Marshall, Missouri

    I had such a great time at my first visit. I went to Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri. The women there were amazing! The school was a major athletic college and majority of the students were there on athletic scholarships. I was very impressed at their capabilities of managing a college sport, school work, work, and a sorority! I was very blessed to have met the women their. They were all so friendly and kind.

Town

    The town of Marshall, Missouri is a very small town. They had an Applebee's and all of the fast food restaurants, but every thing else was small town. We ate at a small town restaurant named Luke's. They had amazing burgers! I love small town food places! WalMart was where everyone went to kill time. The campus was a large part of the town, and it was beautiful. All of the buildings were brick and the campus was small, so you could walk the entire campus in five to ten minutes.

My Stay

    I stayed at the chapter house at Missouri Valley College. Many of the women lived in the house. I was pretty spacious. I even had my own room! We had a sisterhood event at the house which was a lot of fun. We played Apples to Apples, which was a riot. Afterwards we walked to Dairy Queen for some ice cream! While we were their, one of the members shoved ice cream in her friends face, and while she was laughing she leaned back and dunked her hair in my sundae. We all had a good laugh! Luckily I was finished. I told all of the women that I would remember them forever! Your first visit as a leadership consultant is one that you will always remember!

This is me with a few of the women in front of their chapter house.

 

Flight to Virginia

    My flight out of Missouri was definitely an interesting one. Well, first we had to leave at 3 AM to get to the airport! I arrived around 5 AM. The airport was packed at 5 AM and the line to check luggage took 30 minutes. After that I had to wait in line for security. I almost missed my flight! Once I was on the plane, a baby was crying right behind me and kept kicking my seat. The poor mother was trying to quiet her down. Luckily, she fell asleep once we took off. The sunset was beautiful to watch as we flew through the clouds. I wish I would have taken a picture. Once I arrived at DC I had a nice little wait. The airplane that I boarded had no air conditioning! We were all sweating to death! The flight was delayed 30 minutes so that they could stop one engine and start the other to pull in some cool air. Once I arrived at Charlotte I had missed my flight to Roanoke, and had to wait an hour for the next flight. The good news is it gave me time to grab some lunch! I was starving! The flight to Roanoke was nice and short and the view was beautiful from the plane. When I got my luggage I was disappointed to find the zippers had been ripped off of my front pocket and there was a small tear. Unfortunately, I didn't know you had to talk to the luggage people immediately. I was tired and just wanted to get settled in. I have officially learned my lesson though. After a long day, I had finally arrived at Lynchburg, Virginia! I was ready to start the week!