Early this Moring excitement was buzzing around in my group because today we found out that we would really start getting dirty in the most media enforced way . From the beginning, we could feel energy from the convention center, even though it was empty. As soon as we walked in the door we were thrown in to over drive, as ushers for a youth outreach ages 5-16. The performers were from all over and they threw love to all of the kids and they bounced and screamed their love back…it was bananas. Coca Cola brought a lot of young fresh faces to the scene…like the group Premiere, a young woman named Courtney and another young lady who had to overcome a lot to become a singer named Rachel. Just when you thought it was over, we had to give out bag lunches, and let me tell you…the lines were long and the kid’s were hungry and were very thankful for the food. We were rewarded with shy smiles and low thank yous…it really touched my heart. After a brief lunch, we went back to work making more bags for Sunday, you would think when we ran out of material for the bag we would go home… NOT!!!!
Then, we went to the Essence Bookstore .There, you had books of every kind, you would have thought it was a personal book store for President Barack Obama, because he was on every other book table. At the end of the day we were thanked and welcomed back to come help anytime. Our hearts were full of pride but our body was beaten down. Everyone’s head was rolling as the trolley bounced and turned along and after a short walk and a couple stops we were happy to see the St. Marie Hotel. Day 3 was a blast, but day four is when the heat turns up so kids bring your towel because it’s going to be hot.
Brittany, Chakavia
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