This morning we rose super early to enjoy a continental breakfast of bagels, toast, and juice. We then ventured out to Grace Cathedral which was unfortunately located on a really high hill. This particular church is famous for reinvigorating the Christian labyrinth movement. It has two giant labyrinths, one located outside, and one embedded in the floor of the actual cathedral. It also hosts beautiful icons painted into the walls and on the stained glass. We spent around two hours walking the two labyrinths and viewing the enormous building. Most of us walked one of the two labyrinths, enjoying the spiritual experience, and thoroughly enjoyed viewing the church. Lighting candles is similarly very popular at Grace Cathedral, a practice some of the students enjoyed. As we finished early, we spent some time getting coffee and checking out the gift shop. Harrison and Susun enjoyed Tai Chi with the grandmas outside the cathedral as well.
Around eleven, we headed to Glide once again to serve lunch and dinner. As it was our last day at Glide we tried to venture out of our comfort zones, which lead some of us to different parts of serving and washing dishes. We had deeper connections with the people there, because we were no longer trying to navigate how to serve. Other than being yelled at by Joann, the unquestioned leader of the kitchen, we all had a blast serving. Most of us had fun joking around with other volunteers and the lunch patrons. Everyone was a little sad as our dinner shift came to an end and we had to bid Glide farewell for the trip. We had one last meal and some wonderful conversations.
We finished dinner and hiked back up to have a final reflection. Then it turned to shenanigans. We got to meet Nancy’s cute nephew in our attempts to go out for the evening. A hair straitening party at Diva Daddy’s salon commenced and the night wound down. We all ended up back in our rooms early and are looking forward to a day trip to Berkley!
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LOVE,
M.A.
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