When Laurel and I first took up residence at our apartment, we had a 'debate' about whether or not the view from our apartment looked on downtown NYC. I said 'no'. She said 'yes'. Anyway, after I apologised (she was right) we began to speculate whether, on September 11 2001, a previous tenant could have viewed the demise of the Twin Towers from our apartment. Tonight, we found out. These beams of light are confirmation that the Towers were a companion of previous residents. This photo was taken 10 minutes ago from a window in our apartment.
The four of us were downtown by 8:46am. We came up out of the ‘4’ Express Train at
We spent some time at a playground near the WTC site (Pic of The Girl). We enjoyed spending time with a friend called Heidi. Heidi was there on September 11th. She had only just settled from
The Boy doesn't yet get the concept of a minute’s silence. Quite frankly, he doesn't get the concept of silence. The only book that we took with us to ground Zero was the Bible (Thank you to Chris and Emma Jonker). So
A day of reflection.
Love, Justin.
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Great post, Justin. And great pictures.
What a blessing that you've seen fruit of God's work in bringing people to Christ, even through an act of such evil. Events this significant and painful really do jar us out of our induced hypnosis.
Visit us sometime.
marana tha
How gorgeous that you read the passages about Christ calming the storm in the midst of the storm which we both witnessed yesterday. Beautiful.
a couple of things:
a. i'm glad you guys went down there and just being there, not knowing how God would use you (and met this Heidi)
b. your photography skills are indeed improving (love the somber b/w)
c. don't you love NYC more after this? i don't know why but don't you?
and thank you for coming to our city to be one of our shepherds.
thats a great post.
It is amazing to see how God works through these situations isnt it?!
Its amazing when so many people try to blame God for things like Sept 11th attacks, yet there are so many more reasons to turn to him.
Anyway...I love those photos Justin!
Praying for you, your fam, your city, and the nation's leaders.
Em - I have seen some of those films, they are excellent!
Em, I saw them too (a few years ago) - I was particularly struck by the one from Chile (I think) - about their Sept 11 (1973). I also remember the one from the US about the guy with the flowerpots and the light in his apartment. Very powerful.
Hey Justin, Sam here.
I was casually looking up sydney church websites and I found your old church! I know cause I clicked on the "staff" page and lo and behold, there was a picture of "Justin Moffatt". Needs a little updating, I´d dare say. Interesting surprise.
Great post.
God bless, brother.
Great post Justin. I was moved reading it and the previous one.
Hi Justin & Laurel, i just came across your blog by accident (searched the web for emma jonker and found your reference to the bible and sept. 11 on your blog). On September 8 we became grandparents to Tobias, hebrew name meaning God is good, son of Louisa & Rene Pfitzner. September 11 was really bad, but really only just for us westerners, remember the ongoing atrocities in the middle east and africa, where victims are counted in the tens or hundreds of thousands. The free will of man often is a terrible thing resulting in countless murders etc., but also our means for salvation by accepting Jesus. God bless you all in NYC.
Chris & Emma
Thanks Chris. I just sent you an email to your bigpond.net.au address. Are you still using that?
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