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Joshua 1:9

4 Sep

A Slice of Life

DiVoran Lites

“Have I not commanded you?

Be strong and courageous. 

Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged,

For the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

DiVoran has been writing for most of her life. Her first attempt at a story was when she was seven years old and her mother got a new typewriter. DiVoran got to use it and when her dad saw her writing he asked what she was writing about. DiVoran answered that she was writing the story of her life. Her dad’s only comment was, “Well, it’s going to be a very short story.” After most of a lifetime of writing and helping other writers, DiVoran finally launched her own dream which was to write a novel of her own. She now has her Florida Springs trilogy and her novel, a Christian Western Romance, Go West available on Amazon. When speaking about her road to publication, she gives thanks to the Lord for all the people who helped her grow and learn.  She says, “I could never have done it by myself, but when I got going everything fell beautifully into place, and I was glad I had started on my dream.”

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Our Trip to Maui-Part 3

3 Sep

SUNDAY MEMORIES

Judy Wills

Reblog

The next day, being Sunday, we wanted to attend a local worship service.  There was a Baptist Church in Lahaina, and we decided to attend there.

It was a lovely building – without air conditioning, of course – but there were open doors all around the building to let the cool ocean breeze blow through, aided by several ceiling fans.  It was a wonderful way to worship – almost like being outdoors.

The people were quite friendly, and we enjoyed the service immensely. 

After the service was over, we went to lunch at a cute little deli called The Gazebo.  We later found out that Fred’s sister and her husband didn’t even know about this deli – even though they had been to Lahaina for many years.  We sat at the back side of the deli, and could see the beach all the way around Napili Bay.

The Gazebo Deli

After lunch, Dad wanted to show us a sight he had seen before on Maui.  It was call the Iao Needle, and is an “erosional remnant” that was formed by wind and rain.  During war times, it was used as a lookout spot.  There was a way to get up to it – but it had 300 steps to it, so we declined that adventure!

The Iao Needle

Fred’s sister and her husband had raved about a restaurant on Napili Bay that they insisted we try at least once, so we decided to eat there for supper that evening.  It is right on the beach, and is called the Sea House Restaurant.  While at lunch, as we ate and looked about Napili Bay, we were amazed to see how quickly the coastline went from sand to large rocks.  The Gazebo was in the sandy area, and the Sea House was on the rocks.  Amazing.  But the food was good, and we enjoyed each other’s company. The restaurant was, again, all open-air, with ceiling fans to stir the breeze.  While we were waiting for our table, a “local” young man in Hawaiian garb, went running down the beach with a torch and set the island torches alight.  Very quaint!

Napili Bay, with the Sea House Restaurant 

Home and to bed – as we were still getting over our jet lag.

