This last week has been pretty great. We had a three day week with a four day weekend! On Friday we hiked up to Mussoorie...it was really beautiful. It was misty and very fairytale like. At one point we took a little break on the little spot in the middle of a field of little purple flowers and mist swirling up the mountain. It was stunning. I felt like I was in Scotland.
Mussoorie was stunning as well. It was misty the whole time so I never got to see much of the Himalayas but I still loved it! The family we were staying with was AMAZING! We got hot showers, comfortable beds, wore jeans (so amazing!), had lasagna, pizza, ice cream...It was seriously amazing! It made me really miss home though. I had almost forgotten how wonderful it is to have a "family" dinner...and it made me miss my family like crazy.
The guy we were staying with said something that really made me stop and think: "The Cross without the Resurrection is powerless but the Resurrection without the Cross is meaningless". He was talking about suffering. I know in my life I have always tried to stay away from suffering, I hate thinking about it, watching movies about it and it's so hard for me to see in real life... In my faith I have done the same. I hate watching The Passion or thinking about anything besides the Victory in the story of The Cross. What he was saying is that when we are surrounded by suffering we can look to the cross, to Jesus. The Victory is at the end of the suffering.
It was an amazing weekend. I love it here (with the boys) but it was so wonderful to have some time away.
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