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Mieka, have you ever seen tumbleweeds??  I will have to take some photos of these pesky things!  How I hate them!  But some say they are selling them on ebay at high prices!  Boy, are they ever going to be sorry for buying them, because they have many seeds, and I think every one sprouts!  It would take a big box to ship a tumbleweed...........

Mieka, I do not think you are the one who brought up the discussion in question, but I apologize if I made you feel bad.  That surely isn't my intention!  And I promise not to say any more about it, either.  I do want for you to feel comfortable in asking any question you have!  How else do we learn?

Denise, good to see you today!

Well, I've just been reading through everyone's post after getting back home.  I feel tired because you all know how I hate driving.  The service this morning was tremendous.  The preacher actually used a game of rugby as an illustration (if you have heard of the game). I couldn't do justice to the sermon so I will not repeat it, but he did mention how we need to defend the faith in these days.  He said that in evangelical circles in Britain, preachers are denying basic truths like the existence of hell, the trinity and the deity of Christ.  It was a rousing  sermon.

I am sorry not to reply to everyone, but just to say how shocked I was over the tornados.  That people have been killed is very sad indeed.  It is so good to see everyone from CP is safe and sound.

Denise it is so good to see you posting today.  Whenever you have time to pop in, just pop in and say hi.  It is good to hear from you.

Meika have a great time on vacation.  Don't worry about any questions you have asked.  I think the group have handled well the particular discussion and no harm has come at all.  Have a great holiday.

Everyone else, God bless and lovely to hear from you.

Anthony.

p.s. It tipped down of rain all day so not one  single photograph.

well good afternoon to everyone....how are you all doing?
Sorry that I have not been posting very much lately...but I have been extremely busy...and I have been lurking in the backroom and going over all the posts...but have not had much to say myself. Please forgive me for my silence....
I will post soon though...but not as often....this time of year we are trying to get the homeschooling finished up and get things on track for the fall schooling so I will not be on as often as i like but keep praying for us....and God bless you all.
IN Christ;s precious name.
Paulette

Papa John ~ I love the new look! Your picture is the best thing I have seen in a while! You and your dear Cornelia's picture sure make me feel like life is well worth living!

Tenderheart,
We are dealing with the same issues at home also. Feeling the need to stay on track and see if we can find an end to school this year.
I've been feeling a stirring in my heart in regards to "what" we will use next year for teaching materials, Or should I say the approach, we will use.

I've been visiting www.homeschoolingboys.com
and reading the article on teaching.
I'm excited to see what the Lord may have for us in our homeschooling next year!

Thank you Anthony & Janet, It's fun to be here! I enjoy the encouragement and support everyone shares so freely.

I'm going to see If I can find a photo or two to post

Denise

Larry:  How good it is that your Pat's aunt is doing well after surgery!  I  know a woman who had a fall several years ago and lost her sense of smell and taste - she ordered a fancy coffee today and said that she might as well have had plain coffee as she cannot taste anything - so falls can have lasting consequences as you well know.

Pat:  Hi - I hope that you don't have any of this rough weather!

Carol

Jerry,

Thank you for noticing the new look.  I think a picture always looks better with Cornelia in it.

Well, it continues to be a stormy time here.  We have had tornado warnings all afternoon.  Right now it seems to have quit raining and wind isn't blowing but it is still very cloudy and more severe weather is west of us so it looks like we may get more storms.  Quite a few have been killed south west of here near Jackson, Tennessee.

I have got a lot done today, printing letters, pictures, etc.

Pat, this was a very good devotional today.  I'm so glad that God through his word changed my life.  We have had so many rich experiences through the years working in His kingdom.

- - - Papa John

Papa John ~ I like your new look also.  The happy couple.

Great discussion today.  So great that I can't remember the controversy!  

Well, I got my haircut.  Ivalou had to go somewhere so she brought her cordless phone for me to babysit....expecting a call from the driver that will take us to the Eye Surgery Center in the morning.  And yes, the cordless phone works from her base to here.  I promptly went to sleep but the phone didn't ring.  She got back maybe 5 minutes after I woke.