[2023 – we spoke with Fred’s sister and her husband recently, and they told us that the Lahaina Baptist Church survived the devastating fire!  Praise God!  And Napili is quite a way’s from Lahaina, and the structures there survived, as well]

~~~~~More to come~~~~~

Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .

  Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.

After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson and a great-granddaughter. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.

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What Kind of Prayers Does God Really Answer?

2 Sep

Walking by Faith, Not by Sight

Janet Perez Eckles

How much we labor in our prayer time has nothing to do with Labor Day. Recently while a pastor taught this topic, some of us squirmed in our seats.

“When we ask God for blessings,” he said, “we often repeat mousy petitions.”

Mousy petitions? He explained the prayers we blurt out often carry doubt. We lack the reassurance that God will grant what we ask. They repeat the circumstance, not the victory we can count on. They mention the dark side, and fail to declare God’s triumphant possibilities.

And when we ask, we forget to give thanks. We forget to anticipate He will answer. We overlook the mighty way He can exercise His power.

So, what’s the best way to pray?

With boldness, with conviction, with authority, with firmness and with holy audacity.

The number of words we use don’t matter. Nor the flowery expressions. But, the complete faith, the firm authority because of Jesus is what makes the difference.

They did for John and Peter. They saw the beggar at the entrance of the temple. “Then Peter said, ‘Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.’ Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God” (Acts 3:6-8)

Why did Peter take the man by the hand? Because he was sure he could get up. Because he declared it in the name of Jesus. Because he counted in Jesus’ power at work. Because he was confident Jesus was working through him. And because he knew the man’s crippled legs were no match to Jesus’ healing power.

How about making that change?

When on your knees, lift the power of God at work, the authority you have in Jesus, the answers that align with Scripture, the promises that echo through His Word.

When you pray the power instead of the problem, you activate the confidence you need, the boldness you must express, and the answer in which you must believe.

On a personal note, I don’t dwell or labor in asking God over and over again for healing of my blindness. I declare I am healed. I will see whether here on earth or in heaven. It’s a guarantee.

In the meantime, when I focus on the power at work not the problem, my blindness isn’t a sorry circumstance, but a reminder that God’s power is still at work.

Let’s Pray

Father, thank You for transforming the way I bring petitions before you. I praise You for the freedom that comes when I focus on Your power, Your promises, and our divine position to give me the answer in Your perfect timing. In Jesus name.

Who counsels you when life gets sticky?

Bonus article on today’s subject. 

Janet

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Janet Eckles Perez

Some say she should be the last person to be dancing. Her life is summarized in this 3-minute video: http://bit.ly/1a8wGJR

Janet Perez Eckles’ story of triumph is marked by her work as an international speaker, #1 best-selling author, radio host, personal success coach and master interpreter. Although blind since 31, her passion is to help you see the best of life.

www.janetperezeckles.com

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We Don’t Fly

31 Aug

On the Porch

Onisha Ellis

What do you say when someone offers you a free cruise to Alaska? Thank you, yes would have been the expected response. In our case our first response was, “but we don’t fly.” And the cruise terminal in Vancouver Canada is a L O N G road trip from Florida!

We both took some deep breathes and decided we can do this, well as long as our daughter flew with us. She is the one who invited us on the cruise. My husband was so excited. Visiting Alaska was a life long dream.

My husband and I have both had an unfortunate incident on our one and only flights, his for work and mine to visit family. Since then we have been avid road trippers. I am a pro at planning a road trip. I love collecting information, planning the route and choosing our nightly stops. Easy peasy. Planning a vacation that didn’t involve car transportation was a whole different adventure.

The hardest aspect of the trip for me mentally, was how do we arrange transportation from the airport to hotel after a red eye flight? Would there be any Uber or Lyft rides? Vancouver is proud of its public transportation system and I explored that option. You Tube videos extolled the ease of taking the Sky Train directly from the airport.

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Of course since I didn’t choose a hotel downtown, we would then have to transfer to a bus. Somehow I couldn’t picture us corralling three suitcases and 6 carry on items on public transportation at midnight. I had to look for other options and I was able to book a car pick up fhrough Viatour. We had a free day in Vancouver before the cruise and we did use the public transportation. I was extremely thankful we didn’t choose to use it from the airport.

In Florida we live less than an hour from the cruise terminal. When we have gone on a cruise in the past, we could carry as many pieces of luggage we felt was needed. For this trip we had to pack most everything in a single suitcase a piece plus two carry on bags.

We were in North Carolina at our mountain home for the summer and my husband began packing a month in advance. He nearly drove me crazy with questions I couldn’t answer. What kind of clothes to take, will our suitcases be an acceptable size, should we buy new jackets? Meanwhile I was silently stressing over getting a mental grip on how to get around Vancouver without a car. Renting a car was not pracitcal.

Since we would be flying together from Florida, we finally, we came to an agreement that we would put into our suitcases everything we even thought we might want to take and let our daughter, an experienced traveler, straighten us out when we arrived at her house. She was ruthlessly kind straightening out our chaotic suitcases. Once she was finished, everything was neatly packed and we even had some small spaces should we purchase souvenirs.

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Before leaving North Carolina we had a check up with our doctor. We explained that we were offered a fabulous vacation opportunity but were anxious about flying and would like a short term anti-anxiety medication to take before the flight. Because, after all, we don’t fly!

Hopefully, more next week.

I'm a winner

After my retirement, I decided to re-learn the canning and preserving skills I learned from my mother but hadn’t practiced for twenty years. I titled the blog Old Things R New to chronicle my experience.  Since then I have been blessed to have six other bloggers join me, DiVoran Lites, Bill Lites,  Judy Wills, Louise Gibson, Janet Perez Eckles and Melody Hendrix

In addition to blogging, I’m a general  “mom Friday” for my author daughter, Rebekah Lyn. I also manage her website, Rebekah Lyn Books  

My 2023 goal is continue to use my love of photographs and words to be an encourager on social media.

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2023 Road Trip Part 3

30 Aug

A Slice of Life

Bill Lites

