day 48 – at sea, thinking about christchurch

 note:  as i go to post this, i just thankfully got a message from my friend, emma (imma) in christchurch - she sustained a cut on her head that required stitches, but is ok, as is her family and her home, so thank god for that... she is still, however, anxiously awaiting news from some friends as yet not heard from, and the entire town is in a state of high anxiety about further quakes, so please keep all these people in your thoughts and prayers as they wake up to a real heartache and an absolute mess today... here are a few more pictures from inside that beautiful cathedral that i hadn't posted...  

my heart is aching for beautiful christchurch… we were only just there over a week ago - i was in that grand cathedral looking at the amazing flowers everywhere, and now to see the place in a wreck, so much destruction and devastation… truly heart rending… i am hoping to hear from my friend emma, who lives there, tho i believe she was planning on being out of town on business, and i am fervently hoping that is indeed the case right now and have an email and facebook inquiry to her waiting to hear back… i’m sure power and internet and phones may be down for a bit… you just never know what’s going to happen or when or where, and it makes for a few goosebumps at times knowing you were standing in a place where tons of stone and brick walls came down days later at the time of day you were there, a time when so many people would be there… what a loss and heartache for so many people… please keep a continual good thought for those folks and that town…