At the beginning of this week I wasn’t sure what to expect, the only thing that I could hope for is that it would be one of the greatest experiences of my life. The week didn’t begin the greatest way it could have this week, the first day we got here the air mattress had a tiny puncture that was unable to be found. The next morning I woke to a deflated air mattress with my body practically on the ground. That night we decided the solution would be to use couch cushions under my sleeping bag.
Every night we went to a different ethnic restaurant, starting with a nice Middle Eastern restaurant, to things like Ben’s Chili Bowl, and my favorite of all, a very fancy Scottish restaurant called McDonalds. After eating at these restaurants with different cultures of food we went to a memorial and debriefed for the day there. We went to places like the National Cathedral and the Lincoln Memorial. These were the best parts of the week.
The worst parts of the week were waking up. As a teenager that has stayed up until two o’clock or later everyday, or should I say morning? During this summer made it very hard to wake up at 7 or 8. I think the only reason it was possible for me to wake up was because of a man named Joe Apple (He managed to get me up before 5 in the morning!). Every morning I’d hear the door squeak with a loud and bold voice saying “RISE AND SHINE”. Acting as I would at home, I completely ignored him, rolled back over and closed my eyes. Next thing I know, the sleeping bag is shaking, almost knocking me off the nice comfortable bed onto the hard floor. A couple of times Joe threatened us with water torture. This is where he gets his water bottle and drips water on us, and if that doesn’t work, he will dump the whole bottle of water on you! Luckily for us, he never got to this step of waking a teenage child up, it took the occasional “RISE AND SHINE” or shaking me out of the sleeping bag.
I’m very glad I decided to go on this trip. If I had not gone I would have missed out on some of the most memorable experiences of my life. Like the singing in the car, to the performance at the church with Joe’s dance, and one of the most important, helping the many people in need at D.C. When I said that I hoped this would be one of the greatest experiences of my life, my hopes proved to be correct! CSM was AMAZING!!
Kevin Hyerer
Every night we went to a different ethnic restaurant, starting with a nice Middle Eastern restaurant, to things like Ben’s Chili Bowl, and my favorite of all, a very fancy Scottish restaurant called McDonalds. After eating at these restaurants with different cultures of food we went to a memorial and debriefed for the day there. We went to places like the National Cathedral and the Lincoln Memorial. These were the best parts of the week.
The worst parts of the week were waking up. As a teenager that has stayed up until two o’clock or later everyday, or should I say morning? During this summer made it very hard to wake up at 7 or 8. I think the only reason it was possible for me to wake up was because of a man named Joe Apple (He managed to get me up before 5 in the morning!). Every morning I’d hear the door squeak with a loud and bold voice saying “RISE AND SHINE”. Acting as I would at home, I completely ignored him, rolled back over and closed my eyes. Next thing I know, the sleeping bag is shaking, almost knocking me off the nice comfortable bed onto the hard floor. A couple of times Joe threatened us with water torture. This is where he gets his water bottle and drips water on us, and if that doesn’t work, he will dump the whole bottle of water on you! Luckily for us, he never got to this step of waking a teenage child up, it took the occasional “RISE AND SHINE” or shaking me out of the sleeping bag.
I’m very glad I decided to go on this trip. If I had not gone I would have missed out on some of the most memorable experiences of my life. Like the singing in the car, to the performance at the church with Joe’s dance, and one of the most important, helping the many people in need at D.C. When I said that I hoped this would be one of the greatest experiences of my life, my hopes proved to be correct! CSM was AMAZING!!
Kevin Hyerer
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