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Repost: Summer Travel Part 2

7/28/2017

 
Beloved brothers and sisters, as a doting dad I am grateful to have three outstanding young women that love Jesus and are living for Him. Their bravery and passion for life is commendable. Recently my beautiful Queen and I moved our oldest daughter to the New York area. It was a move she had dreamed of for a long time. In this repost, my beloved wife chronicles our travel for the move. As it is our desire to create lasting legacies in our communities, my prayer is that there will be something in this repost that will ignite a thought, idea or action that will bless you and your families. We share our lives to help and encourage anyone to believe God for victorious life that is found only in Christ Jesus. God Bless you!

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Howdy Friends!

From my last post on our summer travel part one, our family has had five travels all together! The one that will spark your creativity and appreciation is our 23-hour road trip! Yes, you read that correctly-23 hours drive across eight states! It puts the meaning in “road trip”. This road trip completed our oldest daughter’s transition on her big move to New York city to begin the new chapter in her dream place in the IT industry. Additionally, she has honed her print modeling hobby and now has agency representations in the area. She gave her permission to share on this post. We are excited for her!

Our summer travel part two was centered on this big move. Driving in two cars we embarked on this long road trip. I was the relief driver for my precious husband and daughter. The plan was for me to relief either of them after extensive driving. The difference from this road trip and our summer travel back in homeschool days was the fact that we intentionally built in prolonged rest times. This road trip was different; it required we arrive in New York before the apartment office closed for the day and weekend. We were looking at an early office close time on a Friday. So, we started off on a Thursday and drove 23 hours into Friday evening before the apartment office closed. All thanks to God, we did make it before the closing time! God is so good! I am so proud of my incredible husband, who tirelessly drove most of the long trip, encouraged our oldest through the difficult driving and kept us on schedule to arrive on time. We have a renewed appreciation for flying as a mode of transportation :).

Despite the tight schedule on the trip, we made time to enjoy some major milestones along the way. Here are the highlights of the milestones of the trip.

Arkansas- Hot Springs National Park is a national park located in Hot Springs. A quick visit to this national park gave the chance to see the historic Bathhouse Row. This is a collection of bathhouses, gardens and buildings that is a part of the national park.

Tennessee- This drive was the most extensive of all the states we crossed. We made a stop in Memphis and Nashville. Our stop in Memphis was for an early dinner at the Four Way Soul Food restaurant. This restaurant is well known for been the popular meeting place for civil rights activities from 1940s to 1960s. Displayed all over the restaurant are pictures of leaders involved in the civil rights movement. Our stop in Nashville was to fill up our gas tanks right in downtown Nashville.

Virginia- We made a quick stop at my husband’s alma mater- Virginia Tech on our way in Blacksburg. Virginia Tech is one of the nation’s largest research universities with an extensive research portfolio.   

West Virginia- Our drive through West Virginia was short and took us right into Maryland. Many of the states along this stretch of land are quite close.

Maryland- Driving through interstate 81, we passed the beautiful Appalachian Mountains into the city of Hagerstown. The scenery is breath taking.  

Pennsylvania- Still driving though the stretch of interstate 81, we passed through the city of Carlisle to connect to the turnpike into New Jersey.

New Jersey- Two major standouts across this state that is extremely close to New York are the Lincoln Tunnel and the fact that it is illegal to fill up your own gas tank! The Garden State has a law against self-service. To buy gas, you sit in your car and wait for the attendant to fill up your tank. The Lincoln Tunnel is a set of three tunnels under the Hudson River that connects New Jersey to New York. The traffic along this tunnel is unbelievable for this Texan!

New York- The captivation of the Lincoln Tunnel is one that will stay with us for a long time. Our family has always flown into New York. This was the first time we drove into the state and it gave us that experience everyone that has ever been in New York traffic talks about. There is a reason it’s New York! You need special driving skills to navigate the roads and fellow drivers.  

With summer travels been over comes back to school life realities. Many of my friends head back to school next week to begin preparations for the new school year. Prayers for a blessed year have been offered on behalf of these dedicated educators as the new school year starts. On my end I have a few more travels before the fun of serving leaders in professional learning begins. Enjoy what is left of your summer dear friends. Until my next post; Love & Blessings!!


     "Your faithfulness endures to all generations; You have established the earth, and it stands fast"
                                                                           (Psalms 119:90)

The Ultimate Giver

7/14/2017

 
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 "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35b).
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During a recent travel, my uber driver and I were discussing about the effect of poverty in our nation. He was concerned that many churches invest more overseas while many communities are still affected by abject poverty in a leading nation as America. Sharing with him on the importance of the return on the investments made by churches overseas, my driver reasoned that bringing souls to Jesus Christ while alleviating hunger, poor healthcare, and enhancing quality education among other effects was worth every investment. Whether here or overseas finding ways to lead the least of these to the source of life is commendable (Matthew 25:40).

Our ministry-Take Back Ministries- works  with disadvantaged families to restore and equip them back to a place that establishes generational legacy. Not just my wife and I, but each leader on our board have a heart to see tangible transformation in our disadvantaged communities. Our approach is different for each community we serve. However the common denominator for each community is building relationships and equipping them for a fruitful life.

No matter where we stand as believers on overcoming poverty in our communities, we know from scriptures that the poor will always be with us (John 12:8). This does not mean we develop an apathetic way towards poverty. Rather, it should stir our hearts to a place of generosity and to be open-handed to the least of these. I have heard the reasons why helping the poor are either good ideas or bad ideas. Helping the poor is neither but a God idea according to the scriptures. To obey the mandate to help the poor is just one of the ways of showing the love of God to a world that needs to know how much the Ultimate Giver loves them.

To believe, to know, to accept and to experience the love of God is a restorative medicine to the ills of humanity. The love of God is at the core of salvation. The love of God is at the core of freedom. The love of God is at the core of holiness. The love of God is at the core of worship. The love of God is at the core of commitment. The love of God is at the core of serving. Take away the love of God, and our profession of faith is obsolete! Because God loved, He gave His Son as a sacrifice for our eternal ransom.

Beloved brothers and sisters, as we follow in the footsteps of our heavenly Father- the Ultimate Giver in meeting the needs of the poor in our communities whether here at home or overseas, we hasten the coming of our Lord.  God Bless You!

For The Cause of Christ,

Dr. Johnson Obamehinti
 



     Dr. Johnson Obamehinti

    A Blog for Empowering and Restoring the body of Christ with Biblical truth and principles for living the victorious life in Jesus Christ. Son of the King, Husband, Father, Son, Brother, Friend, Mentor, & Leader.Oasis Focus Inc. is a ministry of restoration & equipping. 

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