Last weekend...

I'm just getting around to writing about last weekend. I visited St. Simons Island. I think I could live there and never leave the island! It's beautiful. All of the trees and Spanish Moss of Savannah as well as inviting beaches. It reminds me of a quaint village, rather than the tourist-driven town that many ocean front communities are. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring my camera. Ah well, next time!

I happened to pick the location and day that a group of wind surfers were meeting there for a photo shoot and to give free lessons. Many of you will want to choke me for not taking them up on that offer. Honestly, I'm not sure why I opted not to do so. I wish I had.

While out on the beach, I met a sweet family - I met the wife actually. She was friendly and outgoing, and she shared the story of how they came to adopt two children from Kazakhstan when she was 40 years old. She is a Christian woman and also told me about how the Lord had been preparing her for her son's learning disability even before she ever considered having children. (She had previously taught in a special program for dyslexic children.) Anyway, I was reminded that He is always working and preparing us for the next phase of life. Everything in our past brings us to where we are.

Another neat thing about that day was that I had prayed that the Lord would allow me to meet someone who I could just have some social interaction with. I might have discounted the interaction with this woman if I had started the conversation (thinking that I just had it in my mind that I needed some converstion and so created it for myself), but she and her family came and plopped down next to me, and she started the conversation. I can't dismiss that as coincidence.

The time I spent with her really encouraged me. Now that I think about it, if I had taken the wind surfing lessons, I may not have experienced that encouraging time with her! Cool!