Tales from the Road... Unity Festival

This trip was the biggest event of our festival season which meant a whole bunch of stuff to cram into our minivan - there were only three of us driving up and we nearly had to leave someone behind!

Unity happens in Muskegon, MI, on the shore of Lake Michigan - yes, it's a hard life for the MAM team! This year over 60,000 people attended to hear some great music and get stuck into the various activities run by the huge team of Unity volunteers.

As for MAM, we had a lot going on! We took our regular booth with all our information, t-shirts and Banded headbands. We ran two photo booths continuing our #beyondcompare campaign asking people to share with us what makes them unique.

Then, on top of that and most excitingly for us, we ran our first girls lounge - a space for girls and young women to come and hang out, talk about their issues, get prayed for and get involved with some of our craft activities.

On the Friday and Saturday we had the opportunity to share our documentary, Through My Heart's Eyes, and to share something of what MAM is all about. These sessions are always a highlight as it led to great conversations with individuals who were able to share their own stories with MAM team. 

Then it was time to go home - so we said a big thank you to Ashley, Michael, Jimmy, Shane and the Take Hold team who helped us make everything happen and packed up the van again for the drive back to Nashville. George, Corinne and Jimmy did a superb job of packing Jimmy's van - don't worry it was only going round the corner!!

The journey home was fairly uneventful - so we made a list of things we like for you....

Cold War Kids

Toast and Marmite

Sleep

Coffee

Soft t-shirts

Redbull

Crisp clean air

Boys with black hair and lip rings

Candles that smell of the coast

Being in water

Fuzzy blankets

2014 corvettes

Chicken and salad in all forms (especially with avocado and without mayo)

Pandora and pickled okra

Praying with strangers

Batman and all villains in batman

Reading positive psychology books

Horror movies

Craft nights

Corinne's driving commentary

Food samples at Costco and Publix

Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship

Bikes with baskets

Hoodies

Accents

Metal (the material and the music)

All things fall

Pianos

Not having let it go in my head

Stargazing and cloud gazing on a trampoline

The ocean and surfing

Meet Virginia by Train