In July, I had the unique opportunity to spend 9 days in Arizona, 7 of which were floating down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. I am grateful to Canyon Ministries for the invitation, and to the trip leaders (including Arizona River Runners!) for the absolutely outstanding experience. I'd like to take the next little while to blog through the adventure. Bite-sized chunks ... I hope you enjoy them. All of the posts are transcribed from my hand-written journal that I kept while on the trip. I tried to take time during lunch breaks, evening camps, and various other times to record thoughts and impressions - I'm presenting them here in unaltered and unvarnished fashion. My first post will be quite short, just to get into the trip; some later posts will be quite lengthy.
July 8, 2018, 2:50PM MST
(my new Grand Canyon hat! Clean now ...)
The tour has a dual
purpose. A) Adventure and awe – to be in
one of the most majestic icons of God’s creation will be an awe-inspiring,
worshipful week. B) Education and
worldview challenge – I will learn a great deal about geology, hydrology, and
history, and will have my own OEC (Old-Earth Creationist) perspective
challenged by the best evidence and reasoning that YEC has to offer. On both counts, I consider myself
tremendously blessed to be taking part.
At the same time, it is
difficult to leave Vanessa and the kids behind.
I already feel loneliness, missing my life partner and companion. I don’t like missing days and weeks of my
kids’ lives. Even as they get older and
less dependent, I still cherish each day that we have together. I know that each day is a divine gift, not to
be taken for granted.
I also feel guilt over
the opportunity. I get to experience
this, but my family doesn’t. Would that
we could do it together!
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing your journey with us. Looking forward to reading the coming posts....
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