I know that a lot of folks say that I'm full of hot air but tonight tops it off! I'm sure if you are like me you are amazed when you see a hot air balloon. This evening as I'm coming out of the new office talking with Frank I noticed a balloon off in the distance. It was awesome to see on a beautiful evening of 100 degrees so I quickly go to get my son so he would not miss out on this as well. As I stood out there looking I noticed it was coming closer, So I called my wife to see if she could see it from where she was. It's obvious that I just didn't want anyone to miss out on this moment. As I am on the phone she concluded that she could see it. It was a wonderful moment that quickly changed! I then proceeded to tell my wife that he was flying very low almost brushing the trees across from the church. I told her that "it looks like he is in distress." At that moment he was almost directly over the church when he yelled from above "GRAB THE BASKET"! His distress quickly became my distress as I said "excuse me, I thought you said grab the basket." He once again yelled grab the basket. Now I don't know about you but that is not a routine thing for me. My thoughts quickly went into "don't mess this up" considering there were plenty of wires to get caught in. Well needles to say we brought it down with my feet only leaving the ground once. Not really but I thought they would. Frank and I became honorary crew members tonight! If the captain only knew who he was counting on maybe he would have gone on, but I'm glad he didn't. The captain said that I was so wide eyed that it made for a good landing spot. I guess if you fly in one of those you have to have a little faith since you're flying hundreds of feet in the air in a WICKER BASKET!
Just a side note to end this story. Apparently I'm not the only one th
at likes hot air balloons since several cars pulled in to see this. Maybe they were there just to see my feet off the ground but I think it is more likely that most just didn't want to miss the moment.
at likes hot air balloons since several cars pulled in to see this. Maybe they were there just to see my feet off the ground but I think it is more likely that most just didn't want to miss the moment. 
3 comments:
I love this story! And I'm glad you had the thought to take pictures 'cause I bet several people would have thought you were blowing hot air!
You'll have a great story to tell for many years. Maybe God will bring some of those spectators back to the "hot air balloon" church :)
Your Blog is so cool. Write more!!!!
I noticed on your church website that your "Mourning Brunch" is cancelled. That's Sad.
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