a red moon and the end to slavery

Last night we went to see “Amazing Grace” about William Wilberforce and his fight to end the slave trade to England. It was a gorgeous looking and absolutely fantastic movie. It made me wonder how I can leave the world a better place, like Wilberforce did.

“Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me….
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now, I see.”
-John Newton

After the movie, and drying the tears, we went up onto the roof of the shopping centre to look at the lunar eclipse. By the time we got to see it, the moon was completely in the shadow of the Earth, and looked amazingly red. It was quite eerie, and one of the strangest things that I have ever seen! The moon seemed to have so much form compared to normal. Often it looks quite flat, but last night, the spherical shape was very obvious.

Great evening!