Established Heart; Day230; Farewell Florida

Psa 112:7  He shall not be afraid of bad news; his heart is fixed, trusting in Jehovah.
Psa 112:8  His heart is sure; he shall not be afraid though he sees his oppressors.

My life is filled with bad news and I wish my heart was established then (I’m ok now).  But one thing I learned with bad news is you cannot panic.  Stay calm, don’t say a word, count every move you take and stop creating additional mistakes.  Have you heard of “undesirable effect” (UE).  UE follows from a bad news. UE comes after the storm or a a big problem.  You are trying to solve a problem and you did this/that and the result was not the outcome that you wanted to see.  That is UE. The opposite of UE is DE for “desirable effect” (the good outcome).  When we are solving a problem, there is always a UE and DE.  A true solution to a problem should have a zero UE.  Get it?  I’ve used this UE/DE technique so often that it is now an automatic response to any problem solving situation.

But what happens when the bad news is really a bad news. What happens when there is death in the family or a terminal illness strikes or a spouse commits infidelity or you lost your job or calamity in your town or you can’t get along with your wife/husband anymore or you failed an exam or your child is pregnant before marriage or your son is in jail because of drug use or you can’t find the job that you like or your bank account is empty or you lost the trust of a friend… what do you do?

When Bad News:
1. Don’t be afraid (don’t panic)
2. Trust the Lord (don’t fix it yourself before consulting in prayers)
3. Every move should be based in righteousness (if the next move is somewhat wrong or unrighteous, you are guaranteed a UE)

RE: Vacation Farewell
My son is now almost 13 years old. A grown up kid old enough to be a man.  Last night he cried like a baby in my bed trying to convince me to let him and Brittney stay one more week here in Crystal River.  I counted an hour of crying trying to change my decision.  My answer was no and will always be no (the team has to come home together-no one is left behind).  Britta was on his side and started to shop for plane tickets already.  To Marie and Chynna: Brent enjoyed his stay here with you and I just want to document this moment so that one day we can look back to August 2009 that we enjoyed our 7-day vacation.  Me too had a great time.  I loved the bike lanes here at Ft Island Trail and the waters in your backyard.

To Bless and Alex, Thanks a lot for the 5 star accommodation.
To Olivia and Bob, Superb hospitality, thank you.
To Gina and Balt, nice meeting you.  May our friendship grows
To Darlene, I will see you one day….
To Gina Go, we always see in the spirit…. no need to see u in person
To Tiyo Albert, I enjoyed the walkthrough of the history of Cebu/Merida (the when I was your age thing…)
To Marie/Chynna, I can’t describe my feelings into words. You girls are a great company (just look at the pictures)
To Dayline, for spending almost 2 hours with me over the phone while I was kayaking
To Eli, for the vision we shared,

My photography style is “capture everything”. Please be patient, I don’t normally create a flawless presentation of my pictures.  I normally delete the bad ones and then categorizes it by day (no editing) and then publish it.  I don’t like the FB albums because it requires time to do (I am a bit lazy).  The most efficient way to view the pictures is using the Slide Show feature of Picasa, set to time interval settings from 3 to 1 sec.

20090812FLVacationSummary 
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MIT (Most Important Task)
1. Florida to Texas return trip
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3.

0000, Sleep
0100, Sleep
0200, Sleep
0300, Sleep
0400, Sleep
0500, Breakfast; Journal
0600, Pack
0700, Pack
0800, Goodbyes
0900, Goodbyes
1000, Leave Crystal River
1100, Driving, 1h
1200, Driving, 2h
1300, Driving, 3h
1400, Driving, 4h
1500, Driving, 5h -Alabama
1600, Driving, 6h
1700, Driving, 7h
1800, Driving, 8h-Mississippi
1900, Driving, 9h
2000, Driving, 10h-Louisiana
2100, Driving, 11h
2200, Driving, 12h
2300, Driving, 13h
2400, Driving, 14h
0100, Driving, 15h
0200, Driving, 16h-Texas
0300, Driving, 17h
0400, Driving, 18h
0500, Driving, 19h
0600, Driving, 20h
0700, Driving, 21h. Arrival Round Rock