Bee Seven+One Goes To Washington

I ran across an old cd with some stuff from the process getting ready to go overseas and a bunch of my work while I was there. I had totally forgotten about a lot of it, this especially. While we were at MLC we took a trip to Washington D.C. to experience and witness to people of other cultures who live there. We had to document our trip, and this is what we came up with. . .

Our covenant group is really cool we really like to have fun,
So we decided to stick together us 7 (plus one).
We arrived at Union station without a plan or a clue,
So we decided to eat breakfast and figure out what to do.
As we sat and ate breakfast, sipped on coffee and hot tea,
We observed some international parenting, a family of three.
They seemed to be of Asian descent or at least that’s what we guessed,
The baby was through eating and had really made a mess.
We did not get to witness much from this family from another land,
They must have been late for their train, cause they picked the baby up and ran.
The next thing on our agenda was to lend a helping hand,
As we looked for someone in need we were approached by a gentleman,
He asked me in his broken English, if I could tell him the time,
I told him it was 11:33 and he asked me for a dime.
We accommodated him as best we could and then our ways did part,
And the place we stopped next, well, it kind of broke our heart.
We rode the Metro to China Town to see all of the sights,
We found a place that was really “Dark” it was missing the “Light”
We found ourselves in a family owned shop that sold all sorts of stuff,
Jewelry, dolls, beads, and food, and even a can of snuff.
Just when we were about to leave we saw something that caught our eye,
It was a little green “Buddha” I asked if I could buy?
We asked the young Chinese girl, how did Buddha gain his fame,
Her reply nearly broke our hearts, as she said “He and Jesus are the same”
We told her about Christ she couldn’t understand, English she did lack,
We tried for a while to talk with her, but left her with a tract.
God opened up several more doors to tell others about Him,
One in particular was a homeless man named Jim,
After talking with him it was plain to see that he was a believer too,
So we rejoiced and left him there and went looking for something to do.
We were getting hungry so we decided to look for a place to eat,
We turned and looked we saw something hanging, that resembled a piece of meat.
We opened the door to this little shop and boy were we surprised,
We smelled some stuff that made us sick and brought tears to our eyes.
It was duck, and lamb, and fish and chicken all boiled and hanging up,
We decided to go elsewhere to fellowship and sup.
Since we are all Africa bound we wanted to try something Authentic,
We found an Ethiopian place, now, I don’t want to sound like a cynic.
The majority of us thought the food was bad and we nearly all got sick,
A couple of us ate every bit, and our fingers we did lick.
Our waitress was nice and very helpful, she had a pretty grin,
She served us some sort of bread that felt just like “grandma” skin.
She too was a believer, she was going to Heaven and not hell,
She tried to teach the Amharic language but boy did we fail,
We heard all sorts of languages in the short time that we were there,
Spanish, French, and Chinese too, and even a sign language pair.
Our trip was fun, we learned a lot, and observed all kinds of commotion,
We all agree that we can’t wait to serve God across the Ocean.
From Natalie, Todd, Amber, LaVerne, Chris, Chris, Whitnee, and Dodd,
Thanks for the trip, it is our prayer that we helped move someone closer to God.