In His Wakes Ministries

In His Wakes is a unique, exciting and impacting non-profit ministry that uses water sports to share the love of Christ in a most powerful and interactive way. In His Wakes is fueled by three passions ... people, water sports and Jesus Christ. If you share any of these passions, you are sure to be blessed by this ministry! (Copied from the In His Wakes website.)

The mission of In His Wakes is to introduce people to the life changing power of Jesus Christ through the avenue of water sports. A Day to Remember provides an opportunity of a lifetime for predominately at-risk youth by giving them an unforgettable day on the water. This is just one small way In His Wakes reaches out to impact today's youth.

Their motto? Victory comes when you get off the dock! Get off the dock to experience His victory, His hope, and His purpose.

I was invited to attend In His Wakes' annual fundraiser/banquet/auction a couple days ago. They were having a silent auction, a live auction, a banquet, and some inspirational speakers.

The tables were decorated to represent various locations around the world. Each table was unique and lovely.



A lot of thought and work went into these tables. They were beautiful!


As people arrived, they were able to peruse the silent auction items and begin placing bids.

Items were donated by locals businesses, and individuals wanting to do something to help raise money for the IHW Ministries.

Many, many items were donated. Gift baskets, dremel tools, ski equipment, photography packages, Disney World and Sea World tickets, restaurant packages, vacation deals, and much, much more.

In His Wakes was founded by Slalom World Record Holder Kristi Overton Johnson, who holds over 80 professional water ski titles.



Special memories in the making.

Founder Kristi Overton Johnson welcomed everyone and . . .

. . . her husband Tim prayed a blessing over the banquet.

The meal was catered by Blue Water Bay, and it was excellent!

This is a shot of Kristi's dad. (Her mom was in the picture just above - the first lady in the serving line with the dark jacket on.)


After we ate, the Day to Remember Coordinator Nate Miller opened the program by telling us a bit about his duties and the Day to Remember program.

We were blessed to have four participants of the program attend the banquet. They were each given an opportunity to tell us what their time in the program meant to them.

If you visit the website, you will see this young man having the time of his life in the water!

Then we moved on to the live auction. Cookies, pie, birdhouses, squirrel feeders, Disney tickets, an awesome painting, and a Myrtle Beach vacation were auctioned.

It was a great night for everyone there! Great food, great fellowship, a good time of learning, and being able to actually do something to help further the ministry. Thanks for asking me to come along and document the night! I really enjoyed the silent auction where I bought an Italian Cream Cake (delicious doesn't even begin to describe it!), a day with a local photographer, and two annual passes to Sea World!

If you would like more information about In His Wakes Ministries, please visit them at www.inhiswakes.com. If you would like to know how you can support their ministry, please visit their Partners page on the site for more information.

I ♥ Faces Sports In Action

The I ♥ Faces posting this week is Sports in Action and Anything Goes/Pets. For my sports shot, I went back into the old photos of the kids doing karate. Unfortunately, I had a terrible camera back then and most all of the shots are blurry and out of focus. I picked my favorite shot from that time to post. My daughter had just received her black belt recommended in Tang Soo Do. Part of her upcoming test for 1st degree black belt was to break a concrete brick with her fist. This picture comes from a belt ceremony where she broke this border brick with a hammer fist in front of the entire karate school. It was awesome! If you look at the photo, you see that she has hit the brick, it has broken and is falling to the ground, and her fist is coming back up. Excellent! Kali is a 1st degree black belt now and has broken several concrete bricks in her time - always with her hand. No broken bones either :), thank you, Lord!

My Anything Goes Pet shot is one I posted awhile back on my blog. This little guy has been named Tracker. For those who didn't read that post, I found Tracker wandering down a dirt road out in the woods. He wouldn't move from the roadway and I had to stop and get out of the car. He was so afraid that he crawled under my car and wouldn't come out. I had to crawl under there too and pull him out. What a treat at my age - lol! Long-story-short, we found out that Tracker's mom had recently birthed 9 puppies. The owner decided he didn't want the six-week old puppies and mom anymore, so he quit feeding them, leaving them all to die. We were able to rescue this one puppy only. It took a couple days for Tracker to settle in with us and quit shaking all the time. This photo was taken during his first trek out in our yard. I just love his face - it's like he was saying "thanks for giving me a home!". Isn't he adorable?

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