A Night Under the Creator's Handiwork

  The final part of the trip. Last night, before the trip, I and about twelve others slept outside to view the stars. They were out in full force, and I heard from Greg that tonight was the tail end of a previous meteor shower. It was so beautiful. We all sang songs and thought of God’s mighty and awesome power.

To personally know the Creator of all earth and heaven is almost too incredible to fathom. I saw about eight shooting stars and also an orbiting satellite. During the (seemingly) very early hours the moon came around and shone so bright and intense that it was as if it were daylight. I had always wondered why it was that when the stars are out in full force, that the moon doesn’t appear. But last night I found out where it was hiding. It really took my breath away (and I haven’t even brushed my teeth in about a day and a half!).

Well anyway, I managed to get some sleep after Dan and Kim stopped singing, and Eric and Julie stopped talking. Man, they talked for hours on end, I couldn’t believe it. During the night we all noticed that our sleeping bags, which were on plastic sheets, were becoming damp and in the morning we woke up with the top sides of our bags soaked. It was awful, but the view and fun we had last night made it all worthwhile. You don’t get to see a view that beautiful and unaffected by lights in New York City.