One of the highlights of my year in Northern Ireland so far happened last Wednesday night while at Alpha. The group I’m in is made up of half people from Whitehouse Presbyterian Church and half people from a Catholic church in Portadown. I never thought that much about it, but about halfway through our discussion a woman interrupted with a very good point. She mentioned that when she grew up she never could have imagined something like this happening. Never would Protestants and Catholics have sat down together, especially not for a religious program like this. Others brought up their memories of walking home from school and having to take their ties off in certain neighborhoods because the tie could tell people whether you attended a Catholic or Protestant school. The discussion made me realize how special of an event I was really at.

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