Our first day in Philly

Dateline - Saturday - June 23, 2012. The Philadelphia mission trip begins. The trip left on-time at noon. Chaperones: Susan Ficklin, Emily McPhie,Alvarez LeCesne, Paul Gracy Mission Teenagers: Emma, Kami, Noelle, Grace, Brodie, Scott, Trey, Christophe, (Justin due in tomorrow). The trip was completed safely, with a stop at the Maryland House for Starbucks and junk food. We're staying in the Chamounix Youth Hostel. (www.philahostel.org) Upon arrival, we unloaded the vans and checked in. The hostel is a converted antique mansion, complete with creaky floors and even creaky-ier bunk beds. The boys have been banished to the third floor loft. There will be no jumping contests in this room! We made the grocery run to the local grocery store. The starting grocery run set us back $393.96. Which doesn't include the extra Nutella and Marshmallow Fluff runs in the foreseeable future. Scott and the boys fixed hamburgers and hotdogs for our first dinner. Emily and the girls made a salad after The Great Expedition to Find a Cutting Board. Despite the lack of Ketchup, it was a wonderful meal. Much discussion after Compline about where to go after church tomorrow. The Redding market seems to be the winner for lunch. Tourism opportunity of interest seems to be Eastern State Penitentiary! Hopefully everyone will make it back out... the boys seem to be planning some slight misdemeanor mischief. We'll bring your well wishes with us to Al Capone's former hangout! By: Paul Gracy and Noelle Muha