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'My Last Day on Earth' - almost ready

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Okay, okay. So I am not an avid blogger. I do update the blog, sometimes yearly - whether it needs it or not. Ha ha. I let our other website go back to the digital ether and will rely on posting here for any important supplements to our newsletter. The Japanese studio finished most of the work in the early Fall and we were getting some important feedback from people in various parts of the world. Dealing with Jesus' death & resurrection and telling the story from the thief's perspective, we wanted feedback to know that the film was as clear as possible. I hadn't really thought about it very deeply before this, but there are some meaty issues in the Christian worldview that this story touches on if you think about it. We know that Jesus died a physical death, and demonstrated that he was raised to life in a physical body - although a glorified one. He could eat , and be touched, and he retained the scars on his hands and his feet . He promised the thief that &qu

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 th