Congrats to Davis

Recently Davis applied to be in the International Baccalaureate's Career Program for Engineering at his high school, Riverview. He's been taking a Nuclear Radiation class and an Intro to Engineering Class this year that he has really enjoyed. 

Davis was accepted into the IBCP for his junior year! We are so proud of him! 

Tonight we sat and worked on planning his classes for his junior year - several IB and AP classes including physics, precalculus and computer integrated manufacturing. 

 

Florida High School Indoor Championships

Saturday was the Florida HS Indoor Championships up in Gainesville. 

He had a good showing but did not hit his PR. He jumped 1.8m and finished 7th overall. 

Afterwards we went out to lunch and visited Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. 

 

Sabbath Day

Friday Daryl and I took a walk around the trail at Nathan Benderson Park. 

And then we visited Mote Marine again to see the manatees and the penguins and more. 

 

A Week Away

This past week I spent Sunday morning preaching at East Naples UMC as a favor to the pastor who is on renewal leave. It was a wonderful worship service with incredible music from so many diverse groups, including the children. 

Then I was in Lakeland from Sunday night through Thursday afternoon at Cabinet while we were discussing appointments for the upcoming year. 

Thankfully one night I was able to go to dinner with my friend Amy. And then another night I went with Parker and his roommate Eddie to Disney Springs and Epcot! 

I finally officially got my own desk at the conference office and have slowly started to decorate it with things that are meaningful to me. 

 

Track Meet Continued

Wesley did the high jump on Sunday morning. They changed the setup from the other week and he didn't like the surface as much, or that everything was far on the side of the building. He didn't break 6 feet in his jumps, but he did come in 3rd overall which earned him a medal!! 

And then they had him run in the 60m dash. He was in heat 12 of 17. He finished second in his heat and 57/98 kids running. 

We're back to Gainesville next weekend again for the HS Championships. They won't have him long jump - just concentrating on the high jump then.  

Another Weekend, Another Track Meet

Saturday Wesley competed at the Legends of Alachua County Meet in Gainesville. He jumped the long jump for the first time in a meet. His first jump was his best at 6.18m - this put him in the top 9 and qualified him for the finals. 

He jumped in the finals and finished up 6/9 for the day. So impressed with his first efforts in this event!

And Lydia came up to surprise him. We all went out to lunch afterwards to celebrate. 

 

All Around the Conference

I started the week at Wesley Memorial UMC in Fort Myers for worship and a church meeting. 

Then I drove to camp for time with the Board of Ordained Ministry. We did interviews on Monday and Tuesday in person. 

Kaylee Vida from our SW district was approved for ordination as an elder. 

Always glad to hang out with Roy Terry and Mike Weaver from the SW district at our board meetings. 

Such a privilege to serve in BOM Leadership with these amazing women (left to right: Carrie Mac our BOM secretary, Emily Hotho our Cabinet liaison, Latricia Scriven our BOM Chair, Susan Gray our BOM vice-chair and Holly Finley our OCE Manager) 

Super grateful for these folks who sered as our hospitality hosts: Elizabeth Flynn our BOM registrar, and Rev. David and Nancy McEntire. 

I made sure to get in lots of labyrinth time. 

I spent Wednesday in Lakeland at meetings in the conference office. Before I went home, I swung by to get a hug from the big boy at his apartment.