The beginning of the end…

Today we closed out B4, kind of. We completely cleared the floor and swept up the dust (as well as you can get dust out of an open room in the Holy Land)! There is still a section to clear near the cistern and outside the wall, but those projects should not take long to complete. I don’t know exactly how to describe the feelings surrounding finishing this room. There is a definite sense of accomplishment and a little amazement at how much we were able to accomplish in 15 days. A bit of sadness that the B4 team will be breaking up, but most definitely excited for what is to come in our last week at the site. Here is a picture of me in our finished room!


Ok, so…I have a bit of a story for you. Before I begin I want to share with you some insight Andrea had for us about a week ago. She shared a sermon from her pastor (I hope I explain this accurately) where he stated how important it is sometimes to thank God for the things that don’t happen! Here is my story. In my life there are only two times where I’ve fallen completely on my face - like in the movies when you see a tree fall down and it just goes straight down and bang! hits the ground...I’ve done that twice. The first time I was in between fourth and fifth grade and I broke my arm in two places, broke through the skin, was in the hospital for five days, and had two surgeries. Yay! I guess when I do things I do them up right! The second time was yesterday…I was running to go to Mt. Concordia (which is where we…umm…relieve ourselves). I had to hurry because the tractor guy was going to come and dump dirt and I didn't want to be on the wrong side of the dirt pile, if you catch my drift. So I turned to run and completely lost my footing and fell straight down. As I was lying in a pile of dirt I had visions and flash backs of the day I broke my arm. Luckily everything was safe and completely intact – no breaks this time! It was scary, but it really gave me a true and better understanding of praising God for things that DON’T happen! May each of you be able to praise God for the thigns that don’t happen in your lives, and for the things that do! Have a blessed day everyone! Peace!


I also wanted to leave you with this beautiful sunrise picture on Hippos - I took it today! Sometimes it is necessary to take the time to watch the sunrise - what amazing beauty we are graced with!