Hello! I know that it has been a while since my last post, I'm terribly sorry, but I want to update my journey.
Well, I am a part of the Sewanee Whistle Society, which is through the program Falling Whistles that I talked about in earlier posts. Whistle Society is honestly one of the most amazing things that I have ever been a part of at Sewanee. It's a group of people who yes, want to end the war in Congo, yes want to remove the children from the front lines, but we want to save the world. We want to be a part of the change and drive it. It is an amazing group of people who meet every week under the stars (for now, until it gets too cold) and talk about the current situation in the Congo and other parts of the world, and issues that we feel necessary to bring up and discuss. Each week, people bring things that have either inspired them or challenged their thinking in the last week. We then put those items into a box, which will be shipped to Falling Whistles. During the first Whistle Society meeting, I was nearly brought to tears. I felt so thankful for the people in the group who thought that I could be a part of something larger than myself, a change.
And where does U2 it into this? Well, last night I went to the U2 concert, honestly, one of the most amazing things that I have ever experienced in my life. And to be cheesy, but fair to circumstance, Bono almost made me cry. Bono is very envolved in the ONE organization and the current situation in Burma. During the end of the show, the overhead screen showed this clip of a speaker talking, saying things like how the same people fighting against prejustcie in the US were the same people fighting against the apartheid in South Africa, who are the same people donating their time to non-profits, etc. As cheesy as this may sound, listening to Bono, the speaker on the screen and the music, I truly felt as though Bono was telling me that I could change the world. He was assuring me that I could be a part of something big, this nearly made me cry.
I encourage you to go where the streets have to name