Day 3 – July 17:  After a good night’s sleep, and breakfast with Mike and Alta, I headed north through portions of the beautiful Appalachian Mountains, passing thru Waynesville and picking up I-40.  Continuing north on I-40 (skirting the Great Smokey Mountains National Park) I passed thru Newport and across the border into Tennessee, where I visited James White’s Fort located in Knoxville, TN.  This “Fort” is a representation of an 18thCentury settlement that began in 1786 when James White built his 1st fortified log cabin in this area.  Other settlers soon built around White and by 1791 the Southwest Territorial Capital was moved to White’s Fort and renamed Knoxville.  The antique cabin furnishings and other historical utensils and equipment make this a living museum of late 18th Century pioneer life.

Photo Credit: Bill Lites

After that brief trip back in time, I headed northwest on I-75, across the border into Kentucky where I visited the Harland Sanders (KFC) Museum located Corbin, KY.  This museum is the home of the very first Kentucky Fried Chicken Café started by Harland (The Colonel) Sanders in 1940 and where he created his famous ‘KFC Secret Recipe’. Sanders had his ups and downs with fires, highway route changes and recessions, but in 1960 he began selling KFC franchises, and his business began to boom.  In 1990 the original building was renovated and opened as a KFC cafe and museum, where visitors can enjoy their favorite KFC meal and visit the museum which displays a replica of the Colonel’s office, kitchen, and other Colonel Sanders artifacts and memorabilia.

Photo Credit: Bill Lites

Now I headed north on I-75, skirting the Danial Boone National Forest and passing up the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame Museum in Mount Vernon, KY (I had visited that museum on another Road Trip).  I by- passed Richmond, KY so I could arrive in Lexington in time to spend some quality time with my friends Max and Anita in Lexington, KY.  When Greta (My Garmin) had me exit I-75 I just figured I was getting close to my new destination.  However, that was not the case.  I was taken on a superius route for miles thru farmland, on back roads, and finally thru neighborhoods before I finally arrived at my friend’s house.  What was that all about?

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Max and Anita laughed and told me a lot of other people had the same problem, and there didn’t seem to be a logical explanation for it.  Our family had been church friends with Anita’s family from the mid-1960s and Anita was one of my daughter’s best friends in junior high and high school.  We had a marvelous visit and Anita cooked so we didn’t have to go out for dinner.  After that delicious meal, we spent a lot of time reminiscing about our family’s activities during the early days of the nation’s Apollo space program in our hometown of Titusville, FL.  When we were all talked out, they helped me get my things into their guest room where they put me up for the night.  They warned me that the local 2:00 am train whistle might wake me, but I never did hear it.  I must have been in a deep sleep when the train went by.

Photo Credit: Bill Lites

—–To Be Continued—–

Bill is a retired Mechanical engineer living with his wonderful artist/writer wife, DiVoran, of 65 years in Titusville, Florida. He was born and raised in the Southwest, did a tour of duty with the U.S. Navy, attended Northrop University in Southern California and ended up working on America’s Manned Space Program for 35 years. He currently is retired and spends most of his time building and flying R/C model airplanes, traveling, writing blogs about his travels for Word Press and supporting his wife’s hobbies with framing, editing and marketing.  He also volunteers with a local church Car Care Ministry and as a tour guide at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum there in Titusville.  Bill has two wonderful children, two outstanding grandchildren, and a loving sister and her husband, all of whom also live in Central Florida, so he and DiVoran are rewarded by having family close to spend lots of quality time with.

One of Bill’s favorite Scriptures is:  John 10:10

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I Will Heal, I Will Love

28 Aug

My Take

DiVoran Lites

Photo Credit:Pixabay

I will heal their backsliding,

I will love them freely,

For My anger has turned away from them.

I will be like the dew to Israel;

He shall grow like the lily,

Lengthen his roots like Lebanon.

Hosea 14:4-5

DiVoran has been writing for most of her life. Her first attempt at a story was when she was seven years old and her mother got a new typewriter. DiVoran got to use it and when her dad saw her writing he asked what she was writing about. DiVoran answered that she was writing the story of her life. Her dad’s only comment was, “Well, it’s going to be a very short story.” After most of a lifetime of writing and helping other writers, DiVoran finally launched her own dream which was to write a novel of her own. She now has her Florida Springs trilogy and her novel, a Christian Western Romance, Go West available on Amazon. When speaking about her road to publication, she gives thanks to the Lord for all the people who helped her grow and learn.  She says, “I could never have done it by myself, but when I got going everything fell beautifully into place, and I was glad I had started on my dream.”

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Our Trip to Maui-Part 2

27 Aug

SUNDAY MEMORIES

Judy Wills

Reblog

After we left Costco, we drove about 45 minutes to the other side of the island, to Lahaina.  Fred’s sister and her husband had told us about the Lahaina Cannery Mall, so we stopped there.  It was an old pineapple cannery that had been made into a mall of sorts.  It was rather miniature compared to some in the States, but it was indoors with lots of shops and eateries.  There was even a Safeway grocery store in there! 

Maui

We had lunch there, before heading out to our time-share at One-Napili Way. One-Napili Way was in a lovely setting – lush green shrubbery, palm trees, and some of the most gorgeous exotic flowers imaginable!

Maui
Orchids Growing Wild
Maui
Bird of Paradise
Maui
Hibiscus Growing on a Rock Fence

The unit we were in was nicely appointed and fully stocked.  It had a living area (with TV) that opened out to a lanai.  The kitchen (which included pots, pans, dishes, dish soap, towels, etc.) looked out over the living area.  Dad gave us the master suite, which included an attached bathroom, and another doorway to the lanai.  The second TV was in that room.  He took one of the other bedrooms – it had a double bed in it, while the third bedroom had twin beds.  There was a second bathroom down the hallway between those bedrooms.

We were surprised to find that none of the units had air conditioners!  We thought we would surely melt – especially at night!  But each room had a ceiling fan, and there was a screen-covered set of louvers that had the fresh ocean air blowing into each bedroom.  We could always open the lanai doors and let the air into the rest of the rooms, as well.  We were quite comfortable with that – even at night!

We seldom had a fully rainy day while there.  It did rain, but the short, small rains were more just heavy sprinkles.  Dad, having lived in Hawaii for a while, said the natives call it “pineapple juice.”  Cute.  On the one day we did actually have rain, we saw a beautiful rainbow in the sky.  Everything about Maui was beautiful!

Maui

Not only were the flowers gorgeous, we also saw a tree that Dad called a “flame tree” around the island.  It really lives up to its name!

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Fred’s sister had told us be sure and partake of a particular fish there.  There was a small take-out-only hole-in-the-wall deli that served the best presentation of this fish – Ono.  This deli serves this white fish in a delicious sauce with sun-dried tomatoes, capers and mushrooms.  With sautéed vegetables and rice on the side – yum!  We managed to have this meal from this deli several times during our stay.

