Recently took a trip up to San Francisco with a bunch of peeps from our church – Reality Carpinteria - as part of a “Prayer Tour”. Basically, Reality Carp is going to be starting up a new church in SF – Reality SF – and our trip up there was for the purposes of laying some spiritual ground. I can’t think of a less weird way of describing this for my non-Christian friends. I like to think of it as giant angels and demons flying around punching each other in the faces. Or something like that. Spiritual warfare.
Epic Battle on Stainglass
Right, anyway, so we took 5 or 6 big ol’ white passenger vans up there on March 12th (and boy was it cramped!) and prayed, walked around a district, prayed, got lunch, prayed, got taught a bit about the history of the city, prayed, went to dinner, and so on and then headed home March 14th. That’s pretty much a summary of the trip in a nutshell. We all stayed at Hotel Whitcomb which was just around the corner from the U.N. building.
Classy
This would be a great background for a flyer
A lot of the teaching of the pastors on the trip was done at a few local church buildings including Dolores Park Church, which was awesome. They were very welcoming. Plus, they had an awesome ice cream parlor right around the corner – I think it was Bi-Rite Creamary. I think I ate too much.
Waiting Outside of Dolores Park Church
While walking around San Francisco, my wife and Melissa and I tended to head up. As in, up every big hill we came across. And holy snickers, am I out of shape. If we ever ended up moving to San Fran, I’d have calves of steel within a few months.
My wife and I on a hilltop in San Francisco
San Francisco Panorama
Right after getting these pictures, we stumbled across what I would consider probably one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen casually sitting just outside of someone’s driveway. It was an epic angel carved out of a tree. The wing details were amazing.
Angel Carving
Alright, this blog post is becoming WAY longer than anticipated so I’ll finish up with just a random sampling of some other pics from the trip. Be sure to check out the full set of pictures at the album on Flickr – click here!
Another Hilltop - This time in Bernal Heights
This time we brought some friends
Bernal Heights View Panorama
Dave Lomas - Pastor of Reality SF, Owner of Wicked Awesome Hats
And there you have it. Our trip to San Francisco. We got back on a Saturday and on the Monday right after I flew out to Austin, Texas. Stay tuned for details of my Austin adventures!
