Well we have really been getting the rain this week.The area was so dry that even though its been raining off and on for about 5 days it hasn't got annoying, yet. But its getting close!! Thursday was a usual morning with my quiet time and lite breakfast then off to the rec. for 2 plus hours of pickle ball. Afterwards I took the truck in for service and came back to get some last minute cleaning and packing. I vacuumed all the fan blades and cleaned out several clothing drawers sorting clothes to take for to work in the mountains. Amy and Ava didn't visit today as Nancy needed to catch up several chores for Friday's birthday dinner like making Amy her chocolate cake with white icing. Thursday evening we headed out around 6 PM for the GTD(going the distance) banquet in Pinellas Park.
The fellow who started this adventure/missionary non-profit program I have know for years. He worked at Sports Unlimited there when I use to do off duty store security. Doug is a great kid and a strong believer in building relationships for CHRIST through this program. Tyler our son-in-law went to Costa Rica with his group last year and Bobby has done several adventure trips to the mountains as well. I hope maybe in future to incorporate his knowledge in setting up missions trips to one I have in mind to Alaska next summer. That's another story for a later date but keep that notion on the back burners in your mind if your into meeting, helping and working with different folks in a setting far from the comforts of home, like Alaska.
The GTD banquet was a fund raiser for 8 interns going to Costa Rica for several weeks this summer and we were honored to be a part of that mission trip. Bobby prepared the meal of marinated grilled strip steaks, grilled corn on the cob, grilled zucchini squash, yellow rice and black beans and salsa. The dinner was excellent. When Nancy and I arrived we found to our surprise the Performing Arts Center for the city of Pinellas Park was now housed in the very building that once was the First Christian Church. The very church we were married in nearly 30 years ago. Wow we were taken back, of course the inside had been remodeled but the outside was still the same without the steeple. Its a small world.
Friday morning found me riding out to the rec. for my last pickle ball play for quite awhile. I'm sure going to miss the wet shirt work outs and of the course the laughs and cut ups we have with one another. I got home and mowed the yard before another down pour. Well will close for now as its lightning and thundering. LATER
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