29 Aug 05 Sand and Surf
We are spending the week in Daytona Beach, Florida. A few weeks ago we joked about trying to get out of the heat and humidity of Virginia for a week and so we were heading to Florida for our vacation. Someone jokingly told us to watch out for hurricanes and we all laughed. As the old saying goes that was then, this is now.
On the drive down we passed convoy after convoy of utility trucks all headed down to Miami. It’s an odd feeling driving past these trucks knowing why they were headed to where they were headed. Makes you re-think your vacation destination.
We’ve been watching the weather channel (as probably are most of you) and just grateful we chose Daytona Beach over Destin for our vacation. We made these plans a year ago and actually tried to get into Destin first. Ignites an interesting God vs. coincidence argument.
Our friends from Cocoa Beach kept track of the hurricane path for us until we arrived to see for ourselves. Our first few days featured lots of wind and choppy surf. Nothing like the devastation in Lousiana and surrounding gulf areas. We called friends of ours in New Orleans (The Lawson Family) and reached them as they were in bumper to bumper traffic trying to get out of town.
I won’t be blogging for the rest of the week - taking some “down time.” I’ll catch up with everyone next week. In the meantime, keep the Lawson family in your prayers and if anyone knows of anyone else in the storm path leave their names in the comments section and we will keep them in prayer as well.
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The Christian community is an amazing thing to me. I don’t personally know anybody who has been affected by the devastation of Katrina. But I know MANY people who do know such people. It seems that there is always just one degree of separation between us and anyone who desperately needs our intercession.
I’ll be keeping all of those friends-in-law in prayer.
We will keep the Lawson’s in our prayers as well. My family knows has experienced evacuating and riding out 3 hurricanes. I don‚Äôt know which option is worse because both have their challenges.
It was great to see you and have a chance to get to know Beth, Madison, and Reese.
The beach time was fun as well as the “airborne surf board,” Ron Jon’s, Florida Seafood, and my wife’s bread pudding. Have a safe and restful vacation.
Bro: You need a break! Glad you could hook up w/ the P’dine frat down in Florida. Hope you enjoy your days off and some special time with your family. Doesn’t get much better than that … unless your vacation includes the purchase of a new guitar!
Janice let me buy a Little Martin to take camping with us. Not quite the Baby Taylor, but fun to play and not a bad sound for a midget guitar!
I know of two families that had to evacuate. The Kidds and the Quinns. Neither knew when they left if they would have a home to return to. However, they have with them what’s most important - each other. My heart aches over all the sights we’ve all seen on CNN and the Weather Channel and various other news channels. It makes me think of one of the “Thoughts for the Day” on a calendar on my desk. God is no protection AGAINST storms but is great protection IN storms. As bad as it has been, it always can be worse.
Play, sleep, wrestle, laugh and love eachother lots!
Enjoy your time away.
Don’t know anyone in N’Orleans but I am praying for ALL the people there.