I am in Ashland, VA as of 6 p.m. tonight. I spent last night on the Blacksburg, VA Campus of Virginia Tech with my grandson. We dry camped in one of the parking lots. We walked all around campus last night and early this morning. I took many pictures of the memorials and the impressions of VT after the April 16th tragedy. The strength, dignity, faith, hope and forgiveness of the thousands who have signed the memorial boards under the tent and left notes around each of the Hokie Rocks near the first memorial garden was created the night of the shooting, impressed me deeply. The strong vortex of prayer created on this campus will have an impact on the world.
I visited the campus bookstore and bought a Hokie flag and some bumper stickers. Those of you who know me well know how much I like that stuff. It feels really good to be "home". Tomorrow after church with my family, I will move the coach from this campground into their driveway for the next 3 weeks. I have projects galore ahead. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy my impressions of the VT campus today as each school graduated and the students were leaving. Maybe the media left too. Hope so!
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