March 21 – “Follow the GooMVil”

We set off on another adventure yesterday.  We were trying to get from Galveston  to Waco by 6:30 p.m. in time for a children’s musical at their church starring Zakary and Caleb.  More about that in a bit.  But first, the trip.  We were stuck in traffic – slow traffic – bumper to bumper traffic – from around League City all the way through Houston.  On a Sunday afternoon.  Took us two hours just to get that far.  And then we received an ominous warning from Google Maps Voice Lady (GooMVil).  “Redirecting.  Redirecting.  Redirecting.”  It didn’t matter that we were insisting on taking the route we were on, GooMVil kept insisting that we get off of Interstate 45.  Apparently the slowdown just south of Huntsville would rival what we experienced in Houston. After some negotiation, we decided to go with the Voice.  We turned off on some road out of Conroe.  And guess what?  Good ol’ GooMVil came through once again.  We saw baptisms taking place in Lake Conroe.  We drove through Montgomery Trace (whatever that was).  Chris saw her fill of bluebonnets everywhere.  We drove through Dobbin (isn’t that a horse?), but I had glanced down at my phone, so I missed it.  We made our way through a place called Plantersville.  I looked and looked, but I never saw my hero.  You know … that peanut guy.  I admit I did hum a few bars of “I’m a Nut,” though.  And not ten miles outside of Waco, within one short stretch of road, we saw goats, then sheep, then cows, then horses, and finally some chickens.   Gotta love the country.  Thank you GooMVil, for a wonderful scenic excursion.  And  we made it to the church with 13 minutes to spare. 

So, technically Zak and Caleb didn’t have the lead roles in the musical.  I think there might have been 20 or 30 other kids involved.  But for some reason the photos we took only included them, so they must have had a pretty significant part.  Actually Caleb had a musical solo and sang it without missing a beat.  Zak had a few dance numbers.  Yep, dance.  Their music minister tried to disguise it as “Movement,” and the program billed it as “Choreography.”  But they danced.  And they did a really good job at it.  Zak was especially adept at the western step.  I was surprised when six or seven girls came out in flapper dresses for a 1920’s number they did.  The costumes alone grabbed attention.  All in all the Vaughan boys (That would be my grandsons) did a fabulous job.  And the rest of the kids were pretty fantastic as well. 

Revelation 11:15 says, “The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: ‘The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.’”

Father, thank you for the creative ways kids – and grownups - can lead in and experience worship.  Amen.