Homeschool vs School

YOU ASKED ME TO PRAY FOR IT, Rebecca, DIDN'T YOU? WELL I DID......
        So this treatise is for you, and Barbara, as well.
        HOMESCHOOL! MY BLOG
        (make it fun***you should be laughing more than worrying about it. After all you ain't getting a grade for it.***-make it easy-relax)homeschool should never be hard! If it's hard on you and them, you may as well
        let um go to school. At least that's easy on you....I LOVED RECESSES BEST OF ALL IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SOMEHOW I MANAGED TO GET EDUCATED. AND SO WILL THEY...COURSE WE WERE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT GOD, GIVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  AND HAVE A CHAPLAIN OR PREACHER, GIVE A WORD OF GOD EVERY MORNING. THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS, I DON'T CARE WHO TOUTS THE NEW.

        NOW A DAYS, I VERY WELL UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WANT TO HOMESCHOOL SO THEY CAN
 'TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO, AND WHEN HE IS OLD HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT.'
 GOD SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN SCHOOLS, SO SHOULD PATRIOTISM. NOW IT'S ANYTHING GOES. NO DISCIPLINE TO SPEAK OF, NOT MUCH MORE LEARNING TO SPEAK OF, AND PEOPLE LEAVING THE SCHOOLS IN DROVES. THEY HAVE A SHORTAGE OF MATH AND SCIENCES IN THE KIDS REPERTOIRE. WE ARE FALLING BEHIND IN THEM, AND 

NOW WE ARE CALLING IN STEMS(ENGINEERS AND ETC)TO COME INTO CLASSES AND TRY TO TEACH WHAT MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHERS CANNOT. TRAINING THEM TO BE EDUCATORS, HO, FAMOUS LAST WORDS, 'TRAIN THEM TO BE EDUCATORS.

' I SAY LEAVE UM ALONE, NO MORE SCHOOLING,' JUST GIVE UM A PAYCHECK, IF THEY'RE SMART ENOUGH TO BE AN ENGINEER SURELY THEY ARE SMART ENOUGH TO TEACH IT TO A YOUNG PERSON. SOMETHING IS WRONG WHEN OUR EDUCATION COLLEGES ARE TURNING OUT EDUCATORS THAT CANNOT EDUCATE. THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED TO START. THE OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES ARE SO FAR AHEAD OF US, WE ARE BACKING UP JUST TO LEAN DOWN AND TIE OUR SHOES.
      

  TEACH READING IN THE 3RD GRADE WHERE IT BELONGS THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED TO START. NOT IN THE 12TH GRADE AS THEY ARE FIXING TO WALK DOWN THE AISLE TO GET THEIR DIPLOMA.

QUIT REINVENTING THE WHEEL

FIX THE DAMN BROKEN WAGON. 

Quit trying to get more pay for a job undone. 

Get back to the Basic FOUNDATIONS of Life(GOD), Patriotism(MILITARY), 

Preachers(GOD'S WORD)

        AND IF YOU DON'T, WELL THERE IS ALWAYS HOMESCHOOLING EVEN WHEN A PARENT JUST REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. They sure do not get paid for what they do, not in financial ways, anyway. AT LEAST THEY ARE DOING IT AND ARE AT LAST INVOLVED IN A KIDS EDUCATION. THEY ARE AT LEAST READING TO THEIR KIDS. GETTING RELIGIOUS(CAUSES THEM TO PRAY A LOT HAVING JR OR JR-RITA AROUND DAY IN AND DAY OUT) AS ALL YOU PSEUDO-TEACHERS OUT THERE KNOW, THAT WOULD MAKE ANYONE MORE RELIGIOUS.
AND AS ALL YOU TEACHERS-TEACHING PSEUDO SUBJECTS OUT THERE KNOW, YOU AIN'T GOT TIME FOR RELIGION, YOUR CLASSES JUST KEEP GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER EXPONENTIALLY. AND IF YOU GOT IT, YOU PROBABLY STUMBLED ON IT BY ACCIDENT. BY WHATEVER MEANS IT COMES, SHALL WE BE THANKFUL, IT COMES(after all Saul stumbled on the light while out traveling)....OH QUIT FUSSING, I AM A SCIENCE TEACHER, A LITTLE SELF-DEPRECATING HUMOR NEVER HURT ANYONE. I've just never had a paying job teaching. So see you're SEVERAL STEPS HIGHER on the ladder than me. And the only paying job writing I've had, was $5.00 for a page full per week. Now man, I really gotta like to write to settle for those financial terms.
 But I did the best I knew how to do anyway. GOOD PAY OR NOT!
Now back to Homeschooling!
        BESIDES THERE IS ONE COMMON THREAD THAT RUNS THROUGHOUT HOMESCHOOLING...YOU ARE NEVER BEHIND. YOU MAY NOT BE WHERE YOU'D LIKE TO BE, BUT THAT'S A SELF IMPOSED RULE OF THUMB. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE DAYS OFF AND ENJOY YOURSELF. LET GOD TAKE CARE OF THE INTERRUPTIONS. HE IS PRIMO AT THAT. LET HIM HANDLE WHAT YOU CANNOT.
KEEP YOUR LIVES FREE FROM THE LOVE OF MONEY AND BE CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, BECAUSE GOD HAS SAID, "NEVER WILL I LEAVE YOU, NEVER WILL I FORSAKE YOU."

        LET THE KID TEACH A LESSON OR TWO IF YOUR TIRED. THEY WILL LEARN MORE BY TEACHING YOU, THAN THEY WILL LEARN BY BEING TAUGHT. LET THE KID WRITE A BOOK OR NEWSPAPER OR NEWSLETTER. THAT TEACHES ENGLISH AND LITERATURE BETTER THAN ANYTHING I KNOW. LET THE KID IN ON CURRENT EVENTS, WATCH THE NEWS. THAT TEACHES RELIGION(gives you people to pray for, teaches kids to pray for others also) AND HISTORY(this too shall pass). LET THE KID COUNT MONEY THAT TEACHES MATH. (He'll soon figure out, he ain't got enough for all the things he wants) LET THE KID DISSECT AN ANIMAL THAT TEACHES SCIENCE. LET THE KID GO TO ZOO THAT TEACHES ZOOLOGY(one never gets tired of watching the animals and one learns more and more each zoo visit.)

        LET THE KID GROW SEEDS THAT TEACHES LIFE SCIENCE. LET THE KID MAKE A VOLCANO THAT TEACHES CHEMISTRY. LET THE KID SEE THE DAMAGE AN EARTHQUAKE DOES, THAT TEACHES GEOLOGY. LET THE KID NAME THE STARS, THAT TEACHES ASTRONOMY. LET THE KID LEARN THE PARTS OF THE BODY THAT TEACHES ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. How much do the kids need to know about each subject? As much as they are curious about. Use their innate curiosity to their advantage. Who says they got to do all of the above everyday? If they do one of the above, I'd say they are on a learning curve. Come on, figure it out! Teach the kid leveled and mastery.

