Today was the first "regular" service for our new church, our "grand opening". It went really well, and I think we had about 80 people total for both services. (The count was over 100, but some of us were there for both.) A new boy came, close to Nick's age, so that was encouraging. Elisabeth went up to the front during the early service (our "family" service) to help sing/do motions for a song and didn't get stage fright or start crying...so much different than ANY time of doing that kind of thing in the past! (Except for her part in the Winter program at school.) Jerry got host homes for youth group meetings set up too. The ball is in motion, such a great feeling to be part of something new to see the potential of reaching our community and connecting with new people. I'm so excited to be a part of something like this from the beginning and watch it come to life!
We left church a little early (before "tear-down" was complete) to meet our friend Rod for dinner. He comes to Florida every year about this time and he was on his way out of Tampa this evening. It was nice visiting with him and reconnecting with an old friend, even if it was at Perkins instead of Hops or Carrabba's...Hops was closed at the location we were supposed to meet, and Carrabba's was closed for a private party. Good friends, good food....as Martha Stewart says..."It's a good thing"! LOL
The only negative of the day was a "Sunday afternoon nap"....and no it wasn't bad. It's just that when we got home around 5, Elisabeth was asleep in the car and stayed asleep since. I'm just hoping she'll not wake up for the rest of the night, as she's already been sleeping for 7 hours now! I got a good nap too, but now I'm wide awake...that's not a good thing! Guess I'll go run a load of laundry and get things ready for school/work tomorrow before I turn in.
One more week until Spring Break....can't wait!!!