~~~~More to Come~~~~

Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .

  Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.

After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson and a great-granddaughter. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.

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2023 Road Trip-Part 2

25 Aug

A Slice of Life

Bill Lites

Day 2 – July 16:  I began today’s activities with a visit to CSS Hunley Museum located there in North Charleston, SC.  The CSS Hunley was a one-of-a-kind Civil War submarine that was the first combat submarine to sink a warship (USS Housatonic) on 17 February 1864, but sank shortly after the historic engagement killing all eight crew members.  The H. L. Hunley was lost on the bottom of Charleston’s outer harbor for 100+ years, before finally being discovered by E. Lee Spencer in 1970.  However, it was another 30 years before the historic submarine was raised from its watery grave, in 2000, for investigation and its preservation.  It is now submerged in a special tank of a sub-critical water solution where the iron structure is being neutralized before it can be exposed to the open air for all to see and touch.  The photo below is of a replica of the H. L. Hunley on display there at the museum.

Photo Credit: Bill Lites

I had planned today’s activities so I could end up spending as much time as possible with some good friends in North Carolina.  So, after leaving the Hunley Museum I headed northwest on I-26, by-passing Columbia, SC (I had visited Columbia’s museums on my last road trip) and continued northwest to visit the Sigal Music Museum located in the old 1930 Cocoa Cola Bottling Plant in Greenville, SC.  This museum (formerly the Carolina Music Museum) has recently been expanded with the addition of the Marlowe A. Sigal collection.  The museum displays a variety of musical instruments dating from the 17th century and interestingly has recordings of many of those instruments for their visitors to hear in their special listing rooms.  The museum’s library also has a collection of over 1000 individual rare record albums and sheet music.

Photo Credit: Bill Lites

I wanted to visit the Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum while I was in Greenville, but I got to the house where Joe Jackson lived and died too late to visit the museum.  However, Wikipedia tells me that Joe’s house (also the museum) was moved to its present location in 2006 and given the number 356 Field Street in honor of Joe’s lifetime batting average (.356).  It also informed me that Joe got his nickname in 1908 at the local game between the Greenville Spinners and the Anderson Electricians when he removed his new spiked shoes that were hurting his feet; and after hitting a home run, he ran the bases in his stocking feet.  As he headed for home plate, an Anderson fan yelled, “You shoeless son-of-a-gun!” and the name stuck. Joe Jackson (1887-1951)

Photo Credit: https://images.search.yahoo.com/Shoeless+Joe+Jackson+Museum

Heading pretty much west out of Greenville, I soon briefly crossed the border into the northeast tip of Georgia before crossing the border into North Carolia.  I was looking for the town of Otto, NC where my friends Mike and Alta lived, and some of those winding mountain roads could make a person dizzy.  The roads got narrower and steeper till I finally had to stop and call Mike for directions.  Come to find out, I was within 500 yards of their driveway and Greta (my Garmin) didn’t know it.  We had a great visit and ended up going to one of their favorite Mexican Restaurants in Franklin where I had a Chili Relleno & Enchilada plate with yellow rice and refried beans.  Yummm!  Back at their house, after dinner, Mike and Alta regaled me with their black bear story.  That’s kind of a scary bedtime story, but the cool mountain air put me right to sleep.