BUT HEY, WHO AM I, TO GIVE A VALEDICTORIAN SUGGESTIONS? Hey I made a few A's myself, and I am sure Barbara did too. BUT YOU BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, SO GET ON WITH IT. BUT I'M JUST JARRING YOUR MIND A BIT. Let GOD take care of how you feel..........Let GOD deal with the results of your Homeschooling. You just do the best you can be.......

But don't be so hard on um. Go easy with the time outs. They are tiny. Only you can discern how long and how many.  HEALTH IS ABOVE DISCIPLINE, YOU KNOW. USE YOUR NOGGIN, IT TAKES WISDOM TO KNOW WHEN.YOU GOT TO TEACH THEM TO WANT TO MIND, NOT FORCE UM TOO. WE DON'T HAVE THAT DOWN PAT IN OUR SCHOOLS, YET. I don't think you get that (STATE OF PERFECTION)from me. I'm pretty easy. BUT SO ARE YOU ALL, I've noticed, WHEN IT COMES TO DISCIPLINE. I LIKE THAT. I LIKE TO SEE, THINKING GOING ON.

Papa expects kids to mind. BUT HE'S A TEACHER. When they don't, he sends them to the principals office. SOME TEACHERS CAN CONTROL A CLASSROOM, SOME CAN'T. HE'S A MILITARY MAN, HE HAS A CERTAIN CARRIAGE ABOUT HIM. There can be no learning without order. I didn't say quiet, I said order! There can be no learning without respect! Everybody respects the Military, even if they don't act like it or say it, they do........SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE DISCIPLINED AND THERE IS NO CHAOS. Chaos breeds discontent and discontent breeds chaos. It's a horrible circle of insanity. One may have moments of insanity(sometimes needful moments) but one still has to fall down on the foundations of discipline and order.

        LET ME JAR YOU MIND A BIT MORE. WHEN I WAS SURFING ABOUT THE FLU THIS YEAR. THEY TOLD ALL ABOUT THE OLD PEOPLE AND THE KIDS WHO DIED OF IT. I EVEN READ WHERE SOMEONE WHO HAD THE FLU SHOT CAUGHT IT ANYWAY THE H1N1(it mutated)(FOR YOU ADVOCATES THAT BELIEVE THE FLU VACCINE KEEPS YOU HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND ALIVE) it's no guarantee! One should never take anything for granted, even modern medicine) MY DAD LIVED THROUGH THE 1918 PANDEMIC, HE REMEMBERS PEOPLE DROPPING LIKE FLIES. NOW THAT IS RELIGIOUS(PEOPLE TEND TO PRAY MORE DURING DISASTERS) AND also CURRENT EVENTS THAT ARE WORTH NOTING BACK IN THOSE DAYS, which soon turns to History. LIFE IS STRANGE SOMETIMES.  I GUESS THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT EXCITING. THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF LIFE. BUT WE MUST LEARN FROM OUR PASTS.

THIS IS JUST HISTORY FOR US, BUT RESPECT FOR A MAN, I KNEW GROWING UP, BECAUSE HE WAS INFLUENCED BY THE THINGS HE LIVED THROUGH, LIFE-WORTH! I  LEARNED I DIDN'T KNOW IT ALL, EVEN IF I WAS A STRAIGHT A STUDENT IN HIGH SCHOOL. SCHOOLS CAN'T TEACH EVERYTHING LIFE HAS TO THROW AT YOU, BUT THEY TRY. EXPERIENCE DOES COUNT IN FORMING YOUR MINDS. Experience counts OODLES!

        ALL'S I AM TRYING TO SAY IS, PUT HOMESCHOOL INTO PRIORITY. Next to the Flu which picks people off at will, Next to SOME Teacher's fussing about more money here is the America's in various states, next to THE UPROAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, Next to THE EARTHQUAKES IN NZ, next to THE RISE IN GASOLINE PRICES HERE AT THE PUMP, AND THE RISE OF EVERYTHING ELSE DUE TO THE RISE IN GAS INCLUDING FOOD PRICES. Next to all of these few different items not even counting Global Warming, Schooling, IS A MINOR THING, for those who just want to teach in schools, status quo, who do it with finesse, trying to improve daily  without a pay raise, THE SILENT TEACHERS.Yes, my husband is one of them who just want to teach.
IT'S A MINOR THING, YOUR HOMESCHOOLING, WHEN YOU DO IT WITH FINESSE, TYING TO IMPROVE DAILY ALSO BECAUSE OF LOVE AND CARE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL UNDER YOUR TUTELEDGE WHO ARE PART OF YOUR FAMILY. Keep that in mind when you get to thinking your behind. But most of all, keep in mind, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PERFORM TO BE A TEACHER, BECAUSE BY BEING THEIR TEACHER-MOM YOU 'ARE TEACHING THEM HOW TO SMILE DURING DIFFICULT TIMES.'

        BUT HEY, YOU'LL BE AHEAD OF THE GAME, WHEN SCHOOL IS CLOSED DUE TO NO GAS FOR BUSES. YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO HOMESCHOOL.....AND I THINK YOUR DOING A MARVELOUS JOB OF IT(Rebecca-Barbara). YOU GOT BRILLIANT KIDS ALREADY!  WHO LOVE AND ADORE YOU, AND THEY WILL NEVER OUT GROW YOU AND THAT YOU LOVE UM, NO END!
        COURSE I THINK I AM DOING A MARVELOUS JOB OF IT. AND THAT I GOT BRILLIANT KIDS ALREADY! WHO LOVE AND ADORE ME, AND THEY WILL NEVER OUT GROW ME, AND ALSO THAT I LOVE UM, NO END.

YOU KNOW SOMETIMES I AM SORRY MY KIDS GOT TO HAVE A WRITER AS A MOM. MY E-MAILS ARE LOONNNGGGG!
THANK THE LORD THEIR INFREQUENT.....

Just a few homeschool links FYI UNTIL THE SCHOOLS CAN GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER.

http://www.homeschool-curriculum.org/

http://www.abeka.com/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

http://www.abeka.com/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/materials/Free.htm

http://oldfashionededucation.com/

http://home-school.lovetoknow.com/Free_Homeschooling_Curriculum

http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/


Share each other's troubles and problems and in this way obey the Law of Christ. Gal 6:2
Lv Nina

100% Victory

     I’ve been told this is to no avail. Besides the internet is down and no one in Egypt will be able to read this, and few read my Blog. But this is just for those few who do read it. I think highly of my followers, and RSS feeds. They are deep thinkers who believe. Still and yet, I’ve been told it’s useless trying to write a Blog on Egypt, especially one involving this Huge Country of Paramount Importance, besides how could one lone woman help anyone involved in this big mess of fighting men and women. How could one lone woman help and not hinder the cause, well Abigail did it. One that would do them a good service and not a repetition of all the palaver that is out there being spoken on what’s good for them, how it’s good for them, and what people think they should be doing.

