Chilean miners

After attending our niece Emily's wedding in Rustburg, VA. Aimee and I were able to tack on a few extra days in Washington D.C. It was great to be able to see important sites like Arlington National Cemetery and Mt. Vernon. We also saw Ford's Theater (which does a great job in helping you understand the times surrounding Abraham Lincoln, the end of the war and his assassination). Aimee was even up for seeing the Holocaust Museum. Her simple, but heartfelt summary of the atrocities was one word - disgusting.

A personal quest of mine was to go to the National Archives. I had never actually seen the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. There is something significant to me about seeing the actual documents touched and written on by our founding fathers. I praise God for a country like ours!

The wackiest visit - the International Spy Museum. Yep - spy stuff through the years, intrigue, crazy stories and even James Bond cars; three stories of it. Yikes.

One thing that happened while we were there - the miners in Chile began to be rescued. After 69 days of hearing of these 33 men and their ordeal - the news coverage was truly gripping as they began to emerge. Even more amazing - God was at work behind the scenes. The director of our ministry in Chile had been in contact with the families and gave families mp3 players with the audio version of JESUS and much of the Bible in audio form. Later even a T-Shirt was sent down emblazoned with “¡Gracias Señor! Thank you Lord!” and Psalm 94:5 thanking Him who “has the depths of the earth and the heights of the mountains in his hands.”

You can read more about this on Campus Crusade's website at CCCi.org as well as see dramatic photos that the Boston Globe published here. You can see the shirts in photos like 25, 44 and 48. Praise God for what he has done in the lives of these miners, their families and how the Lord's name has been lifted up through what easily could have been a tragic loss of life!

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