Giving Thanks 2018!

Many may not know it, but the 2015 ROPP College Tour was inspired by a conversation with Leander Thompson, a current ROPP-ite at the time. He mentioned that he had decided to go to Texas State University, a college less than 50 miles away because it was the only university he was really familiar with.
Immediately, ROPP Director, Lisa Davis, began planning the tour that would introduce Leander to Tuskegee University, where he is now a Junior, majoring in Accounting. Because Tuskegee, AL is so far, Leander never came home for Thanksgiving, instead creating "struggle meals" with whichever remaining students were left behind for the holiday.
In 2018, ROPP-ites got together and decided to take Thanksgiving to Leander and include another church member, Yasmyne Fisher, who was enrolled at Clark Atlanta and also had to wait until Christmas to come back home. The visit was a huge success and the love and fellowship created memories that will last a lifetime! Here are some of the photos...

Annnnd, we're off!!!
Sis. Lisa, Sis. Deborah, Sis. LeBerta, Zuri, Sterlin and Skylour loaded up!

Yas joined us and the Metro crew is back together!

What's cooler than visiting the King Center in Atlanta?

Visiting it close to midnight and having the whole place to yourself!

Yasmyne was an amazing tour guide!

 

Thanksgiving morning, we were up early!
Sis. Deborah's Terrific Turkey and Delightful dressing, Sis. Lisa's Scrumptious Sweet Potatoes and Magnificent macaroni and cheese, Sis. Bert's Top Notch cheesy potatoes, Skylour's Belly-Pleasing Broccoli Casserole, Delicious Dinner Rolls,  Sterlin's  Special Surprise Punch...and cake!

And it was ALL good!

 

 

The last breakfast before leaving Georgia.

 

 

 

Everything must come to an end. Saturday morning, we said goodbye to Yasmyne and headed back to Tuskegee to drop Leander off...

Checking out Leander's apartment as we dropped him off.

I'm not crying...you're crying!

Bye, Leander. See you soon...