CELEBRATING 25 YEARS......EVERY MONTH ON THE 25th....WITH 1 FREE GIVEAWAY!! (March 2021 Giveaway)

On the 25th of every month in 2021 GTD is doing a giveaway on my (Doug) personal Facebook page to celebrate our 25th year of ministry. 

   

This month Todd Baker-Rooney won a Quest Deluxe Waist Pack simply by being the first person to leave a comment with his favorite GTD event or activity (his favorite event is SLAMMED... and so is mine).

   

It doesn't get any easier to win than that!

   

Congratulations and thanks for playing Todd!!

  

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Going The Distance Adventure Ministry 

Celebrating 25 years of God-awesome adventures!

www.gtdbullhorn.blogspot.com

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SAY HELLO TO OUR NEW OUTDOOR MOVIE EQUIPMENT!! ...THE PICTURE QUALITY IS AMAZING! .....THANK YOU SO MUCH GTD DONORS!!

 This is a special year of replacing much of our aging and outdated equipment including our 15 year old projector & bed sheet movie screen. I can't believe they lasted this long and still using the original projector bulb!

 
Our current projector has become diminished in its picture quality, recently began shutting down during use, and lacks modern connectivity to newer devices (such as HDMI, USB, etc)
 
I'm blown away by how inexpensive projectors have become. We found this foreign "off-brand" Yaber Projector on Amazon (3300+ reviews & 4.5 star user rating) with a special business discount for only $202. 15 years ago we paid around $700 for an "inexpensive" Sharp movie projector. This month we purchased the new projector, new no name Blu-Ray DVD player, new movie screen, & new projector tripod for about $350... that's half the price of just the original projector 15 years ago.
 
The HD picture quality was so impressive and vibrant when we debuted it this past weekend!
 
Over the years we have accumulated over 200 edited DVD's with all the cussing and inappropriate content removed. We are looking forward to making these movies available for free use to our Ministry Partners so they can enjoy some wholesome family movie nights!
 
Thank you to our amazing donors & supporters for making all of these needed improvements possible!! You guys ROCK!

 

"BEST DAY EVER!" ...GREAT 2-NIGHT RETREAT W/ RELEVANT!

We had a blast on our annual camping retreat with several families from Relevant Church! Climbing wall, zip lines, wagon rides, water slide, swimming pool, hot tub, team sports, low ropes course, campfires, outdoor movie, camping, s'mores, pizzadillas, stuffed pancakes, devotions, and so much more! She may have only been 7 years old, but one of the kids yelled out something we love to hear, "BEST DAY EVER!"
 
Thank you Relevant Church, GTD Volunteers & Staff, and all of our supporters who all make events like this happen!! Teamwork makes the dream work!

Attached are 30 highlight pictures from our trip. And here's the link to over 400 pictures on our online photo album. Enjoy =)

https://goingthedistance.smugmug.com/2021/2021-Retreat---Relevant-Church-Families

  

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HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY BIRD DOG!!! ... WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH MOM!!

I wish I had more time to express in words how much this amazing woman means to me and my sister and our family. We love her so much! My sister and I have been working so hard for the past 2 1/2 months to get our Mom to today - her 90th birthday. We did it! She made it!!
  
Unfortunately we've spent our whole time preventing her from falling (literally every hour of every day for the past 10 weeks one of us has been by her side) that we haven't had any extra time or energy to plan a big birthday bash like we wanted to do. So we kind of threw together a special day to lavish her with love and honor. It has been a very special day for a very special lady! I love you Mom!! Today, March 17th, was St. Annie's Day!! Happy Birthday Mom!