On April 8, North America experienced its second total solar eclipse in seven years. The moon glided over the surface of our sun, casting a shadow over a swath of Earth below. Along this path, the world turned dark as night.
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon orients itself between Earth and the sun, shielding the solar surface from our view.
In cosmic terms, it is unusual that this happens: the moon is about 400 times smaller than the sun, but it is about 400 times closer to us. That means that when these two celestial bodies are aligned, they appear to be the same size in the sky.
At Big Sandy, TX we were in the path of total eclipse and as the sky darkened and the temperature cooled we briefly got to see the total eclipse before the clouds obscured our view. One small child started to cry as it got night and declare that he was not ready to go to bed.
We are here to do a SOWER mission for the month of April at Alert Academy. This is our second time to work at this camp.
The camp ground here is hosting a family camp with the theme of “Beholding the Glory of God”. This theme was very fitting for this spectacular weekend.
We were able to hear some wonderful presentations from Spike Psarris an Astrophysicist.
For a number of years, He worked as an engineer in the U.S. military space program. He went into that career as an atheist and committed evolutionist. By the time he left, he had become a creationist and a Christian.
Our first week of work here started with three days of heavy rain. We had eight or nine inches of rain. Being from Northwest Kansas we haven’t heard a rain like that in 20 some years. It was a beautiful sound to our ears as we heard of dirt storms at home. Thankfully we had inside jobs. The women painted boards for a board fence. The men replaced almost 200 light bulbs in the administration building. It was an enlightening experience.
We are blessed to be working with two very special couples. Mike and Jackie and Tom and Glenda. These four are all from Iowa.
At the end of our workweek the farmer and I headed to Buda, TX to spend the weekend with my brother and family.
Where the Dutch Ovens Roam 