MY SPRING BREAK MISSION TRIP 2013, NARRATION & IMAGES by VanderKOK: incl. Blue Angels, Spring Training, Indian Wells, Royal Purple 300, Toshiba Pro-Am, Nicky Cruz Gospel Fest, Inspirational

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SPRING BREAK

MISSIONTRIP

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2013NOT necessarily inchronological order it actually began at

the Toshiba Pro-Am Open in Newport

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Beach (senior pga golf stars et al)

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Above:Tom Kite teeing off; Craig (the walrus)Stadler on fairway

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LATER the climax of the trip were the Blue Angels (et al)

at El CENTRO AIR SHOW

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Below: AND then there was theIndian Wells Tennis

Tournament..an annual event

that is always thrilling to

see..with so many professional,even legendary, tennis players

competing

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NADAL v GULBIS

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The main court at indian wells !

roger federer

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Del potro serving v tommy haas

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Above: Tommy haas !

Fleming & Hanley v Peya & Soares

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(above bottom : gulbis serving v nadal )

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Andy murray !

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SARA ERRANI SERVINGBelow: Wozniacki or Sharapova? They

look very similar.

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I think Sharapova if I recall correctly

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Above: Rafael Nadal !

Above left: definitely Wozniacki getting

advice from coach during a break

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above: Fred Funk ?!

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end of spring break 2013 at the

nationwide series auto race

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in fontanaI

saw the Saturday racethe

royal purple 300won by

Kyle Buschwho,coincidentally, also won the

bigger race on Sundayafter

a crash between two feuding

drivers allowed him to passon the final lap for the win..

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shown above is evangelist Nicky

Cruz(r) embracingevangelist Marty Martinez at

Gospelfest incoachella..this

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was also at the end of the spring

break. I made a point of attending

this when I saw the name of NickyCruz on the Date Fairgrounds signI

remembered the name from my

childhoodwhen I read his book,

The Cross & the Switchbladelots

of kids my age were impacted by his

writings of coming to Christ after

ganglife in New York City

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Heres Kyle Busch after

his Purple 300 victory

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Lots of Saguaros along the10 freeway between Phoenix

and the California border.

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spectators watching the royal purple

500..spectators..

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At el centro air show !

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pitstop !

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all pics by vk

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you might think auto race

atmosphere is all about drinking

beer & scantily clad women, but this

was actually after the race in a

separate venue near the race..but

outside in the parking lot.

(by the way, they actually began theauto race with a PRAYER ! )

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AFTER the race, I heard lots of

music and rambled on

over..there was NO beer (Idont drink at these events

anyways, but there was

scantily clad womenbut I

didnt find it sleazysort ofrefreshing in a interesting kind

of waythese were ladies who

were helping promote the

various cars & accessories on

display who liked looking sexy

without being sleazy. In this

particular situation, it felt

HONEST something

refreshing about the old-fashioned heterosexuality of it

all ..

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honestly beautiful, without shame . I

liked it, and liked her smile .Praise

God for beautiful women who areallowed to honestlyexpress

themselvesto like men & like being

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Before returning to californiaI

spent several days at spring

training in the phoenix area

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this is cactus league baseball leading upto major league opening day. All the MLB

teams play in spring training at either

the Cactus League in Phoenix or the

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Grapefruit League in Florida.

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Stand your ground, putting on59


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the belt oftruth and the body

armor of Gods righteousness. For

shoes, put on the peace thatcomes from the Good News so that

you will be fully prepared.d In

addition to all of these, hold up the

shield of faith to stop the fieryarrows of the devil.ePut on

salvation as your helmet, and take

the sword of the Spirit, which is the

WORD of GODEPHESIANS 6.13

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more images from the Coachella

Valleywhere I also used to teach school

back in the day its a popular tourist

area during the winter months when it is

warm but not excessively hot (as it is inthe summer when temps are routinely in

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the high 90s + )

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Colorado River

a couple small

pics above of some great musicians at

the gospel fest in coachella

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Here I am taking a break on the beachalong the Colorado River took a few

self-timer pics..it reminds me of Lake

Michigan..the cool freshwater(I grew

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up going to the beach in Holland,

Michigan)

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the

colorado river is popular for the many

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valley residents..who have speedboats

and jetskis, it is long and wide and

deep enough, I make a point of

stopping here in Parker, Arizona (or

across the border at Blythe Arizona) for

a refreshing swim every time Im in the

area..

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I also cooked some spaghetti there on

the beach with my portable propane

stove.. so nice..nobody out theretoday..mid-week..had the beach, sun,

& water all to myself !

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And the highlight of

tis spring break was the BLUE ANGELS !

Every year the blue angels kick off their

season starting at the el centro air show

(about an hour drive south of coachella

Its NOT just

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sequestration issues there was talk

that blue angels may be cancelled at

various shows this yearbut they didnt

mention any cancellations at the end of

the show when they were talking about

the rest of the season..so maybe they

escaped the axe ?! lets hope so

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these pics are all by mewith various

effects added

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Great catch !

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back at spring training..how about that

sunset ?! thats at peoria stadium ..cubs

v mariners ..

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THIS IS INTEMPE BY the SALT RIVER,

NEAR ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

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I also took in

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a phoenix suns game

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the suns played washington on thisparticular nightbut LOST.. LISTENING

TO LOCAL RADIO..THEYRE NOT TOO

HAPPY WITH THEIR BASKETBALL TEAM

THIS YEAR..ALBEIT two days prior the

suns defeated the lakers (maybe not too

difficult this year?)

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Howie Kendrick 47

arriving at the game

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mike trout #27 and albert pujols

#5 arriving at angels springtraining game (all pics by vander)

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Above: mike scioscia signing a ball; a

cleveland indian; angels owner

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Go Angels !

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New angel star, Josh Hamilton

(former Texas Ranger)

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HAPPYEASTER

2013 !

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MY SPRING BREAK MISSION TRIP 2013, NARRATION & IMAGES by VanderKOK: incl. Blue Angels, Spring Training, Indian Wells, Royal Purple 300, Toshiba Pro-Am, Nicky Cruz Gospel Fest, Inspirational