A couple weeks ago, Ian had the privilege of preaching in a church in Florida. The members of the church consists of people from the HRC, NRC and FRC churches here in Grand Rapids. These people go down to Florida every year during the winter months. Someone unexpectedly paid for my ticket so we could take 6 days to relax and recharge.
View from our car as we drove to our hotel
We found a small present in our hotel room..... I figured it was for Ian... just in case he forgot his tie for Sunday, they provided a nice bow tie as a spare! :)
The beach we visited.... Siesta Key... the number one beach in America! It doesn't look like it in this picture, but here were a lot of people there! This was taken just as we stepped onto the beach from the car lot. if you look closely you can see all the beach umbrellas and people closer to the water.
At the botanical gardens in Sarasota
Can you spot the little lizard?
Now can you spot him?
We went on Saturday to check out the place where the church service was to be held, it was at a Salvation Army building which was right next to a park, so we took a walk as well. We ended up 'tanning' ourselves more from these walks than from sitting out in the sun at our hotel!
Pelicans floating close to shore and close to the people on the beach
This guy seemed to follow us as we walked along the beach
Temperature the day we left for home: 82 degrees F!! It was hard to leave!
Ian with our luggage and our rental car right before we handed over the keys at the airport. What a beautiful day!
A big thank you to those who made this trip possible for both of us!
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