No sign of hurricanes. Unless that yellow patch kicks up into something… but if it doesn’t, it is still conceivable that a hurricane could form and move while we are gone. We should be so lucky. I love storms… though I don’t know if Cheryl would echo that sentiment.

Plane seats booked, rides arranged. Bonus: Westjet will allow us to bring a stoller or playpen with us as “carryon” in addition to regular carryon! That should help.

Don’t expect any blogging to be done while we are down there though I am still hopeful I will get a few minutes on the computer here and there.

If you’re in the Surrey area over the next couple of weeks, our Sundays should be very interesting.  We’re having the leadership couple for our Freedom Session program starting this fall speak on July 26, about their journey.  Then, on August 2 we will have the guy who started “Catholics for Jesus” come and speak.  Apparently he has a heck of a story as well.  I will be sorry to miss these two weekends.

We are heading to Florida for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches‘ biannual iGo convention.  We leave on Thursday night.  The convention is in Tampa, Florida, so I am watching the Hurricane Forecasting website very carefully to see if we might get hit with a zinger while we’re down there.  We’ll actually be down there for almost two weeks, so it is conceivable that a hurricane could form and then hit while we’re down there, but if there’s nothing up to the day we leave, then that’s at least half the trip that will be fine.

Part of me would almost like to be down there during a hurricane.  It would be interesting to experience.  But don’t tell my wife that.

Oops.

PS.  I thought I’d just say this out loud - part of our journey down there is going to involve shuttling between airports, because of the way flights were booked.  We thought we were going to be stuck renting a car, after we had exhausted our efforts trying to find Christian in our affiliated churches who could help us out with a lift.  None of them were free to help, but an atheist political blogger I have had contact with, has not only volunteered to drive us, but is taking the day off work to do it!  I am amazed that God provides, and grateful for the ride, but I think it says something about some churchgoers that this woman would bend over backwards for someone she hardly knows while our “brethren” let us down.