     Who and what you ask? Well everybody that is involved in this ‘Moment of Chaos that Begins the Peace Process.’  I’ve been told there are too many opinions floating around in ethernet space to fill the void of a Black Hole and mine would just be more Chaotic than the last one and futile at best. And personally this just does not make any sense for me, a  nobody, to be telling an Egyptian what to do, or better yet just trying to give out my uncommon sense advise. But I ain’t the brightest Sun that shines, so guess I can do it, if I want too, futility and chaos, or not! Nah, I really do think, I speak with ‘Clarity of Brainpower,’ no confusion coming from this direction. But you have TO LISTEN CLOSELY!!!

    Oh yes, I realize, I am addressing a part of the World that thinks not so highly of women, or at the very least, thinks they have a place and that they should not depart from that place. Hey, man, I’m in agreement with that. I believe in ORDER. And when all HELL BREAKS LOOSE, YOU BETTER HAVE A MAN CALLING THE SHOTS, for no one can have two KINGS, A MAN AND A WOMAN, ONE OF THEM IS THE BOSS. I realize I am not going to be popular with women who CALL THE SHOTS, BUT HEY, IF YOU AIN’T GOT A MAN, YOU BETTER CALL THEM and besides Angels watch over you and children for sure!
     AND I am going to let God Himself sort it out, if you're two women or two men. I ain’t so stupid that I am touching that sacred cow, OR THE GOLDEN CALF OF ADULTERY, which God himself is going to sort out also. Besides. I only believe in One God, not the GOLDEN CALF or the SACRED COW! We all know what happened to the Israelites when they FORGOT GOD, AND WENT THEIR OWN WAY.........besides I like my golden earrings and I really do not want them melted (Golden Calf), AND I LOVE STEAK!(Sacred Cow). See we’re not too far apart in our thinking, are we?

    Now where was I. I think I deviated off the known path, like they did dancing around that calf. The point I am making is, I really ain’t too far away from feeling like You. I know you Egyptians want FREEDOM. Well, I can’t blame you for that. In fact, I was hearing from some data bank, on TV, that more than ½ of Egypt is under the age of 25. Well I commend you for that. That means you got TIME AND YOUTH ON YOUR SIDE. You want FOOD>JOBS>HOPE. You don’t want to be Poor! Your very well educated. Sure can’t blame you for that. I think I’d be dancing in these streets of the mighty USA, TOO IF I WAS HUNGRY and lost hope, course I don’t want to be seen dancing around no Sacred Cow, or Golden Calf, just in case GOD is in attendance. What I am trying to say is, we’re really not too far away from each other. I do have sense enough to say, I UNDERSTAND, WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM.  


    But HERE COMES THE KICKER. You cannot damage Egypt and expect Egypt not to damage you. You cannot turn on your own leader and expect a man to rise up and lead you. For they should know, if you put um up, you can take um down any ole time you feel like it. WHAT YOU WANT, YOU CANNOT GET UNTIL YOU CONCEDE THE WAR. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. ENOUGH MEN HAVE BEEN DAMAGED AND LOST THEIR LIVES, NO MORE NEED TOO. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I WILL ITERATE AGAIN, YOU’VE ALREADY WON THE WAR FROM DAY 1 of your insurrection. IT’S TIME FOR PEACE TO REIGN. You've made your point.

SURELY YOU WANT TO SEE EGYPT IN PEACE AND GROWING AND UNDAMAGED AND BACK INTO THE TOURISTY BUSINESS (WHERE A WHOLE LOT OF EGYPT’S MONEY IS OBTAINED,) AND THIS MESS CLEANED UP.  SURELY YOU WANT TO SEE EGYPT STANDING BY THE COMMITMENTS SHE MADE CONCERNING PEACE WITH ISRAEL, NO MATTER WHOEVER LEADS YOU. SURELY YOU, DON'T WANT TO WMD THE FUTURE, YOU SIT IN IT'S CHAIRS, ALSO, CONCENTRATE ON LIVING ! And I, of all peoples, wouldn’t be snarling up my nose at 1 Billion American Dollars if I was Egypt no matter what you think of Americans! SURELY YOU ARE GOING TO HONOR YOUR COMMITMENTS CONCERNING THE SUEZ CANAL, SO OIL CAN FLOW, AND YOU CAN MAKE MONEY, YOU SO DESPERATELY NEED. Closing it down would take you back to the dark ages, what would that benefit you? SURELY YOU WANT THE STOCK MARKET TO RISE NOT FALL. THERE’S BEEN ENOUGH FALLING’S DOWN TO FILL LONDON BRIDGES, and yes, the Stock Market affects you, as well.

ALSO. SURELY YOU ARE BRIGHTER THAN ONE LONE WOMAN!!!After all there are a whole lot of Stars in Heaven, you know, and they are all Suns of some type of Magnitude or other. There’s plenty of room in Heaven for all kinds of Stars if you haven’t noticed. THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE, GET ME TO SHINING! THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF YOURS!!!GET YOU TO SHINING!!!

     I’m all for 100 % Victory. I’m all for your present guy to say goodbye. HE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS SWIFTLY AND CLEANLY. BUT HE WANTED TO CONTROL EVEN HIS DEMISE, AND EGYPT’S FALL INTO DISREPAIR AND DESPAIR.  He really does have a lot of Blood on his Hands. No more needs to flow.  HE NEEDS TO SAY GOODBYE, RIGHT AWAY and bow out Gracefully, AND YOU NEED TO SAY HELLO, TO A WORLD THAT IS WAITING FOR YOU TO ACT LIKE THE GENTLEMEN THAT YOU ARE!!!ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! YOU’VE ALREADY WON, FROM DAY 1.
     I’m all for 100 % Victory. EVERYBODY IN THIS WORLD KNOWS YOU HAVE CAUSE FOR YOUR PUBLIC DISPLAY OF DISPLEASURE. Now show the World you can and will allow Egypt to become a Democratic Society THAT WELCOMES FOREIGNERS, INSTEAD OF THUMBING YOUR NOSES AT OUR JOURNALISTS WHO ARE TELLING YOUR STORY. I’m a writer I understand Journalists and Cameramen. YOU OF ALL PEOPLES(THE ANTI-MUBARAK’S) SHOULD HAVE PROTECTED THEM AT ALL COSTS, FOR THEY ARE SHOWING AND TELLING YOUR STORY!!! IT’S NEVER TOO LATE, YOU KNOW. Give Honor where Honor is due! Please don't let another pro-Mubarak supporter damage another Journalist.

    MOST OF ALL, I hope this solves all the problems that have besmirched Egypt’s Name  AND YOU HAVE PUBLICIZED. Like I said before, I’m all for 100 % Victory. 

    Now the Vice President is speaking for Mubarak. That’s what he sounded like to me, HIS RIGHT HAND MAN, plus the pro-Mubarak people to boot, we know who's side they are on. Who are they fooling? And I am beginning to think the Military is quasi-bland. Who knows who's side they are on. I hope yours, by their acts of non-violence, they portray. But that's neither here nor there. Back to the point.

