Surprise Surprise!!

This weekend was a great and busy weekend! It started out with the Highway 20 camp out, which went excellent! We received many different people to contact through that and hopefully we will see some souls saved as a result! We had 3 first time visitors on Sunday which was a blessing, as well as some people from our home church visiting!

Many of our close friends were not able to make it to the camp out though, because of work. Which was disappointing but we had lots of fun with with our other friends and church family! Kali and I were talking on Saturday how we missed our friends and really felt like we needed some face-to-face time with them. So, on Sunday after church we ventured out to go back to our beautiful island! It was quite the last minute trip and we loved every minute of it! One of those times that its hard to wipe the smile off your face, as we reached closer and closer to our island. Kali and I were SO happy to be going and surprising everyone and discussed what we would do and how we would plan out our surprise! We got to our island and sat at the beach waiting for the right moment to arrive at church to surprise everyone. Man, I forgot how beautiful the ocean is! It was a WONDERFUL sight to behold, living in a dry, brown-like environment right now. I loved every little gust of wind and the sound of the waves.....

It started to rain on our way over! Call me crazy but *I heart rain*

So excited, waiting on the beach! (That was the best excited face I could come up with, rather than a deer caught in headlights look.....hehe)

The plan went over wonderfully and everyone was SO surprised to see us! We were successful in surprising all our close friends. The youth group (my close friend Linnea involved in that) went to Mexico a few weeks ago and we were privileged to get to watch the presentation about how it went! I am so happy and encouraged to see how the youth group is growing in leaps and bounds in the Lord! It's truly amazing to see how the Lord works!

We stayed at the Howers Sunday and Monday night (which they were "informed" that we were spending the night on Sunday, which they were completely pleased with! hehe) and enjoyed all the time we were able to spend with the Hower family. (especially Alyssa!) We made dessert for Mr. Hower, which he was VERY pleased with! Alyssa has Mondays off so we were able to spend the day with her on Monday. A picnic at the beach, playing on the playground and a good game of Sorry Card Revenge was the order of the day. It was a wonderful time and we came back feeling refreshed and loved every moment we were able to spend with our friends and 2nd family! ;o)

         Feeling a little chilly compared to our 90 degree + weather!

Alyssa spying on me swinging :o)

OBITUARY NOTICE: After many, many successful games winning Sorry Card Revenge, the undefeated team (Deborah and I) finally gave up the winning streak on August 23, 2010. It was a sad occasion and many tears were shed. Although some very rude people (not to name them but one starts with A and ends with lyssa and the other starts with K and ends with ali....) were screaming and rejoicing at this event. Although I do not agree with their actions, they will suffer repercussions on the next event we play.

Who ever said I was competitive?!