Six years ago today! It is hard to believe that its already been six years. Waking up that morning, hearing that one plane had crashed into Tower 1 of The World Trade Center, then watching the plane crash into tower 2. Later that morning, standing outside, we heard the plane overhead that went down in Somerset. My pastor was able to see it fly over our church in Ligonier.
It is a day when heroes were made, people died just doing their job, they thought only of rescuing others, many with little concern for their own life. While people ran out of the towers, heroes ran back into the flames. Risking their lives to save others. They didnt ask to be remembered, but they will be.
Take the time today to remember the heroes who risked their lives six years ago, and thank God for those who continue to fight for the protection of our country. To the men and women who wear a uniform, whot don oxygen masks and rush into the flames, the emt workers who save lives, those who search for terrorists, and fight for democracy, Thank you for your willingness to help others before yourself. God Bless you!
Todays song is “Have You Forgotten” by Darryl Worley
So I know that I got back from Pelee and promised to post some pics, but I have been crazy busy this week.
I got back Monday afternoon, went to a family picnic and then drove my sister to Grove City. On Tuesday I met with a production house to discuss the creation of a documentary that i am working on. After my trip to Uganda last year, I have been researching education in Africa. In December i begin filming the documentary, and the production house (which does independent films and comercials) will be helping me to edit my film and create the website, commercials, and material for the DVDs. i am super stoked that this is coming along bigger than I had originally planned.
i also have a few pics from Pelee to post, but I will take it slow this time around and post them one at a time. Today’s photo is of a sunset from the west dock. It was durring the week up there and the island was practically dead. It was so serene up there with the lake and the sunset.
Then this weekend things got wound up a bit. It was great to get back up there for a few days though, and I had a blast.
The first few days were quiet, like the picture portrays. But the weekend was a whole different story. Friends came up for the weekend, there was a birthday party, music, wine, fishing, and I even dove off the North pier, which is kinda gross cause you have to run and clear about four feet of seaweed that is along the dock. I did that after about four hours of fishing and not catching ANYTHING AT ALL…except some seaweed!
Earlier that day we had decided to take the row boat out, and it was a little rough. and when i say a little, i mean the waves were practically breaking over the boat, and my forearms were burning from trying to row out. Once we finally got out, we got about 3 casts in, and when we looked towards shore, we were 50 yards closer. The waves just kept driving us in. THe closer we got, the more water we took on, and the lower the boat sat in the water. Right as we were about to hit shore, the boat hit the sand, and it took us forty minutes of bailing water and pulling to get the boat back onto the beach so that we could fully drain it. Thats ok, what fun is vacation witout a bit of excitement.
THe rest of the trip was a typical island weekend, sleep late, jump into the lake, eat, and start partying. Nap, then start over. But it was a blast. More pictures will come soon.
I hope that everyone had a great Labor Day. and that you took time to relax and appreciate this great day off. I just got back from Pelee once again, after taking an impromptu trip there last Tuesday. I know that i had just returned, but it was so hot in Pittsburgh, and i dont have a pool. So i headed back up to the lake for six more days. I will post some pics soon. For those of you back at school, I hope that you have a great year, and hope to keep in touch with everyone.
