"...End of the Rainbow...is Peace & Rest"

Well, it has been a whirlwind of activity the past 48 hours and I know I missed a lot of time in there somewhere with my flight back across time. I know I traveled about 20 hours in the air, yet got home on the same "date" that I left Manila. Pretty strange, but maybe that is where they get the saying..."how time flies."

The end of Passion events and the following days to get home all seem to come so fast with little time to catch your breath and do much of anything, especially blog. So, I apologize for being a few days about getting back here, but I literally had to "run" through the airport...in Atlanta to catch my flight. In fact, I was 1 minute from missing my flight from Atlanta to Austin as there were many things that seem to work against me on the last leg of my journey. But, suffice it to say, I made it and will try and catch a breath before going back out to the last part, until the fall, to Hong Kong in 5 days.

I had a comment in my last blog entry from a just one of the great friends I made in 2008 in Manila and it was great to seem them all again and it was hard to leave as well. But, the impact of Passion will never be known on the wave of what was and is being done in the youth of Manila.

Well, as I drove into Austin I could see what looked like a pretty severe thunderstorm to the West-Southwest of Austin, the direction I was going, and the closer I got to home I saw the storm had just passed. As I turned down my street just off the main road the most beautiful and big rainbow appeared in the sky and the closer I got to home, it looked like it was coming right from my lot. Well, I did not find any "pot of gold" at the end of the rainbow, but I did fine some peace and rest for a little while in knowing that the Creator of that rainbow is still in control of every part of our lives and everything that is going on in the world when it looks like it is going the wrong way. I have full confidence that He who controls the rainbow knows and controls everything that happens and even through pain and suffering He will make it to be "good" whether it feels like it or not.

I did find out another thing In Manila. The people of Manila love shopping malls. They are everywhere and where they are are a lot of people. The one picture on this entry is in the center of one of 5 malls that are attached together. It was a sight to see.

I may make another post here just before I leave for Hong Kong next Wednesday, so keep track and let me know if you want me to continue the journey as I have enjoyed writing a few things down throughout all this to hopefully give you a small glimpse of what is happening. I leave for Hong Kong Wednesday, June 2nd.