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(In committee we have wireless internet, but the only website able to be accessed is pc-biz so I type my blog in a word document during free time throughout the day and post it all at night)
Sleep …
This was an early morning again with worship at 8:30. Worship was great, but it released late so we didn’t exactly have time for breakfast before we had to go to committee. Nutrigrain bar and pretzels it was.
Now (11:49am) we are now discussing overtures pertaining to human rights in Zimbabwe and Columbia. We got through the hearings smoothly (although they took forever, I think we had twenty) and moved to pass the first overture quickly. After that, however, the pace slowed to a crawl (and a slow crawl at that). We’ve been stuck on our second overture for more than an hour :-o We actually managed to get so tangled in this overture that we had an amendment to the amendment to the amendment to the amendment … this is not a joke. I wish there were something funny about it, but once again I’m out of luck. We heard testimony from suffering people living in these countries that was disturbing, horrifying, sad, and scary all at the same time. These countries are full of so much hatred and violence that it’s hard to imagine. It’s trying and difficult to accept that there could be so much pain in other countries, and that we don’t even see the tip of the iceberg from here.
Lunch time … be back soon.
Oh! Lunch was delicious! We had only a short time (our committee decided to meet early) so a small group of us headed to Johnny Rockets (American food today). We got there, sat down, and got things going, but after a few minutes, our numbers doubled and we ended up squeezing 13 people into a booth for 6. I was stuck in the middle, and it’s not that I don’t love these people, but it’s difficult to function when you are basically sitting on top of one another. Because everyone else showed up, the process of food making slowed drastically and we ended up having to get our food to go and hurry back to committee. So we ate while we debated, but it was still delicious.
Now (1:30pm) we are going over commissioners reports pertaining to the starvation caused by flooding in Korea. Motion passed … now onto the afternoon docket!
I should be paying better attention, but I’m sitting here debating what I should do. The YAD’s are invited to go to Santa Cruz tonight, but that will take us away from committee. I truly want to go and stick my foot in the Pacific Ocean, and have more YAD hang out time, but at the same time I feel called to be present and have my voice in committee (that is why I’m here … to represent the youth of our presbytery and this is the only place that my voice truly counts). So I’m dreadfully torn between the two :(
We now (1:50pm) have 47 hearings on the overtures related to Palestine and Israel.
YAY! We are now (3:15pm) done with hearings … now time to get started debating.
Still torn …
Ok … I eanie-meany-miney-moed it (the fair way of course) and ended on the beach. So … it was so great! There was like a pier with a carnival on it (like in the movies) and the beach was like home. It was so great to smell the salt air … like getting a natural fix or something. I can now openly admit that I have seen, been to , and been in the Pacific Ocean!!!!
It was a lot of fun … we had a cookout on the beach, got free tickets to ride the rides, played on the beach and continued to get to know one another.
Now (11:30pm) we are back at the hotel and getting ready to hit a dance party.
Now (12:15) I am sitting in my room typing these last words so I can put them on the blog and hit the hay.
Also ... the other blog that I have created has pictures on it and again that adress is
www.maggie-ga2008.blogspot.com
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Posted by lcob on 2008-06-25 03:22:37 | Rating: | Views: 47
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