Fun Day/Bad Day on the Water

 Last Friday we took our friends (and our senior pastor) the Ruetchle's out on the boat for the evening.

The weather was perfect!

Evelyn, Matthew and Zephyr  on the tube. They managed to hang on and not get thrown off, which ended up being a HUGE blessing. Zephyr actually had his brother's Air Pods in his suit pocket!! 😮 Crisis averted!

Steve and Aiden. 

Evelyn wanted a break from the tube so the boys went and asked Doug to go a little more crazy! 😂 They had the best time... and only got tossed off a few times...haha!

Sadly things took a turn for the worse right as we were heading back into the dock. Doug misread the bouy markings and we hit a rock going over 20mph! 😖 The boat hit hard and we immediately new something was wrong. BUT... the Lord was with us! No one was hurt and we made it back to shore (albeit very slowly) and got the boat out of the water before it got too dark! 

We took her in to the marine shop for a look. Basically our whole outdrive was busted. 😓 We are grateful for insurance that will cover the repair. The parts need to be ordered and they told us it may be a while before we get her back. We are praying we can get the boat back on the water again before summer is over. 

We are bummed but so thankful for a fun night with gracious friends and are looking forward to more boating again soon!