Iguazu Falls

Greetings from the beautiful rainforest of northeastern Argentina! We are winding down our time here in the province of Misiones, specifically the city of Puerto Iguazu, where we have been attending WorldVenture’s Latin Field Leaders Conference. It’s an understatement to say that the four of us have had a wonderful time here. First of all, we’ve experienced the joy of having a multitude of “aunts” and “uncles” around to love on us and our children. All of the missionaries who have attended this conference are missionaries whom we had the joy of serving while I was Ken Flurry’s assistant at WorldVenture (then CBInternational), but it's been great to interact with them as a family, after being out of the office for four years, especially since several of them had never met Jordan, Megan & Micah. It brought such a deep joy to my heart to see my family developing relationships with some incredible people ... and to dream about how those relationships may deepen in the coming years. As the week progressed, we got used to "losing track" of Megan as she would be a few feet away, in the arms or lap of yet another aunt or uncle ... of course, interviewing them about their lives and asking a million"why" questions. The big joke of the week was that it was such a shame that Megan wasn't more outgoing! =) It really is a wonder that she didn't come out of my womb ... she is EXACTLY the way I was at her age - just ask my parents!


Unfortunately, we aren't able to post our pictures from the falls today - our camera won't hook up with laptop we're borrowing from a missionary to Brazil - but as soon as we can when we get home, you'll see the amazing CREATION
we got to see up close and personal on Wednesday. We took a whole day as a group to go and visit the falls on the Argentina side from 3 different view points ... we were in complete AWE as we saw and heard the power of God displayed in those powerful waters and beautiful vistas. So many times, I said to myself, "How can ANYONE see all this and NOT believe that there is a God? I think it takes more faith to believe all this happened by accident than to believe that there is a creative and sovereign being behind all this beauty. We took more pictures than we needed to , but we didn't want to leave any of it up to our memories ... Iguazu Falls is truly one of the most amazing places we have ever visited in our lives! Someday, we'd like to return when the kids are older so they can actually remember it. =) My favorite part (one of many) was looking at a particularly beautiful view and I leaned down by Megan's ear and we had the following conversation:

Me: Megan, isn't this amazing? Who made it all?
Megan: GOD DID!
Me: Is there anyone else in the whole wide world who can create all this?
Megan: No! No one else can make this, Mommy - just God!

Oh gracious Lord, may this faith in my four year old remain in her heart forever, for your GLORY and her JOY!

We'll post pictures on Monday!