Greenville,SC-Children

Report from Greenville – Sunday night edition.

First impressions: So much for sunny South Carolina. After crashing from exhaustion after a 15 hour odyssey to get here, we woke up today to rain (and some room-shaking thunder in the middle of the night). But hey, it beats the 8 inches of snow Columbia got. We're only a little jealous of all the Twitter pics we've seen of the Florida ASB trips lounging on the beach...

So technically, getting from Columbia to Greenville takes only 12 hours, but throw in some hijinks and it'll take just a little longer. We had to barge into Anthony's dorm to wake him up, and running out of gas in Nashville gave us our first taste of southern hospitality in the form of some friendly car pushing strangers.

To start off our blogging, we'll do a rundown of our favorite trip moments so far, what we're looking forward to most, and a piece of advice for future ASBers.

It's all gravy.

Stephen:
Favorite: Interacting with the church
Advice: Go to waffle house, walk in with a big group, then walk out. Wait for discount.
Looking forward: Meeting who we're working with

Anthony
Favorite: Taco Mamacita
Advice: Don't wear a jacket in the backseat. Don't do an all-nighter the night before your ASB trip. Have fun.
Looking forward: Going back to Taco Mamacita

Steven:
Favorite: Bari's 5 hole-in-ones. Random strangers being awesome.
Advice: bring a sleeping pad if you're sleeping in a church
Looking forward: whatever happens

Brittany
Favorite: Car ride here and CeCe's stories about America and China
Advice: Come with an open mind
Looking forward: Meeting more amazingly nice people

CeCe:
Favorite: Thunder in the middle of the night
Advice: Always use the restroom on breaks! Don't make yourself feel unhealthy.
Looking forward: Learning about Pendleton and learning new things

Bari:
Favorite: Car trip bonding
Advice: Don't be shy about saying you need to use the restroom because four other people probably need to go too
Looking forward: Going in without any expectations, but wanting to help out however we can.

Claire:
Favorite: How quickly we bonded
Advice: When the meter says low, it's time to get gas
Looking forward: Being useful

Sarah
Favorite: Delirious laughing
Advice: Don't sleep near anyone else. They'll hate you.
Looking forward: Meeting the kids

Jennifer
Favorite: Listening to everyone's music on the drive
Advice: Know exactly where participants live
Looking forward: Meeting the shelter workers

Ben:
Favorite: The car ride music
Advice: Don't have 10 kids and have them all go shopping with you
Looking forward: Putting our strengths to use

Jake:
Favorite: Making food together and Sarah embarrassing herself
Advice: Know minor spanish so you don't call mamacita maamacyta by accident
Looking forward: Seeing the kids

Olivia
Favorite: Teaching Anthony about spooning and Jake solo-pushing Roger and the car ride.
Advice: I'll get back to you later.
Looking forward: To finally getting to Pendleton Place.