Ecumenical Meeting

On the 22nd of November I was picked up at 10.45am by two members of the Rotary club - Bob and Janet a very nice, interesting couple who gave me the history of Thanksgiving and informed me that George Washington was in fact the 8th (or 9th) president because there were a bunch of 1 year presidents of the United States of Congress Assembled (or something like that) before him. Once we arrived at the Ecumenical lunch we set up the banner and the check in spot which I manned with Christie and Geetha. I was lucky that I only had to check in the special guests (who didnt have to pay) rather than the Rotarians (many who did). The lunch was OK - foodwise. The 3 speakers - a local Rabbi, the pastor of the United Methodist Church, and the Reverend of the new Greek Orthodox Church. One story that they told and I really loved was about a Native American youth who was telling his elder that when he gets a new thing he is very thankful but almost straight away he is resentful over not having the next new thing. He wanted to know if the elder ever felt that way and how he dealt with it. The elder said he did and they were like two wolves inside him that fought constantly. The youth asked 'which one wins?' and the elder replied 'The one I feed'. After the meeting we packed up and headed home and I went off to class. Another lovely day with the Rotary Club of the Caldwells.