Looking Around

When our boat reached Brunnen, Switzerland, a small village on Lake Luzern, we began to gather all the things that we had employed during the 2 1/2 hour boat ride.  We had alternated our camera and iPhone, shooting photos with both. A tube of sunscreen, a PayDay wrapper and an empty coffee cup were tucked neatly under our chairs. A map rested on my lap.  Our backpack had a zipper open and one pair of sunglasses lay on top.  But, when that boat horn announced our stop, we became the most efficient hunters and gatherers ever seen.  Sunscreen was stuffed into the open backpack, followed by the camera and the map.  Sunglasses found their place on the nose. The iPhone was slipped and zipped into my crossover and the coffee cup and candy wrapper were history.
    We stood.
    We did one last thing.  We looked around.  With zippers closed and belongings unionized, we disembarked.  There are just some things that you can't leave behind; you need to take them with you.

Lake Luzern

Wildenstein Castle

We will disembark from European Nazarene College in 10 days.  We are standing.  We are looking around.  We can't take tangible assets with us.  How can we zip a college campus into our backpack?  Or, an International church?  Or the Rhein River?  Or Germany?  Or Switzerland?  Instead, we will have to pack the intangible assets, those investments of true value: relationships, memories, conversations, support, concern, ideas, experiences, and digital photos, achievements, and prayers.

We are looking around, and we have found what we want to take with us.



Keep looking up!  And....around, too!

J:m and L:nda