So today mom and I were out since 0900.
On the metro this morning, there was a lady that mom and I struck up a conversation with. She kept asking me what field of study I had gone into. What I graduated from. It was funny I saw her actions to my answers for her. The conversation the lady, my mom, and I had.. The lady thought I was too smart for my own good. That I was wise. Hence why she asked me 2 times what my field of study was. I thought that was hilarious! (homeschoolers for the win! SCORE!)
We met with representative Labrador from the district I live in. He is absolutely charming. :) He made my experience wonderful. He broke the ice very quickly and was inviting also. :) He's an interesting man and I would love to get to know him more.He also impacted my experience in a great way. He was busy, so when we met we had about 5 minutes to talk.
In order to meet him though, we made it to the office and then were lead through this underground basement that connected two buildings and offices, meeting rooms and such. It was incredible and crazy and I was trying to figure out how to think my way through the maze or labyrinth. It's like the congressmen want you to get stuck down in the basement and be swallowed by the government ;) and be minions or something.
After meeting Labrador mom and I went to go to the main part of the Holocaust museum using our tickets from the day previous. We got these passport books that were about the real people in the Holocaust and their story. Every floor we went to you would flip a page for that time era (You go up an elevator and go to the fourth floor downwards.) So we started and just seeing the artifacts, the clothes they wore at concentration camps. Things that were donated to the museum made the experience more real.
The 4th (1st floor I was on) was the history behind everything, which wasn't too bad. There also was a scroll from a sinagag out of a ghetto of Jews, and some kids were reading it! that was cool! Sadly there were no pictures allowed. I feel very sad I could not remember the experience in the future with out the pictures. (I like visual reminders) The 3rd (2nd floor) started the whole experience of seeing artifacts. There were brief stories of where they cam from. I saw a stained glass window from a sinagog also from a Jewish ghetto at the time. The ghetto was bombed and the stained glass window showed and proved this. There were rails from the original railroads in Poland leading to camp Treblinka. Upon the railroad tracks were a cart for travel to and from concentration camps.You could walk through it, it wasn't an actual car, but a replica. There was luggage of actual victims from the Holocaust, beside the car. With names and numbers still written all over them, in different languages. Different handwriting all unique and individual. There were artifacts from Auschwitz bowls, and bunks of the mass murdering camps. The second level and third level held the pictured wall that you always see in most in documentaries. **I'll try to find a picture.** but anyway the picture wall is huge and I was showing mom and pointing out pictures of survivors that I had listened or watched their story. The thing that touched me most, was the shoes that were there. The shoes were in small piles, (Auschwitz has millions upon millions in containers on display) There was one shoe on my right, in the middle of the pile. It was white-ish. There was an amazing connection between seeing it and just experiencing it.
All through out the museum, all through out the tears that came and flooded my sight. "My people!" a strong voice proclaimed. "My people" A voice whispered in sorrow and remorse. "My people" the voice cried in agony. Every time the voice spoke, my heart was destroyed, my knees buckled, my eyes fogged up more. My brain went blank and from the deepest part of my soul I wept for my people as well. Even though Jesus was betrayed by the people he loved and there they were dying a horrific death. Jesus was still weeping for them.
Walked in the rain to a starbucks for more coffee, which was awesome :) and then went to meet Senator Crapo
Met with Senator Mike Crapo (Cray-poe) It was nice, and he was gentle and calm. He was a human and not a politic, same with Labrador. Crapo was a good visit got pictures and criticized for my mismatching socks by another homeschoolers' family that will remain nameless and ignored, because they are a family my mom and I don't see eye to eye with. But heck they are the past and I am awesome ;)
We went to Union Station which is this giant shopping center bigger than the Boise Mall by 5 times.
Bought some gifts for my family and friends :) (can't tell you or they might see)
Then went to the Hyatt Building for the reception and dinner, which was boring with no food ;)
Jk it's to help present the people that run the program with awards. There were three songs, One quoted, one sung and made previously to showing, and one made up on the fly by Doug E Fresh :) which I have a video of :D which is toooo cooool! Loved the people I sat with, even though Labrador could not make it (I was at his table because I'm the only one from his District and it is awesome!)
Just a wonderful night and was blessed, then when back at the hotel; I shoved my face full of food I could eat.
I facetimed my best friend back home for a while and waited for my sister to call, not half 'n' hour later :)
enjoyed today and enjoyed everything, Truly, I say. I am blessed.
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