Well here we are at the Marriott Courtyard in Chattanooga, TN. Staff mtgs start in less than an hour. We arrived here last night, and had the morning free. I can think of many words to describe this area where we are....clean, quiet, sunny, beautiful, peaceful....
The hotel is only 1 block from the river. After breakfast, Bob and I walked along it for while, then started to walk to an art museum. Along the way we saw an historic bridge. As we started to walk across, we were stopped by a couple of ladies. They were filming for a local channel, and wanted us to wait a second while the photographer adjusted his camera. Then they filmed us walking across. It will be on their local progam, *First Sunday* this Sunday morning. Alas, we won't get to see it.
We did go to the art museum... a lot of what they call *art* ...well.....it wasn't so pleasing to us. But we did find one section that had old black and white photos done by a man named Hine in the late 1930's. They were of the area where a dam was going to be built. He showed the people that would be affected by the dam construction. It was interesting how it showed his original captions for the photos stating how these people would be displaced. Some were log homes from the Civil War era. But then they showed the caption from the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) stating how these people would now have electricity to power their homes. This part was very sad to see, but obviously very real. The effects of progress.
Well time to get ready for our first meeting. If anyone is actually reading this, hope you have a blessed day serving the LORD however He is leading you to do so today!
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