In August of 2005 we flew to Newark, New Jersey, and rented a mini-van to drive to Princeton to see my oldest daughter who was finishing an internship.

I am grateful for those families who are missionaries or for those who go on mission trips instead of vacations. I respect various different convictions people may have about such priorities. I pray that our family trip was more than a vacation and that our Lord would bring fruit from who we talked to and what we saw and learned.

There were many things we observed that provoked me to examine the complexities of being in the world but not of the world.

• Princeton, NJ

• New York City, NY

• Philadelphia, PA

• Amish country in PA

• Gettysburg, PA

• Mount Vernon, VA

• Washington, DC

• Annapolis, MD

• Williamsburg, VA

• Jamestown, VA

• Yorktown, VA

• Virginia Beach, VA

• Dulles Airport, VA

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Obelisks, Pyramids, Skyscrapers, Roman & Greek Temples

• Princeton, NJ: Nassau Inn, Nassau Hall, John Witherspoon statue, Princeton University Chapel, Einstein's House, "Beautiful Mind" setting, Cemetery including Aaron Burr, Princeton Theological Seminary 

• New York City, NY: Strawberry Fields Memorial, The Obelisk, Simon Bolivar Monument, Lincoln Center, Columbus Circle, Empire State Building, WTC Site - Ground Zero, Trinity Church building & Cemetery including Alexander Hamilton, Wall Street & NYSE, Federal Hall site where George Washington took his oath of office as the first President, Fraunce's Tavern site of George Washington's farewell to his officers, Battery Park and view of Statue of Liberty, United Nations, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Rockefeller Center & Prometheus statue, Times Square, Phantom of the Opera

• Philadelphia, PA: Liberty Bell, Independence Hall

• Lancaster County, PA: home to Amish & Mennonites, both of Anabaptist heritage

• Gettysburg, PA: The Battlefield, the site of Lincoln's Address

• Mount Vernon, VA: the home, the tomb

• Washington, DC: White House, Lafayette Square, Organization of American States, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, American History Museum, Natural History Museum, Capitol Building, Library of Congress, Supreme Court, National Archives, National Art Gallery, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

• Annapolis, MD: the town, the Naval Academy

• Williamsburg, VA: Governor's Palace, the Capitol, Raleigh Tavern, Bruton Parish Episcopal Church building

• Jamestown, VA: First permanent English settlement, Church building tower

• Yorktown, VA: the Battlefield, the town

• Virginia Beach, VA: Atlantic Ocean

• Dulles Airport, VA: Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, the flight home

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