Hey Guys!!!! My goodness, it has been a great few days here in Elvis country. :) So, I haven't seen anyone dressed up like him yet, but just wait until the anniversary of his birth and death. Pictures will be uploaded. :)
Before I begin about my first days here in the city I want to fill you in on my trip here. Kenny Long, the most amazing guy ever, packed his car with my things, things that wouldn't fit into my car, and drove the 8 hours here with me!!! However, the 8 hour trip turned a little long because we were stopped by a sad event. A mobile home park had caught on fire in Arkansas and the fire, as we could see as we drove by, spread far and quick. It took quite a bit of time to drive by it, it was so close I could feel the heat in my car. When I first drove up on it I was taking pictures of the smoke and fire in the trees because it looked really cool. Five to seven mintues later as I'm praying for the many firefighters working hard I drive up next to three very visible mobile homes engulfed in flames. I've seen this type of thing on television but here I am 100 feet from the devestation. I can't take any more pictures because my heart sank so much thinking about the people, I hoped were watching only their belongings burn and not their families. Can you imagine the pain that you would feel if someone had died in the fire? To be watching that knowing you can't do a thing? I couldn't help but pray for the families and the people helping put out the fire, for their strength and comfort.
Thinking back on what I saw brings such a strong feeling of purpose to me. God wants His chosen to share His love so that we don't have to live a never ending hopeless life. It may sound crazy for me to say this, but God wants His children to have joy in the midst of devestation like I described. It's not that He wants us to be joyful that something was just destroyed, but that He wants us to have the security knowing that this fallen world was not what He wanted for us and at the end of this world He has an amazing place for us.
