10 Lessons from the Texas Faith and Freedom Tour

As we closed the tour yesterday, Wesley Strackbein gave us 10 Lessons that we should learn from the tours. They were:

1.-The Spaniards could conquer, but not colonize, because they failed to value the family.

2.-Do not underestimate the power of a multi-generational vision.

3.- Men follow Courage.

4.- When there is a battle to fight, we must draw lines in the sand.

5.-Men must act like men, and defend women and children.

6.- Great men of history study great men of history.

7.- Do not remove the ancient landmarks.

8.- No man knows his time.

9.- Know your history, but don't just know your history, live in the fear of God.

10.- Freedom is not free.

The Final Day of the Texas Faith and Freedom Tour

Well, the Texas Faith and Freedom Tour 2010 has come to a conclusion. Too soon! It has been an amazing few days, and my love for Texas has become even stronger! :) (If you haven't told already- I love Texas!)

We loaded back onto the buses a little after 8:00 am this morning, and headed out for the hour and a half drive to Fredricksburg, Texas. Our first stop there was to the Pioneer Museum.

A Sunday House

We then went to the Admiral Nimitz Museum, which we toured with WWII veteran, Bill Brown.

Bill Brown

Scott and Bill Brown

Doug Phillips and Bill Potter

A few of the Tour Participants

The tours were wonderful, and I was so blessed by the inspiring tales I heard from Bill Potter, Doug Phillips, Bill Brown, and the main tour guide, Wesley Strackbein!

Texas Faith and Freedom Tour: Day Two

Day Two of the Texas Faith and Freedom Tour has concluded... already! Time is going by far too fast! I wanted to share with you all some of the photos I got today. Our day began by boarding a bus at 8:00 am, and heading for Austin, the Capital.

Our first stop was to the Texas State History Museum, where this HUGE star was.

Daddy and Myself

Daddy, Mamma, and Myself

Taken by Bill Potter

From there we traveled to the Capital Grounds, where we had lunch, fellowshipped, and enjoyed the friendly squirrels and birds. (They really enjoyed our chips!)

After lunch, Wesley Strackbein and Bill Potter spoke to us about various topics, including Bill Potter sharing the story of Robert Louis Dabney.

We then toured the Texas State Capital

And finally, we visited some memorials surrounding the Capital, and the Texas State Cemetery before loading up and heading back to the Menger Hotel. While we were at the Texas State Cemetery, we saw this gravestone- a distant relative perhaps?! :)

A monument to the author of Old Yeller and Savage Sam

After we arrived back at the Menger Hotel, some dear friends of ours from here in San Antonio, Diana and Regina Hawley, picked us up for dinner. We met some other friends, Matt and Emily Deamer at a Mexican restaurant, and they had a surprise for us! Our friend Micah Pogue, from back home, had flown in early today! It was so nice to see the Hawleys and Deamers again after six months, and we all had a wonderful time of fellowship, filled with much laughter! :)

Emily and Matt Deamer

Back row: Daddy, Micah, Diana Hawley, Matt Deamer

Front row: Mamma, me, Regina, Emily Deamer

Pictures from the Texas Faith and Freedom Tour

Remember the Alamo!

The first day of the Texas Faith and Freedom Tour is over! It's so hard to believe- the day went by so fast.

It all started in the Menger Hotel's Lobby

Bill Potter and Myself

Then we went to the Moses Austin Memorial

Where Wesley Strackbein and Doug Phillips spoke on the lives of Moses and Stephen Austin, and gave some details on the original layout of San Antonio.

Then we walked to the Benjamin Rush Milam Monument, where Wesley Strackbein and Bill Potter spoke.

Mamma and Daddy

We then ate lunch- with Bill Potter! Following Lunch we went to the Alamo, where Doug Phillips, Bill Potter, and Wesley Strackbein shared the history of this amazing "holy ground" of Texas.

Good night, and God bless!