Friday, March 13, 2026

#7 Al Ain ~ The UAE: Before and After

Hello, again 😁,

This scripture (below) was supposed to go with the last email #6 so just let's pretend I had attached it. I copied it from a Senior couple's weekly email who is serving in Cyprus  ~ (thank you, Steve)! Ephesians 2:19 “Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;”

I bet you're surprised to get 2 emails back to back (and some of you, all 7 at once 😳). But these are just fascinating pics that I found that are truly incredible. To see the UAE building and constructing their countries in such a small amount of time, is so incredible. 
All these fascinating pictures are from Gulf News  https://gulfnews.com/uae/the-stunning-transformation-of-the-uae-1.500088360  except the first one, which I took while visiting the Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, the second, which is from Reddit, and the last, which comes from WorldAtlas.
These images are truly mind-blowing. It’s amazing to see how, in just a decade, from the first commercial oil well in March 1960 to the construction of the Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi in 1970, the country began its transformation. Over the next 50 years, the UAE developed into the remarkable nation we see today. On the left, you can see “before” shots, with the progression shown on the right.







Wow! Right! Crazy Cool 🥰! We are located at the furthest southern point in the red area.

I'm ending with a quote from Abraham Lincoln The best way to predict your future is to create it.”