Now for many years we have been dealing with Squirrels.

Like is said we had squirrels eating all of Jeanne's mangos. This was not good, she would ask me to put out poison and plus any kind of deterrent. So, we bought a couple of items. I really didn't want to hurt any dogs that lived in our neighborhood. So, I just put it in storage and never pulled it out and used. Okay one day we stopped at Tracor Supply and saw a small trap ($29,99) then found a two pack. One small one and a large one for the same price. So, guess which one we bought? You are correct, the twin pack. So, I would put mangos that the squirrels have already started eating and set the traps. 

Since we have started, we have caught 12 of them and took them all to the park down the road. Whiter City Park. It's right on the water there and there are many of them there already. 

On this last Monday morning we have caught squirrels, rabbits (just let them go in our yard and now a rat. Now this one I took across the road and dumped him or her next to the railroad tracks. 

I didn't have the time to run over to the park. 

Prayerfully he or she will not be coming back. 

Well, prayerfully we got rite of most of our little friends and when we get back home. There are mangos still on the trees and that will make my little girl very happy. 

Reading thru my Bible, I am not in Nehemiah chapter 5 to 6 today. It talks about how so many Jews were hurting for food and just able to live out their lives in Jerusalem. Then while Nehemiah has many helpers, rebuilding the gates and walls of Jerusalem. There has been a few guys Sanballat and Tobiah (Arabs) That didn't want them to rebuild. They tried all kinds of tricks to stop them form building. 

BUT THE LORD WAS WITH THE JEWS AND THEY PROVEIL.  

When the Lord is part of your working, He is there thru out. 

 

Spending some time with our family.

Yes, we are back at The Chopstick Chinese Restaurant in Port Saint Lucie. We have been here before. We took Chris (Jeanne's cousin) about two weeks ago. It really is a nice place to eat and enjoy different kinds of foods. So, today is Father's Day and we wanted to celebrate Jake's (stepdad to our grandchildren) this special day.  

So, someone decided on this place. Like I said before really good, tasty food and you pretty much can get whatever you can imagen. 

We really did have a wonderful day and just hanging out was worth the trip. From left to right. Krista, Kaslyn, Kadan and my loving wife Jeanne. 

Folks it was a two-edged sword day.  We meet at the cemetery this morning and put some beautiful flowers on Jake's grave and then drove over and had some good food. I know everyone was hurting and just thinking about him during our time together. 

It really nice to see these guys and I just know Jeanne loves it so much. We need to spend more time with them, as the kids are getting older and started their own lives very shortly. 

 

I had a chance to go to a Men's Christian Conference, on this last Saturday morning.

It was neat to be able to spend some time in God's Word with a bunch of men. Before things started, we all had a chance to get some breakfast. 

They had some tables setup and had all kinds of foods. Fruit, apple turn overs, yogurt and I know there other food, but I was a good boy, had yogurt and fruit. 

This is the area we all sat to eat together. I sat with a few guys I got to meet, Grath, Sid and Josh. They all came in from Calvary Chapel Bradenton, Florida. It's about a two-hour ride. (West coast). 

There was a little time to just hang out. I sat down and Thomas sat with me; he is from this area. He is accountant. This is Chris, he sat with us too. 

This was the opening. Pastor Andrew kicked this conference off. he was the one the run down the schedule and just keep us informed. I have not seen him before, I think he work here. Then the praise and worship started and man it was wonderful to hear all men singing and raising their hands and praising God. 

Then our first teacher came out and gave us a little history of his life. He flew in from Calvary Chapel Aurora, Colorado. He is the Senior Pastor there.  Not sure when he shared about his e mail. But he told us a fact about his e mail address, At the end of his address, he told us,.ORG not .COM. The reason was, .COM is a guy named Ed Tayor but during COVID has started a web page that he is Santa Claus. Ed explained that he contacted the guy and wanted to but his web page. But the guy came back and told him it would cost 7 figures. That kind of set Ed back a little. How can you expect 7 figures??? He wrote back and told him God Bless. 

He taught on 1 Timothy 4:7-8. Plus, he had God wants us to do great thing, He wants us to be Godly in Him.  Move forward, get your stretch from Him. Joshus 1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses. Then Philippians 1:6 being confident of this very thing that He who has begun a good work in you will complete is until the day Jesus Christ. 

As he was winding down, he talked about what are your gifts? he told us, about how he has tried to fix things around the house and most of the time, he makes it worst. His wife has that gift of fixing things. So, he told us that his job is make his wife happy. He hates vacuuming. But he does it because he loves here and wants to serve her. That kind of funny, Jeanne (my wife) she just loves coming home and seeing I have vacuumed. So, I guess I am here for her. 

We had a short break and then our next speaker came out. 

