On Tuesday, Lydia and I met some friends at Wild Wing Café for some drinks and dinner before the Richland 2 School Board Meeting that night. It was fun to really just hang out and relax with everyone. Lydia was being introduced at the board meeting during the special recognition section as a special guest. We knew that they were fitting her into an already busy schedule so we only had 2-3 minutes. 2-3 minutes is certainly not a long time to speak about Ridge View’s spring service project with Invisible Children. I was also told that Lydia should thank the board members for their support of her and the project.
When we arrived at the board meeting at Dent Middle School, we found Elaine Delk, Director of Community Relations, who had set it up for us to be there. She said she was not sure if Dr. Hefner, the superintendent, was going to introduce Lydia or if I was. A couple of minutes later Dr Hefner came over and introduced himself to her. She said her full name, and he said that he couldn’t pronounce it so he would have me introduce her. After the invocation and the pledge of allegiance, he introduced us. I was so nervous as I really wasn’t sure how to get all of the information into the introduction into one minute. I truly have no idea how I said it, but I think I was able to mention our spring project, my teacher exchange to Uganda this past summer, and Lydia’s visit. Then Lydia spoke. She was amazing and able to express herself well in such a short time. She mentioned the board and her appreciation, how the two worlds were similar, and how much she was learning and how she wanted to leave an impact.
We left after the introduction. Elaine mentioned that the board loved her and were so glad that she was able to speak. She makes such an impact on whomever she meets and has left such impression on all of us.
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