Hi anita,

Thank you so much for responding.

Yes, on the trip there were about 30 of us and only 4 of us were Black, all women, two older (Seniors) and the other who was a bit closer to my age. I spoke up a lot on the trip, asking questions, sharing insights and thoughts on political/refugee issues, etc.

Yes, he is a Christian and I know he’s been around Black/Brown/People of color before. Not sure if he has any close friends or anything like that, but he seems to get along with everyone and what he does for work he encounters all types of people at all times.

One more thing to note so that I get it all out of my head; There was a moment on the trip when myself and the other three Black women saw a Black Soldier and began talking with him (we were always excited to see one of our own) after we were done talking, moments later the Reverend comes over starts talking with the soldier too, and then calls me over. When I walk over he introduces me to the soldier and then starts to give me his stats “his name is, he is a Christian…blah, blah, blah…like huh?

It was awkward and I found it extremely weird. It’s almost like he was trying to make a connection between myself and the soldier…buy why? Honestly, deep in my gut I think he was trying to gauge if I was into Black guys/this type of guy. I just stood there looking dumbfounded and didn’t really say much to the soldier again because I wasn’t attracted to him. Ah well, just going over stuff in my head.