Author: Alexis Wilkinson

Well, it has been quite a while since I updated, and a lot has happened. First, we visited a store owned by Ms. Donna’s family. They gave us ice cream!!! We spent the next day in Hershey Park. There wasn’t as much chocolate as I was hoping for, but I got to go to a zoo!!! And more importantly, I didn’t have to ride a single roller coaster!!!!!!!! The people who do like roller coasters got their fill, though. Some of them had more loops than I could count.

After Hershey we hopped on the bus and took off for Mohawk New York. When we got here at midnight, we had to do one of God’s Light’s impressive “all hands on deck” unpacking maneuvers, because it was raining. Everyone pitched in and did a great job!!

Now, we are about to get ready for our concert. The pastor is letting us use the whole service!!

Last night we had our first concert, and I think Addie was right when she said it was, “The best first concert I have heard in a long time.” We definitely still have some kinks to work out, but it was a good start to a good tour. Arianna and Laura are the only 8th graders to have a solo in my entire time in choir, and they did an incredible job! Way to go girls! The church we stayed at was this wonderful little place on the border of Bristol Tennessee and Bristol Virginia, called St. Luke’s UMC. They made us dinner and breakfast!! Now, we are headed to Hershey Pennsylvania, land of chocolate. For people like me with many sweet teeth, I fully anticipate this to be the best stop of the tour!!

Well, here we are driving down the highway. We are off to a good start. Sitting in the back of the bus laughing, screaming, music blasting. Here we come tour 2015!!!!

Tour always feels like the start of summer. Now, in a sense, for me it is the last summer of its kind. Well, hopefully it is a good one.