This past weekend Seth and I went to Sarasota, Florida for a church invite! We began the eight hour drive early Friday morning. It was raining terribly when we left, but it cleared up after a couple hours and the rest of our trip went great!! The weather was between 75 and 80 degrees which was a nice break from normal, cold winter weather! I absolutely relished the sun, warm Florida breeze, and ocean air for the short weekend we were there! We enjoyed a painting service project, inspiring and convicting speakers, uplifting conversations, beach volleyball, worship, and many other things over the weekend. Personally, my favorite part was meeting new people and reconnecting with those I already knew or had at least met before! The trip fueled in me a desire to travel more, meet more people, and build more relationships. Likewise, the theme of the week was evangelism and sharing the gospel, which is what the speakers talked about. I was challenged to share more, step out of my comfort zone, and be confident in Jesus!
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| After supper and the speaker Friday night, we headed to the Streimatter's house for worshipping around a bonfire! |
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| Only in Florida do you see birds like this walking around in January!;) |
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| A group picture after the painting service project. Needless to say, some people had quite a bit of paint on them! |
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| Heading to the beach! I just stood in the water and it was freezing! |
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| An attempt to take a nice "selfie" on the beach!;) |
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| A busy, yet gorgeous beach!! |
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| Most of the Atlanta young group in front of the Siesta Key beach sign! |
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| Atlanta/Athens group picture. I don't have one of the whole group in the invite t-shirts! |
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| Pictures after church! I love these girls! |
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Most of the girls from the invite!! There were people from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kansas, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Missouri!
An interesting part of the weekend were the storms on Saturday night! Four tornadoes touched down in Florida that night and one of them was two miles away from the house where I was staying! There was debris everywhere on the way to church Sunday morning! I'm so thankful that God protected us all! It could have been much worse, two miles closer and who knows what could have happened! Praise God!!
~Lexi |
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