i finally made it to the beach! yea!!! what a blessing it was!
this is me being way cool. i'm such a rock star. glad my white legs are cut out of the pic. thanks linds! ;)
a friend of ours has some friends offer their house to him for a week and he invited us along. so we packed up our things in the blue van and drove down on thursday morning and came back last night. it was just what i needed.
about three hours into the trip on thursday morning while going over a speed bump the van just stopped working. some of the guys (and kim) looked and poked at the engine for a while but to no avail. we had "randomly" invited another friend of ours to come along with us. he just happened to know a pastor in the area and gave him a call. the pastor came with a mechanic and temporarily fixed the problem so we could drive to the next town and get it properly fixed by another mechanic. so after three hours, a cup of chai, some chapati, and a quick tour of a school, we were back on the road! anyone who's ever broken down in kenya knows this is a miracle! to know someone in the middle of nowhere on the highway and to find a legitimate mechanic and get your car really fixed is amazing. not only was our friend good company, but was divinely appointed to join us! :) thanks paul!
and then we did nothing at the beach. that's right. nothing. ok, well, i threw the frisbee a little and walked a good bit. and bought a khanga. oh, and ate brownies. but other than that, nothing. i also finished don miller's newest book (a must read) and listened to a lot of jack johnson. and had some good conversation. it was such a nice break. i did a lot of praying and reflecting. there's nothing like sitting alone on the beach with Jesus. i'm in love.
this is the banda in front of our house overlooking the beach. we hung up our hammocks so we could think and read rain or shine
it was lindsay's birthday on saturday so we walked down the beach and sat at a bar overlooking the beach. here are my mom's words about these kinds of pictures, "that boy clayton would be so cute if he wouldn't always stick his tongue out!"
on the way home i called to check in with the leaders of middle school youth group. we canceled youth group for high school this sunday, but the leaders for middle school are stellar and completely capable of pulling it off without me. i'm looking forward to meeting with them this week to discuss in further details. they finished up a 5 week series on spiritual disciplines and played uno baseball. i left the whiffle ball equipment for them in our garage, but they couldn't find the plastic bats or balls. so they improvised with a HOCKEY STICK. and a kid got hit in the face! they say he's alright. i'm calling his mom this week. i really missed seeing all the kids this weekend. i'm looking forward to being back in action next weekend. there's a football, basketball, and tennis tournament at RVA and it's halloween. lots of young friends around!
although there was water in the ocean and there is more water in our house these days there are part of the country still suffering from drought. please continue to pray for rain.
and please pray for these teenagers. there are so many hurting and struggling. pray that i will have the words to say and they will hear Jesus speaking to their hearts.
and i have cheer practice twice this week with some sweet high school girls.
thanks again for reading and praying!
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