London . . . from the Bible to the Beatles

Is it time to go home already? Both of us are having a difficult time grasping that our trip is soon coming to an end. Incredible does not do it justice. The next time you hear from us, Lord willing, we will have arrived safely at home and on to real life.
The last few days we have spent in London and have thoroughly enjoyed our time here. It is a city of many nations and tongues, a little bit of heaven and a lot like New York City.
We have walked and walked and walked and ridden train after train and managed to see many of the tourist sites like Buckingham Palace, Parliament, Tower of London, Tower bridge, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abby (this city is overloaded with old churches) and some out of the way neighborhoods. We spent time at the British Museum which has a lot of old stuff, like really old stuff and then walked to the British Library where we saw more old stuff including the two oldest complete manuscripts of the Bible (Roger was in his element) and manuscripts of Handel’s Messiah, Beatles original manuscripts, the original Alice in Wonderland and many, many more famous works. Soo fascinating!
Today we worshiped at All Souls Anglican church and it was exhilarating. The church was packed with people of all ages and from many nations. Between the organ, orchestra and fabulous singing of the congregation and choir and excellent expository sermon on James 3, it seemed like we were experiencing a little bit of heaven.
While we were walking the streets of old London today, it reminded us of a Dickens novel with the narrow cobblestone streets and small shops. Charming. We would love to return to see more of the city as well as more of England.
As we traveled around the world and followed the World Cup, both are coming to a close tonight. We are grateful for the time that we have had together celebrating our more than forty years of love for each other, for the many cultures that we have experienced and how they have widened our worldview and for the many wonderful people whom we have met. One thing that we have observed is that people all over the world are basically the same; looking for something or someone to fix the wrongs of the world. We know the answer is in Christ.