Dental Students in D.C.

To my loving husband, you uplift me through your beautiful words, I miss you.

As Ryan said I am in D.C. (well technically at National Harbor, Maryland) for the American Dental Education Association conference with one of my friends from my class Lila. We are here for the student council meetings where we discuss current issues for dental students. I know, it sounds wildly exciting.

Unfortunately the issue that has impressed me the most is with all the interaction I have had with students the last 3 days I have not had one conversation about Christ or the gospel. It reminds me how easy it is for us in the South to mention Christ because it is the norm. There are students here from all over the states, and even Canada and Puerto Rico, (not many from the South) and I am beginning to realize that most of them have either never heard the gospel or don't understand its true meaning for their lives. I am praying that God will some how, in my sometimes bumbling self, allow me to effectively talk about Christ to these students.

Lila and I did get to go to downtown D.C. yesterday with our newfound friends from Puerto Rico. We walked into a couple of the museums, Air and Space, American History, and Natural History. We then walked by the Washington Monument and then through the WWII memorial (which is my favorite but unfortunately not as beautiful when all the fountains are cut off) and on to the Lincoln Memorial. I separated from the group to go see one of my other favorite memorials, Vietnam. Everyone else was freezing at this point, it was about 35 degrees and windy, but Birmingham's cold weather had me pretty primed for the cold. When then met one of the Puerto Rican's friends who lives in D.C. She is originally from Mexico, so needless to say there was a lot of Spanish speaking going on and I realized how little I remember from my small Spanish education. Lila and I were so glad we got to get away from the resort for a little while, especially since Lila had never seen D.C.