Aware of the World

From my last post you probably know that last weekend was our World Awareness LTE with the Honor Academy. Having participated last year, I knew what to expect but part of the LTE for the interns is not knowing what to expect. After watching Hotel Rwanda on Thursday evening to begin the event, we went to bed but didn't sleep long because we were awakened at 3am and told to line up outside. That began our adventure of pretending to be refugees to get an idea of what many around the world go through day in and day out. On Friday we watched several documentaries about other world events, like radical Islam and the crisis in Sudan. On Saturday afternoon we watched our final movie, "To End All Wars". The story is about men in a World War II POW camp in Thailand and how they learned what really loving your enemy means and the price paid for mercy. It is a pretty intense movie, normally rated R but we had the clean flicks version. But it makes you think about what you would do in a situation far less comfortable then the American way of life. After the end of the movie, our LTE ended as well. I was so blessed to be in leadership, watching the interns grow and helping them along in the experience. The weekend gave interns and G.I.s alike a different view of the world we live in. Thanks for praying for me as we were going through it. God bless!