Wednesday, July 04, 2007
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
It’s said one doesn’t appreciate something until it is taken away, and maybe it’s true. To have a genuine appreciation for America, one should travel abroad (but not to France!). Not until eating cabbage borsht for a week in Russia, can you pull up to McDonalds in Moscow and eat 14 cheeseburgers (I’m speaking of Steve, not me).
Last year we were able to add a new country to our experience as we traveled to Italy. We were part of the American delegation of chimney sweeps to Spazzacamino, the international chimney sweep festival held in the small Alpine village of Santa Maria Maggiore. The week’s highlight is when sweeps from around the world form the parade and throw out souvenirs to the crowds lining the streets. When the sweeps from America came through the crowds went wild. People stopped and asked us to kiss them and take pictures. A cherished moment of the parade was when I and another Pentecostal sweep’s wife from Minnesota were asked to carry the American banner. We held our banner up, waved our flags and sang “God Bless America!” as we walked the remaining route of the parade.
May God truly bless our country!
Happy 4th! Kristin
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