It is Tues, 27 March, and I get a call from a Cru FC colleague, asking if I could give a couple of talks at a Chi Alpha International Student retreat in Gulf Shores, AL. After a short, short prayer, we said yes, we could do it. Brenda's sister who had been staying with us for a short visit was due to head home on Thursday, so we quickly figured that we could swing by her home, just north of Atlanta, and from there drive straight down to Gulf Shores arriving Thursday night.
We dropped off Brenda's sister, then headed south west for the Gulf. The traffic was a bit daunting, but then it started to rain, and occasionally blindingly hard. Our goal was to get to Foley, AL, but had we found a hotel earlier, due to the hard rain, we would have taken it. Some bad timing on my part meant we missed our best shot at a name-brand place to stay. The rain continued, and so, I cried out to G^d, "Please stop this rain!". A minute later Brenda said, "Look how bright the sky looks up ahead!" And, in a matter of just a few minutes the rain had quit. "Thanks be to G^d!"
We made it to Foley and spent the night in the same Econo Lodge we stayed in years earlier when we learned that Michael Jackson had died.
The next day we made it on to Gulf Shores. We were the first in our group to arrive. We got to spend a bit of time walking on the beach, and Brenda go in over 12k steps, and her comment was, "And I never even noticed"! Such is the power of the beach.
We'll share more later.
We dropped off Brenda's sister, then headed south west for the Gulf. The traffic was a bit daunting, but then it started to rain, and occasionally blindingly hard. Our goal was to get to Foley, AL, but had we found a hotel earlier, due to the hard rain, we would have taken it. Some bad timing on my part meant we missed our best shot at a name-brand place to stay. The rain continued, and so, I cried out to G^d, "Please stop this rain!". A minute later Brenda said, "Look how bright the sky looks up ahead!" And, in a matter of just a few minutes the rain had quit. "Thanks be to G^d!"
We made it to Foley and spent the night in the same Econo Lodge we stayed in years earlier when we learned that Michael Jackson had died.
The next day we made it on to Gulf Shores. We were the first in our group to arrive. We got to spend a bit of time walking on the beach, and Brenda go in over 12k steps, and her comment was, "And I never even noticed"! Such is the power of the beach.
We'll share more later.
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