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Rising through the water banded by molten strands of liquid rock was an experience unlike any other I didn't choke for lack of air and yetpressed into me

The journey upondrous and it ended far too quickly At some point far into the journey the bands of lava arced off elsewhere and the water alone continued to rise to the surface

It was dark for only a little while Above was a watery blue blur of color that grew bigger and brighter, until with a gasp of air I burst free of the water and felt the light of the sun rain down upone of the water I was pulled clear of it by Tolak S at hi we had quietly invaded froe into this place though was in the fact that ished to destroy no one or even hinder the in the way that they wished to

We brought no weapons of mass destruction with us and our only race of our God, ould provide for all our needs even as He had promised, as His Word is true

Eli looked about the deep valley that stretched all around and that opened up deeply before him What was this place?

The cliff like walls and steep sides of what must be a caldera of epic proportions rose steeply all around to the point he doubted that the thousands upon thousands of large African grazing animals that he saw for as far as the eye could see could even leave this place of sanctuary if they had wanted to Samantha had said this was the Garden of Eden, while it didn't look as he had iined that it would, he felt that she was correct soe of several thousand years, along with the advent of a global flood Reaching down he dug his fingers into the soil and straightening up he viehat he held with a sense of awe

Glancing to Keturah standing nearby he said, "Can you believe that oncebut this red dirt I now hold, until God molded it and breathed the breath of life into hi soul?"