Day 3,4, and 5

Day 3 - Wednesday the surf was a little bigger in the 2-3 foot range. Most wind swell. Surfed with Greg and Ian at Abb for a dawn patrol .Water temp dropped.

Day 4 - Thursday A little more surf, but super shifty and Holy Cow the water was freezing, 60 degree the first week of August. My back was stiff and I paddled in circles. I was out of sink the whole session. Surfed with Lori, Greg and Ian.

Day 5 - Friday Surf continued to come up with a long period swell from hurricane Eugene. Mostly wind swell in the 2-3 zone with a bomb set in the 3-6 range every 20 minutes. Surfed from 3:45-4:30 and only caught two set waves but was stoked. The water temp popped back up to mid 60's. Still some real cold spots. Surfed with bird and Chris.

Prayer Update - Frustrated today when Michelle canceled her appointment with therapist. This is a real battle. I need more folks to pray with me for Michelle's courage and will to go through the healing process.

Day 2

This evening Ross Brodie and I took Isaac out to surf the cliffs for the first time. The waves were pretty junking, 1 to 3 close period wind swell. I caught only two waves. We did however witness a beautiful sunset. Isaac spent most of the time sitting out side in the channel. When we went to paddle in, he got cleaned up pretty good. His board was tomb stoning and I had to grab him off the bottom of the reef. All told he was only down 5 seconds, but he was not happy. It was almost a perfect first surf. Minutes before he declared that he wanted to go surfing with me every day of his life. Post wipe out, he told me, "Dad, Im just not ready yet."

Prayer - today I had a good prayer time. I was able to pray with Michelle this afternoon. She had been having tummy issues all day, running to the bathroom. I prayed over her. She is now much more hydrated!

Monday, August 1

Today, I am starting what I hope to be 31 days of surfing and prayer. I have never been one to just go out and exercise, I need a goal. The goal started out to surf everyday in the month of August. I long for the feeling of being back in shape. Then last night before I went to bed, I thought, what would my intimacy with Jesus be like if i committed to pray for at least an hour a day too?

Today's surf report - I surfed Abb from 1:40-3:00. There was a mix of small NW wind swell and long period SW swell. Waves were in the 2-3 foot range. There were long lulls but i managed to catch a few fun waves. It was sunny and the water temp was around 65 degrees. I am glad I wore the spring suit. One other guy out.

Prayer Report - I am praying for Craig and Lara Kimmel, good friends from DeLand Florida who have separated and soon to file for a divorce. Second, a job in OB for Mark Maliepaard.