Still in Brazil.  The work behind us, we have taken a full day to explore Iguazu Falls.  Foz de Iguazu is in southern Brazil on the borders of Argentina and Paraguay.  It is also one of the world's great natural wonders.  Upon seeing these falls, Eleanor Roosevelt gasped, "Poor Niagara!"  Indeed.  I lack the words to describe Iguazu.  As I said in a recent article, the words that one would like to use - awesome, incredible, unbelievable, remarkable - have all been hijacked through more mundane usage, leaving our vocabulary impoverished when one truly does encounter the awesome.  Even photos are inadequate because of the sheer breadth of the falls.

As if that weren't enough, looking out over the falls, a full rainbow came into view.  I have, the whole of my life, loved to take in the mighty works of God as revealed in His creation. And nowhere (that I have been) is that more possible, more seductive in its power, than here in the mists and shadows, at the foot and on the heights overlooking these cataracts, with their sublime grandeur and a thunderous roar so awesome in scale, that it leaves the observer with feelings of insignificance and his mind grasping for the eternal.