We started off the morning with the most delicious, wonderful, and simply to die for sweet potato pancakes at the Arcade Cafe and then headed to church. The service at Blvd. was legit. I think there was like 5 soloists and their voices were God given gifts. The entire experience was so refreshing and exhilarating. The pastor's message was on love not being easily angered and it really just brought in an entire spirit of love and unity into both the church and our group. The congregation was so welcoming and they officially have the cutest children on the planet!
Next we went to the National Civil Rights museum and had Jolynn give us the full experience. She is a passionate actress and civil rights activist and hearing her perspective on the movement really inspired all of us. For me personally, it was the section where she talked about SNCC and the sit ins that was truly inspiring. She kept talking about how it was college students that were taking action and that "college students" did this and that. It made me realize that we really can make a difference now! We are not "just students" or immature people that want to party, we can have passions, dreams, and if we allow our hearts to lead us then we can make an impact in our world.
I think that overall this was sort of the purpose of the trip; a chance to look back on history and see how people rose up and did things that had not been done before. This is motivation for us to act as well, and to not make excuses for apathy.
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