Minutes

Well, a couple of posts ago (Ecc 3:8) There was some mention of a cold war and the lingering peace resolutions and stuff like that. America would like to update the events and clear up all the ambiguity:

The United Nations has now three member nations and one honorary member nation. What has been most striking (to America that is) about this whole situation, particularly the last two weeks of the saga, is not so much what happened in the headquarters literally so much as what has happened in the headquarters in all other ways. There has been great sacrifice.

Back in the day, 2000-ish years ago, one man stepped into this world and literally changed the way we look at just about everything. He lived a perfect life, the life that we could not live and then died to take our place. He sacrificed his life for the benefit of all those around him - that we would indeed be forgiven, made right with God, and become perfect. He did it, not because it was an easy task or one that he was "lucky enough to get the position" but he did it because it was the right thing to do. In the midst there was loneliness that no one could endure, pain no one could explain, separation only the Holy Spirit could overcome, and love that knew no bounds. The United Nations, as well as nearly everyone on earth will pause, in about 22 days, and celebrate Christmas. To those who knew this man 2000-ish years ago and to those who know him today, we stop with baited breath, hearts of such great expectation, and hopefully a tinge of sadness that this had to be done.

He kept on going because giving up would be loosing so much and this was a price too high to pay.

And so it will be for Fiji, America, Korea, and the honorary Spain that we will celebrate this wonderful advent of salvation and sacrifice.

Today, America is thankful for the incredible experience of having Spain as part of the United Nations: the late nights, movies that were never finished because America could no longer stay awake, the practices, the visits to the World Health Organization, the peace treaties and resolutions, the Spanish food you were not here to eat, the trick "and" treating, the beaches, forks, assets, uncle (it's ankle by the way), and the finger pointing, the wonderful motherland, and of course, the cold war. As you said, "It is not goodbye. It is see you later".