PARASAILING AT FT MYERS BEACH

Our Sunday School class had a get-together at Ft Myers beach last Saturday. One of the couples in our class owns Paradise Parasailing and offered to give us a huge discount on the fun. Tim and two other guys from class (Brian and Brent) went up together. All was going well…until they started accelerating toward the water. They thought Neil (the owner) was just doing a little “dip” and that they’d be flying high again in a split second. But they kept going down….faster….faster….spalsh! In the water. Something on the boat broke down (nothing major) and the boys ended up sitting in the water for about 15 minutes! Tim said scenes from JAWS were flashing through his mind. Luckily our boys all made it home safe and sound!

One down, Three To Go!

I (Tiffany) sat for the Financial Accounting and Reporting section of the CPA exam yesterday! It's such a relief to have it behind me. I won't receive my scores for 4-6 weeks, so the anticipation is almost as tortorous as the test itself! You only need a score of 75 to pass, so let's just keep our fingers crossed! If I did pass, that means I have 18 months to pass the three remaining sections. Up next is Regulation (taxes, business law, etc), which I'm planning to sit for in July or August. I'm looking forward to having a few weeks off before starting the grueling study process for the Regulation section!

Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement through this process! It means so much.

CONGRATS TO TIM!!!

The long nights of studying are finally over (well…almost) for my dear husband. Tim graduated from the Florida Academy of Massage and Skin Care on Thursday, May 1st. Woo-hoo!

Tim’s the type of guy that won’t really go around bragging about himself…but lucky for him he has a wife who is happy to do it for him! Let me just tell you that my husband is DA BOMB. Seriously. For four straight months, this guy got up every morning, went to school, came home for a half hour, went to work until 10pm, came home to study, slept a little… repetedly. Not only did he do all of that, but he received THREE different awards at graduation. Yes, you heard me correctly…THREE.
1) PERFECT ATTENDANCE! That’s something that I’ve never ever ever achieved in my life. What kind of awesome dedication is that!?
2) EXCEPTIONAL ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE! This award was given to the few graduating students who completed the program with a 90% or above!
3) THE 111 AWARD! Tim was one of two people in his graduating class to receive this award. Every student was given the opportunity to receive it, but only Tim and one other person actually did! He received this award for giving his instructor, Terry, a PERFECT massage – not a single error! And here’s the best part…not only does Tim get recognition at graduation for this great achievement, he also will receive a 3-hour massage from Terry at his clinic in Naples! Now that’s what I call a great reward!

I’m so proud of Tim. It was a difficult four months for him, but he made it – and he did it with excellence. The bible tells us to ‘do all your work as unto the Lord’ – with the excellence and dedication that we would give as if doing it for Him. Great job, Tim!