Fisherman's Chapel:
The plan was to start the day off with Paul Gardner and Titus Brown at the Fisherman's Chapel to spend some quiet time alone with God. The Chapel is about 10 minutes east of Mio, then about 5 miles into the woods from there. We stopped at McDonalds on the way out to it, which is quite the treat for Titus and me. I didn't have my camera, so you'll notice a lack of pictures, but it's kind of a good thing. The feel of this beautiful building on the banks of the AuSable River can't really be captured on a camera. We read John 20-21on our own, then met on the dock under the chapel. We looked the chapel over one last time and Titus tried to climb a very tall tree, then we headed back out. Paul insisted on another trip to McDonalds to try their smoothies and before we could even pull out I got a call from Mike Baker. Mike said he'd pick me up at McDonalds, but I had no idea what he was doing in Mio with Mike Alchin and Randy Harris.
Tigers Game:
It turned out that Randy and Mike B had decided that they'd go to the Tigers game for the day and they planned to bring me and Mike A along for the trip. So we drove down to Detroit and while we waited in line for tickets a woman came up and offered us really good seats at a discount. It's hard to not take ticket offers outside a stadium without some skepticism, but they looked legit and we went for it. They got us through the gate, so we really started looking at where our seats were. We found our section, started to walk down and we all realized it was going to be 6 rows behind the Tigers dugout, directly along the 1st base line. Just perfect seats! The weather was great and so was the game, especially as the Tigers won 6-3. We headed out of the stadium at 3:30pm, right on pace to make it back by 7pm. That's not even 12 hours after leaving!
Bed, Bike, and Boeve's:
We arrived back at camp just before 7pm. Shortly after returning, Phyllis Douglas showed up with queen sized sheets for my bed I sort of inherited from a departing seasonal staff person. Maybe not a big deal to most people, but I've never had a Queen sized bed, and it was just fabulous to have sheets that fit it properly. At this point the day has just been awesome. I'm not sure what else I could really do, but then Titus showed up on his bike and we decided to go for a ride. It was a good thing that we brought headlamps along because it was quite dark before we came back into camp, deciding to stop at the Bouve house on the way back in. We ended up watching a video that they'd just received after going white water rafting in Virginia.
We left the Boeve's after my bed time, so Titus and I parted ways and I headed for bed. The whole day was an exciting adventure, but throughout the day I was reminded to thank God for the people I've met at Barakel and for the blessing they've been to me over the past 8 months. I thrive on interacting with other people and it was really something to spend the day with all the dear people that God has placed me right in the middle of.
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