OK, Here Goes!

Alright, so we're back, and after sleeping in way to long today, Sara has come down with something from the non-stop going for the past week and we're exhausted, but pumped! Wilmington was all we could have hoped for and more, except for the fact that everyone said we brought the cold weather with us and it never got over 50 degrees until we left! But they assured us that it would be back to normal when we got back!!!



When we got there, I thought I had found a slice of Heaven here on earth, and it was an awesome sign that things were going to be good for the rest of the trip. While sitting in a somewhat sketchy Wendy's, waiting for our Pastor friend that we had connected with via e-mail, I tasted my sweet tea...and let me tell you, that was BY FAAAARRRR the strongest sweet tea ever!!! I took a drink, and had to let it soak in for a second. Once Gary(pastor friend) came in and we met him(awesome guy...more on him and the church to come) we found out that its not uncommon in that area to get SWEET sweet tea! Kinda their thing! AWESOME....so to keep from boring you with a minute by minute summary, hear are some pics to give you an idea of what was in the area, what we did, and where we'll be living!!!

This is down at Fort Fisher. It is one of the furthest south point of New Hanover County, only islands and marshes south of it!

There is a man-made walkway across the bay that connects some of the Islands, this is the start of it that I'm standing on!

This is the beach from the Wrightsville Beach Pier.

If you think your house is colorful...Take a look at these, and this was everywhere! The next two pictures give you an idea of how creative people are with their choices in housing down by the beach!

While we were there, we met Gary, the amazing pastor of Horizon Church, his wife Jennifer, and their son Jason...who is three and loves Sara now!!! During the Sunday service, I was amazed! There were a total of about 35 people there, including a group from a church in Raleigh that came down! The pastor of this church spoke, he was originally from the Congo in Africa, and he spoke 7 different languages! It's been a long time since a service has brought me to an emotional state, but seeing the mixture of people that were just hurting, and now looking to Jesus for the answers was awesome! I can't wait to get back! The Spanish service that evening...yes Spanish service...was the same way! They interpreted for the preacher, and it was awesome! We had 9 different languages present and speakable that night, nuts!!!

Here are a few more pics from the trip!

This will be our home, on the North side of Wilmington, about 1.5 miles from the beach!

Old docking Pier near Fort Fisher.

Just a small, and I mean SMALL glimpse of what the down town area looks like!