Good evening from Greensboro. Correction on some earlier information I provided. The most distant Passport attendees are not from New York. We have some folks here from Baton Rouge. And they are not even the furthest. The youth group from Korea would have to be the most distant.
Today we had our first meeting of our Choice group. Mine was with 39 youth and half-a-dozen chaperons providing service to an activities center for developmentally disabled adults. We spent two hours signing disclaimer forms and waiting for the next thing to happen. Then in a stepping-out-of-the-comfort-zone moment we spent 15 minutes meeting and sitting with the clients. They were lovely, and they were thrilled. I hope we have more opportunities like that at this site. And more time.
Inquiring what our youth most enjoy so far about Passport pretty much all say being part of their Bible Study group, all of which are represented by a cross section of youth from all the attendee churches. I guess it should not be such a surprise. These youth know they are here to build relationships with the Lord and with each other, so they already have that in common.
My dinner strategy is improving. Rather than eating three dinners as I did last night, I was down to about 1.5 tonight. By tomorrow I hope to be down to just one. But the Asian beef tip stir fry over rice with spring roll was terrific, and the pecan pie was flaky and gooey and delicious.
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| The adults have Bible Study too, and discuss the same scripture and hear the same stories and use the same props as the campers. Camp Director Zeke Stephenson makes it compelling, keeps it real. |
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| Tim Doolittle and I cruised downtown before dinner and found this Civil Rights Museum. No longer a Woolworth, but the facade is preserved because the lunch counter within was the site of one of the first sit-ins that led to African Americans to be allowed service in public accommodations. This is worth a look at a Google search of February 1, 1960 |
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| Tonight was the Recreation Party, which is in fact a bunch of field games in which the various Bible Study groups compete with each other. The station I volunteered to facilitate was Relay Revolution. The procedure for completing the relay seemed to contain a built-in mental block, so my main role here was to repeatedly shout, "Grab the hockey stick! Grab the hockey stick!" |
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| David D looks more like Joe F here. |
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| Grayson H deftly maneuvers toward the ball. |
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| Taylor B sizes up the target. |
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| Nick S wallops the ball downfield. |
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| At the conclusion of the Rec Party, the teams gather and see who has the best cheer |
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