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Thank you Pat for that!   

Ruth Ann why so special? Does your free time become even more free?

I nightmared all night that all the chicks died.  It was either too cold or the cat got in to them or a wild animal...... Not a restful night at all.  When I checked them this morning they were all alive and chirping.  No loss yet. 

It is overcast and rainy today, for the July 1st holiday it is not good for fireworks displays.  I remember about 10 years ago the girls were at a friend's home planting a flower garden.  At lunch the gentleman prayed God would send rain to water the garden.  The girls were so upset because they wanted to go to the fireworks as had been promised. It was sunny and hot at lunch..... There were no fireworks that year as it rained.  Such was their belief in God answering prayer. 

Well I must run.  I'll be back.

Ruth Ann, I think I know what you mean, but will let you explain. 

I have been watching the choppers come and land on the roof of the parking garage across the way, and there is one now that has been there for over an hour.  They rushed the patient into the elevator and then into the hospital, came back and have been standing by the chopper talking ever since.  Oops!  There it goes now!

Two nurses came in with the right equipment this morning and gave Beth a REAL SHAMPOO!!  I could tell how wonderful that felt, by the smile on Beth's face!   

They are coming soon to get Beth up in the chair again.  And I think I will take her Mom down to the cafeteria to eat something.  Sure wish I had someone to eat with me, eating alone isn't fun.  But I shouldn't complain, lots of people don't even have anything to eat. 

See you later.....this is Day 34..........

Half of 2009 is history!!

Busy day.  I have mowed and then went with Ivalou to Lapel to eat, go to CVS and the bank.  Now Ivalou, Betty, Marge and I are leaving at 4:30pm to see a movie and to eat out.  Tomorrow is Betty's birthday so we are celebrating it with her.  

It has been quite cool today.  Only 65 degrees now and cloudy with dark clouds.  I thought it was going to rain while I was mowing but it didn't.  

Hi everyone.  It is hot here this afternoon, up to 93 degrees but the humidity isn't terribly high.

Stacey was briefly admitted to the hospital yesterday but then was released as the testing they did found nothing amiss with her heart.  They provided a voucher for a cab to get her back across the street to her apartment so we didn't have to drive all the way down there for that purpose. 

After coffee this morning Pat and I headed to Atlanta as I had an appointment for my normal 6 month check on my inplantable pacemaker/defibulator.  I dropped Pat off at Stacey's apartment as we had taken some frozen food to her and she could spend the time with her while I was at the doctor's office.  My appointment went well and everything checked out well.  We then went to TGI Friday's for lunch as Stacey can get there easily in her powerchair.  We got home about 2:30. 

This is the first of 4 weeks where I don't have choir practice on Wednesday evening so am in for the day.

Janet, I can relate to Beth and getting her hair washed.  I remember when I had my first heart surgery it was several days before it could be washed and how good it felt.  Even the powder type cleaning helped a little bit but not like the actual shampoo and water. 

Well. Hi to everyone. I'm just glad that I make it through the day.

Right now I'm in Puerto Rico and it is hot, humid but windy but I thank God for all of His love and mercy.  I ask you guys for prayers for my father. He is 79 years old, he live in New York but his breathing condition it is not the best less than 60%. He is been with oxygen 24/7 for couples of months and now his condition it is getting worse. I just want him to accept the Lord before his last breath.

I have faith and I'm happy for all God's blessings in my life but today and just for a moment, I felt sad. So please before you guys go to bed, put my old man (my father) into the arms for our Heavenly Father, so He does the miracle of the salvation in my father's life.

And I know you guys are a happy bunch and I am sorry to bring this situation up but I need all the help I can get.  By the way, this is a great website.  God Bless You All.

Thanks, Wallace Rivera

PS: His name is Ruben, but God knew that.

Hi Wallace...
I have teary eyes!   I've just read your post to my husband sitting here beside me and we'll definitely be praying for Ruben.  I hope that you will keep us posted.

May you have a good night tonight and we'll just place your dear father in the arms of our wonderful Saviour and yes, our prayer is that he'll be saved!


My prayer tonight is that Ruben will Turn his eyes upon Jesus...

Hello Wallace!  Sending prayers for you and your father.  Welcome!  Never feel sorry about bringing your family situation in here as we can all relate to many tests in life.  Sometimes we write back and sometimes we don't but just be assured that many read and pray over the posts.  I have never been to Puerto Rico - my husband was there on a business trip once many years ago and he brought home three tall iron candle holders - love them.  He really enjoyed PR.  How are you doing?  It was hot and windy here today, certainly not humid in Colorado.

