I'm excited to be traveling with Ariel this semester!
We flew from Detroit to Florida together.
It was so nice to be flying with someone else :-)
We had a little bit of a delay in Detroit due to storms
in Atlanta, where we were flying into for a layover.
Here Ariel is in the Atlanta airport sitting on the floor
because there were barely any chairs! It was pretty crowded!
It was so nice to see Pastor & Mrs. Hollandsworth there too! :-)
They were flying back to Wisconsin from visiting their sons in Pensacola.
Back with "my girls"! :-)
Poor things! They had quite the previous night! They
attempted to fly from Wisconsin to Florida the night before,
but were delayed in Tennessee due to a 600 page manual
that had been lost from the plane. They couldn't fly without
it, so they had to print it all over again - which took a while
as you can well imagine! As they getting ready to board again
they realized that they couldn't fly because their stewardess had
had her purse stolen and had gone home! Well... so they ended
up staying in a hotel that night and then came the next day.
But even then their flight got messed up so they had to come
on a later flight! And then when they did finally arrive,
they realized their luggage didn't arrive with them!
Needless to say, it was quite the adventure for them!
Poor things were quite worn out! That experience was
probably enough to last them the rest of their lifetime! :-)
(Just a little side note - think before you fly Delta!)
Abi & Bobby Bosler are with us for the first
couple weeks as we did the War in Florida and
now in Mississippi. Their son, David, is quite
cute and we're enjoying having him around! :-)
Back in Florida! Gotta love the palm trees,
warm weather, green grass, and sunshine! :-)
On Tuesday night a lady in the church took Ariel & I
out to a beautiful, fancy restaurant that was part of a
resort! It was such a special treat! :-)
It had an awesome view of the water, but unfortunately
it was too dark to see it very well - or at least to get
good pictures of it! Here's the view from the balcony.
I love how they lit up the palm trees!
Just a quick, funny little story... :-)
So, on our way over to Destin, where we ate dinner,
we were driving along looking at the beautiful scenery
and talking when Ariel finally piped up, rather hesitantly,
and said, "Now, that's not snow over there, right?"
I looked over to see what she meant! I guess the sand
was very white and could be mistaken for snow?! :-)
The only thing is that the 60* climate wouldn't probably allow for that ;-)
We've had several good laughs about that one!
"Nursery Baseball" :-)
The things that the girls do to keep themselves entertained!
Ariel & I stopped by Chick-fil-A on the way home
one night for milkshakes! Ariel had never had one before!
The WAR
The man sitting right behind Ariel is the pastor's son,
Toni Stevens. If you're a baseball fan for the Minnesota
Twins then you'd probably recognize the name! :-)
He used to play for the Twins before he joined the Marines
after 9/11.. pretty cool! Pastor enjoyed telling stories about him :-)
Pastor Matt, the youth pastor
Spoke TaCkLe!
Nate, who traveled on the team the first full year I traveled,
visited us with his wife :-) He's in seminary at PCC right now.
It was very good to see both of them & to reminisce about
"the good ole' days" with Nate! :-)
Ariel made friends with this little girl, Dejah :-)
Big Ball Bowling!
It was so cute how Dejah would just follow Ariel all around :-)
The final Friday night campfire service...
Ariel & Stephanie
It was a good week as we got started into the War routine again!
Quite a few kids were saved and the Lord definitely worked in
the hearts of the school kids! One kid, Devan, who I invited to
the War, ended up coming late Friday night as the testimonies were
going on. He ended up trying to leave again, but Bobby caught him
by his car. Bobby witnessed to him & Devan was gloriously saved!
Praise the Lord for how He works in willing, receptive hearts!
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