Strong Voice...Weak Stomach

This is Rick. Rick and his entire worship team (band and vocalists) were outstanding over the Easter weekend. With additional services to coordinate, I thought it all came together in inspiring ways. Rick has a strong voice.
Today I learned something new about Rick. One of the pilots in our church, Steve Lentz, took... Rick, Jared (our Student Ministries pastor) and myself to lunch. Not some ordinary lunch but one that was special as Steve flew us into Sacramento Executive Airport in his very fast Camanche aircraft. After a great lunch once again we took to the air and even gave Rick the thrill of a life time by flying him over his home several times as his beloved and adoring family looked on from below. I don't know if it was just more than Rick could emotionally stand or the hard right and left pitches of the plane that caused me to see a weaker side of Rick. The first desperate sign that Rick was longing for land was his white-knuckle grip on the instrument panel. It wasn't a grass green but more like a lime green color that began to blotch his ears and neck. Kinda really ugly you know! Steve, being a commercial pilot knew exactly what to do. He grabbed one of those bags they call an Air Sickness bag but really is just an ol' fashioned vomit bag similar to the one Rick is clutching in the picture. Within moments of letting loose of his death grip on the control panel and seizing his answer to prayer, the vomit bag, Rick was reacquainted with his lunch and was even kind enough to share with us it's aromatic values. How kind of him to share.

Oh yeah, I was also disappointed in Jared. Though he tried really had to suppress his laughter at his friend's most embarrassing moment I saw him laughing with the kind of laughing energy that causes one to shake. Imagine that...poking fun at Rick's expense. How sad.

Ron