Heading back

The place we stayed on the Silk Road

Looking out from our room to the center courtyard

Local housing on our journey back

Here we go!

Today we are on our way back down to the sea side. We will break up our journey back by stopping in a bigger tourist town on the Silk Road. This is exciting for me. It reminds me of God's amazing love for all peoples. Malachi 1:11 says, "My name will be great among the nations, from the rising to the setting of the sun. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations," says the LORD Almighty." and in Ezekial 5 He says, "Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations and the countries all around her." Jerusalem sat right in the middle of the Silk Road, right in the middle of where many came for many nations to trade. How wise our God is. He set His people right in the path of the lost people of this world. May we always be aware of the people that cross our path. Maybe the Lord has you in a place for His strategic purposess. So that you can be His ambassador. How awesome! Yet how usless if we don't live ready and aware. Let's live for Him. Always prepared to give an answer for the hope that we have. Pray for our journey back and continue to pray that the incense of praise and the pure offerings of peoples lives will happen right here in this land, Amen!