I know it has been forever since I have blogged but life has been so busy! I had an experience today that I couldn’t keep to myself. I moved home Friday until the wedding which means that the family had already made some plans for me. My dad is very involved in an organization called Meet The Church. It is a group of ten or so churches that plan community services to show God’s love in our community. One of the pastors involved planned a project at Pensacola Beach this weekend. Memorial Day Weekend is a huge gathering for the gay and lesbian community. The group from Gulf Breeze spent Saturday passing out free water and helping push cars out of the sand. When we got to the beach we weren’t able to park so we had to change our plans. We grabbed some garbage bags and walked out onto the beach planning on picking up trash…boy were we caught by surprise! I had prepared myself to hear drunk people cursing and seeing same sex people making out but there was so much more. As we walked onto the beach I noticed a girl with only bikini bottoms on. I grabbed dad’s shoulder and warned him that he was about to see boobies. Little did I know but as I walked around I realized that about half of all women on the beach were topless. And there were lots of vulgar things that I would rather not even say aloud. The people were mostly nice to us and very appreciative that we were taking their trash for them. I had one person tell me that we were way nicer than the church he met last night when he was walking into a bar. Apparently that particular church thinks that holding signs and yelling at the homosexuals is ministry…that broke my heart. We met some resistance. One particular girl, who was very drunk, yelled that we should get off our cross. Her friend, who was topless, told her friend to stop. She shook dad’s hand and carried on a conversation with dad. Surprisingly, dad was able to not let the boobies keep him from talking to her. I think God really just gave us the eyes we needed to wear in order to serve people through His eyes. Because on my own, I would have overwhelmed with judgement and embarrassment. It was an interesting experience and I hope I get to particpate next year!
Ok, so the blogging should become more regular. Sorry I’ve been so boring!!