april 25, 2018 Live from the road

Greensboro, NC - Kannapolis, NC

Reported by Akbota Jumabayeva, Rupasi Young 91.0 mi

A misty morning starting on Friendly Avenue in Greensboro

Harita made a lovely new friend, Anita, who happened to be out running and changed diraction to run with the torch- and also steer Harita in the right direction! Thank you Anita!!

catching a glimpse of the peace runner, Harita

The Colfax Fire Department was very interested in all things related to the torch. Including the type of torch fuel. Since it was such a rainy day, no one was worried about what might catch fire.

Peace Haven Road was a joy to run on.

Santiva and Svetlana were welcomed by the friendly Clemmons Community Store and were treated to a cool drink before they continued on their way.

The Team is then Welcomed by the enthusiastic students of the Moore Elementary School in Winston-Salem.

The team takes the students 'back to the 80's' for a story about the Peace Run beginnings. 80's headbands are required.

What country am I from?

A young peace lover shares her friendly smile

Friend of the Peace Run Patrick Coffey dropped by the Moore School to say hello.

And get his T-shirt. Patrick will be running with the team.

Next was Mocksville Elementary, with a warm welcome from Principal Jennifer Swofford.

The first of two young poets shared their words of wisdom with us.

Then Aiden shared his poetic thoughts of peace.

Arpan gives a clue about where he is from as part of the guessing game. New York!

Two young students enlighten us about how peace and helping out a friend are related.

Thank you Jennifer

Peace can bring excitement and enthusiam for a great end of the day.

Thank you to the La Quinta in Winston-Salem for a wonderful nights sleep. We sure appreciate your generosity in providing us with rooms for last night.

Torch carried by
Akbota Jumabayeva (Kazakhstan), Arpan DeAngelo (United States), Grahak Cunningham (Australia), Harashita Sunaoshi (Japan), Harita Davies (New Zealand), Kaspars Rutkis (Latvia), Nikolaus Drekonja (Austria), Rupasi Young (United States), Santiva Morrison (United States), Svetlana Perevozchikova (Russia), Tanuja Konečná (Czech Republic).  
Photographers
Arpan DeAngelo, Banshidhar Medeiros, Harita Davies
The torch has travelled 91.0 mi from Greensboro, NC to Kannapolis, NC.

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