Pastor Stephen Cummins is from Calvary Chapel Crystal River. It on the west coast of Florida. He taught on 1 Corinthians 9:24 to 27. Striving for the Crown. This is talking about our race in life. Are we striving to finish the race strong. To win the crown? Then he spoke on 1Sanuel 17 this chapter is talking about David and Goliath. How David juts knew that the Lord was with him, and he could slay Goliath. Hey David took the sheep out of a lion's mouth, and he killed a bear too. He was confident and just trusted the Lord. Then he went to Palms 144:1 Blessed be the Lord my rock, Who TRAINS my hands for war and finger for battle. Need to finish the race strong and try to win every time. 

It's time for lunch. 

We all ate well, ribs, beans, mac and cheese and ice cream afterwards. Which was a gift from the family of 

I am not sure who this gentleman is, but I guess he was part of this fellowship at Calvary Chapel Vero Beach. He passed a little while back and the family was very happy to take care of the BBQ and Ice Cream Lunch. Thank you very much, it was great, and the ice cream really hit the spot. 

Afterwards that had games set up for us to play. Frist one was how fast can pitch a baseball? I watched a young boy pitch and he really had the aim and speed too. Then a few older guys tried, and they pretty tried, but missed the glove, hey they tried ad least. 

Then how good of a chipper are you? hey his guy did really good. 

Then all the way in the parking lot, Axe throwing. When I walked up to watch, one guy had it down. Hit the bull's eye three times. But afterwards, the next couple of guys could not even get the axe to stick in the board. 

It was very hot day, I went and sat down and just enjoyed some conversation with a couple of guys sitting on the lounge chairs. 

Its time for our third speaker. Oh, every time before each speaker came up there was praise and worship. Which was very rewarding. It just gets you into the right frame of mind. Seeking God. 

I don't know why this picture is so bad. But this is Jeremy Morris. He is from Calvary Chapel Orlando. He pretty talked on God' s strength. Fellowshipping and Accountable. 

Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron. That is what fellowship in about, making us learn together and enjoy praising our Lord as a unit.  God; word is a lamp to our feet. Then he talked about Gen 2:8 The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. Then put him there to work. 

1 Corinthians 12:12 to 31 Unity and Diversity in One Body. God made us to work together. Look at our parts of our body, not one is more important than the other. All needs to work together. 

Then we praised and worshipped after a small break. Then Pastor Ed came back out to close us out. 

1) New Creation 2 Corn 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a NEW CREATION: old things have passed away: behold, all things have become new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. 

2) New Life Galatians 2:20  I have been crucified with Christ: it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. 

3) New Victors 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a NEW CREATION. old things have passed away, behold all things have become NEW. 

Folks this was a wonderful time to hear God's word and just enjoy it all. 

PRAISE HIM TODAY. 

 

Our cousin (Chris) owns this property (next store neighbor) .

This is our cousin Chris. He lives in Alaska. But he used to live on this property when he was a kid. Meanwhile, he has bought it from his family members and now is just visiting us. While here he wants to get some jobs cleaned up. This camper he is cutting up, was his mom and dad's travel RV. He was telling me that his mom and dad would leave Alaska and drive all the way here and stay in this while being here in Fort Pierce. But as this camper sat here for the last 18 years, it has been falling apart. So, Chris started this a couple of days ago. He got a dumpster. and started cutting it up.  

I think this was Tuesday of this week. I came over and helped out a little. he kept working on it. 

Now I think this is Wednesday, I came over and we finished it up. 

Chris is a collector. He thinks one of his next trip he will try to sell some of these items on Craigs List. 

So, we loaded all of these items into the shed he owns here on his property. 

Oh, there are renters living here, so Chris has been finishing cleaning everything up. 

It's kind of funny, but Chris even got more things into this dumpster. He was cleaning up all around this area. He told us, that the guy that picked up the dumpster, he packed it very well. At the end of the day, Chris got a call from the dumpster company and told him that there are no added fees on this pick up. That was a great message for he was thinking he might have to pay for more tonnage. 

Hey, the guy that owns this dumpster company, we (Jeanne and I) had a chance to talk with him a few years ago, when we rented a dumpster then. He is very fair prices ($340.00) if you go over two (2) ton weight, it will cost you another $65.00. Plus, if you are looking for a dumpster, in this area, please call 100% Trash. If you call Waste Pro, it will cost you almost double the price, and they really don't care if the dumpster is full of rainwater or not.  100% Trash guy even tipped the dumpster up and drained as much water out before he left for the landfill. 

So, now Chris is very happy, and his time is winding down. He was telling Jeanne yesterday that he will be flighting out on Sunday. 

Overall, it was nice having him here and just going to different places and hanging out was refreshing. He has a lot of knowledge about many things; he loves watching YouTube and loves sharing all kinds of things. 

Well, I am still reading 2 Chronicles, Folks I just enjoy reading about King Daivid and all about what he did and even is one son Solomon. Now it talks about all of his other family members and how evil they are and just, disobeying the Lord's commandments. So, I just read over it and move on. 

All I know is God is right alongside of us and loves us.