Today we had fun. Our biggest fear is that today was not adequate but that it was powerful beyond measure. It was thought provoking and inspiring. We left the church this morning at 8AM and headed to the Greyhound bus station where the Freedom Riders were attacked. Then we visited the house where Martin Luther King lived.
The most intense part of today was the visit to the Slavery and Civil War Museum were we re-enacted the journey of slaves from Africa to the plantation. The leader of this experience had so much energy and the way she used language and voice just immersed us in a partial, cloudy simulated reality of the pain and suffering slaves went through when they were captured, shipped and sold.
After this humbling, lugubrious, and shocking re-enactment we all marched across the bridge leading into Selma and then we went under it into a kind of park area where we all reflected upon what we experienced. From listening to the group and watching them react, I would say that this is one our most intense heart to hearts. Hearing J.T. Snipes expressing how he felt when he was told to choose someone to throw overboard and just couldn't do it. We talked for about an hour i guess, but we could've stayed there all night, but it was getting dark and cold. We where under a bridge in Selma, Alabama; and one person yelled above us, but I digress. We got back on the bus and made the 4 hour drive to Jackson, Mississippi. Most everybody continued the discussion in their own little circle around where they were sitting.
Anyways, now it's 3:54 AM, and we have to wake up at 8! Kayla is also blogging for our small group, she's laying behind me typing right now. Nick is also blogging for his group. Carrington is asleep, Connie just loaded her pictures onto my computer and now I'm tired and want to sleep. Goodnight.
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