I hadn't turned on the TV until just now.  And it is on a cable channel.  It will change to a local channel....pre-programmed...in a few minutes so I will surely here about the tornadoes then.  It has been bright and sunny here today.  Even after all the rain last night, my brother mowed his grass today.  

Well, I noticed today that I had lost my 'Comic Sans MS' font.  Netscape wasn't working right and even on here and other sites the font didn't look right.  I couldn't change fonts in Outlook Express.  A good sign that this thing needs maintenance.  So I did everything I knew to do and still no Comic Sans MS font.  So I downloaded it from a font site on the web.  All is fine now....I love it when I figure something out.

Papa John, we've experienced lots of wind and rain here also.  Because the Senior Olympics are still in progress, I reported to the Senior Center for the 1/2 mile walk this morning.  My time was 7.13 and a friend beat me with 6.57.  The remaining walk competition was postponed because of rain.  Tomorrow are the field games, but that remains to be seen if the rain continues.  Anyway, we'll do darts and basketball throw and eat a free lunch.

I, too, believe God gives us choice.

_{but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles;  they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.  Isaiah 40:30,31}

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Joan,

It just odcurred to me who you are.  Somehow I didn't identify you when you first showed up.  If I didn't say welcome I will now.


WELCOME JOAN
I hope you haven't had any of these bad storms down your way.

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Joan, congratulations on your medal in the archery event.  I am doing the webpage for the Gwinnett Senior Golden Olympics and saw your name as I posted the results.  These games have really become quite an event with lots of people participating and this is only the third year held here, I believe.

Papa John, sure hope you don't get anymore bad weather up your way.  It just started raining pretty hard here a few minutes ago.

See you all tomorrow.

Hi everyone, I just stopped by with a note from my bestest friend in the whole world   You may have noticed Nita has been quiet for a couple days.  Well, she emailed me this afternoon I'll just copy it here for y'all.  Maybe I'll put in a prayer request for her, as well.

Hi there.  I'm still here.  My headaches are still here, my sore throat is gone, and my back hurts pretty bad    I just wanted you to know how I am over here.  "Stove up" as my gramma used to say.

I can't sit in this chair very long, so maybe you can let them know on CP.  I tried to look really fast now, but the page is loading so slow, I decided not wait.

 God is here.

  I love you,  nita

Y'all take care now, y'hear?

Well, we're having terrible weather right now and I'm shutting down my computer and probably won't be back till the morning.  It's gone off twice with lightening.  Terrible outside right now.

Goodnight everyone.

We're not really having storms but the wind is howling and Gene just reported the back porch is wet but the front one is dry.  

Tomorrow we head for Elizabethtown for Gene's quarterly check-up at the VA clinic.  This time they're doing the annual blood work so he has to go fasting, and we'll be leaving the house by 7:00 a.m. to get there by 9:00.

On Thursday it's another 2 hour drive in the opposite direction.  We're going to visit my mother and take her a new phone.  We got her one that has a bright flashing red light when it rings.  It's a portable with another flashing red light at the base of the handset antenna, it has a control for extra volume in the higher range to help it work with a hearing aid and a choice of several types of ring sounds.  The ringer has a volume control, too, that can blow you right out of the room when it's all the way up.  So now maybe she'll answer my calls more often.

I am calling it a night.  god Bless you all and to all a good night.
Love to y-all
Mairlyn

Just stopping in for a quick hello.  I've had a very busy day. Yesterday was a wonderful day........church in the morning, an afternoon nap and then a golf game with some nice friends who are also from Vermont.

We went to the Cinco de Mayo celebration tonight. The Church on the Square (here at The Villages)  had a concert by Oscar Feliu. He's a classical guitarist  with a great voice.  There was also lots of entertainment outdoors including a Mariachi band. Great food, too. I wish I'd taken my camera. There was a group dressed as Inca warriors. The costumes were beautiful.  There is always something interesting to see or do here.

Thanks for the devotional, Pat. I need to go back and read the messages now.

Beverly

Hello Ms Beverly, I am mieka.
I went to the Cinco de Mayo celebration tonight too. How funny. and I saw all the bands and the dancers. It was too fun.

