Last Friday we took a trip to the Billy Graham Library (which is actually a museum). Wow. What a great experience! At first the kids weren't too excited to go, but they ended-up enjoying it even more than Tim and I did, and they asked to go back again soon. That shouldn't be hard because the library isn't far from our house.
Below, the kids met Bessie the Cow, who talks to children about Billy Graham's younger days growing-up on a farm. Bessie was made by the animatronics folks at Disney, and she is so lifelike that one of the workers told us visitors sometimes think she's real!
Tim and John checked-out Billy Graham's pulpit. Tim was explaining to John what the red, green and yellow lights were for: to let him know how much time he had to finish his sermon, a necessary thing to know when you're preaching on television.
Anna and Tim were looking at Billy Graham's desk and typewriter.
Billy Graham's motorcycle:
The museum was surprising historical. Some rooms focused on time periods when Graham was especially effective. The one below was about the times the Gospel was not allowed behind the Iron Curtain, but Billy Graham was allowed to come preach. Every few minutes a spotlight would shine on us, making us feel like we were watched by guards, just like we would have been at the Berlin Wall.
This Russian typewriter was given to Franklin Graham. It was used to type Bibles words by word, page by page because Bibles were once illegal to print or own in Communist Russia.
And by the way...the museum is completely free. Takes about 2 hours to visit. And at the end of your tour, they give an AWESOME invitation and you feel for just a moment or so like you're walking into Heaven. Very cool.
-Kara
