Saturday Evening Activities - June 21

Todd Williams came over from Oceana Naval Air Station. And I went to Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base and picked up Josue Torres. Josue brought a friend of his - Joshua Johnson, a sailor from one of the ships at Norfolk Naval Station. Our plan was to go bowling at the Little Creek bowling alley, but someone had rented the entire bowling alley for the evening. So we had to be flexible and made a quick change of plans. We all drove to the Pizza Hut on General Booth Blvd and enjoyed their all you can eat pizza buffet. After we ate, we played 18 holes of miniature golf at Lynnhaven Golf Park (Todd won)! And finally, ice cream - Dairy Queen style - was the last stop of the day.

Josue is a new Christian and really excited about his new faith! Everything people tell him, he says he wants to be shown in the Bible. While we ate our ice cream, one of the things we talked about was "church." I explained that what we were doing that evening was church. Church, isn't about a building, sitting in a pew and simply listening to a sermon. The Bible says that where two or three are gathered together in Jesus' Name, He is there in the midst of them (Matthew 18:20). Church is about us...people, relationships, family...love.

We topped off the evening, while sitting outside at the Dairy Queen table, in front of God and everybody, and prayed together. I must confess, I peeked and saw some people watching us. I hope it was a good witness to them.