It's been a while since the past 2 weekends have been filled with travel and milestones along this journey.
What a weekend! Short trip to Philly. Spent Saturday at the Philadelphia Zoo. Seeing some of the animals and how funny they look to us made us wonder how God must have a sense of humor when He created all these creatures (hippos and rhinos). Seeing some other animals made us wonder why He took the time to create them (reptiles section) ... Sher didnt care for the lizards! =) Then we came back to the hotel and just relaxed with Sher and Abi in the pool. Abi loves the water and she tried on her new princess swimsuit.
Sunday morning we were at church in Philly. We missed CWS and everyone back home, but everything was in good hands. For the first time, I ministered from the Word for Holy Communion & administered communion to the congregation with the help of other servants of God. Talk about being nervous but confident that He'd help me thru it by His grace. Thank God because they said they were blessed with the message and the service. They saw it in a different way that made them think how important communion is for us.
Monday morning met up with everyone to march and serve in the Elmont Memorial Day Parade. Great turnout and teamwork from our church - 28 people - from 6 month old baby to 60 year old grandpa and everyone in between! Everyone gave out hundreds of bottled water and invite cards to onlookers along the parade route. Then more giveaways at the festivities at the end of the parade. Served the community with over 350 cold bottled waters on hot day along parade route, several Fresh Start Strong Faith tshirts, and hundreds of invite cards. Sharing the hope that Jesus can give was an awesome experience. A memorable part in the day was when out of nowhere the parade chairman came to me and asked: "Pastor, do you have anyone that can sing the National Anthem?". My eyes and smile got really big and said, "Oh yes we do, sir!"
Here's what happened: https://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/video/video.php?v=10150190989876615&comments. (Log in to Facebook). "Totally unexpected to us but all part of His Master plan!!!. ." "It's amazing how God opens the right doors. We are blessed to be a blessing.. awesome" "That was AWESOME"
Enjoying The Ride,
Cecil
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