The Lost Snapshot

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I can't believe I slept through the sunrise! It was the one picture 
I'd wanted to take on vacation...

By Kathy Pierce, Houston, Texas
May, 1999

I meant to set the alarm for dawn that third night in Israel with my 
church group. I wanted to get up with the sun and say my prayers like 
I did at home. I especially wanted to pray while the sun rose over 
the Sea of Galilee, the very sea where Jesus sailed, and take a 
snapshot. I put my camera on the nightstand, then rested my eyes. 
Only for a second, I promised myself, then I'll set the alarm . . .

The next thing I knew sunlight filled my room. It was morning! How 
could I have let this happen? I jumped out of bed and from the 
balcony looked at the fat sun hovering above the sea. That had been 
our last night in Galilee. I'll never see the sunrise here, I thought.

The rest of the trip through the Holy Land went well. I shot rolls 
and rolls of film, but in the back of my mind I was frustrated. The 
picture I wanted most would never be.

When I got home I developed nearly 300 photos. One was of a glorious 
sunrise over the Sea of Galilee. That's odd, I thought. I could only 
guess that my hotel roommate, Kitty, had taken the picture with my 
camera and wanted to surprise me.

At our tour group's reunion several weeks later, I showed her the 
snapshot. "Thanks, Kitty," I said.

She looked bewildered. "I didn't take that," she told me.

I asked around the group if anyone had taken a picture with my 
camera. No one had, but someone had made sure I got the shot I wanted.


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