National Youth Gathering-New Orleans-Day 4

Today we went to the Learning Center at the New Orleans Convention.  We did a variety of activities.  That included making origami cranes and doing prayer letters.  When we finished we came back to the hotel and went swimming and rested.  Later we went to the Superdome where we listened to speakers such as Viola Vaughn. She is a teacher that started up school in Senegal, Africa.  She has a lot of students that she helps give them a free education.  She was a very powerful speaker that I very much enjoyed.  One thing that stayed with me was when she said, “You are responsible for what happens to you. Not your momma, not your daddy, not your aunt not your uncle. You are responsible for you.” So you get to control your fate…and that is a very eye opening for me. At night life we went to the hotel Astor Crown Plaza to meet (dance with) some more people here this week. These have been long days but we have been we have been able to experience a lot during our time here.  

Blog by: Alex Henning