Larry:  Hi - Stacey seems to be in a fragile time again.  I hope and pray that this settles down for her sake & yours as well.  We have a good friend who will have his pacemaker moved to another area because of infection - I have never heard of such a thing.  It surely sounds like Stacey is close to the hospital and to other amenities.

Ruth Ann:  After the 15th. - guess I will have to wait for the answer.  It does sound like retirement has been much healthier for you - less headaches???  Don's BP dropped as soon as he announced retirement so sometimes it can be so good for a person and they don't realize it until they actually quit the job.

Speaking of jobs - a niece in Texas is really struggling as she continues with work but husband has been laid off one of his many jobs and in early 50's is cleaning slate stones - unbelievable and it is so hot there now.  We feel so sorry for him - he has really gone from one job to another but is great in sales - nothing is selling now. 

We are going to the cabin tomorrow - this is a big cabin that was foreclosed on & tomorrow there will be 17 doors delivered to all be hung indoors.  Still not finished with electricity and water but they have been working.  The two of us just hope to paint for the day - bringing a cell phone, change of paint clothes, boots in case it rains & is mud all over, t.p. for the outhouse that is up the road.  Son reminds me to hold the door as it swings wide open.   

Father, I do pray for Ruben.  I pray that You will do  what is impossible for us to do.  I pray You'll open his heart to realize that You are God and that Jesus Christ gave Himself for us on the Cross.  Oh move him by Your Spirit to repent and believe.

Amen to Al's prayer.   Wallace I just told my girls about your prayer request and all three of us are praying!  God bless you during this rime.

Oh I meant to tell you...My DIL's mom has rhubarb that she is cutting to the ground.  She has told me to come and get all I want before they do.  So I will be making jam, crisp and pies that I can freeze!!

I'm also praying for your dad Ruben's salvation, Wallace!

   Hi to all.   I am so glad to be back posting.      I have missed not being on the C.P. as things have been very busy in our lives.  Please pray for my son Daniel as he has marital problems and my brother -in-law and I had to go app. 3300 kms round trip to bring home from New Brunswick.  Then 3 days after that we left for our vacation and that was an other 3300 kms round trip so my new mini van got a lot of kms very quickly.
We had a wonderful time in Virginia  at my sister-in-laws and she looked after us so good.

Well it is late and I have read some of the post's and of course always interesting.

Wallace:  Will remember your father and what ever the Lord's will is it will be done.

Larry:   Say hi to your daughter and hope that she feels better.   I hope that you are taking it easy and not doing to much

Pat:Hope that Paul and yourself are also well and that things are going well with the house. I wished that we could have come and seen you both on our way home but not possible.



Must go to bed as I have to get to go the mission God bless you all.

I will pray for Reuben's salvation too.

I thank the Lord for all you guys.  This morning I got a big smile  after reading all this posts. We are all together in the body of Christ for good, because God is always good.

In the same way I'm praying for all of you my new friends. My God change the natural to the supernatural. We just have to wait and believe.

Thanks again and remember, now you have a friend in Puerto Rico.

Wallace Rivera

Hi Wallace

Glad you decided to join us.

I too will be joining in with the others in prayer for your farther Ruben for salvation and healing.

My Mom just turned 79 on June 30th, she has been living with cancer for years and all the doctors at ECU school of medicine are amazed. They tell her that they just can't understand what kind of body she has to be able to fight this dreaded disease off. We know though don't we. GLORY BE TO GOD!

Lord we want to thank you right now for what you are about to do in Ruben's life. We know that all things are possible with you so we pray for healing and most of all for salvation for Ruben. We also pray for peace for Wallace in these trying times. Lord we ask these things in your Son's Holy Name. Amen

Don



 

God morning.  Yes God is in control. 

It is a very cool day here in the north.  The temp in the chicks last night was 75*F.......OUCH  They need at least 90.  So Kass and Elizabeth put up more plastic for tenting and gave them food and water.  This morning the temp is back up.  We have White Rock birds if anyone knows about birds, and I am told they are the most fragile.  God is good as they seem to be quite hardy!

I sent birthday greetings to Iain, Michael, and Jeannine yesterday, and I cannot find my post.  It must have gone into cyberspace,  Soooo

Happy Birthday Iain, Michael, and Jeannine!!!!

Gord give me a call around 6 or so.

Kass got the mowing done yesterday, We will have to mow again tomorrow rain or not. Hopefully we can mow between showers. Today we have to do more weeding.

Well Time to check out the the rest of the posts.

