The Past Two Weeks

Thank you to those of you who have contacted me wondering if we were okay, because I have missed so many days of posts.


The little church we attend hosted an incredible event: The Tabernacle Experience. It is in interactive tour of a replica of the Tabernacle of the Wilderness. We had the perfect, authentic setting complete with lots of blowing dirt and a plague's worth of flies. It didn't matter. People still came.


We had set up on Thursday, the 29th of September, working from 9 am until 4 pm to get everything up and ready. It was 97 degrees with no wind at all that day, but there were still probably 25 people who came to work. I made a mad dash home at about 4:30 to get cleaned up and back in time for our volunteer training sessions that started at 5:30 and a pastor preview that began at 7.


We opened the next morning at 9 am and were open until about 9 pm, when the last tours ended, for ten consecutive days. Break down was Monday, the 10th and Kregg and I are still trying to finish out the last details of all the finances involved.


With only about 200 members, staffing 210 four hour shifts was a daunting task. The logistics involved were staggering. But the Lord provided everything we needed to accomplish His Purposes. 


I'm still tired. By the time I made it home each evening, I had exactly enough energy left to pull into the garage, walk into the kitchen where the kids briefed me on everything I had missed during their day, and then stumble into our shower and fall into bed. 


That's why I haven't been here for so long. There simply has not been a single spare moment in two weeks.


But, I wouldn't have missed a moment!


The faces that are swirling around in my head, reflecting a sense of awe and wonder as they "returned" from their encounter with Christ, cause me to simply give thanks. We will never know how He will use what has happened here since September 29th. 


I have SO many stories to tell. My heart is still processing so much. Thank you for understanding my absence and for indulging me as I unpack it all.


To be continued. . .