4th of July with the Telangs!

4th of July with the Telangs!

Well, in amidst my work with First Baptist Church and the Day Camp program, I had the wonderful opportunity to spend the 4th of July weekend with my Telang family from Detroit (and Chicago). We all drove up North to Uncle Dinesh's and Aunt Teresa's beautiful cottage near Traverse City, Michigan. Their lake house is very spacious and hosted all the family wonderfully. Activities included eating amazing food, tanning, swimming, boat rides, tubing, and water-skiing. I even swam across the lake! (About one mile across) I also had a great time playing board and card games with my cousins. They all are very competitive, so I had some good competition. Most definitely a highlight was just getting to spend time talking with everyone one at time. Family reunions are great times to get to catch up and hear about God's work in the lives of your family. I was blessed by my Telang family's kindness and generosity towards me!

Another highlight of the weekend was going over to Uncle Ramesh's cottage on Torch Lake - Michigan's longest inland lake and second biggest. Here we got to go jet skiing!!! Yes, I got to drive a jet ski several times around the lake. It was awesome! This was my second time jet skiing (first was last fall 2010 in Pensacola for a friend's birthday celebration). We also got to go for a boat ride on Uncle Ramesh's pontoon. This was amazing! The whole family went for the ride - over 20 people! What a great blessing this was.

All in all, my visit with the Telangs was so wonderful and how blessed I was to get to have this opportunity. May God bless all Telangs with many blessings! Lord willing, I will get to see them again in August. Looking forward to that! :)