Wallace, I'll be keeping your father in my prayers, too.  Maybe God will send someone today to help him find the way home. 

Father lead that person to Ruben let him know that he is on a Divine mission. Give understanding to Ruben. 

Wallace ~ Welcome to Christian Photographers.  I have prayed for Ruben's salvation.  God is good!

Larry ~ I pray for Stacy and her condition and thanked God for your great report on your pacemaker. 

Janet ~ Is there a facility closer to home that could care for Beth?  How great that would be!  I know you are growing weary but stoic in your decision to stay with Beth!  Just wish I was nearer to visit with both of you.  And using Skype is a no-brainer.  You can do it.  It's easy.  Just download the program and Skype away!  When you get it downloaded let us all know and we will give you our Skype names!

The movie was very good.  We changed our minds on what to see.  We were going to see 'My Sister's Keeper'....a sad story of a couple having another daughter to be a candidate for a bone marrow transplant for their dying daughter.  But we decided we wanted to be happy instead of sad, so we saw 'The Proposal' with Sandra Bullock and Betty White...so you know it was a romantic comedy!  Sandra (Margaret) said she was engaged to her editor assistant, Ryan Reynolds (Andrew) so she wouldn't be deported to her native country, Canada.  Funny.  After that the four of us went to McCallister for dinner. 

This morning has been so busy.  Trash day and I had so much that I put it all in the trunk of my car and 'drove' it to Kaye Don's driveway! 

Then I set a trap to see if I can get a mole.  I not only have one mole working in my yard, I think I have a village!  Mole hills everywhere when I mowed yesterday. 

Then when I came back in I had a message from step-daughter, Rhonda, on the answering machine.  She wanted to know if I had her dad's discharge paper from the Army.  I know I copied it before and sent it to her...she is into genealogy also.  But I hunted in three places and finally found it.  It is barely legible now.  But I called her and found out she wants it because her sister in California needs it to join the VFW there!!  I have copied the paper front and back and it is in the mail. 

Rhonda didn't ask how I was or anything...just wanted the discharge paper.  Even asked me to send the original and I told her 'NO'.  But to make several copies of what I am sending since I am getting older and may not remember where it is the next time. 

Quite cool for July here in Indiana.  But I am loving it!

Hello Everyone...

I was wondering if there would be a post from Wallace!  And sure enough there is!  Thank you Wallace.  We hope to get to know you better in the coming days too.  Are you Spanish speaking?

We prayed for your father this morning.  God bless you richly.

HELLO!  Day 35 finds little change apparent to the eye, anyway, here in Select Specialty Hospital.  Nobody has come in to discuss transfer plans for Beth.  She is eating better, lost breakfast but not lunch, so far.

For God is not willing that any should perish, but that all may come to repentence.....That is God's will for Ruben.  And I add my prayers for someone to come across Ruben's path and share the Good News of the gospel with him.  What wonderful news it is!!  God is not mad at you!  God LOVES you!  God wants you to spend eternity with HIM!

Don't we serve an awesome God?  How thankful I am that I answered his loving call to open the door of my heart to Jesus.

Darrel plans to drive up tomorrow, and we will probably go to Salina to our youngest daughter's for a barbecue on Saturday.  I feel it is all right now for me to be gone for several hours, and Salina is about 90 miles from Wichita.  It will be a nice and welcome break for me. 

My friend Pat will check at the care home where Beth lived before, to make sure her name is on the waiting list, or if they have empty rooms at present.  Not sure what the situation is now, as the administrator and two of the RNs have quit.  They only had five RNs!  So that has to hurt.

Larry, glad you didn't have to make the extra trip to Atlanta to get Stacey across the street, then go again for your appointment.  Bless you.

I think I will go see if I can walk some kinks out while Beth takes a nap.

A big WELCOME to Wallace!  Great to have you with us!

Janet, my dear friend...  I'm still hanging in there praying with you for Beth.  I'm in Virginia and we're going out to Winchester today so will be out of range of the internet. 

Thanks, Pat.  That pastor who was here some time ago (don't ask how long- ) came again today, visited a bit, gave us a verse--Isa. 41:10, and prayed for us.  That was a blessing.

We have a new, young, beautiful, and on-the-ball doctor named Sarah Michael, and she is going to get us some answers!!  At least we know now that we will be here for at least another week.  Her main surgeon has been off for a while, will be back on Monday, so should be checking on her.  He is really the one who will make the big decisions.  I tell them that if she needs to be here, that is fine, we will stay---but I would like some idea of how much longer it will be.  It's hard, living in limbo.....

