around the beautiful country side and went into a quaint Amish country store.
March, 6
We traveled on to Lancaster, PA to visit another Amish family. Bob Neuhauser brought us on a tour of the countryside and an Amish family's huge farm. They showed us their home and all of their animals. They also answered the many questions we had for them about their way of life.
March, 8
Today, we went to Fort Meade near Washington D.C. They gave us a tour and then we ate lunch in the cafeteria. We talked with the soldiers during lunch and asked them questions about what it was like to live on the base. Then we returned to Harry and Emily Volz's house where we are staying. They made us a delicious dinner and dessert.
March, 9
Still in D.C., we woke up early and took a tour of the White House and met up with the Power Trip for a little while. After that, we wandered around the city and some of us went to the Holocaust Museum.
March,10
Today, we traveled to Philly and did service work for the South Jersey Food Bank by packing lunches for their Kids Packs program. We packed over 340 lunches. Tonight, we will be staying with the Murray family in Collingswood, NJ and enjoying a wonderful dinner of fish tacos.
Till next time...
Delphi
Monday, March 1, 2010
Frisbee, Beef Stew, and Warm Weather
Hola Followers,
First off we want to wish a Happy Birthday to Pete and Lauren who both turned 25!
We're on the road! We left this morning at about 10:30 after the usual chaos of last minute packing and preparation. We had a slight change in our schedule due to snow. Our stop in West Virgina, where we were going to stay with Chris and Torula, unfortunately had to be canceled because they received three feet of snow and everyone agreed it would be potentially problematic for us to try and get up there. So instead, this morning we made some last minute phone calls and are now staying in Greensboro where we will visit an Amish group and stay with some friends of Pete's.
Today, we had a four and a half hour drive south to Comer Baptist Church Youth Center. The weather was a pleasant 65 degrees this afternoon and we enjoyed it by walking to a nearby park and playing Ultimate Frisbee. Then we ate a wonderful dinner provided by Brenna and Gaea Goldberg, an AMS alum and her mom. Tonight we will taking it easy before going on a tour at Jubilee Partners tomorrow!
Until I write again yours truly,
Iris Rountree
First off we want to wish a Happy Birthday to Pete and Lauren who both turned 25!
We're on the road! We left this morning at about 10:30 after the usual chaos of last minute packing and preparation. We had a slight change in our schedule due to snow. Our stop in West Virgina, where we were going to stay with Chris and Torula, unfortunately had to be canceled because they received three feet of snow and everyone agreed it would be potentially problematic for us to try and get up there. So instead, this morning we made some last minute phone calls and are now staying in Greensboro where we will visit an Amish group and stay with some friends of Pete's.
Today, we had a four and a half hour drive south to Comer Baptist Church Youth Center. The weather was a pleasant 65 degrees this afternoon and we enjoyed it by walking to a nearby park and playing Ultimate Frisbee. Then we ate a wonderful dinner provided by Brenna and Gaea Goldberg, an AMS alum and her mom. Tonight we will taking it easy before going on a tour at Jubilee Partners tomorrow!
Until I write again yours truly,
Iris Rountree
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