Our family is so excited to be home for the 4th of July! Tonight, we will go to a park and watch fireworks and celebrate our homeland's Independence Day! Yesterday, was an emotional day in church as some of us sang through the traditional Independence Day hymns and watched a video honoring our servicemen with the song "Proud to be an American" playing in the background; I wrote "some of us" because I cried through the patriotic songs and was not able to sing, neither was Ken as he fought back tears.
One thing we have learned through this missionary experience is a deeper understanding of freedom while we've been gone and what that truly means. We have much in this country! May we not take it for granted and certainly not the people who fought for us to have it!
God, may this country turn back to you!
