MISSION: ATLANTA- BLOG 3
As of Tuesday June 3RD, Mission: Atlanta X had officially gone international. After a two hour drive to the airport, a 4 hour flight to Miami, a hour and a half long flight to Atlanta, and 10 minutes of trying to find the US team within the labyrinth that is the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the Costa Rican teens were finally united with the Mission: Atlanta X team. After embraces and many joyful greetings, the combined groups piled into the rental bus like sardines and sang their way through Atlanta rush-hour traffic to Turner Field – home of the braves. The Ticos scaled their way into the penthouse seats of the section 420, where the 203 teens greeted their new friends with open arms. Finally reaching their destination, all the servant leaders settled in to enjoy America’s favorite pastime. The Costa Ricans ‘chopped’ for the Braves like no one has chopped before, and by the time they had trekked back to the Forsyth YMCA for the night, they were all beat and ready to hit the sack. Eventually, the rest of the teens retreated back to their home YMCA’s and Tuesday was brought to a brilliant close.
