Dear Church Family and Friends,
When I was growing up, my family owned an inflatable raft. It was nothing fancy. It was about four by six feet in size and required numerous exhalations through puckered lips to fill. It was white with a maroon trim. My oldest sister ordered the raft from a catalog after having sold the requisite number of Christmas cards for a fundraiser. She no doubt planned to use it for her tanning sessions at the local pond. For me, however, at first sight, it was thrilling to think that I would be able to ride out into the center of the pond where the water was deep. Even now as I remember this, I feel like getting a raft and launching an expedition from the shore of Paradise Point State Park. Who needs Hawaii when you can have that much fun close to home?