    What you need is a man or woman that can speak for the Common Man of Egypt. You need a ‘Voice in the Crowd’ crying out for you. Surely out of all those, young educated people, you can find one VOICE OF REASON. LET UM TELL THE WORLD WHAT EGYPT WANTS, AND DON’T BACK DOWN UNTIL YOU GET IT. Stay out in the Tahrir Square to make your point. Set you up a Temporary Leader, Anoint him, or Appoint him, or make him President, CEO or Principal, however you do it over there, until you can vote one in.  Because you are leaderless, you really need to get a leader.

BUT FOR GOODNESS SAKE,  in between time, BEAT YOUR ROCKS INTO SAND AND START WRITING YOU A CONSTITUTION in the Sand, that you can live with. Somebody will turn the Sand into Ink. God’s still on his Throne.

AND THAT MY FRIEND, WILL BE 100% VICTORY

Walk Tall and Carry a Big Stick

    I think Hu, who is 67, wow, photographic memory to boot, is doing the above. I have to commend anyone who makes it to 67, American or Chinese. No sign of Alzeimers, bet the Doctors want to know what he’s been eating. And ‘Walk Tall’, well 1 of 2 Super Powers, so he qualifies for that title. Now for the Big Stick. Ah that’s the key to his 3 days here in America. He seeks Legitimacy(they want a voice on the International Scene), Importance(they want to have more recognition because of their financial abilities)  &  Honor(they want to be included in the Power Play Scenario and they want to be given their proper due and not snubbed socially, and only a World Power can extend this to them)without which, you are really nothing but a ‘bother’ on the World Scene.
    Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said China should allow its currency to gain value and then what? Why we would be solvent for a change. I think not. We still have a big debt to pay no matter how much interest is charged, we still owe the dog gone debt. You gonna put it in the dog house and pretend it is not gonna affect what is happening inside the White House. I don’t care if you take it down and stick it in the dump we still owe it............
    I will say this. We can do this without insulting one’s intelligence. We can do this without attempting to undermine another Country’s Dogma. We can settle our financial problems without whining to the Chinese that they need to raise the value of their money. Surely we can find another solution to a problem that does not entail, telling another Country what to do with their Money. You do realize that Money is a very touchy subject, if you don’t think so, take it away from your wife.....you will find out just what you are made of and what she thinks of you.
   
    Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized the country's human rights record, raising the case of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. She may have a point here, I’M ALL FOR PEACE if it’s not faux.
    But as for human rights. What in the world do we do with our dissenters. We don’t like them any better than the Chinese do. Why, how could anybody criticize  the Obama Administration. That is close to what?/Why I was reading just the other day, when a man did the same thing about ‘birthing’ rights of the man, he ended up in prison. For what reason I don’t care. He still was incarcerated for his opinion. Come on. Clean up your own house before you go and clean up your neighbors.

    Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned the U.S. would step up military investment to counter China's increasing military strength;
    Now this little statement is really funny to me. We are gonna step up military investment. What in the world is Gates talking about. The warning don’t fly! What in the world does investment mean. More money for the military, more health benefits for the military, more housing and education benefits for the military. More men and women in the military. Where are you gonna get um from, the illegal immigrant pool?
    Also as for Military buildup, how are we gonna build up our military to match the Chinese when we can barely fight the Country we are now involved in. Unless of course you are interested in putting all these unemployed people to work in the Military.
    I really don’t think we should be trying to match our military with China’s. They have not fought two Countries like we have. Get real. Their Military just looks good, on paper and on the tv. They have not been hardened like ours which has been though the mill, so we would probably come out smelling like a rose on this one. Besides Obama ‘Walks Tall’ if you haven’t noticed, and carries Nukes, so why worry about sizes now.

    Now what happened to these people’s common sense? Gates, Clinton and Geithner, Let’s hope nobody lets them close to Hu. He ain’t here to solve problems. If he wanted to do that he woulda stayed home. They are personable people with large personalities, let um be that.
    It’s obvious he ain’t here to audition for DWTS.
    What do you think he’s here for. Well, they made asses out of themselves in South Korea by not talking to each other, STANDING STIFFLY, TALKING ONLY TO THEIR OWN REPORTERS, so he is here to set the record straight. He is here to talk to Obama. So keep all the bad stuff in your purse or billfold and LET THE MAN TALK. LET THE MAN TALK!
    THIS GUYS THE LEADER OF A MASSIVE COUNTRY AND THAT OUGHT TO COMMAND SOME KIND OF RESPECT, FROM OUR SECRETARY’S AND OUR PRESIDENT. OUR PRESIDENT AIN’T SO STUPID!. HE’S DONE FIGURED IT OUT FOR HIMSELF. HE IS PUTTING ON HIS COATTAIL ISN’T HE. I FIGURE HE’D RATHER WEAR A PAIR OF JEANS, BUT HEY THIS MEETING DEMANDS A DIFFERENT DEMEANOR THAN OUR USUAL COMPLAIN AND WHINE, WHINE AND COMPLAIN. THIS COUNTRY IS DOING GOOD. WHO TOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THEY WERE NOT DOING GOOD. IT’S ALL A MATTER OF TIME. WE ARE NOT INFERIOR TO CHINA. SO WHY ACT LIKE IT. BRING OUT THE CELEBRATION..... BRING OUT THE CHAMPAGNE. THIS IS A FANTASTIC FEAT. WE ARE NOT IN THE DEFEAT MODE. WE ARE IN THE FEAT MODE.

    CHINA IS NOT HERE TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS, GET REAL!
   

Video Dedication!

    This is dedicated to Lisa Goodman Collins, Vicki Lahocky and Wendyl Lee Goodman. Your Dad, Wendyl Lee Goodman loved to sing, we would go visit and sing with him. He played the guitar.

     Just wanted your kids(his grand kids)to know, he had a beautiful voice, was a wonderful Christian and that his Sister Sandra loves Music as much as he did and has written over 200 Songs herself. I love to howl! It is his Heritage, Music! It runs in the Family. Granny loved Music too.

This was where I was going to upload a video, but changed my mind. I just thought since he sang, you all would like to watch a Music Video, by his Sister.
Plus this was far too humorous to keep to ones self. I didn’t realize I had this kind of effect
  
 I am singing “Pass me not O gentle Savior,”And my back up Singer is none other than Tiva(I think she really loves it too) ps. I realized, I do not have the 'rights' to sing this song, so I cannot upload this video.

To bad/so sad, it is really funny/poignant/but if I ever get the chance I will sing one of my own songs. I do have the right to upload that..............And if I ever see you all in person, I will play Mama's Video for you!

Now for a bit of introspection and opinions:   
    As for why the Lord took him so early, I don’t know the answer to that one, except for the fact that you and all the grand kids turned out to be wonderful Christian people(Loving, Kind, Generous, and Non-judgmental!) “I am impressed!”

     Struggles produce character, not perfection. Not a one of you all, are shallow people.......And I have learned not to ask the Lord why? I only ask him, what do you want me to do next?
  
