Good day from Frankfurt!
We arrived here 2 days ago at around noon. We spent the first day down by the river near the train station where there were some really cool trees with bark that peels, and it peels in smooth round pathes and peels in 3 layers, each color a different shade of browny green and so they honestly looked like camoflage trees. It was so neat! Lights came on at the base of the tree shining up them once it got dark enough, and it was absolutey incredible. Very cool, all the while old leaves were falling from the roof the leaves made overhead, they are huge leaves, like 20 cm across maybe more, and these huge leaves would gently fall down so gracefully... and the river was neat, there were bridges you could walk over and some you could drive over and they lit up at night making the whole thing great.
We stayed in a hotel called the Hamburger Hof. I was hoping I could stay in the condiment theme room, maybe take a dip in the ketchup whirpool and sleep on the relsih bed with the mustard pillow, but to my great dismay, it was not a hamburger we were staying in, and so no theme room. It took me a while to get over that and actually enjoy Frankfurt, but I did it. We walked around town rather lazily yesterday, which was fine by me. We ended up checking out a really REALLY tall catholic church in the centre of town, with the craziest Organ I have ever seen. It puts that evil music machine in Beauty and the Beast to shame. (I am not the Disney trivia champion around these parts, so that might be from another movie) Anyway, so here I was in the middle of a lot of old paintings and sculptures of Jesus and Mary and such and crucifixions, and all I can think of is how unreal it would be to sneak up and let loose with the Organator and what my odds of deportation would be if I actually did it. I think Jesus would think the same. There were too many icons and pictures and sculptures of him crucified on the cross and none of his resurrection, and so he would have thought the atmosphere in that church a bit of a downer and would have gladly played a merry tune that everyone could sing to and give them something to be joyful about. I wonder if they would deport Jesus?
We visited a Jewish museum and I really soaked that up. I got kicked out at closing before I could see and take everything in I wanted to. Was reminded again about the holocaust and how real that was. I realized that the Jewish people have been oppressed since the beginning of time pretty much. I also realized that we are really lucky that the world is as peaceful as it is right now. Blessed rather, not lucky. When you consider the histrory of man is a history of war, it makes me wonder how much longer it will be before we see the it hit closer to home than it ever has before, especially with Bin Ladens latest plea to America to convert to Islam. Experts say that is the warning required before he can attack. Time will tell.
Well sorry if that got depressing. Jesus is king and nothing can oppose him. There, be of good cheer! I will be in the air in 8 hours on my way back home. Be back in GP or Beaverlodge monday night. Its been an incredible trip, a totally positive experience. Cant wait to get home, I am very excited for what God has in store for GP and area this year, its gonna be unreal.
God bless from Frankfurt, see you all soon!
Kaleb
