All For God's Glory

While we were in Yuma, Arizona on our 8th Dart Vacation, we were interviewed by the Yuma Sun newspaper.  They even had a photographer from the paper give us a tour of the city and take our pictures for the article.  To our surprise it came on out on the front page.

http://www.yumasun.com/news/yuma-75651-dart-jen.html  

http://www.yumasun.com/sections/slideshow/?id=11631281

When we got home to Dayton, Ohio and went into the office on Monday morning, our phone started ringing off the hook.  Apparently the article had been seen by someone with the Daily News in the United Kingdom and their blog hit the associated press.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2081789/Jen-Bob-Westerfields-random-vacations-throwing-dart-US-map.html

We then heard from ABC News and Inside Edition within a few minutes of each other.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/01/couple-uses-dart-map-and-chance-to-plan-vacations/ 

An email came in from Fox & Friends asking us to be on their show in New York City.  We were excited about the opportunity, but had already thrown our dart for 2013.  After some suggestions from some friends, we thought it would be more in line with our mission in life to send another family on their own all-expense paid Dart Vacation.


For details on the family we chose, read the Blog entry on the Skay Family.  Our hope is that our business, Side Effects, Inc. (www.sideeffectsinc.com), will continue to be blessed with the ability to finance the various missions what we support including an annual gifted Dart Vacation.

The Fox & Friends show will air live at 9:50 am on Saturday April 28th, 2012.   

We then were contacted by a radio station in the quad cities.  They interviewed Bob on their morning show:
http://www.2dorks.com/dart_vacation.html

You can listen to the radio show on our Dart Americaby Chance Facebook page.

Our local newspaper, The Dayton Daily News, featured an article on the Dart Vacations:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/lifestyle/centerville-couple-use-unorthodox-method-to-pick-annual-vacation-spot-1316278.html 

Then, most near and dear to our hearts, our church asked us to come and share our story.  You can listen or watch the interview on the following Podcast.  Bob has been attending Southbrook Christian Church since 1992 and I have been attending with him since 2004.  We absolutely love our church and their mission to help those who struggle with faith live more like Jesus forever.

http://www.southbrook.org/resources/podcast/forewords/signipretation.html 

We recently came across a personal Blog of a family we met in St Johns in 2008.  
http://makeyourbreakaway.com/2008/12/19/the-%E2%80%9Cdart%E2%80%9D-vacation-bob-jen-trust-the-fates/

Following the Skay Family Dart Vacation in August 2012, there was an article written in the Nassau County Record in Hilliard, Florida.  We really appreciated the attention to detail this reporter took.  Great article really capturing that trip.

There was an article written in our local paper that a co-worker told us about:
http://www.springborosun.com/2012/09/westerfields-take-others-on-8216-dart-vacation-8217/

We have no idea if this is heading somewhere more or if we will just continue to blog our future trips, but our hope it to make a difference in each American city we travel to by chance in one way or another and encourage others to do the same. 

Our Mission: To develop and nurture relationships within communities while making a difference, serving Christ, and positively affecting people's lives.

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven." Matthew 5:16