Today we got on the road by 8:30. We stopped at a little breakfast restaurant on the way to Detroit. When we got there, we went to the Cobalt Stadium to check out some of the activities that were going on. We spotted a zip line, jumpies, and some other cool things. Some of us chose to paint murals of trees that are to be hung up around different areas in Detroit. We chose to finger paint our tree and it turned out very colorful and nice. About 12:30 our activity for the day started. We were put in a room with the Pacifica senate and the Southern California senate. During our little gathering we sang some songs, had communion, and met some new friends. The very last part of the gathering the ELCA leaders ordered for a little send off for PL since he is retiring next year. They called him up on the stage and it was a very powerful and emotional experience for PL and us. After the little gathering we got some dinner and headed down to the Ford field Stadium. We took the people mover down to the closing ceremony. Our closing ceremony consisted of a couple more motivational speakers and some inspirational singers. The last singer of the night got all of us up on our feet dancing. We were seated right next to the speakers so it was so loud you could feel the bass of the music pounding in your chest. On the bus ride back to the hotel we met some new friends from Palo Alto. They rode on our Ascension bus with us back to the hotel. When we got back it was late and we did devotions and PL said that we get to sleep in later tomorrow morning so we are all happy and excited about that.
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