Pictures

A little sleepy, but the sunrise over the east coast

It was beautiful

Yeah, we're pretty cool

I was glad we went here, it was cool. The Navy Seals are pretty cool.

On the Gulf

It was very red

Acquire The Fire

Ben and Christina working a merch stand at ATF

Morgan and Katy showing off the mech

We read and involved the audience in the story of Esther

The world famous 12 Hours of Sebring happened a few weeks ago

The girls at the window

We put on a pancake breakfast for the church. We played old cartoons and played Superhero and Bible Hero Jeopardy.

Pastor Randy's illustrations for Daniel 9 are as complicated as the text!

Busy Busy Busy

Well, once again I have waited too long to update. We have been up to a lot the past 2 weeks. Our Wednesday evening service has been going well. This month we studied James. Ben shared on chapter 4 last week and I wrapped it up with chapter 5 tonight.
In class we went through Daniel and today we started the Torah. Very interesting and exciting stuff.
I got to give blood again on the 22nd. That went very well for me this time, but not for Ben. lol
I have started doing interviews with older men in the church in order to put together a video of them. I am working with another guy who is interested in making movies.
I got to learn how to lay some large tile at the Brewer's house. The Brewer's are the family of 2 of the students and our most gracious hosts.
Last weekend we volunteered at Acquire The Fire in Miami. I was an usher so my job was to make sure people sat in the right seats and stayed there during concerts. I got to be in the front to watch Leeland, which I really enjoyed, and Pillar, which was okay (too hard for my tastes). It was a lot of fun to attend. Plus I got another free t-shirt!
On Monday, Travis and I got up at 4am to drive to the Atlantic to watch the sun rise. It was pretty cool. While there we swam in the ocean, sat on the beach and visited the UDT/Seal museum in Fort Pierce. We then drove across the state to the Gulf of Mexico and watched the sun set there. We got to walk around downtown Sarasota, which was pretty cool. Overall it was fun, a neat experience and a safe trip.
I have a prayer request. My friend Alison has been very sick for the past few months and finally the doctors know what is wrong with her and they are going to be operating on her on April 16 at 1:30. Please pray for her that she won't be scared and that the surgery will go well and fix her problems. But also thank God that the end is probably in sight for this hard trial!
That is about all that has been going on here. This Saturday I will be renewing my CPR certification and receiving my First Aid certification! I am excited about that!
Also, please pray for our upcoming trip to Nicaragua. We are trying to raise the needed money and we are still waiting on Ben and Morgan's passports. We also need to find some cheap plane tickets. We are leaving in 2 weeks from yesterday.
That is about all. I will post a few pictures of what has been going on, but you should check out my Picasa album. I will update that soon with lots of pictures and video!

North Carolina

Start with the last of all three posts and work your way up!

We went up to North Carolina to Camp Lurecrest from Wednesday to Saturday. We had a great time learning about the camp and the YWAM type school they have there. We got to do some rope elements, take a hike, visit Ashville, even go Contra dancing.

Standing around

Bryan and Ben

Bryan, Moran, Travis

Me, Shea

Climbing up the Leap of Faith, pretty much just telephone poles

My mother would not have liked to see me. We jumped off the pole.

On the way down

Bryan and I climbing the "Dangling Duo"


Almost to the top!


We made it!

Christina and Ben

She is so strong

Me on a bench, in front of a Wachovia

Morgan on the mountaintop


What a view


Phew! I almost fell over the edge!

Tampa Bay Festival, Super Bowl, etc.

I was attacked by fire ants. They bite and that stings and itches. They are feeling fine now, but I have little scabs all over my wrist now. It looked pretty gross.

Watching Heroes at Hunter's. Yeah, we have big parties and swap theories like a bunch of geeks.

More people at Hunter's

The guys from the Christian rock band Ashes Remain stayed at the Institute for a night. They were pretty cool. Ben was in the band back when he lived in Maryland.

We helped out at the Tampa Bay Festival featuring Louis Palau by directing parking. Well, Shea and I redirected parking, Travis and Morgan directed a few cars and buses (including Toby Mac) and the rest of them just stood with no cars coming to them. But was all stood in the cold and rain. It was so cold that we left after we fulfilled our commitment instead of staying and checking out the festival.

Before we got wet

Brother and sister

Raymond James Stadium. It is pretty big.

gee, what could this be?

yes, it is a huge stadium

Finally, pictures!

These are some pictures from last month.

In class with Dr. Pastor Randy

Shea with his chicken, Houdini

The Brewer's unfinished kitchen

Super Bowl Party at the younger Michaud's

Katy is special

In the studio at the JoyFM radio station. We were on the radio!!
We talked about us, how we came to the institute, about the institute, and our plans. It was pretty cool.

Bryan and Katy

The desk was a little crowded

There was even a studio window!

Melissa was the dj. She was nice.

I am sorry

I am sorry sorry sorry, I know that I need to update. But I am very tired now and I think that I will go to bed. But I will give you the address to look at lots of pictures from Lady Lake and Miami.
http://picasaweb.google.com/martinj24