Was out the whole day

Woke up this morning at 7 plus am. Had ham sandwich for breakfast before we went church. Our church is only about 15 mins drive. Took the highway, so it is rather quick. After service, I took CT for lunch at the Oyster restaurant I went to with Tracy during the weekday. I ordered a flounder fish dish while CT had seafood platter. The weather today is great..though I know most Americans were complaining it is rather hot. But since I am used to Singapore weather, this is nothing. The weather is probably about 23-26 degrees. Very nice and sunny.

After lunch, we parked the car downtown for free and took a "moda" bus, touring around downtown area for free as well! Moda is a free public bus transport specially for tourists I think. During the bus ride, there were people in it talking to one another and we all introduced ourselves. You do not get to see such warmth from people you do not know when you are in Singapore. We were all cracking jokes and having fun in the bus.

After the ride, we went to the Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center to see the "Dead Sea Scrolls" exhibit..featuring the oldest surviving texts of the bible. It is actually from Jan 20 to Apr 24. But because of the crowd, they extended to May 8! It was definitely a unique cultural and inspirational experience for me. This is the world famous dead sea scrolls written over 2000 years ago including the earliest surviving texts of the books of the bible, known to Christians as the Old Testament. These priceless documents first discovered in caves near the Dead Sea in 1947, are considered one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century.

It is especially meaningful as it is biblical. There were a deuteronomy fragment with text of the 10 commandments, sections of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Psalms, Isaiah, Jeremiah.
The Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition demonstrates how the Bible was written and faithfully transmitted from generation to generation to today.

The dead sea scrolls provide a window into an incredible time in history-the time when Judaism as we know it today is formed and the time when Christianity was born. The scrolls were hidden in the caves for 2000 years, preserved by the unique atmospheric conditions of the area and the dark cave interiors. It is just amazing how I actually got to observe such treasure.

It makes me wonder why so many still do not believe in Christ and accept Him when there are so many historical evidence of it, displaying the authenticity of the bible and of Christ who died for us and resurrected on the 3rd day.

We spent about 2 hours looking at the exhibit and admiring it. After that, we drove on the small streets to admire the houses along the way home. The houses here in downtown Mobile are very old. Heard it dates back to the "Sound of Music" era. Very nice to look at these old houses.

I went home and prepared dinner. Actually we were supposed to have dinner with the whole group of colleagues, but we spent too much time in the exhibit that we could not make it. I cooked lady fingers with sambal blachan, steam egg with minced meat and the rice was cooked with chinese sausages and sesame oil. We enjoyed our simple home cooked dinner. Heard that the rest went to a Western restaurant and ate fried food again. Oh well..do not miss that!

Really enjoyed today as it was a fulfilling and educational day. I just feel proud to be a Christian after looking at those scrolls and wish more will come to know Him.

Gdnight!