Road Trip Day 9

Day 9:

Moving right along to the Atlantic Ocean!!! We visited a nice beach here in Massachusetts where we could see the bottom of the ocean and discover sea life in the tide pools! We climbed rocks and saved crabs that were dying on land by throwing them out one at a time into the ocean! It didn't even occur to me until just now that I have seen one of those email forwards about a little boy saving the starfish one at a time. I will post it at the bottom of today's reading for you! I feel like this is a message straight from God to the boys and I!!! I can't wait to read it to them tomorrow!

We had a great time in the white sand, but the water was freezing! We were definitely not in the Gulf of Mexico anymore! We got home this afternoon and had our first real Boston driving experience. We showered and headed to the skate park where we got lost, were cut off multiple times, and never felt like we had a road large enough for all of the lanes they try to fit in it! I guess it's because this town is so old, the horses used to fit just fine between the buildings! We finally made it to the skate park where I was a bit shy about talking to the strangers. The skate parks we have been to haven't really felt very "open" for random conversations about God. This was no different so I just prayed while we were there and Dayne, Cole, and I had our own little ministry time together. It seems we are all getting a little tired and cranky with one another so we just talked it out and re-upped on our Lord list. We got real grateful again and made some heart changes. The rest of the night we spent some final time with this PRECIOUS family God allowed us to stay with....we ate dinner out at Doyle's (a pretty famous place here in Boston). It was no Cheers, but they have filmed movies there so it has something special. It was delicious and the family time was good.

We took a walk out by the pond that is across the street from Abra's house and the boys played in the "sugar bowl". It is a HUGE valley they use for sledding in the winter that was nicknamed sugar bowl since it fills up with snow! They ran down the hills and played while we hunted for bats. We found a few flying overhead and then came home to pack. We head to New York tomorrow and have a great rest of the week to look forward to. I have to say that I received so many blessings in Boston. Thank you so much to Abra, Daniel, and Simi for making our trip incredible.

Enjoy this story below and PLEASE pray for Sophia! She is in need of our prayers to get through this critical time as well as receiving COMPLETE HEALING!!!!

Blessed and highly favored!!!!



The Starfish Story
by Loren Eiseley

Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought of someone who would dance to the day, and so, he walked faster to catch up. As he got closer, he noticed that the figure was that of a little boy, and that what he was doing was not dancing at all. The little boy was reaching down to the shore, picking up small objects, and throwing them into the ocean.

He came closer still and called out "Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?" The little boy paused, looked up, and replied "Throwing starfish into the ocean." "I must ask, then, why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?" asked the somewhat startled wise man. To this, the little boy replied, "The sun is up and the tide is going out. If I don't throw them in, they'll die." Upon hearing this, the wise man commented, "But, young man, do you not realize that there are miles and miles of beach and there are starfish all along every mile? You can't possibly make a difference!"

Discouraged he began to walk away. Suddenly the little boy bent down, picked up yet another starfish, and threw it into the ocean. As it met the water, he said, "I made a difference for that one." The man looked at the little boy inquisitively and thought about what he had said and had done. Inspired, he joined the little boy in throwing the starfish back into the ocean.

Moral to the story: No, YOU can't save the world but you can make a difference. And That's reason enough for me.