global night commute

on saturday night i did something to step out of the comfort zone i have built for myself. 2,000+ of us marched from target on columbia ave to the people's church (3 miles) in the wind and some rain and upon our arrival we got our packets and found a nice spot on the grass where we would proceed to spend the night. no tents, wet grass and one cause.
we did this to symbolize what 50,000+ children do every single night in northern uganda. they leave their homes to escape to a safe haven so that they can evade capture by the rebel army to then be sent into sex trafficking or brainwashed into a killing machine.
i wrote some letters, one to president bush and one to senator frist and then worked on an art project. will my effort change the world? no. but our collective efforts put a huge imprint onto our surrounding environment. about 55,000 people did this worldwide on the same evening, and i know here there were several people on the road asking what we were doing. spreading knowledge is important, but i also learned that it is important to not remain idle. i'm glad i did it, i had a great talk with God as i was attempting to sleep amongst 2,000+ energetic people and He gave me peace about a lot of things.
which makes me sad looking back that i am so quick to lose that sense of peace to the anxieties of the world. i had to write that previous post to get some stuff off my chest, but in the end i'll be fine :)