An Action-Packed Visit

For now I'll skip my apologies and excuses for the past week of silence; you know that I'm busy.

I've had a wonderful, long weekend because Mom and Dad came to visit! They drove all the way from Texas (2.5 days) to see me and visit the Wycliffe USA headquarters where I'm working.
Friday I showed off my tour guide expertise in the Discovery Center, they checked in, we walked around a cutesie part of Orlando called Winter Park, and enjoyed a yummy dinner out.
On Saturday, Mom and Dad met up with me at Lake Eola downtown after my internship activity. Knowing what they love (the outdoors) and the weather here (sweltering) I decided to take them to Wekiva Springs State Park since I loved it too. (This time without any canoeing in alligator infested waters.) What started off as an innocent walk through the lush foliage turned into Florida boot camp as our hike dragged on and on. We did not appreciate the poorly proportioned park map. Finally, we got back to the trailhead and I was the first to jump in the icy, face-numbing, body-shivering, heart-stopping, freezing cold water! It felt awesome :) And some piping hot pizza ended the late night.
Sunday, we attended Cross Pointe Church with a bunch of the other interns. For lunch, several of the other interns grilled yummy burgers and everyone met Sarah's family too, also visiting. Sunday night, Dad took Mom and me to Downtown Disney; I had no idea how much fun that would be! We ate delicious dessert at an Italian restaurant there. We saw giant Lego creations-a shark, crab, fish, dragon, t-rex, tourists like us, and miniature Lego cities like Paris, Sydney, Hong Kong, New York and St. Petersburg. (Can you tell I loved that part?) We browsed the Disney shops, rode the boat at night, and my only wish is that the Cirque de Soleil show played on Sundays...
Getting the day off, I was blessed to be with them Monday too. We saw the Jesus Film Studio tour at Campus Crusade for Christ International (very inspirational.) The film's content is heavily based on the Bible (book of Luke) and dubbed into over 1,000 languages! It's a really neat partnership; the scripture translations done mostly by Wycliffe members make that production possible. And I also introduced my parents to a lot of wonderful people in my office.
Today was good, getting back into the swing of the office, but I will be very excited to see Mom and Dad again in just a few weeks, along with all the other friends and family I miss so much.
I just got really used to living here and it'll be over before I know it! The outreach team is only responsible for 2 more events before the summer's up. This week we're working on writing and telling our stories so we can know better how to tell what God's done for us in our lives.
Thank you so much for reading, encouraging and praying!