Article July 16, 2012 ISSUE

Accosted, but able to forgive

Gigi Raine

When I was in college, something happened on a train that was unsettling. I never thought I would write this article because I felt the healing was complete, and I didn’t want to rehash it. But I feel that maybe it’s time for me to write about my experience, hoping that the prayerful thoughts I worked with will perhaps benefit another.

During my sophomore year, I had the incredible opportunity to study abroad in Great Britain with a group of students and a professor who were all Christian Scientists. Our group travelled all over England, Scotland, and Wales, studying British literature and British history. Needless to say, this was the opportunity of a lifetime. The last few weeks of our abroad program were spent living with host families in various suburbs of London. We would travel into London to meet for class and/or to go on tours.