So, this is a story of what’s happening right now. Being out in Texas, for us, is sort of like culture shock. The reason why I say that is because we come from Florida, so we’re not used to all the rules and standards of Texas. For example, I’ve never seen real-life cowboys, but I’m pretty sure in Texas they have them all over. Some of them probably aren’t even modern. And I’ve never seen a real huge herd of cattle that took up, almost, about one hill. I saw like three of them when we went on the interstate from Oklahoma City to Pampa.

The states we’ve been to so far are Florida (duh), Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma. It took us about...a week and four days.

We met some of our relatives in Dallas and then we went up to OKC, and now we’re back in Texas, but in Pampa. So, we went from Tampa to Pampa so far. And we’re meeting a friend in Pampa who’s going to move to Florida and be a children’s pastor at our church. Here’s the slogan: he moved from his hometown, Pampa, to Tampa, Tampa to Pampa, and he will go back from Pampa to Tampa. Speaking of people that we know, we might be seeing some up in Oregon.

Well, that’s all for today. Hope you enjoy this blog!

The beach there - awesomeness.  The beach has huge waves - they're so huge you can body surf on them, and we even saw people surfing on surfboards!  But I don't understand this.  The conditions were horrible there.  Well, actually I know why.  It was something called Riptides.  It was current that pulled you from the shore out into the ocean like 100 feet.  And you can't go against the current because it's way too strong.  But those waves - they were so fun.  Some were up to like 7 feet and some were only 1 foot high.  Well, there's another thing I experienced - what my dad calls the undertow.  It's the water that pulls you into a wave and it has a pretty strong force - as in May the Force be with you...hahaha!  But we're in Georgia now so I think we should stop worrying about Florida.  We have 14 miles to go to our exit - then we have 7 miles until we make it to our destination.  I think I should get off now because Nathan is wanting me to play spy games with him.  C-ya!

You know what happened today with me?  I was reading the Bible, and God led me to this verse, which is Ephesians 2:10.  It says, "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do."  And then I looked up to Him, and I didn't just pray, I looked straight up, past the roof and all the physical stuff, and then I saw God.  Right there.  So I bowed my head and prayed and asked for another passage.  And then instantly He told me it was Ephesians 3:8-11, which I'm trying to memorize.  It says, "Although I am less than the least of all God's people, this grace was given me:  to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make plain the administration of this mystery, which for ages was kept hidden in God, who created all things.  His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord."  It said in the Bible, in Eph 2:10 "For we are God's workmanship" which means we are God's creation and created in Christ Jesus to do good works, meaning that we do good works for God.  And also it says, "which God has prepared in advance for us to do" meaning that He made it so that we could do it later.  I thought that was cool that God spoke to me about that.