He is Sovereign and says, “I shall do all of my good pleasure.”
    Praise the Lord, He is Sovereign, we might make a mess out of things, He never will. Every action He takes is for His reason and frankly He does not owe me an explanation, cause He wants me to Trust Him.
    It’s easy to Trust a man that does exactly what you want him too. It’s hard to Trust a man that does not do what you want Him to do. And anyone who tells you that it ain’t so, you just tell them, 

YES, IT IS! CAUSE I HAD TO DO IT!!!

Why Is a Man Quiet?

Because he’s hit a brick wall. Can’t go forward, can’t go backwards, can’t move anyway possible. Maybe he’s even thinking, he might need some outside, sort of help, some intervention, a change of pace, from what it is, that has him bound and down and downright depressed, till he can’t see straight or think straight.
    Then he thinks. Something’s gotta give! So he acts out in some way or other, to get attention. Well, sounds good on paper, who can really discern the mind of another, unless iron sharpens iron. But remember, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO THINK WITH YOUR MOUTH OPEN. So he withdraws. BUT DURING ALL OF THIS, HE’S STILL, THINKING, QUIETLY, & REMAINING QUIET UNTIL HE BLOWS, CAUSE PEOPLE DON’T LIKE IT WHEN YOU TALK OR WRITE WHAT IS FOREIGN TO THEM. BESIDES THEY SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO TALKERS, CONDEMNATION IN ONE FORM OR OTHER JUST BECAUSE ONE ESPOUSES A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW. Lets not get silly and stop all forms of  verbal communication because of a misplaced word or two, I don't know too many people who can sign.

You know, I got this pet peeve, about Freedom of Speech. I think you need to talk it out. COUNTRY’S, PEOPLE, MARRIAGES, CHILDREN, NEIGHBORS, ETC. WHEN PEOPLE JUST QUIT TALKING THERE AIN’T NEVER ANY HOPE OF RECONCILIATION. YOU’VE ALREADY THROWN IN THE TOWEL. GIVE UP!

But that gives no one a right to fight it out or argue it out especially in front of the little people. Talk is all right.  if you can do it without screaming and arguing and fighting about it. You are a pitiable beast at best, if that's all you can do is fight another, then stand up and pretend your important. Best case scenerio, Love one another like we are supposed to do, Country's, People, Marriages, Children. Neighbors, etc.

Now there’s been a song written about, ‘gettin on the fightin side of me,’ When your running down my Country, etc.....now I understand Songs, man, I've written over 200 Songs, I'm a Song Writer myself. So don't think I don't understand where your coming from. I'm not out to get Song Writers, but one has to be careful, the tunes they teach others to Sing. Songs are powerful tools! My 7 year old Granddaughter Abby loves to Sing my Songs. Why you ask? Because most of them are Gospel and about God. And she Loves God. Some are just Silly Songs that are fun to Sing. But that is Ok. She Loves to dance to my Mango Song and so does her 2 year old Sister, Elle! But it's Moralistic so that is OK. Besides I will say this quite honestly, I would rather they Sing Songs from my CD's that I made, than Sing that Fighting Song, any ole time. And mine ain't playing over the airways. Just the air that surrounds them in Austin, Texas.

    But you know, ‘I think I’m wise enough to know, that a talking man ain’t where the danger lies.’ I say, ‘LET UM all TALK.’ Maybe they will say something that will help someone, somewhere, sometime or maybe even help me. Criticism is ok. It clears the air. Praise all the time, ruins a person. And agreeing with someone all the time is downright, ridiculous. We ain’t Robots. ‘WHO IS IT THAT IS SO BOLD THAT THEY THINK, THEY ARE ALWAYS RIGHT?.’ 

Why even Facebook is built on the principle of people talking, saying what they want to say. Look how big it has become.  It has become an outlet for millions of people and made a billionaire out of it’s inventor for it is a social network that preys upon the need to talk.. YES, IT LET THE PEOPLE TALK. Even the quiet ones.

IT IS NOT THE TALKERS, THAT NEED WATCHING. IT IS THE NON-TALKERS. THE QUIET ONES. SO NEXT TIME YOU SONG WRITERS WANT TO TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SOMETHING, THINK UPON THIS. It is the quiet ones that are planning our downfall. They chatter quietly amongst themselves. The ones you don’t see, or don’t hear about. That is how it is, in a war-torn country far away or here. The invisible is far bigger than the visible. And they are all around us. When do they blow like a Volcano? Or tremble like an earthquake? And when do they do massive damage? When they are good and ready, and we fight stupid false wars on fronts that resemble a recording studio.

    SURE YOU CAN FIGHT A MAN THAT TELLS YOU, WHAT HE THINKS, BUT IS THAT WISE? OR IS IT, JUST THAT YOU LIKE A GOOD FIGHT? CAUSE IT’S A TURN ON, AND YOU CAN TELL EVERYONE YOU MEET, JUST HOW ROTTEN ANOTHER HUMAN BEING HAS BECOME TO YOU, and what you did as a vigilante to clean the slate. You’ll teach them a thing or two. Have you really taught them anything other than, that you are no better a man than they are.  They are called, Politically Correct, of course, EQUI-PEOPLE, YOU BEING EQUAL TO THEM. WHAT’S THE FUN IN THAT? Controlling your Anger is far better than even taking a city NOW THAT WILL PUT STARS N YOUR CROWN and put you a notch above most. Besides, think this through! Why waste a good fight on the ‘talky tots alone, why not fight the ‘quiet tots’ as well? They’re the real ones who are out to get you.....sounds to me like your 'fightin' the wrong war.

FIGHTING AIN’T WHERE IT’S AT. NEVER HAS BEEN, NEVER WILL BE. A PEACEMAKER INHERITS THE EARTH. I never said, there ain’t a time for war, and a time for fighters, but one ought not let war be their THEME SONG. Even a marriage is salvageable, given there are some good times and nobody sings about the bad all the time. But remember, ONE AH SHIT(it's not a cuss word, it's a biological function), WIPES OUT TEN ATTA BOYS  WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR PARTNER, SO YOU'LL NEVER WIN, may as well learn to get along and every body will be happier.........But talkers ought to be able to talk, without hate enshrouding them at every angle. And so should the quiet ones!

SO LET THE QUIET MAN, TALK also! WITHOUT FEAR OF RETRIBUTION. MAYBE HE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY, TO YOU, AFTER ALL. FOR GOODNESS SAKES, LISTEN TO ALL THE QUIETNESS AROUND THIS COUNTRY. THAT IS DOWNRIGHT SPOOKY.  Do we even know that something is going on. WE NEED A LEADER WHO CAN LISTEN TO THE QUIET MAN, AS WELL AS, LISTEN TO THE TALKER.

WE NEED WISDOM GOVERNING OUR COUNTRY. GOT ANY?

I DON’T WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR STANDING UP FOR MY COUNTRY, AS MUCH AS, FOR KEEPING IT PEACEABLE, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
I wanna be known as a PEACEMAKER!

