World Wide Web
The last few days the greatest number of hits on my website has been from someone in Japan. This month there have been a number of visitors from China, Austria, Italy, UK, Turkey, Israel, Germany, and Iceland (now that's intriguing). Almost as many from outside the US as inside. After all, it is the “World Wide Web“. A few may be people I know such as in the UK (Simon), Taiwan (my Brother-in-Law and Sister), or a missionary I have met on the field. Many I will probably never meet. It makes me wonder what brings them there and their impression of the content. Did they just stumble over it with an accidental click or are they a secret Christian in a closed country? Or even a seeker? Did they like the music, or was it strange to them?
When I went to the Statue of Liberty last year, it surprised me that many, if not most of the visitors were from other countries, speaking different languages. I wondered if their impression of Ellis Island was the same as mine. Back then, the destiny of an immigrant depended on a chalk mark on their lapel. Often I wonder if something I write or sing will affect someone's destiny, perhaps even someone I will never meet.
My brother-in-law, Chuck in Taiwan sent me a humorous link of two Chinese students singing a Backstreet Boys song. It hit me once again, the power of a song to reach across the waves, even across languages and cultures (which often is a greater leap). They could have been a couple of students in our college group but they are somewhere out there in the WWW. Watch the clip and smile. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6739710473912337648&pr=goog-sl
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