Dawn
In 1921 George Mallory set out to climb Everest. One of his team wrote this discription of dawn at 21000 feet. "Here on this sharp ridge, at a hieght of 21000 feet, with no obstruction to hide the view, sunrise came to us in all its grandeur and beauty. To the west, and close at hand, towered up Everest, still over 8000 feet above us, at first cold and grey, like the dead, and with the sky of deepest purple behind. Then all of a sudden, a flash of golden light touched the utmost summit of Mount Everest and spread with a glow of gold all over the highest snows and ridges of this wonderful mountain, while behind the deep purple of the sky changed to orange. Makalu (one of the mountains near Everest) caught the first rays of the sun and glowed as if alive, and then the white sea of cloud was struck by the rays of the sun and gleamed with colour; then slowly rose and struck against the island peaks in great billows of fleecy white. Such a scene it has seldom been the privilage of man to see, and once seen leaves a memory that the passing of time can never efface".
Night time on the mountain or the valley is not a nice thing so dawn is always welcome. I am starting to realize that everyones night is different but so is everyone DAWN. I'm waiting before the Lord for dawn to come.

1 Comments:
hey uncle phil
well that time has come and this morning we head off to Uganda - for a whole month - so nervous but excited too!!!
Was afraid i might not get speaking to you much this morning so we just wanted to let you know that we will be continually thinking and praying for u all when we are away. will really miss reading your blogs everyday!
We love you loads and will miss u
Stu and norms
Oh stu says he hopes as chief in command you dont have to do too many recues without him - dunno how he is going to cope without you and kenny for a month!!
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