We're back from our amazing journey to the land known as Florida. I honestly have to say I'd forgotten how beautiful it is there. We stayed in a little trailer 50 feet from the ocean-- we could hear it lying in bed, feel its delicious breeze, and see it right out our window. Here we are enjoying the breeze/being weird.
You'll never guess who's former house we're standing in front of-- the great Al Capone's! Only now it's a Ritz Carlton hotel. I think if our house doesn't sell we should turn ours into a Ritz Carlton too-- and maybe we'll consider being mobsters like good ole Al. I think that could bring in a lot of cash to support our church planting efforts!
This is a good picture of the kind and gentle folk that gather in Briny Breezes, FL. They post signs such as this outside the private pool. We were seriously worried we'd be questioned by everyone we passed as to why we were there--we had to make sure to have our guest passes with us at ALL times.Some highlights from the trip:
-being with Nick for about 200 hrs. straight!
-hanging out with his parents
-visiting Nick's 104 yr. old great grandad and hearing his stories of building airplanes, houses, and boats, and about how he doesn't believe gravity exists
-sitting on the breezy porch reading "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" while watching the waves lap on the shore
-eating maji maji and tilapia and actually enjoying fish for the first time in my life
-seeing sharks in the shallow part of the ocean while walking on the beach
-watching a sting ray leap out of the water about 30 ft. away
-watching TV (we don't have one) -- both a highlight and a lowlight. i forgot how trashy TV can be and how MTV and VH1 hardly ever show music videos any more.
-flying over the ocean and seeing a beautiful sunrise from up in the sky
-getting a shirt at a store for $3 because there was no tag and the boss was in a good mood
i could go on forever...but i won't. we're now back to the daily grind.
4 comments:
Looks like you had a great time! Love the pictures!
Ahhh... Sweet beach vacations. I'm so glad ya'll got to take one - much needed and much deserved! We're glad you're back though and sure missed you while you were gone.
Yep, you sound...refreshed! I'm so glad you got to enjoy being away and being with each other and family.
Let me know when you're ready to start pickin' and grinnin' again. :)
lindsay-
nick told me you were reading it too! there is this one part in it I LOVE but i'm not sure you've read it yet, so on Sunday, we'll have to talk about it.
please pray our house sells soon! right now it would solve a lot of problems for us-- this week has been the craziest week since we've moved here!
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