Darrell Bland Sertoma Club

On Saturday morning Anique and I had plans to play some putt-putt golf. We usually play once a year (on vacation) but we were looking forward to playing and supporting one of our good friends - Carol. You see, Carol's husband, Darrell, passed a way a few years ago. Everything we have heard about him is that he was a wonderful, godly man. This putt-putt/go-kart fund-raising event was for the Darrell Bland Sertoma Club.

Sertoma stands for "Service to Mankind." I don't know the complete story behind the organization, but I'm assuming that Darrell had ties to it during his life. From the feel of the event, it really felt Christ-centered and focused on serving the community. Sounds like a good thing to me!

On hole 4 with our friend Carol. Carol works with us at Hallmark, goes to Vineyard with us, and she ride bikes too!

 Carol has an interesting tie to the Hope Memorial Project as well. I've told this story to dozens of people, but one day at work she mentioned a verse to me - Jeremiah 29:11. That verse then got passed down to Brent Morris and that has become the verse that the Hope Memorial Project is based upon. Talk about God speaking to you through someone else. Always stay on your toes because God never stops talking to you, we just stop listening sometimes...anyways...

Sizing up the course

"Fore!"

Lined up

I did win - by 2 strokes ;-)

After the challenging putt-putt we had a delicious lunch of bratwursts and cookies.
Here is the BBQ man! Every party/event has one.

There were go-karts too. We only played golf though.

 It was such a wonderful time spent with a great friend and for such a good cause. Anique and I are so blessed and we couldn't ask for a better place to be in our lives at age 25. Amen to that!

Sometimes you just need to have the attitude of a puppy - stick your head out and smile!