Diamond in the Rough

One trip, one week and one thousand people and at the top of my list one small stature little girl who fought harder then any other on the Make Poverty History campaign. Whilst she may be short and was often treated like the child on road trip she is in fact twenty years old and currently studding at the University of Sydney. I surprised myself when i wrote out the lists of positive and negative things that happened on road trip when Robbie Diamond was the first thing i wrote down on my positive list. I made some friends for life on that trip and whilst i felt Robbie was probably one of them i did not think she would have topped my list but she did. Robbie kept our team sane and sticks in my memory for two reasons.
The first is that she called it how it was. If a team member was out of line they were politely told and the matter dropped but just as frequently she would praise others for things that most would not bother to mention. She treated all her team members with love and gave them all an equal chance, i never once heard a negative word from her mouth and she raised the spirit of the group, she was fun and bubbly and made the entire experience that much better for everyone who came in contact with her. A valued team member that took the time to get to know each of us. I had the opportunity to spend some time getting to know Robbie and watching her fire up for the cause.
This is the second reason she sticks in my memory, She was easily the driving force behind our group when it came to approaching strangers and talking about what we were doing. She had so much courage and showed the rest of the state how it was done. She even raised the questions surrounding my faith and my Tattoo which opened up a lengthy talk.
Road Trip was that much better because of the contribution Robbie Diamond made.