Bethlehem Blessing

This week has been a very busy one at the Creation Museum. Everyone has been getting ready for the opening for the Bethlehem Blessing event. We went last night and really enjoyed the entire experience. It is a must see event here at the museum. There are two dramas in the Special Effects Theater. One is on Elizabeth with a great actress (Geri Campbell), and the other portrayal is of a Temple Guard. Both are wonderful and very professional. Outside the museum, you travel thru the marketplace and then to Bethlehem where you see Jewish dancers and an archaeologist explaining what he has found thru the light of the scriptures. Then you see Joseph and Mary with the baby Jesus. It is a powerful presentation. From there you travel thru the gardens and enjoy the beautiful lights and find one of the wise men telling about his encounter with the Christ child. Going further you go to the petting zoo and see all the wonderful animals. You won't want to miss this wonderful time here at the museum. The evening events start about 5:30 pm. Oh, and don't miss seeing the new dinosaurs that Buddy made out of metal. The newest one arrived this week and today should get all of the lights on it. It should be lit up tonight. We will check it out!

We had almost 1200 people here for the Bethlehem Blessing event last night. As Buddy and I walked around there were a lot of people who greeted Buddy and lots of children who were excited to meet Buddy and get their photo taken with him. One gentlemen was thrilled to meet Buddy because he played guitar and would often put Buddy's DVD on and play along with him. In fact, his wife told me that she got the DVD originally for her Mom but her husband had taken it to practice along with Buddy so she had to get another one! Another couple recognized Buddy from the Answers Magazine. It was a lot of fun to meet the visitors.

We shared last week about Buddy getting a piece of metal in his eye. He had to go back to the eye doctor this week because it was still bothering him. The doctor found some rust from the metal still in his eye and removed it. He is on two different types of eye drops and has to go to the doctor Monday morning. We were going to go home tonight but will stay here until Monday. Pray that Buddy's eye will be completely restored and he will have not further problems with it.

This week has been special because we have had lots of guests here that were coming to a conference in the Cincinnati area. They came a little early to come to the museum. Buddy had lots of children in his workshops this week and his concerts had lots of people in them. Sometimes at this time of year, the numbers are down at the museum but this week was very special. We even got to meet Kirk Cameron who is the actor that played in the "Fireproof" movie. He told Buddy that he had seen him in some of the videos that Buddy has done. Kirk was given a tour of the museum with Carl Kerby. We enjoyed meeting him.

God bless you this Christmas season.