Hey Family and Friends!
Group leader Maddie is checking in with you all tonight!
ABST OWB day four started out with a beautiful walk to Bayview
Park to experience the sunrise together as a group. The night before a couple group leaders made
individualized overnight oats (chocolate peanut butter or brown sugar blueberry
flavored) for the whole group to munch on while we watched the sunrise. It was beautiful to experience the view that
Our West Bayfront residents get to experience each morning.
Following our sunrise experience, we went back First Pres (where
we are staying) and we rested. The
introverts in the group really appreciated this. We had the morning off from doing
construction work at the St. Joseph House because our insulation job, that we
did earlier this week, was being inspected.
After spending the morning resting and recharging, we decided to spend
the afternoon exploring the city and bonding as a group. One of our accompaniers was able to make a call
and we were given a special tour of the Bicentennial Tower (Thanks, Bob!). The group really enjoyed looking at downtown
Erie and Our West Bayfront from a bird’s eye view.
The group also was provided with a delicious dinner tonight by
different members of the First Presbyterian Church. First Pres (as we affectionately call it)
offers dinner and reflection every Wednesday for their church members and the
public. Our evening was spent in
community with First Pres and attending a reflection lead by Pastor Chris. I made a special connection with a couple
that attended the dinner. I am recently
engaged and discovered that a couple was present at the dinner that had been
married for over 66 years! I walked over
to the couple and simply asked them what the secret is to a happy
marriage. They shared with me to never
go to bed angry and that’s it’s okay to give in every once in a while. I really enjoyed making this connection with
members of the church.
Overall, our group is growing closer and closer together. We are enjoying one another’s company and have become
quite talkative. So talkative that we
have had to institute a “talking bag” during our group reflections.
Basically, if you have the talking bag you are allowed to talk but if
you don’t have it, you can’t. We are hoping that
this new addition to our reflection will allow every group member’s voice to be heard. J
We are very excited to be getting back to work tomorrow at the
St. Joseph House.
Until next time – peace and prayers to all!
-
Maddie Z.
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