Pride

    Pride takes the form of many unusual things. We can be proud of our accomplishments, our standing in society,  proud of our health, proud of our job, proud of our materialistic things, such as cars, house, furniture and clothes. We can be proud of our looks, proud of our friendships, proud because we do the right things, say the right things. We can be proud of the kinds of food we eat or don’t eat and also, proud of our children, such as their accomplishments or jobs or standing in society. Gee you name it, and we can get caught up in the web, without even realizing we are doing so. This is why we should always guard against this vicious enemy of ours, because it is so easy to slide into it and not even realize it.
    We must never, be so bold as to think, we are the reason, all of the good things above exist, on our behalf. For they do not exist because of something we have or have not done. It is only because we have a Lord that gives us good things, not because of our merit but because of His Goodness.
    So next time you figure you are deserving of His Great Accomplishments, just pause and give thought to this. Our HEAVENLY FATHER, does not need you. He can accomplish anything HE DESIRES, WITHOUT YOUR HELP. Now I am certain that He would love for you to be a major player in this KINGDOM DEEDS, if you will but acknowledge that all that you are, is because of Him. All that you will be, is because of Him.
           
               He provides the resources, for ie, the fish that swallowed Jonah, no one else did it for Him. Do you not think He could have had a boat with  fishermen aboard to do his bidding? Pick Jonah up and tell him go.  That is much simpler than a fish, but then they could have taken credit for saving Jonah’s Life. He did not want this to happen, and He made sure it did not happen. He was trying to teach Jonah a LESSON OF LIFE, GOD IS IN CONTROL. Why you ask, since God is in the Mission Business didn't he just do it the simple way. That was what Jonah went to get away from, not his mission, but GOD HIMSELF, by getting into a boat, to take him away from God, he thought that would solve all God's Orders, by making them ineffective. Well, Jonah was a man, God desired to do His Bidding. But alas, Jonah had other ideas. He even realized, when the Big Storm came, who it came from, and why it came, for he told his fellow cohorts in the boat, who God was after. NOT THEM, BUT HIM.
    HE EVEN HAD THE ANSWER. THROW ME OVERBOARD AND THE STORM WILL CEASE.
AND IT DID!
    So many people will say, I do not know the reason, why. Or many people will say, God does not control the Weather, but here is a man, who even though he was out of God’s Will, HE KNEW GOD AND HE KNEW GOD’S WILL.
    Even when we are in God’s Will or out of God’s Will, we still have trouble with the word, WHY. We demand answers. Even when we are in God’s Will, or out of God’s Will, we still have trouble with GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY, we begin to think, how dare he become more important than us! He owes us only goodness. But man, who TOLD YOU THAT LIE? God owes us nothing, but he is willing to give us everything. But alas pride gets into the picture and we cannot see the forest for the trees.
    Do you figure, Jonah had a problem with PRIDE. I figure he did. He was the right man for the job, as evidenced by God’s Call on HIS LIFE. I figure, he figured he knew better than God what GOD NEEDED, I figure, he figured he knew better than God what HE NEEDED AND I figure he knew better than God, what NINEVEH NEEDED. Now that is Pride in it’s most profound way. HE PUT HIMSELF BEFORE GOD! PRIDE, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
    We all figure, we know better, don’t we. We figure we know the right schools to go to, the right places to live, the right car to drive, the right food to eat, the right people to associate with, the right ways to handle our kids. You name it, we figure we are right. THIS I'M RIGHT AND YOUR WRONG, SOLILOQUY, CAN REALLY GET YOU INTO SOME KIND OF TROUBLE. When you find yourself defending your 'point of view' way to heartedly, you might take heed, as to why you are doing this, AND THINK BEFORE YOU ACT. BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK WRONG, YOU ACT WRONG! Which is what Jonah did, wholeheartedly.
    I think the Story of Jonah teaches us that PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL. After all Jonah fell pretty low wouldn’t you agree.
    I think he finally accepted WHO GOD WAS, WHAT GOD COULD DO, AND WHAT GOD WANTED ACCOMPLISHED. We really ought to watch out on a daily basis for PRIDE. FOR WE ALL ARE JUST HANGING AROUND ON A THREAD, ONE GOD WOVE, BY THE WAY, NOT YOU. This means, HE CALLS THE SHOTS. HE IS IN CONTROL OF WHEN WE COME, WHEN WE GO, WHEN WE STAY, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. HUMBLING ISN'T IT? SO WHAT HAVE WE GOT TO BE PROUD ABOUT?
    THE ANSWER TO BEING PRIDEFUL IS TO BE THANKFUL, FOR WHATEVER COMES OUR WAY! REALIZING IT ALL CAME FROM HIM, EVEN OUR ABILITY TO HAVE UNDERSTANDING, WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE.
    MOSTLY BEING THANKFUL FOR WHATEVER OPPORTUNITY GOD ALLOWS US, TO BE A PART OF HIS KINGDOM. NO MATTER, HOW HE CHOOSES TO USE US, OR WHAT WAY HE CHOOSES TO CORRECT US, OR WHO AND WHAT HE CHOOSES TO USE TO CORRECT US, FOR CORRECT US HE WILL, WHEN WE STRAY OFF THE NARROW PATH. AFTER ALL, HE DID NOT JUST LET JONAH GO, HIS MERRY'O WAY.

After all, it is because of God's great Love that He corrects us.

IN THE END,

JONAH DID WHAT GOD TOLD HIM TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE! PUT GOD FIRST. 
GOD HATES 2ND PLACE.

Love Nina
Later more later

HFIG

Nina & Papa*Ouray, Colorado

I hesitate to write this ON A BLOG, for it is VERY PERSONAL! Then I realized something. SO IS HFIG! You can’t get any more personal than HAVE FAITH IN GOD. That is an individual thing. It belongs in the VERY PERSONAL CATEGORY! As much as I try, I cannot find one instance in the Bible where a Christian went Private, BY MOUTH OR DEED, with His or Her Views

Is not my word like fire, declares the LORD, and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces? Jeremiah 23:29

    When all else fails, let it happen. Don’t fight it so much. God can do nothing until you reach the point where you quit trying to do everything. The truth will follow. The truth that states, even if there is no promise of a job, a job will be right around the corner in some form or other. The truth that states, even if one cannot see the light in the darkness, it is there shining brightly above all of those dark clouds. The truth that states, one does not have to look any further than right inside one’s being. The truth that states, you carry it with you where ever you go, for planted within all those folds of doubt, discouragement, disarray and disillusionment,  lies a thing called ‘spiritual fallow ground that you cannot see, cannot hear and cannot feel,’ where God has planted within it something called  FAITH.
    Watch it grow, when the watering can is our questions and the water is the negative force brought about by our inability to see a way out of the dungeon. Faith begins to open up like a Rose, in a Spring Moment of Winter’s Weakness. Like Peter, inside of the Prison, frankly he knew he was a goner, he had reached the point of knowing he was in some kinda big trouble, he had reached his NEGATIVE PEAK,  but he also knew he had met Jesus, HIS POSITIVE PEAK. So he slept. When there is no way out, God makes a way out. His is a Creative Force that was present from the beginning before anything existed here on earth and He works even now in the present. God creates a new way out.  He sent an Angel to Peter.

