As most of Tuesday (9/16) was taken up by driving to Detroit, we decided to get tickets to visit the museum for Wednesday, September 17. We were surprised, and very happy, to find that with a Verizon phone, the audio tour of the museum was free! Apparently, they have a deal set up with Verizon to allow customers to dial #THF (#843, 313-483-4098 for non-Verizon) and then enter individual item numbers to listen to the history of Henry Ford and pieces in his collection. It was great! So for anybody who wants to, we will include the item number with the [View Full Entry]

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4th July 2008 Yesterday after our trip to Peele point we were all hungry and Amy had spotted Shermans resturant almost next to the Ramada Inn where we where staying. Despite our original misgivings it turned out very well. I managed to get a roast beef dinner with a salad (bar) starter for $11-75 (less than six pounds) and also had apple crumble and ice cream. The others all manged to find soups and salads. We then returned to the Ramada where I loaded up our blogs whilst Amy wore the exercise machines out in fitness room before joining Mum and [View Full Entry]

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So the trip is off to a good start. The airplane sat on the tarmac in Ottawa for 1.5 hours while the crew sorted out a "baggage problem." Unfortunately, this caused me to miss the connection in Detriot to Tokyo, and there were no other flights on other airlines that would get me there today. So my best option was to take the free hotel and dinner. All drinks on the flight as a result were gratis! which was the good part of the flight. I thought I would make the most of my night in Detroit but the Pistons, Red [View Full Entry]

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Two days before the mission team leaves! Please subscribe to this blog so you can be notified of our updates! We will try to access the internet and write how the mission trip is doing as often as possible but please be patient and keep in mind we will be in a third world country. Pray for us! [View Full Entry]

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Another short night. 7 a.m. load in in Detroit, about 20 minutes from where we’re staying. Kyle said he had a surprise for me in the truck; I was hoping it was a puppy, but it was donuts, which was my second choice. Union house, but much more like the one I’m used to. Comfortable. Good guys. When shows come to Spokane, it is often said that we have a lot of women. But that’s always been normal for me; there’s always at least on women wherever I am. The last a few houses have had none, except maybe one for [View Full Entry]

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East Lansing was good to us. Union crew was pretty decent, know what was going on and eager to help- always good. Everything went pretty well. The man who focused the lights was called Jim, and I thought he was calling me “Sir” all day, but turns out he was calling me “Sarah.” (I didn’t figure this out until load out when we said “Sarah” while she was with me.) That was really the only funny thing. When I was micing the kids for the show, Kyle and I both started putting random extra pieces of tape on Stella’s face, then [View Full Entry]

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Wow it's been awhile since I last did an entry, 74 days according to the site. Interesting.. Never expected that that much time has gone past since I have been here. Alot has happened, as tends to over time. I stayed with my sister until the end of February. By that time I had gotten a job! Can you belive it!! One month exactly from the date that I left TN I started my new job. WEIRD. In the meantime I busted my butt to find a job and did. I got a position as a Case Manager at a company [View Full Entry]

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Well, after almost two weeks with my parents, I'm on the move again, currently in the Detroit airport. My plane to Manila leaves in three hours, with one stop in Tokyo. I'm sitting in front of the gate for a flight going to Paris because that's the only place I could find a free outlet. We laptop people fight over them. Across from me are two orange-clad monks eating hamburgers. They'll have fun in Paris. [View Full Entry]

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Whew! If we thought getting into Cnada was an adventure, coming home to the US was worse!!! After being harassed a bit byt the customs official, though, we made it back into our home country. Funny that you can leave so easily, but you can't come back! We drove across the small portion of Ontario that borders a couple of the Great Lakes and exited into Detroit, Michigan. We went over the Greenfield Village to check it out while we were there. It's a village (as well as a museum and factory) built by Henry Ford. He collected building and brought [View Full Entry]

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After 30+ hours of flying and layovers we arrived in Detroit. The last flight (a red eye from LA to DTW) was the 15th we had taken on our trip and the 1st one where we lost a bag. OK, not lost but delayed. Somehow 2 of our bags made our flight and the 3rd decided it wanted to stay on the road a bit longer and hitched a ride to Minneapolis first. It was an amazing trip and I hope that our pictures and descriptions at least gave a small window into what we saw and did. Now that we [View Full Entry]

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