We just had an event at Northwestern College here in St. Paul, Minnesota, and it's been by far the most amazing event of the tour hands down without a doubt. The students were the most open and friendly, and for a change were the ones approaching us and asking us questions about our experiences on the road, and asking us about our roads in life, and listened so intently and carefully. The were humble, open, and legitimately interested and excited about the chance to hit the road for Roadtrip Nation. They filled up the RV and we constantly had at least 10-15 people cramped up in here, but they didn't seem to mind, they actually enjoyed it more, with the chance to interact with more students. On other campuses, when students would come on board and have others already on, a sense of discomfort would arise in a way and they would take a quick look then get off the RV, but not Northwestern College!


A big thanks to them, cause they showed me a new to communicate, and connect with people. A true sincerity, a quiet confidence in their faiths', and not a single sliver of preoccupations with the outside distractions of life when they spoke to us. So thank you so much for teaching me along my trip, and hopefully you all get the chance to get out there and define your own roads in life!
We even got some of em to pose with the source of our roadtrip inspirations, the man, the myth, the fro, Lionel Richie!

We also hit up the Mall of America! I remember as a young young kid saying i wanted to go to the University of Minnesota so that I could be close the Mall of America, so I guess I can safely now cross that off my bucket list! I'll post the pics of it soon. 

Also, here's my music pic of the day, Passion killin it with a cover of James Taylor's "You Got a Friend". The man is a maestro!


2 comments:

Unknown said...

Ray, it was great to have you at Northwestern College, St. Paul. You were an inspiration and the students loved hanging out and hearing from you about your own journey. Come back anytime,

Linda Mayes
Director of Career Development
Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN

Shasta Feltman - Northwestern College said...

Ray, it was awesome to have you on campus, everyone was pretty fired up! Come back soon!