Being A Little Silly Never Hurts 8/7/2025

 Good Morning, 

I am happy to be drinking a hot cup of Door County Chocolate Cherry Coffee and munching on some toast. It is time to write. 

Luke 5:16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. 

Later this week, we will be traveling to Alaska on a cruise ship for a week. This is a bucket list trip and we both are looking forward to it. Besides the ship travel we are taking advantage of the stops along the way and we have booked a few adventures at the stops. My goal is to see all that I can see and come home tired. I want to see God's glory in some more of nature as well as being pampered for a few days. All has fallen into place very well. Our travel arrangements were made by our neighbor who has a travel business. She has done this for us before and every detail has been perfect. My brother saved the day again and is watching our dogs and house for us. 

I took some time last week and found an antique cup and saucer. I added cast figures, Scrabble letters and then some chocolate kisses. Sappy isn't it. Long before we even signed the papers for this trip I started to pray for good sailing, and of course I prayed for safety. This trip has become a team event including the packing. "No Hon we don't need a harpoon for whale safety. Just stay in the boat and you will be fine." Guess which one of us wanted to bring the harpoon? 

If at all possible we plan on having prayer time together out on the deck every morning surrounded by views we have never seen before. God needs to be part of this trip. The little Bon Voyage gift I made for my wife Rene is to take her mind off of the worrying about any thing and every thing. Now you can guess what cruise line we are using. 

Counting down the days until. 

Marty