Boca Raton, FL #4

Ramona & I made our fourth trip to Boca Raton Resort and Beach Club, all expenses paid thanks to Primerica.  I estimate it cost them around $10,000 for everything, per couple.  In other words, it was really very nice.  Sometimes I think we are doing pretty well but a trip to Boca puts things like that into perspective.  We stayed at the "Yacht Club" portion of the resort.  Outside our balcony was a 200' yacht (more like a small ocean liner) and it was four floors.  There was, what appeared to be, a small door on the second floor.  As soon as a person emerged from the door, I could see that it was a full sized door.  The person was dressed in the yacht's uniform with white gloves carrying a silver platter of goodies for the rich owners.  The moorage here is $7.00 a foot a day.  So that comes out to $1,400 a day just to park.  That's a mere $511,000.00 a year in parking fees.  Perspective anyone on how well you are doing?

The founder, Art Williams, spoke and he didn't miss a beat.  It reminded me so much of the old days that were so fine.  He is one of a kind.  Art Williams At Boca.  What a great trip.     

One Year

A year has come and gone since being set apart as Branch President of the Spanish Branch.  Not much has changed.  I was listening to myself speak and I still am pretty terrible at speaking and I had a guy in for an interview and I could understand about 1 out of every (estimate) 20 words.  The reason it was only an estimate is the noise proceeding out of his mouth was a blur and I am just estimating how many words were in the blur between recognizable words.  One thing that has changed is my love for the members.  My heart aches for their challenges and there are so many of them.