Nov. 6, 2009 - ECMT '09 entry #1
This is the first of many blog entries that have to do with East Coast Mission Trip 2009 (ECMT '09 for short.)
On the morning of Sept. 16 my brother and I woke early and prepared to begin our first AIM mission trip. I know several people who have gone on AIM mission trips and they said it was hard and you were stretched. So it was with great trepidation that I put my duffle bag, back pack, sleeping bag and pillow in the trunk of our car and drove to the place we were leaving from.
Upon arriving at the place we were leaving from our stuff was packed into the back of the 15 passenger van we would be riding in for the next six weeks. We left at around 8 AM and headed toward Dickson, TN where we would have training camp. We drove through a lot of hard rain. Upon arriving at the cam we discovered that there was no electricity and it was beginning to get dark. So the MO part of the Team ate a candle light dinner of... sandwiches. It was a lot of fun. The electricity returned at about 7 PM.
The following morning the MO part of the Team went to the Nashville airport to collect the WY members of the Team. Now that we had our full Team we headed toward the camp for orientation, dinner and a little bit of socializing while we waited for our trainers to arrive.
AIM presents the gospel through mime, so the Team was broken up into 2 groups; 8 presenters (6 girls & 2 guys) and 3 members that would not be presenting (Our directors and another "director").
When our trainers arrived the morning of the 18th the training began. During the six days of training camp we put together over 20 songs, wrote the majority of our Bible study, learned more mime technique.
We left training camp on Wednesday morning and headed toward Blacksburg, VA for a overnight stay.
