Thursday, June 28, 2007

(Matt substituting for Keisha)

WOW! We can’t believe it is Day 8. We got to see one of the most breathtaking sites on this planet today! The Grand Waterfall at Huangguoshu, which is world famous, and measures 255. 2 feet high and 266 feet wide. That is the largest in all of Asia and the 4th largest in the world! It is truly amazing to see what our Father has created for us to behold His beauty and to glorify Him. Absolutely amazing to stand on the edge of such power and beauty and realize that our Father is far greater and created it. Just take a look at Genesis 1 and see what happened. Keisha’s favorite moment was standing behind that waterfall in an underground cavern, kind of like the “Last of the Mohicans” movie. Thought about trying it but thought it was a little too far and our Father would have put wings on me if that is what he wanted me to do. Faith did wonderfully the entire day and with the 2 hr. ride out!! We started the day off a little rough and ill though. Think she may have a cold or something. She is an amazing child with great personality. I could write on and on about this amazing experience, but we will let the pictures tell the rest of the story for now. After seeing this, all we can sing is Glory, Glory, Glory, ……..

We got to eat some local cuisine at a Restaurant in a hotel near the waterfall. The locals like spicy food and that was right up mine and Faith’s ally. After eating over here and getting the authentic stuff, our home restaurants need to tighten up. LOL!! After a great lunch, we ventured to another waterfall and enjoyed the peacocks walking around, the black swans, and the ducks. Our next stop for the day was a local village at Tian Long where the Old Haun people live. Some of the buildings are over 600 years old. It was great to see these people and get off the “beaten path” to see the real country outside of the city. These people are very pleasant and hard working. I can’t tell you how many water buffalos and farmers working in the field we saw today. I kept trying to figure out how Daddy would drop that big tractor and 8 row planters into one of those rice patties or small corn fields on the side of a mountain. Hum? We also got to see a local performance of dancers. A video is in the pictures. It was an amazing day with landscape that is gorgeous. The topography is of Karst, limestone mountains. The pictures will show you the beauty that we can not describe. Tomorrow we will go to Faith’s orphanage, do a little shopping, and then come back to get ready to go back to Guangzhou on Saturday.

Thank you all for the prayer and the blessing that you are being in our lives. We can feel the prayer and His presence with us. It is amazing! Please continue to lift us up and keep posting. It encourage us soo much!