Denver 2005

Every two years the General Council of the Assemblies of God meet as a whole to do business and fellowship as a denomination. This time around the destination is Denver, Colorado. We (my senior pastor: also my dad, Carlos: our Hispanic pastor, and myself) landed in this mile high city late Sunday night. The only reservation I could make was for two queen beds which meant that two of us would have to share a bed. Not the greatest thing. When we got to our hotel, I batted my eyes and gave my weariest look I could muster and asked the front desk attendant if it was possible to get a cot or even just a room with a fold out couch. Mind you, I called earlier in the day and asked if this was possible. The answer that I received was that it would cost an extra $50 a night, way too much to spend for a fold out couch and the room with two queens wouldn’t be big enough for a cot. The front desk attendant was so kind and said that the least she would do was order us a cot. When we got to our room what did we behold? Two queen beds and a fold out couch. God is good!

One of Mackenzie’s teeth had been loose for quite sometime. She was determined to have it pulled by our resident dentist. Let me explain. When Hannah first started loosing teeth, it was Daddy who did the pulling. One night Hannah went to bed with a wiggly, wiggly loose tooth. She woke us up about 3:00 am to announce the extraction of her own tooth. When Mackenzie got her first tooth, I tried and tried to get it out, it just wouldn’t budge. I mosey off to work and before you now it, I get a call telling me that Hannah had pulled Mackenzie’s tooth. So when this tooth came time to be pulled, who do you think got the honors? Hannah: our resident dentist. I got a call when I landed in Denver from my family. Hannah pulled Mackenzie’s second tooth.

I am not jealous one bit.

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Today was a goof off day. After we got up and had breakfast we went and registered for the General Council and then decided to take a little walking tour of the downtown area. One place I wanted to go to was the US Mint. With so many people in town for the various conventions, all the tours we already booked. We decide to go check out the state capitol. It is truly a beautiful place and shows the power of the people. On the way there we stopped at a church, First Trinity Methodist Episcopal. It’s one of the oldest in the downtown area and truly a work of art.

So far Denver has been a beauty. Everyone we’ve encountered have been friendly.