;DI hate to tell everyone who is in a bad weather that my weather is WONDERFUL today. But I know it is only a short time and they will have sunshine again too.

I often ask people if tomorrow will be a good day, because they are already there and it will be many hours still for me. But for the weather, I seem to get it first, and tomorrow for you, is a very good weather.

It took me forever to find the Christian Photogrophers tonight. I am glad you have it on the DPC Ms Karmat, or I would not have found it here.

Hello Mieka! I don't know where you live, but we are also having beautiful weather.  Of course there is always hurricane season!  

I'm so sorry for all the people in the paths of those tornadoes. When we lived in Oklahoma I saw first-hand what devastation they can cause.  

I have never had a weather like that. I am in California, (today in the San Diego, I am on a trip). The most bad weather I have had is the rain in Shanghai. I sometimes tell people "it is a Shanghai Rain here today" to tell them it is very bad, but I have still not seen a rain so hard as Shanghai. I would guess a tornado is far more bad.

Hi Beverly and Mieka.  It looks we are the only 3 here right now.  For once, I got here before the door was closed for the day.  

Re the tornadoes, I feel so badly for all the people in the path of those things.  I grew up in tornado country and it still makes me tense up to hear about them.  I well remember as a young child going to the neighbors in the middle of the night to go to their storm cellar.  We had a terribly windy day here yesterday, and that usually means that further east of us storms will be happening.  

Janet, I know what you are saying - about the tumbleweeds!  We have them here too, but fortunately we live on the NE side of town, and they get caught at someone else's place before they can get to us.  In the past, we had more than our share though.  

Papa John, I like your new picture.  You and Cornelia are looking good.  Red becomes both of you.

Hi, Pat!  Thanks for all the work you do here to give us a great devotional and all the other things.  You are one busy lady.  

Hope all of you will have a wonderful day tomorrow.  I have to be at the surgery center at 9:00 to get the scopes done.  Tomorrow should be a piece of cake, compared to today!  Yuck, I may never drink water again!  

G'Night.  Blessings,
~Janice

Jane I will remember to keep Nita in my prayers.  Tell her I am thinking of her.

HI Mieka!!

  I can not asleep
No one is here and I have a worry for everyone. Ms Pat is not here too.  

I hope everyone is ok..

HI Mieka,  I am sure everyone is ok.  When a thunderstorm hits everyone gets off so the lighting don't strike and ruin their computers.  
We just have wind today.  Can't wait for the thunderstorms.  They are my favorite.

I am not on a computer tonight, I am on a TV tonight. I do not have much use for a TV at all, so perhaps this is a good way to use it, yes?   It is strange to talk here on a TV, I did this once before. But it is SO SLOW I think I am growing a beard waiting for it to think.

I can not wait for the sun to come up, I know I will not get a much rest tonight.

Hey Mieka, what do you think of my profile picture?

HI Jane!!!!

 
Is that what will happen after I am a Llama?

(HOW FUNNY)

I will think how I can change mine too.

Did you see Mr Papa John and his wife? AAaaaaawwwww They are SOOOoooo wonderful together, yes?

It is getting a bit late so I am headed to bed.  I hope you rest well Mieka.  You can always count sheep.  

Good nite Jane.  

Have a good rest of the evening to both of you.

hahaha!! Mieka!

I did see Papa Johns photo.  He is such a sweetie.  I love all his pictures.  I also like how he changes them often.  

You have a great picture.  I wouldn't worry about changing it.  

God is good.......All the time.
All the time.......God is good.

As to the discussion on election and predestination I remember many heated discussions in our youth group as a teen.  It is so good to know that God knows what exactly he means and we will understand it all one day bye and bye.

Pat isn't there a song to that effect that we used to sing?

In our family on Monday we had an answer to prayer, my husband has been working 5 hours south of our home and today he made the decision to drive for a company in North Bay, where he will be home on weekends. We will be able to retire one vehicle and be rid of some expence.  Getting this job has been a BIG answer to prayer.

Will you be praying for 2 girls who are suffering with the flu today?

Have a good, Godly day
JudyB