Exhausted and exhilarated are terms which describe the team tonight. Exhausted because of all the work the team completed over the past week (think “Extreme Makeover”...mission style), and exhilarated because the work already serves as a blessing to God’s glory. More about that in another post tomorrow.
The team has had a very long day. With a five hour time difference and a 730 am Scotland time breakfast on the schedule, some of the team had their heads barely hit their pillows before their alarms sounded. Gaining the five hour time difference on our journey home made for a twenty-plus hour day. Still, everyone retrieving their luggage from baggage claim had smiles on their faces and likely the tune "All Day Long," one of this mission's songs, in their hearts:
All day long I’ve been with Jesus, it has been a glorious day.
I’ve just moved up one step higher, and I’m walking on the King’s highway.
As the plane lowered into RDU airspace, some of the team on the east side of the plane saw a rainbow formed in amongst the clouds. At the end of this mission…a rainbow! It truly has been a glorious day.
Have just returned from Arkansas and have throughly enjoyed your blog. High in my mind after reading your accounts and reflecting on our experience in Arkansas is the omnipresence of our God. To know He was there at work in you and in Arkansas at work in us is an awesome thought. We too, have returned drained, but full, knowing that God used us and met us personally in special ways. May God continue His work where we all have been. Look forward to hearing more!
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