However, before I get to Tacoma, let me update you on this past week....
From the 20th till the 25th I was in St.Paul/Minneapolis, MN for LVC Orientation. Basically, my days began at 7:00am (blah) and lasted until about 8:00pm and were quite busy. Our days were spent with learning about the Lutheran Volunteer Corps as an organization, ways to live in intentional community, anti-racism training, and so on. I appreciated the time that was spent at Orientation, but there were a lot of times that I would have rather been elsewhere.
However, well I was in the Twin Cities I was able to make a pilgrimage to the heartland of American consumerism, the Mall of America. It was everything that I thought it would be...overwhelming, huge, and filled with hundreds of stores that (while unnecessary) were an experience. It was 4 levels of shopping extravaganza with each wing decorated in a different manner and a Nickelodeon amusement park in the center. For example. the wing with stores like Coach, Burberry, and Hugo Boss was very classy with floor to ceiling white decoration (paint, tiles, etc) and very brightly lit. In contrast, some of the areas with bars and restaurants was lower lighting, darker paint, and carpet. Overall, it was an adventure and yet another item to check off my bucket list.
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