Peace & Justice

I forgot to write about the part I did this week for “Peace and Justice”. On Wednesday I spent my lunch hour at the office of our Congressman, Representative Jim Oberstar. It was a listening session that I signed up for along with two other friends. He was scheduled to be there with us; however, he had pressing business concerning his Transportation Committee that he heads. So, we met with one of his staff, who will pass on our thoughts and comments to Rep. Oberstar. Rep. Oberstar was interested in listening to his constituents. We were there as Hope UMC members, and as his constituents. There were 5 other women there, 3 from another organization, one came up from Chisago, and two from Grand Rapids. We three were impressed with the preparedness, knowledge and passion of the other women. We felt like they knew so much more about the politics of war and what is going on in Iraq than we did. It was an experience for us, and it gave us the opportunity to let him know how we felt. We all agreed that we are so happy that we live in a country where we are able to "safely" express our opinions and concerns to our elected officials.
God Bless America!