I'm in Washington DC!

I decided to do something big for my dad's b-day this year, so I bought us tickets to Washington D.C. We left Friday night, which turned out to be perfect timing since thousands of flights had been canceled the night before due to weather on the east coast. We got here on Saturday morning and were too tired to do any sightseeing since we hadn't slept much on our red-eye flight. We're staying w/ Dial and Carrie Keju so we just came straight here. Carrie and I went to a youth event at one of the saints' houses. It was kind of a Trinidadian themed night so there was a lot of steel drum music and they had these pita like things stuffed w/ shrimp, goat, chicken, snow peas and some really strong curry. I took one and picked at it, but was too chicken to actually eat it. They did have fried plantane(butchered spelling) which I think is a type of banana and it was really good. We played taboo, girls vs. guys, and us girls won, naturally :) It was a fun night. Those DC young people are a hoot.

I was really excited to go to church here yesterday, even though I was super exhausted. They have a whole bunch of kids and young people here in DC. Their young peoples' choir sang in the service yesterday morning and they were amazing! Bro. D (Demetrius McKelveen) preached in the morning and Blessing Asuquo gave the message in the afternoon service. It was so cool coming all the way across the country and feeling the same Spirit here that I feel at home!

Last night I was messing around w/ my camera, so here's my "excited to be here, but very tired" picture:Dad and I went touring today. We started out at the Arlington National Cemetary:

JFK's gravestone and perpetual flame:

The tomb of the unknown soldiers:

Next stop was the Lincoln Memorial:


There was a gorgeous view of the Washington monument and Capitol Building across the reflecting pool:
We stopped at the Vietnam Memorial Wall:


From there, we went to the WWII Memorial:

A police-woman on horseback:
The White House from a distance:
Up close and personal w/ the Washington Monument:

The Capitol Building:

The Jefferson Memorial:

So, that was our day. Fun, but exhausting. I'll have more pics from today on Bebo pretty soon here. Tomorrow is our White House tour. Maybe we'll get to see George. Probably not, though :(

3L #15: If you are sitting down on the sidewalk during a Barnum and Bailey's Circus Parade going thru the streets of Washington D.C., be sure to pull your pants up for risk of bearing your behind to a bus full of international tourists. Trust me, it was not a pretty sight!