Today, after waking up absurdly early and eating a very healthy breakfast consisting of two donuts, the Iowa Youth Group wandered over to the morning Eucharist. When we walked in, the choir's heavenly sound resonated through our very soul. Although the service was unexpectedly bilingual (some parts were multilingual), it was eye-opening. And the ASL signers were very fun to watch. After the Eucharist, we fought through the ginormous sea of bishops and deputies, finally meeting in the lobby to embark on the seemingly mile long walk back to our hotel. We changed into more appropriate clothes for the 100 degree weather (plus hair-frizzing humidity) and set back out to Victory field for the Indianapolis diocesan 175 birthday. We got free food and drink, plus the ever popular Dippin' Dots which we ate while watching our most dearest best friend Matthew Murry almost win a Kindle Fire in the abnormally large game of musical chairs. After the upset of the century, we got up and discovered the giant fans located in various places throughout the stadium, staying at one for 10 or 15 minutes imagining ourselves in the icy waters of the Atlantic after the Titanic sank. We parted with our blow-y friends and went back to the Convention Center and on the way I was pulled aside by a very nice gentleman who persuaded me to join the Navy. (Unfortunately I am only 14, so I can't, but he didn't know). Anyway, we got to the Center and had our "free time" where we ran around the Exhibit Hall gathering buttons and tried to understand the presentation in the HOD. We eventually got bored (sorry) and went out to get coffee and socialize with our new friends from the Diocese of West Missouri otherwise known as WeMo. Our friends left and our free time was over. Our minds immediately thought of food. So we went to Steak n' Shake and enjoyed some wonderful milkshakes and friendly conversation, because deep, DEEP down, we all love each other. We couldn't stay long though, because we had a film screening to go (fashionably early) to. The film was "Bullied", a very heart-breaking movie with a good ending. When the movie ended there was a very long, open discussion about bullying in middle and high school. Mostly the adults talked but near the end they directed a question toward the youth, which we happily answered, making us feel like representatives of the youth of the world. Sadly, the discussion came to an end and we scurried back to our hotel to settle an "argument" between the group over which gender would win tonight's round of Catchphrase. The boys won this time, making the overall score tied. Tomorrow will decide who wins the "tournament". And now I am going to bed.
Goodnight,
Olivia Lehman :)
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