What a Weekend!
What a weekend i had… my dad and I hoped on a plane at 6.30 friday morning headed to Dallas. The three Cockrell boys took Dad to his first Red River Rivalry For those who don’t know this is played at the Cotton Bowl during the Texas State Fair. There were 96,000 fans… half Orange and half Red and what an experience and atmosphere I have never seen anything like it. We then flew back last night.. got back into B-low round midnight. We had some awesome barb-b-que and mexican so it was an awesome weekend from that perspective.
Unfortunately we had just landed and was headed to pick up our rental car when my brother Jonathan’s 16 yr old son called him in a panic. I could tell something bad had or was happening… Jon’s face turned white as he was talking to Bradley… I was thankful he was talking with Bradley not about him. Bradley and 7 other of his buddies had planned a surfing trip about 4 hrs from where they live in Wilmington NC. They all spent the night together and got up and left around 6.00 am… and drove to Hatterus NC. They drove right to the beach… got there around 10 and started surfing… apparently the waves were really big. They had only been surfing for less than an hour when Bradley after riding a wave looked around to find his buddy Craig… they saw Craig’s board floating you can read the story here. Craig drowned and of course the boys were devastated. We got a flight for Jon to fly back to NC Friday evening and he got back before Bradley got back so he missed the game the next day.
It certainly tainted a little bit of the fun and experience for sure. What a reminder of ho fragile life is. Our lives can turn on a phone call at anytime.
We had a great day today… week 4 of our Leaving Lust Vegas Series… had special guest Dr Tim, Cheryl Chambers with us. So it was Gloria, myself and the Chambers sitting around a biestro table talking about really practical steps for husbands and wives… parents and kids… singles to navigate out of the deep waters of sexual addiction… it was a really special day for many people I believe.
Nick and the band did another great job of presenting truth through music… just so thankful for the musical talent that God has given us at Renovation!
Joshua and his team took 38 students to Circle C’s Fright Night… 44 total! That is crazy cool. So proud of him the job he is doing not only leading Renovate our Student ministry for MS and HS students but also Renovation Station. We have had a lot of people step up and volunteer to lead and serve in Renovation Station… but we are growing very quickly in our Wed nite student environment and we need some really sharp. passionate adults to serve in various roles on Wed nite… talk with Joshua or call the office to find out how… 819.4100
That’s it for now… Lord thank You for a great day and week!
