Oklahoma City

I've had the opportunity to visit Oklahoma this week for the first time. I've counted the number of States in the US I've visited, and I'm now up to 43. I was within 6 miles of the OK border in 1984 when traveling through Texas with the Continental Singers, and now I've finally arrived! I didn't know it could get so cold and rainy here. God is answering my prayer for rain, and I guess I need to be more specific and ask for it east of the Mississippi! It was about 45-deg and rained about 1 1/2 inches by yesterday evening when my coworkers and I ventured downtown to the city. I'd not paid any attention to the weather report, so didn't have a long sleeve shirt, but I did have my raincoat!

Before dinner at Mickey Mantle's in Bricktown, we toured the Oklahoma City Memorial. It's no secret what evil can enter into the heart of a man when seeing face to face the chairs that represent the people who died here. It was an act of pure evil for a man to plan and execute such a violent plan. I can empathize with those who lost loved ones here on that terrible day. I hope and pray that a greater good is being experienced these 12 years later.