The beach is a good place to start the week

This is a random picture of papaya blooms.  I ate a papaya today and was disappointed.  It didn’t have much taste.

These are palms trees.  This is what they look like in a good stiff south wind.

On our way to SPI for our monthly CRM chaplain’s meeting, we stopped at a Texas Travel Center in Harlingen.  These flags represent the six flags that have flown over Texas during her past.

The garden at the travel center was very pretty.

The view of our destination, Pier 19, from the bridge over Laguna Madre.

A lone pelican.

After our meal inside, we all walked to the end of the pier for our meeting with the chaplains who are in the RGV so far.

Dennis catches us up on all the CRM “goings on.”

New chaplains, Fred and Leila Preuss (pronounced Price) during their Commissioning Service.  Their first assignment is at the Children’s Haven International office and orphanage in Reynosa. 

Don led our devotional time.

The newlyweds, Precious Jade and Lucian Schmidt.

We had a wonderful time together with the other chaplains… a time of encouragement, prayer, and challenge.  I especially appreciated the prayer for healing for several of the chaplains, including Don.

We’re on South Padre Island, of course, we went to the beach!  I love walking in the water on the beach.

We saw quite a few jellyfish… I guess this is a jellyfish… were washed up on the beach, but this one was the largest one.

A beach dancer.

The entrance to the beach access we used.  It wasn’t the best one as we had to walk through the grass and loose sand.

The wind surfers took advantage of the high wind today…. when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Leaving SPI, we saw these fishermen from the bridge.

From Port Isabell…. SPI.

And the sun sets on a marvelous Monday.

Two years ago today, we were enjoying the company of Kathy and Tom Burge with a game of cards, at Coffeyville, Kansas.  I got an email from them the other day.  They are having a good time working at Amazon.com in Campbellsville, KY, this Christmas rush season.  Sure hope our paths cross again in the future.

“Write your hurts at the hands of others, in the sand so they will be easily blown away.  Write your blessings in stone so you will always remember them.”