We started the day with an early morning visit to Jehovah Java, a wonderful Cafe in downtown Lake Providence.
Don Boyett, the owner who attended our ceremony at the Community Center yesterday, kindly treated us to breakfast, including delicious cinnamon rolls and muffins made fressh by his wife Linda who was still busy at home baking.
Some of our team and Don and his staff get to hold the torch and bid us farewell until next time.
We will definitely be back to enjoy their company and great food.
lOur first stop was the Southside Elementary School in Lake Providence not far from Jehovah Java.
Dennis found a friend there.
There were about 300 children to greet us outside the school.
The children were excited to participate in our ceremony and songs.
Holding the torch high.
Big smiles.
Lots of Hope in Peace.
Harita shows some of the children where we are running throughout North America.
Sarvodaya leads the children in a run around the field.
This is the part the children enjoy the most, running for Peace.
Some of the children accept our Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of the whole school.
We are very grateful to the staff, teachers and children who welcomed us here this morning.
Everyone had an opportunity to hold the torch and make a wish for peace and harmony.
Two of our local friends who greeted us at the Lake Providence Community Center yesterday, Jen and Jan, also came to the school to kindly be part of the ceremony. We are so grateful for their kindness and support.
Yahoo! Back on the road again.
Welcome to Arkansas.
Braving the hot and humid weather.
Beautiful trees line some of our route today.
Crossing the Mississippi River from Louisiana into Mississippi again.
More kind locals offered to make wishes for peace.
A moment of silence and peace before Anna runs.
On the road again.
This gentleman was doing some construction work when Phaedra ran past and very enthusiastically wanted to hold the torch.
A family comes out to great some of our runners.
The men's team runs into the Coleman Middle School in Greenville, Mississippi.
Eric Zernich from Delta News 15, a CBS affiliate, came to cover the exciting news.
Some of the children were quite excited.
These guys just wanted to play their instruments. They did play for us after our presentation and they sounded fantastic.
Mayor John Cox was kind enough to come on this hot day and inspire us with some words of wisdom and encouragement.
The Delata Democrat Times also came to cover the story.
Trying to feel peace within.
We offer Mayor Cox our Certificate of Appreciation.
Passing the torch around for those who wish to make their own personal gestures and wishes for peace.
Principal Diane Zanders,(center)holds the torch with some of the staff at the school.
WXVT conducts an interview with Arpan.
Joel Conce from the Delata Democrat Times shares the torch with us after his interview with some of the runners.
Arthur Gray from the Lakeside Elementary and Middle School introduces the runners.
Some serious peace.
Passing the torch around.
Some serious running.
Braxton and Mark from Quapaw Canoe Company hold the torch after our arrival there. They kindly put us up for the night. We are very grateful to John
Ruskey, the owner of Quapaw who offered us the facilities for the night.
We some opportunity to play some music in this music oriented city.
We even found an old piano across the street.
Elijah from Greenville was so inspired by the peace torch, he ran a mile with one of our runners.
He then requested to have his photo taken on his favorite Winterville Native American made mound where he daily prays at sunset for peace.
As Josh was leaving work, he jumped out of his car to have a photo taken with the peace torch.
Enjoying our evening meal at the Hibachi Buffet.
There was a great spread of food to choose from.
Fiona checks our route with Homagni.
Fiona's uncle, Simon and mother, Sandy, offered us their delicious buffet dinner.