I am going to watch the rest of Glenn Beck.  Later, peeps!

The dogs all broke off their leashes last night while we were at the fireworks.  So today I went and got the parts needed to fix what was broken, and reattached the dogs.  I think they were after the cats going around the chicks home.  Dana is in protect mode with them.

While out I was  able to pick up some rhubarb.  so tonight i will clean it and tomorrow I will prepare it.  Ever hear of rhubarb apricot jam?  I an going to try it this year.  My friend calls it rhubricot jam!

Must go  be back later.


I am praying for the needs here, Love you all.

I just took ten minutes to watch this video. 

I pray as I post this that many of you will take the time to watch it and listen to Paul Washer as he speaks about Jesus Christ being everything to us.

Quote from: Pat on July 02, 2009, 07:50:12 PM

Can you say,
"Jesus Christ is Everything to me!"
or
Are You Lukewarm?

I just took ten minutes to watch this video. 

I pray as I post this that many of you will take the time to watch it and listen to Paul Washer as he speaks about Jesus Christ being everything to us.

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I listened, Oh my, I am at a loss for words right now except to say POWERFUL,VERY POWERFUL!!

Don

   Hi to all it is good to read all the post's and to catch up on some that I missed.

Wallace it is good to have new members come C.P. and we will continue to pray for you and your father.

Judy B.    I will try to phone you tomorrow.  Hope all is well.

Well going to call my brother in New Zealand and then go to bed.   God bless to all.   Gord.

Pat unfortunately with dial up I cannot watch this video.  Perhaps if I am able to go to Doug's  I will be able to see it.

Talk tomorrow Gord.

Kass is about ready for camp.  This is a tough time for her.  Please keep her in prayer over the next 3 weeks.

Everyone else know on nights like this I am praying.

Hi everyone and welcome to Wallace.  I understand your concern for your father and will remember him in my prayers.

Thank you for the expressions of concern and support for our daughter.  She saw her regular cardiologist yesterday, who had access to her records from her ER visit and nuclear stress test and other tests this week, and he told her they could have easily kept her hospitalized for 3 or 3 days.  He also told her she certainly did the right thing to call 911 and go to the ER and to do the same if this all happens again.  He put her back on Plavix for her heart.

Yesterday was an interesting day for me as had my first experience with using Blue Tooth to connect between my laptop and my RAZR cellphone.  I had also struggled in getting some software set up to manage data, photos, ringtones, etc. on my computer.  I asked my friend Rod to help me and he came over about 4 pm and we got the blue tooth working.  Then last evening I was able to download updated software for VISTA and get the management software for the phone on my laptop and worked on my contacts using the management software.  If you haven't done this I am sure this means nothing to you but it was interesting.

Janet, I read in another posting about your cellphone bill and almost fainted considering I had talked with you during that time and helped run up that bill.  I had no idea about your limited minutes.  If you have the chance this weekend, when Darrel is there, you might want to pick up and inexpensive headset with built in microphone and give Skype a try.  It really works.  If you get a call you will hear it ring if you have your operating (and don't have the earphone portion of a headset plugged in).  If you don't have the computer running Skype will act as an answering machine and you could call back when you do. 

I would like to comment on each posting but will constrain myself as this is already long enough for one day.   

I was up earlier today than usual.  While fixing breakfast I heard a thud at my picture window.  When I came in here, Inky was watching out the window.  I looked and a Robin was sitting in the grass fluttering his wings.  But one wouldn't move.  He eventually moved to a bush and now is gone.  I am hoping and praying that he was only stunned and that he is somewhere healing some more and will be singing soon. 

Holiday weekend in America.  Holidays are sad for this widow.  My son called last night.  Tony, Charlene, her father, her brother and her nephew are on their way as I am typing to the Blue Ridge Parkway on their cycles.  Charlene rides with Tony so there are four cycles.  Pray that they all stay safe and dry on this trip. 

I would love to be going somewhere this weekend but I don't want to miss church.   We are a small church and every Sunday they ask if there are any anniversaries for the coming week.  I want to stand up and state that I have an anniversary and tell the congregation that today is  my one year anniversary of attending Clarksville Christian Church. I asked the preacher if that was okay and he said 'I would love for you to do that!'  (I would never do that at my old church but this little church feels like family to me)

It is bright and sunny.  Suppose to be warmer today that the past few days.  I don't know what is in store for me today and tomorrow.  Just want to be ready so that if someone says, 'Let's go....' I can be ready in a few minutes!