Day 12: Father's Day Cook-Out (Jun 21)

After church, Shari prepared a special get-together for Dallas and his family to come celebrate Father's day. Dallas is a natural BBQ person and the ribs were just oozing out goodness!

Warm day - so, my wife and I could only last outside for a while before we head back to the house aircon again! The huge backyard area at Shari's home certainly is a great cook-out area!

The men team (L-R) : Dallas' son, Dallas, Dallas' son-in-law.

Day 5: Sunday Steak-Out (Jun 14)

Went with Shari and Dallas to church - The Experience Community for the 9.00am service. Just a few days ago, there was an arsonist who set fire to the donation box and damaged church vehicles. Amazing effort in the church - the place was cleaned up and repainted in time for today's service!

Special steak cook-out by Dallas - well done with Jack Daniel's BBQ sauce! Truly tantalizing...

Eunice with her 3rd ice-cream flavor - vanilla with special cookies bought at Sam's Club.

Day 3: Let the Media Begin! (Jun 12)

The entry view of Dr Theresa Moon's home where all of the Convention Prep activities are happening! In fact, the speakers are taking over the entire house - so much so, that Dr Moon and her husband, David is gonna stay in their motor-home!

 This is more than just a house - it is a sanctuary, a leadership training center, a place to hang out, a gathering of all sorts of interest. However, we all share the same mission - Mentoring Christians to lead. Each room/space has a name = Cabifoo (cabinet with food), Listening Room, The Sanctuary, Epcot Center, etc...

 As you can see, most fellowship happens where the food is!

This Wendell Moon - an enthusiastic, authentic type of guy that exudes passion in what he does! This is his favorite part of the house - the Epcot - where the designing, editing and production of media takes place (kind of like the darkroom during the day of film).

This is David Moon - yes, you guessed it - the Father. A humble and down-to-earth gentleman that makes you feel at home almost immediately. 

As you can see - plenty of space to let the energy go! It is almost as if the garden itself was the main feature with the house just being the incidental facility. Creation certainly shouts the praise of the Creator! After a brief farewell (we will not see Eliza for the next 9 days or so), we are headed for dinner with Sandy & Mandy - our church members who are on a sabbatical trip back home. Amazingly, Sandy is from Nashville!

 

We had dinner at Martin's BBQ at Nolensville - fantastic place! They claim to not have a freezer or microwave - so, all the meat is fresh, prepared daily at 5.00am.

 Eunice had the Beef Brisket Burger.

I had the dried version of the Baby Back Ribs! Vely shiok!!

 Finally, to cap it off, Sandy and Mandy presented us with GOO GOO CLUSTER - a Nashville invention of the first ever cluster cookie! Been around since 1912....But it did not stay around long enough before Eunice got her hands (and teeth) into it!