Today was our turn to go to the interactive center which was huge with all kinds of things to do and learn about. One of the goals that we had was to get our shirts signed by as many people as we could so that we could meet new people. We got almost the entire open space on our group t-shirts signed by people from all over the country. We even got Bishop Hanson to sign it! We met a lot of people by handing out our LYO wristbands which was really cool. The speakers at the service were awesome, especially Mrs. Vaughn from Senegal who was pretty inspiring. The one thing that really hit home for us was that she said to not spend time with the “walking dead” as they are only a waste of time. The last band called Group 1 Crew was excellent. They were kind of a mix between rap and metal and hard rock. It was really cool to be part of a gathering with 37,000 other LYO kids in this city. It is really great to walk the city streets and meet people all the other people who are here for the same thing as we are. One cool thing that happened to us was that a security guard from the SuperDome saw our shirts that said, “Life is Fragile: Handle with Prayer”. It touched him because he just lost his wife in May and she used to say the same thing. We gave him one of our shirts and he was wearing it today when we saw him. We also met a Chinese man who was 87 years old and was a D-Day veteran who landed on Utah beach. He told us stories and told us that we should visit the veteran cemeteries around the country to show respect. He also told us that he never got an education and we should try to be in the top 10 percent of our classes! It was a great day! New Orleans is a great city to visit! Walking around this city is very cool! Thanks for sending us.
Julian Geiken and Esten Watson
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