Olympics - Iceland style

I'm not sure how Jason missed this but Iceland was in the finals for the last Olympic medal. The sport was team handball. Unfortunately, Iceland lost to the French and was awarded the silver medal. For the record, Iceland had only won 3 prior Olympic medals, all in the summer games. A triple jumper won silver in 1956, a judo bronze in 1984 and a pole vault bronze in 2000.

What really captured my attention were some of the quotes from Iceland's President. Quotes such as:

"Have none of you been to Iceland? Oh well you've seriously got to come, you don't know what you're missing. First of all it's not cold. Second, or rather reverse order, the girls are the prettiest in the world." -- Iceland's first lady, Dorrit Moussaieff.

and

Iceland President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson: It's very difficult to present a too positive picture of Iceland, because in many ways it's a dream country. It was for centuries one of the poorest countries in Europe. A nation which was under foreign rule. And we succeeded to gain our independence and establish the republic in the middle of the last century, and we have now reached one of the highest standards of living in the world. Our energy is 100 percent clean.

Everybody can read and write. And it's a country without fear, without terror. Our open, free, democratic society. So when my friends from the United States come to Iceland, they don't really believe that such a country exists. And what happened here tonight will be yet another unbelievable aspect of the dream country that Iceland really is."

However, having been to Iceland, the dream country is missing the knowledge of the gospel and a saving relationship with Christ. Just another reminder of the need for people like Colby and Annie to sacrifice and take the gospel to a lost and dying world.