This weekend was our "long weekend" at school, everyone had plans. Some would go to the city to explore and taste some of Hungary we do not get to enjoy.. Some would go home and spend their weekends resting with family. . Some would stay behind and enjoy the quiet castle that is usually bustling with activity. And some would go on an adventure of a lifetime to Krakow,Poland.
So, on Thursday Afternoon, March 31st 2011. 11 people set off for Krakow, Poland. Eight Americans, One Austrian, One Fin, One Indian. We knew that God would use this Spring Break to revel His provision for us! At every turn there was some kind of block, but we just stopped and prayed. And God wanted made a way for us, and I have come to know a little more of the God that I call Father.
We stayed in a Communist-style hostel ( no kidding) and went to Auschwitz and Auschwitz-Birkenau. The whole idea of a concentration camp is sickening, and the fact that I visited a place where millions of people were ruthlessly murdered is horrific. I haven't been able to process it all, but I can say this. The crimes committed in that place are unbelievable.
But even in the desolation of that place, there is hope. There is God. Looking from the inside out, you can see His faithfulness.
Israel is still a nation, they are still His chosen People.
Let us not forget to remember the memory of the human beings that suffered. Let us not forget the history of those who died innocently.
"Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it?"
~ George Santayana
-autie
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Howard was watching the History Channel and it was pointed out that 3 years after the war ended in 1945, Israel became a nation in 1948. Only 3 years!
Debbie-do
I don't think you can every wrap your mind around it...
And I love the way you write deary.
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