Status Updates From The Flying Scotsman: The Er...

"Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight. It is not the willingness to know, but willingness to DO God's will that brings certainty."

Eric Liddle.

"We are all missionaries. We carry our religion with us, or we allow our religion to carry us. Wherever we go, we either bring people nearer to Christ, or we repel them from Christ. We are working for the great Kingdom of God-the time when all people will turn to Christ as their leader-and will not afraid to own him as such."

Also, America hasn't changed either. We are still way too competitive. Apparently in 1924, the USA team paid the taxi drivers more money than any other country, so there were no taxis to take athletes to the field (there was no Olympic village either so people stayed all over the city). The British contingent was forced to hitch hike to the arena.

Not very sporting of us, USA.

It's good to read history, it makes you realize that nothing has really changed, including the climate.

Everyone's complaining about how hot it is and how the temperature is rising. It was 45 degrees celsius (113 F) for the 1924 Olympics...in France.

A good comparison to 100 years later in 2024 where it seems the highest it reached was 36 C (97 F)...in France.

Maybe we're just worse at handling it?