Southern Maryland Relections

The Pastor of the church that Steve, Penney, Kathy and I attend in California, Maryland always concludes his services with these words:

"You go nowhere by accident.

Wherever you go God is sending you.

Wherever you are God has put you there.

He has a purpose in you being there.

Christ who indwells you has something he wants to do through you where you are.

 Believe this and go in His peace, love, and power."

Steve and Penney came into our life at a very important time.  Kathy took a promotion to Pax River and traveled to southern Maryland on Sunday evenings and back home to me in North Carolina on the weekend.  Trying to find the right place for her to live during the workweek proved to be difficult and scary.  Finally Kathy told me about these wonderful people that she worked with who opened their house and hearts to her and offered her a place to stay, for a price of course :).  The very first time I ever met Penney and Steve I knew immediately that they were good, kind and loving people,  Whenever I had the chance to visit they welcomed me into their home like family.  Steve would constantly ask me if I needed anything or was everything ok.  They became great friends.  Their friendship made it much easier for Kathy and me when we decided that we both would move to Maryland.  The four of us have spent many hours together and traveled many miles on some wild adventures.  Our love for them continues to grow.

When we knew they were moving back to Maine we had mixed feelings.  But again, the words of that saying reminded me, you go nowhere by accident.  It was not an accident that our paths crossed.  My first trip to the New England states was to visit Penney and Steve and somehow they planned it just right so that we were there when their moving truck arrived and we helped move all that furniture into their mansion.  How Steve planned that I will never know.

What a wonderful weekend we have just experience with our friends as they graciously included us as one of the road trip stops.  The picture above was taken at Chesapeake Beach, Maryland.  The good thing about true friends is that we always pick up right where we left off and it doesn't seem like we were ever apart.  It is a beautiful moment when our wives are in the front seat driving and Steve and I are in the backseat singing Kenney Roger's song: "You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille."

Well guys, thanks for the great weekend and we can't wait until we take a train ride to Boston and meet up with you soon.

One more picture of the two lovebirds strolling the Chesapeake Beach Boardwalk.