Day 1,840,583

Good job D.C., you got the metros booming again! Today we got to sleep in until 7 am and hop right on. This was not without flaw though, considering we ran out of bread...again but somehow we're all managing survival. We spent the morning back at Thurgood Marshall Academy teaching new students about human trafficking. We were very surprised with how much knowledge the students already had and how enthusiastic they were about the subject. One of the students was even getting angry about the injustices of the industry. It was empowering to see so much passion from kids even younger than us. This time we incorporated activities into the lesson plan to get the students up and moving which allowed them all, even the teacher, to actively participate. Ms. Lee was very grateful for us making us all feel warm and fuzzy as we left. We then traveled two metro stops down to the Covenant House, a organization that specializes in the young and displaced. We got there a little too early so we ate our sandwiches on the bus benches and had to wave each one away. We checked in and heard about all the cool things that Covenant provides like education, child care, job preparation, and so much more. The volunteer coordinator took us to the "Dove Store", a clothing boutique inside the facilities that is free for the people they serve. We found out that Gymboree, a popular and expensive child clothing brand, sends in clothes for donation on a weekly basis. The Covenant House receives so much of their clothing that they are able to donate some of the clothes to other local organizations. It is awesome to hear that organizations in the area help and support each other. Our job was to sort the clothing into boxes for Covenant House to keep and for them to donate. The clothes were so precious and the setup of the store was so nice. It made us feel like we were actually shopping around. The people that Covenant helps deserve to feel just like anybody else. Afterwards we got to eat some of the leftover food from lunch that day, which was really good.  On our way home we decided that it was too early to be cooped back up in our little hostel. We visited the National Archives and walked around the exhibits. The Declaration of Independence is even older than Theresa. All in all it was a great day and we met some awesome people.

Liz and Ruth