Not Boring Yet

It has been exactly one year. One year ago on this day my family packed up our two vans with everything that we owned and drove to Colorado to begin our new lives as missionaries. Needless to say, we missed the fireworks. 

This year it is different. This year we are not missing the fireworks. This year we are going to wait until dark and then we will open up our computers and log onto a magical site called youtube. You see, some random people with nothing better to do with their lives actually recorded and then posted fireworks displays! Typically I would think that is utterly pathetic, but today it doesn't seem so worthless. 

We shall all gather around our computers, wait for a couple hours for a 6 minute video to load and then put on headphones. We will turn up the volume all the way because, hey, it's the Fourth of July!  We will all take turns holding the cell phone and attempt to hit the vibrate button at the exact right time to sync the booms with the shock waves. We'll bring in all the fans to reproduce the horrible effects of too-close fireworks on hairstyles. We'll say "oooooooh" and "ahhhhhhhh" at the exact right moments and stare up at the screen with an awestruck, dazed look on our faces. Maybe we'll collect a bit of drool on the edge of our mouths, we'll quickly glance around to make sure everyone is engrossed in the fireworks and then indiscreetly wipe it off before people notice. We have been collecting spiders in a jar for the past couple of weeks, and somewhere in the middle of the show we'll let them all out so they can climb up our pants and make us do silly dances while trying to keep our composure around our family. Ahhhh, the Fourth of July. 

I hope you all have a delightful day, if you happen to think of us sitting on the floor staring up at our computer screens while you watch fireworks tonight, maybe you could pray for us. 

-Matthias