Act 12:6  Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.

Act 12:7  And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands. ct 12:8  And the angel said to him, "Dress yourself and put on your sandals." And he did so. And he said to him, "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me."

Act 12:9  And he went out and followed him. He did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

Act 12:10  When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them of its own accord, and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel left him.

That Angelic Being from God’s Throne Room of Grace, made a way for Peter to get out of Prison. 

    We must stop, seeing what we see. We must stop, hearing what we hear. We must always respond to those Spiritual furrows, deep inside the folds of our being where God has planted Faith and say, ‘you know there just might be a way, if I quit looking for it, in all the old ways that I am aware of, and let God do it. We must believe, what we cannot see. We must believe, what we cannot hear. God expects us to draw close in Faith to Him. He responds to Faith so fast is it impossible to believe that He can move that fast. He, my dear ones, is faster than the speed of light. I wrote a song, I love to sing it.

   

HOLY DELIGHT

I go beyond space I can bend time

I know the name of every star and where they shine

I give joy like a natural wine

He says I know your name do you know mine.

My power is greater than the greatest might

I move faster than the speed of light

My deep is deeper than the deepest night

He says I know your name do you know mine

We are 3 we are 3

We are the Holy Blessed Trinity

We are 1 we are 1

The Spirit the Father and the Son

Tell him all about your difficulties

Tell him all about your great big needs

Tell him until your burden is bare

Keep on telling him just because he cares

Love goes beyond space

Love can bend time

Love knows the name of every star and where they shine

Love gives joy like a natural wine

He says I know your name do you know mine

My name is Holy Holy alive

My name is Holy Holy revive

My name is Holy Holy Life

My name is Holy Holy delight

Love is greater than the greatest might

Love moves faster than the speed of light

Love is deeper than the deepest night
He says, I know your name do you know mine
 

I have seen God make a way, for my son to be operated on
when there was no insurance due to a lack of a job. The Indians did it in Tallaquah, Oklahoma at their hospital, because I got his Indian Card, he being part Certified Choctaw. All this when there was no way, to stop his Jaw from growing. But they did. They tied off the Artery that was causing it. Now we is Indian. Some people won’t even claim a part like they are ashamed of it. Say it’s too small a part to be Indian. That is sad indeed. It is still a large part of their heritage. They just simply don’t acknowledge it. They don’t need to, they have a job, they have insurance. THE CHOCTAWS LET YOU CLAIM A PART! WISE TRIBE INDEED! I SAY, “THERE IS NO WAY TO GET INDIAN OUT OF YOUR BLOOD.” We needed to be Certified Indian at the RIGHT TIME. God made a way. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen this same boy, Rathan make 30 out of 32 on his ACT SCORE and get a 4 year scholarship given to him, and he is now an Electrical Engineer, a tax bearing and paying member of society. He went into the Navy and spent 6 years also. He has 4 kids now and he FAITHS IT. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen all 4 kids, get a College Degree, One an Industrial Engineer Robert, an Electrical Engineer Rathan, a Video Engineer Ruben, and Rebecca a Chemistry degree. They all did their best, knew they were Loved and struggled through it all. Don and I did the returning student route, graduated with our kids and he got a Math Degree and I got a Science Degree. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen all 4 of our kids FAITH IT in some manner or other. And it was hard to know how to raise boys not being one. And I am sure I made all kinds of mistakes, while trying to raise kids, but I knew one thing. I loved them, I really loved them. And I knew love does not fail. And they are just your normal run of the mill, kids, unless you ask me, and I believe they’re the best, GOD HAS TO OFFER. THE GRANDKIDS TOO. I THANK GOD TREMENDOUSLY FOR THEM AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD IT EASY, BY ANY MEANS. BUT THEY ALL KNOW GOD LOVES THEM. CAUSE I TELL THEM EVERY CHANCE I GET. And they have experienced His Love, for themselves, also. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen God give my son Robert back to us when he was 2. He stopped breathing, by drowning and I asked God to help him and also help me help him.  I was so miserable about it happening, because I always thought I was watching him so closely and loved him so very deeply, and I struggled so hard to help him no one else could and I just gave him to God to do as He chose. God wanted me to see for sure that he loved Robert more than I ever could. And I saw it. When I acknowledged that, God sent Robert back to the land of the living. I was pregnant with Rathan at that time so it would have been a triple tragedy. Because of this experience he has always had a special place in our hearts. God is the God of Second Chances, Third Chances, Fourth Chances, you get the picture!!! There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen Ruben not have a place to stay to finish High School and his Sister Rebecca take him in and help him Graduate from Plano High School a highly respected school in Dallas. She became a Surrogate Mother and as a Sister, it was a responsibility that was difficult at best to bear. But she loved her brother. And she was willing to help. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen God provide houses to live in for years when we had no house, rent free and one of them was a tent my Sister Erma provided and we put it, on Erick’s land in Sand Springs, Oklahoma and lived there for a couple of Months, and then we moved to a stable where Donkey’s use to live in. My twin Brother Erick inherited my folks ole stone house and ran animals in it. It’s a miracle what Clorox can do. Besides when I saw the stable, stone was better than a tent with 4 kids in it and I jumped on it. Erick’s kindliness allowed us to do this. And last but not least one of them was my Blessed Parents, old house in Mannford, wonderful Christian People, when they went to live with my twin brother Stuart who built a house for them next door to him. He truly exemplified the Lord’s admonition, bear one another’s burdens.’ People it takes money for housing. But it didn’t take any in our case. There was no way. HFIG
     I have seen our daughter make straight A’s in High School be a Co-valedictorian at Mannford High School and get a 4 year, Parsons Scholarship to Southeastern State University in Durant. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen God make a way, to pay our utilities. We simply borrowed a Pell Grant for my husband to go to school on. And we paid our utilities on borrowed money. There was no way.  HFIG
    I have seen my husband change jobs in midstream, become a math teacher and now teaches computers and runs the internet. He loves his new job. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen myself, have pneumonia due to the Swine Flu and God heal it completely. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen my gut bust at night in Dallas, Texas, and not know if it could be fixed, it hurt like hell. We drove 4 hours the next morning to an Indian Hospital, it takes you a while to die of a busted gut. But we made it to the Indian Hospital at Ada. They did a superb job, found air where air shouldn’t be, operated and I am alive and well and thankful to all the Indians in Ada, Oklahoma. Give the Indians credit for being there when I needed them, THEN AND NOW!  "BESIDES, MAN, YOU JUST GOTTA LOVE THEM INDIANS, I SAY, THEY BEEN SO GOOD TO ME." There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen deep, forever friends  come along when I was very lonely sitting inside a foreign land. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen God keep our family together when there has been a myriad of trials, troubles and tribulations to separate us. My husbands love never wavered through thick or thin. He is forgiving to the uttermost degree. But he’s also a Strong Man of Valor and Courage and Commitment and Love. He always has been here to take care of me, even when I was in need of Psychiatric help. He has supported me 200% in all my endeavors. And believe me I am a project kinda woman. A woman that has been troubled and trouble. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen my Pyschiatric Meds & other stuff get paid for by the IHS, because the Navajo’s honor the Choctaws way of doing business. Now Blue Cross helps me when they can & Medicare does the rest. All the health systems have been good to me & are absolutely wonderful and, ‘A OK.’ There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen Don’s brother Delton(a big Rancher in Mead) give us land to retire on, RIGHT NOW. We only have to get a house. There was no way. HGIG
 The answer to a lot of our dilemma's was to 'quit spending.' That we did. Wore holey jeans, did without, cut back on everything. Ate cheapo. Received commodities. My sister Laverne, gave me Beautiful Clothes that I am still wearing, they won't wear out. And as you can see from all of the above, 'help one another,' is THE BESTEST AND FASTEST WAY TO RELIEF. NO PROUDO'S IN THIS HERE FAMILY. HUMILITY REIGNS!!! There was no way. HFIG
    I Have seen my mother in law, who is now deceased, call me for prayer from Durant, Oklahoma for relief from the pain of cataract surgery she had, all the way to Arkansas, where we had lived, all because of bushes that we planted.

