Author: revkevjr

Happy Birthday to my gorgeous wife Adriana. I am so blessed to be called her husband, and it is a great joy doing life with her, raising our daughters and mentoring students for Jesus. Today we will go and pick up our oldest daughter Claudia from the airport as she returns home from her first missions trip, and that is the best present Mommy could ask for. Last night we went to the Yankees’ game with our friends Tommy & Naomi to celebrate Naomi’s and Ady’s birthdays – Naomi’s on the 22nd, and Ady’s on the 23rd. During the game Derek Jeter hit an inside-the-park home run, and Alex Rodriguez hit career home run #599. We had our cameras rolling hoping for #600 in his final at bat of the game, but he hit a solid double instead. So disappointing! lol! You can see all of our pics from the game here.

Today my youngest daughter and I dropped mom off at work then packed a picnic lunch and headed to Callahan’s Beach on the Long Island Sound. She cracked me up while I was driving. She said, “Dad, you’ve really gotta stop all of this ‘What’s up with this guy?’ stuff while you’re driving.” LOL! Such a little comedian! We had a very nice time together.

This morning I had my first youth ministry experience from the dad side of the fence rather than the youth pastor side of the fence that I have been on for the last 9+ years. I sent my oldest daughter Claudia off on a missions trip to Toccoa, Georgia with a team from our youth ministry under the leadership of my assistant Giovanni. Claudia has been so excited about going off without us on a trip for the first time, counting down the days for the last several weeks. This morning she asked me why I was listed as “Attending” the Georgia Missions Trip on Facebook. I then pulled out my team shirt and said, “Surprise! I’m going with you!” Her face dropped like a rock. I said, “Did you really think I would send you off without me?” She was in shock. She didn’t know how to respond. Part of her knows I am a joker, but then I had the shirt on and she didn’t know what to believe. I then quickly told her I was just joking, and that I still got a shirt as the youth pastor. The flood of relief she experienced was overwhelming. LOL! I am super proud of my girl! I know the Lord has been preparing her for such a time as this, and she is going to serve Him well and blossom in her own right. I’m looking forward to hearing the reports of what God did through and in the team when they return.

This morning our Junior High Georgia Mission Team headed off for a week of ministry in Toccoa, Georgia with Pastor Lenny & Jackie Cannon. We are praying for a fantastic trip. This is the first missions trip experience for almost all of the kids on the team, and we are so proud of them!

On the way out of the airport I saw this sign and just had to take a pic.

Here’s the Before and After pic of Belize Bible Center which we worked on during our missions trip.