My name is Josh McKamie and I am one of the 6 interns living this year on Wildemere St. in Detroit near U of D Mercy. I just finished my Junior year at Wayne State University majoring in Nutrition/Pre-Medicine. I just took the MCAT (medical college admission test) in May and am waiting for the results (hopefully soon, the suspense is killing me). I've lived on campus or near campus at Wayne State since I started there, so I'm somewhat familiar with the city already, but the area we're living in is new to me.
Most of us moved in last Monday on June 8th. The house is huge, old and has a ton of character. We'll put a picture of it up soon. We spent the first day exploring the house and finding lots of interesting things left behind by the people who were previously living here. We found boxes and boxes of shaving cream, honey marinade, magnetic poetry kits, salsa, and huge industrial sized cans of tomato sauce. The freezer in the basement was strangely padlocked shut until someone pried it open and found a solid block of ice with blocks of packaged meat scattered throughout. Later we found out opening this freezer was a mistake....
On Wednesday morning, we all headed up north to Camp Lake Lousie Louise for a teambuilding/training retreat with the other Transforming Leaders interns and 20 or so other Mission Interns not living with us. When we got back on Saturday night we had a nasty surprise waiting for us in the basement: meaty water covering half the floor. We're currently in the process of figuring out how to clean it all up, we'll keep you posted.
This summer I will be splitting my week working at the Joy-Southfield Community Development Corporation in their free health clinic and helping to organize the Motown Mission Experience. I started working on planning the Motown Mission weeks today and am starting at the Joy Southfield clinic tomorrow. I'm not sure what I'm exactly doing there, but I will find out tomorrow and let you know!
Josh McKamie
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