     I will tell you the story. One day we were planting bushes and I got to the last one and was ‘worn out.’ I said, “we’ll go ahead and plant it, and led God water it. LET GOD DO IT!” Well, she was not exactly happy to let it be but she was tired too & said ok. When she phoned me Months later, she reminded me of it. She said “remember the bush,” I said, “yes,” she said, “well it rained that night. GOD WATERED THE BUSH.”
     “OF COURSE HE DID, GOD RESPONDS TO FAITH,” I SAID. She said, that’s why she called because she remembered the bush. So I prayed for her ‘PAIN TO GO AWAY,& IT DID.’ There was no way. HFIG
    NOW PEOPLE, LET ME SAY, IT AGAIN, OVER AND OVER AND OVER, IF IT WILL GET YOU TO SEE THINGS FROM GOD’S PERSPECTIVE.
    GOD RESPONDS TO FAITH.........
    HFIG HFIG HFIG HFIG HFIG HAVE FAITH IN GOD!!!
    I have seen, I have seen. I have seen. It is a never ending source of spiritual strength that I have seen with my Spiritual Eyes, heard with my Spiritual Ears, that God has imparted to my soul. Such a myriad of things, so many stories, that I could enumerate upon, never ending, like finding my two older boys in the Mountains in California when they were elementary age and got lost. The Angels were working overtime that day. I have to stop, but I don’t want to. For I am forever grateful for all God has done for us. When there was no way. God created a way. HFIG
    When there is no way, God makes a way, in the desert! RAIN!
    CAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE HE WANTS YOU, acknowledging your limitations. HE WANTS YOU IN THE DESERT! He don’t want you taking any credit whatsoever for doing anything. Let God do the raining.
    DON’T YOU SEE, WHEN WE WERE PLANTING THE BUSHES, HE WAS WAITING ON ME TO GET TIRED. HE KNEW WHEN I WAS WORN OUT, WAS WHEN HE WOULD GET TO SHINE HIS LIGHT THE BRIGHTEST. This is Pauls, “when I am weakest, then He is strongest.
    REMEMBER,‘LET GOD DO IT, HE’S WAITING ON YOU! LIKE MY SONG SINGS, “Holy Delight, Holy Life, Holy Revive, Holy Alive, I AM WHO I AM! God loves u!”

 In the present, I do not worry. I look forward to the future!!!

As a fortune cookie says, "no one can look backward into the future."  I like that. But sometimes regressing is ok. As long as you don't stay there and you realize you don't belong there anymore.

Love Nina
Later more later

Well this is more later:
Now this is probably gonna be the longest blog on record, but this needs to be said, RIGHT HERE.
 ALLS I DID WAS PRAY! THROUGHOUT MY LIFETIME!  THAT'S WHY I'M WRITING THIS. MAYBE IT WILL JAR YOU TO PRAY, IF ANYONE EVER GETS THIS FAR! No I don't look and act like it, but I did it anyway! That's why I turned to HFIG. SO THOUGHT YES, THIS TREATISE ON PRAYER NEEDS TO BE ENTERED, AT THIS TIME.  There is no point in me telling you to HFIG if I don't tell you how it's done.

 Behold, he prayeth.

- Act_9:11

    He puts all our tears in a bottle. Tears bring us to the throne of Grace like nothing else does. A form of prayer, tears always reach the Saviors eyes. He knows when we are overwhelmed, and wants to help us. He is moved by such ‘Soul Touches as Emotions.’ He is moved by our laughter, He knows when we feel good and He wants to continue having us do so. But even in laughter, our hearts are heavy, He knows this. So He takes this heaviness and helps us to see, that yes, it will soon be ok. He never leaves us in a ‘State of Discontent.’ For He is always hearing us, seeing us and touching us. He wants to supply our every need, if we but listen to His way concerning the Supply Chain. He does not want to leave us in a State that will exhibit, ‘He never heard us.’ For we know He heard our sighs, our moans, our pain, our agony and he wishes to answer them for us.  He is the Advocate to the Father for us. The Father knows us through Jesus. For He brings us right into the Holy of Holies where He is sitting and intercedes for each and every one of us.
    Now I pray, standing, sitting, while talking, while listening, while laughing, while crying, while sick, while whole, while moaning, while groaning, while in ‘Agony of Heart,’ all of these ways, I pray.
    I love to pray. I pray for people I do not know, I pray for people, other people ask me to pray for, I pray for people, God tells me to pray for, I pray for the sick, the lonely, the friendless, the moneyless, the sad, the happy, the broken hearted. I pray for all of the attributes any human being can have, and I can pray for whatever God says to. I really do love to pray. I have prayed and never gotten an answer, it seemed. But I believe in the Prayer of Importunity, so I pray and I pray and I pray for the same thing sometimes, and then if I get no response, I let it go. But listen let me tell you, he never lets a prayer go. He is always in the process of seeing to it that it is answered in some form or other. Don’t ever think because you do not see immediate results that he has forgotten about you, for this is not true. He has you written on the Palm of His Hand. That is how close your are to Him, so why would he want to discourage you. He does not.
He wants us to come to Him in Prayer for whatever our needs are, He wants us to come into prayer anytime, anyplace, anywhere. He wants us to come to His Throne of Grace to receive Mercy in our time of need, all the time. We are the needy, folks. Not Him! We cannot out ask Him. It is impossible to do. He’s never ending! He’s sovereign, He’s immutable, He’s Omnipotent, He’s Omniscient, He’s Omnipresent, He has no beginning, no ending, He’s Love!LoverLike Paul says, I know how to live with, I know how to live without. It’s irrelevant which way the ball falls, the Father knows who’s Court the Ball is in. Enjoy what you got, where ever you be!  But please, keep on asking, keep on seeking, keep on knocking, keep on interceding where you are.

He likes company! 

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine . . . be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus. - Ephesians 3:20-21