The Lord blessed Elizabeth, the girls and I again today with a glorious outing to one of our favorite spots, Heritage Village located adjacent the Florida botanical Gardens.
It has been far too long since we visited the turn of the century village, so today as part of our ministry, we ventured out to Indian Rocks where we enjoyed an ice cold soda, fellowship & worship… Enjoy the shots below, we had a blast putting this pictorial together for you to share in the moment.
We just got back from a most splendid road trip to Daytona Beach, the polar opposite of our home beach in St Petersburg, which rests on the peaceful Gulf of Mexico, clear across the sunshine state from our destination.
Today, we were first headed to Daytona International Speedway, where the good old boys (and gals) were having a duel… NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series qualifying type duels that is. We made certain to use the old mini-van as a billboard, for God’s glory! More people lifted up praises to the Lord with their horns than we could count! The girls loves it… :)
After we had our fill of roaring engines, high octane fuel and burning rubber, we drove on passed A1A, straight to the Atlantic ocean where we turned left and cruised for honks for a while. what a complete turn around than 20 years ago when I was spreading profanity rather than praise…
Enjoy the shots! We sure give praise to God for the road trip, and memories to last a lifetime and beyond…
Elizabeth, Grace, Trinity, Faith and I were blessed earlier today with yet another Mission Monday outing to Disney World where we strive to advance the gospel of Jesus Christ while having the best time of our lives. I so much prefer mission trips to the Magic Kingdom over Mexico or India, wouldn’t you?
Today we ventured out early to catch the park’s opening, a first for our family since most outings at Disney typically take place in the afternoon, as the 1 hour drive doubles as nap time for both Trinity and Faith while mom and Grace have school in the back of the van.
Our Lord blessed us with awesome weather and ample opportunities to witness and be examples of the faith, except for the hand stand I pulled down Main Street, I guess that was just showing off little… :)
Elizabeth, Grace, Trinity, Faith and I were blessed beyond measure again today as we trekked to one of our favorite beaches on what promised to be quite the busy day…
Memorial Day is always among of the busiest days of the year on Florida beaches, and today was no different. I’m not typically a huge fan of crowded beaches so to avoid the chaos we hit the road early, getting to the beach shortly after 9am.
First, the drive was simply awesome. Then, the beach of choice for the day, St Pete Beach had ample parking, a nice change from the typical parking war that takes place during summer months. Finally, the Gulf water was just right, both warm enough to jump right in and cool enough to be refreshing under a bright, hot Florida sun.
The girls got to play ring-around-the-rosie, Grace and Trinity got to jump waves and swim and collect seashells, I took a few minutes to catch-up on emails…
All is is this was one of the best trips to the beach we’ve had as a family of five, even baby Faith laughed and played in the small waves which had been intimidating her until today.
I praise God for this wonderful day and look forward to more glorious days on the beach… :)
On the eve of Memorial Day in the US, my daughter Grace, powered by her easy bake oven and a biblically inspired twisted bread recipe, sets on a mission to win the 2011 Food Network Memorial Day Bake Off…
Unfortunately she didn’t win but, she did bake the best Jewish twisted bread I ever had! Granted it needed quite a dose of peanut butter or strawberry jam, Amazing Grace continues to, well, AMAZE ME!!! I praise God for my wife Elizabeth who’s behind this Memorial Day outing to the baking extravaganza.
Happy Memorial Day! I find it twisted to convey wishes on such a doomed day… Twisted? Get it? As in twisted bread? Ahhh forget it…
