Mark (yesterday): “I’m driving through Austin on my way back to Dallas. Do you want to meet and say hi!”
Angel: “How about at BUC-EE’S, on I-35. That’s easy. Or maybe we could eat. How about LongHorn Steak House?”
Mark: “I wish there was a salt water pool.”
Angel: “This is why I like you so much. You love fancy like me. Lai’s like me too. I took her and Skye to the San Luis in Galveston last year. Lai asked what the motel would be like (she’s used to Spa Castle). I said, “It will be Paradise.” We finally got there after driving 4 hours, walked into our oceanfront room (it was my Birthday) and Lai looked around. She said, “It’s Paradise, all right.” I have it on film. So cute! How about we meet in Round Rock at Kalahari? We can go to their spa. It has a hot tub and private pool. You’d love it.”
Mark: “Do you mean that waterpark with all the kids that we took Lai to?"
Angel: “No, I mean the hotel that’s next to the waterpark. There’s a Spa inside the hotel. It has its own hot tub and pool. It also has a special salt room. So you can breathe in the salt air.”
Mark: “Oh YES that sounds divine. Ok see you there.”
We met by the elephants. He got there first. I circled through the valet parking and picked him up then parked near his car.
Angel: “We can eat here, too.”
Mark: “What kind of food? (he is very health conscious.)
Angel: “They have a Steak House. The best in Austin.”
Mark: “Perfect!”
Angel: “Again, THIS is why I like you SO much! You love what I love.”
Mark: “How could anyone not love a beautiful spa like this? Hey look! There’s giraffes!”
Angel: “You’d be surprised.”
We get to the Spa, inside the gloriously beautiful hotel. It is next to the Steak House.
Mark: “What a minute,” he’s semi-frantically patting his pockets. “I’ve lost my Driver’s License and my credit card. I have to go back, quick!!!”
Angel: “I’ll wait right here on this bench.”
Mark leaves. I decide to go make sure the Spa is open. You take the elevator. I do. It opens into the beautiful Spa. I wind up taking a tour. Ah yes. Mark is going to love this. I go back upstairs and sit down where I said I’d wait. In a few minutes he’s back.
Mark: “You’re not going to BELIEVE This! Here’s your story (he lets me write stories about him; he is always doing unusual things, things that show people what following God is like.) I FOUND my credit card. It was right beside your van on the ground. Remember, when I threw my backpack in? So THEN I pray, “Dear God, you HAVE to let me find my Driver’s License!!! It can’t just be HALF. And Angel’s waiting. Come on, God, let me find it! You SAID, “Seek and you will FIND.” Just show me where it is.” I had walked back over to the elephants, where you picked me up. I prayed that and then just looked down. There it was. Right there in the grass. It fell out when I took a picture.”
I’m looking at him, trying to analyze what’s going on spiritually when he DOES this. I think his FAITH kicks in to overdrive. I’m remembering the OTHER stories when he lost his keys, his hat, and his Driver’s License, once at Spa Castle and once in Albuquerque. I wrote those stories too. It is really miraculous how he does this. He simply refused to go home that time at Spa Castle and God gave him his stuff back miraculously. I wonder if somehow it is related to his extreme stunt abilities. He has told me, “I just pray and jump.” Watch his Stunt Reel, jumping out of the helicopter, at night, for Sylvester Stallone’s “Daybreak” movie on a 1000 ft. bungee cord. “The wind hit the helicopter and I landed with my head 15” from the pavement,” he said.
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Written June 12, 2024 at 1:45
