A Little Beach Time

Sunday night sunset on the beach with the eldest child. 

 

Whiskey Smoker

Daryl got a new toy this weekend also. A Whiskey Smoker! 

 

Weekend Fun - Part Two

Saturday morning we went back to the TreeUmph Adventure Course in Bradenton (we went on summer vacation the first time). It was so much more fun to climb in the trees today in the cooler weather than in the summertime! We enjoyed exploring and zipping around.  

Afterwards, we drove a few minutes around the corner to Hunsader Farms to pickup some produce and homemade jams and jellies.  We spotted this sweet kitty sleeping on the decorative Indian corn. 

Weekend Fun - Part One

Daryl and I went to Selby Gardens in downtown Sarasota on Friday morning. 

The orchid show was going on and it was so beautiful! 

 

Halloween

This guy decided he wanted to dress up for Halloween after school on Halloween day. He wanted to be food and this was the last costume left as food in his size at WalMart on our way home. He had a blast going out with friends in two different neighborhoods and collected half a pillowcase of candy!

 

Charge Conferences and Growth Plans Galore

Sunday morning I preached at Wesley Memorial UMC in Fort Myers on the Discipline of Joy. Then we did their charge conference. 

We had two more charge conferences on the docket for the day. The next one also involved a rededication of a worship space at Pine Island UMC. We had that wonderful celebration before we did their charge conference. And then they honored me and their pastor with a special cake for Pastor Appreciation Month. 

The Pine Island members gathered for the rededication. 

They insisted I join in for a picture too! 

Nancy Metz and I finished up our day of charge conferences at Cleveland UMC in Punta Gorda. It was a long but good day! 

 Monday I had tea with a pastor from Bradenton and then I did a charge conference online. 

 Tuesday, I spent the day in Bradenton and Punta Gorda meeting with churches and then led a charge conference at Trinity UMC in Sarasota. 

On Wednesday, I had meetings with churches in Sebring and then led charge conference at Grace Venice. Afterwards Daryl and I both shared about our Zoe Empowers trip this past summer. 

I rounded out the week with some more meetings on Thursday in Frostproof and Avon Park.