In This Perfect Day...

As we left Cedar Point last night, the song "Perfect Day" was playing really loud throughout the park and it couldn't have been more appropriate! "In this perfect day, nothing's standing in our way...I could stay forever as I am...tomorrow's going to come too soon..." those are some of the lyrics we heard last night as we crawled out of the park!

I have so much to say about yesterday but I must start with the BIGGEST NEWS OF THE DAY!!! Not only did my daughter, Stephanie and my son, Tommy ride the Top Thrill Dragster but so DID I!!

I am still amazed by that. I thought I was getting too old for that kinda stuff. I loved it though! I think the fear of doing it was WAY worse than actually doing it. It felt almost as good to conquer that fear as it did when I went skydiving a couple of years ago. I love to do things that I don't think I can do. My kids loved it - and it gives us something to talk about for years to come. My only regret is that we didn't have the camera with us at the park - my son didn't want to have to tote it around or get it stolen (I don't blame him!). But we did buy the pictures you can get after the ride is over. I had my eyes closed, I must admit, but I had a big smile on my face! :)

My favorite part of the day, though was the end of the day when we were all sitting in the RV talking about what God taught us during the day. My son, Tommy, said he learned an important lesson when we were in line for the Dragster. He said it broke his heart to see a deaf man who was a little overweight try to get into the sample seat (you have to see if you'll fit in the seat before they let you on) and the way that he was treated. He had set his drink down in order to get into the seat and I guess the park janitor decided to throw it away while the man wasn't looking. He was trying so hard to communicate to the people working there and he was so sad and frustrated.

I asked Tommy what he thought the Lord wanted him to do about it and he said "I want to pray for him". So we all bowed our heads and prayed for this man we saw at the park. Tommy prayed people would understand him better and that the Lord would be with him every day to help him. He also prayed for healing. It was so touching to see that out of everything Tommy learned yesterday, that is what really stuck out to him.

We all learned perseverance (we were there for almost 12 hours!) and we also learned of God's provision. We had missed the first shuttle from the campground to the park and we were all mad and cranky about it. We had to wait a full hour for the next bus! We moped back to our RV and when we got there, we realized we had left the coffee pot on. I am not sure what could have happened if we were gone 12 hours, but I know it could have been disasterous! When things don't seem to be going our way from now on, we will just have to TRUST that God has our best interest in mind. We all paused and thanked Him for the "inconvenience"!

We're packing up this morning and getting ready to head for Michigan. We are excited to see our friends and ready to move on. This adventure has been AMAZING! Good Bye, Sandusky...here we come, Michigan!