Photo Credit: Bill Lites

—–To Be Continued—–

Bill is a retired Mechanical engineer living with his wonderful artist/writer wife, DiVoran, of 65 years in Titusville, Florida. He was born and raised in the Southwest, did a tour of duty with the U.S. Navy, attended Northrop University in Southern California and ended up working on America’s Manned Space Program for 35 years. He currently is retired and spends most of his time building and flying R/C model airplanes, traveling, writing blogs about his travels for Word Press and supporting his wife’s hobbies with framing, editing and marketing.  He also volunteers with a local church Car Care Ministry and as a tour guide at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum there in Titusville.  Bill has two wonderful children, two outstanding grandchildren, and a loving sister and her husband, all of whom also live in Central Florida, so he and DiVoran are rewarded by having family close to spend lots of quality time with.

One of Bill’s favorite Scriptures is:  John 10:10

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The Glory of the Lord

21 Aug

My Take

DiVoran Lites

Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day,

So is the appearance of the brightness all around it,

The appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. 

Ezekiel 1:28

DiVoran has been writing for most of her life. Her first attempt at a story was when she was seven years old and her mother got a new typewriter. DiVoran got to use it and when her dad saw her writing he asked what she was writing about. DiVoran answered that she was writing the story of her life. Her dad’s only comment was, “Well, it’s going to be a very short story.” After most of a lifetime of writing and helping other writers, DiVoran finally launched her own dream which was to write a novel of her own. She now has her Florida Springs trilogy and her novel, a Christian Western Romance, Go West available on Amazon. When speaking about her road to publication, she gives thanks to the Lord for all the people who helped her grow and learn.  She says, “I could never have done it by myself, but when I got going everything fell beautifully into place, and I was glad I had started on my dream.”

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Our Trip to Maui-Part 1

20 Aug

SUNDAY MEMORIES

Judy WilLS

REBLOG

In light of the catastrophic fires in Maui recently, I would like to reblog what I wrote about our trip to Maui back in 2004 (I wrote the series in 2013).  I do not want to be flippant about any of this, but this was such a special trip for us, and the devastation of Maui and Lahaina hurts our hearts.  Reblogging this series keeps alive to us the Maui we visited and explored and enjoyed.  I hope my readers will see the beauty of that lovely island along with us.

Here are some pictures of the “before and after” of Lahaina I retrieved from the internet.

Lahaina, Maui before the fires – Credit Google search and Leslie Prètot

Lahaina, Maui after the fires – credit Google search and Leslie Prètot

….Fred’s parents were living in an assisted-living facility in Washington State.  They had thought to make a trip to Maui for a week in a time-share owned by their youngest daughter and her husband, but needed/wanted some of the family to be with them to sort-of keep an eye on them.  Since Fred and I were retired at the time, we volunteered for that job.  

Two weeks before we were scheduled to depart, Fred’s mother, already afflicted with Alzheimer’s Disease, had a major set-back.  She was placed in the Special Care Unit of the facility, where there were trained staff to care for her.

Since Fred’s dad had been caring for her by himself – and he was encouraged not to visit her for a few weeks so she would become adjusted to her new home – we decided to go ahead with our plans.  Frankly, he needed the rest from all that stress.  

So Fred and I flew to Seattle, rented a car and dropped our luggage at the hotel where we would be staying for just one night.  We drove to Shelton, an hour’s drive away, and spent the rest of the day with Fred’s father, sister and her husband.  We three (Fred, his dad, and I) then drove back to Seattle for the night, as our flight out was quite early the next morning.

In spite of being on the West Coast, the non-stop flight was really long to Maui.  We arrived at the Kahului airport in the capital of Maui.

We had arranged for a rental car, picked it up, stopped by the Costco nearby and picked up groceries for the mornings we would be there.  We planned on partaking of all the wonderful island foods for lunches and dinners.

~~~~More to Come~~~~

Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .

  Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.

After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson and a great-granddaughter. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.

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