This is a KEEPER

I grew up with practical parents. A mother, God love her, who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then reused it. She was the original recycle queen, before they had a name for it... A father who was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new ones.

Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends lived barely a wave away..

I can see them now, Dad in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress, lawn mower in one hand, and dish-towel in the other. It was the time for fixing things.. A curtain rod, the kitchen radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress.. Things we keep.

It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy.. All that re-fixing, eating, renewing, I wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more.

But then my mother died, and on that clear summer's night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any more.

Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away...never to return.. S o... while we have it..... it's best we love it.... and care for it... and fix it when it's broken......... and heal it when it's sick.

This is true. for marriage....... and old cars..... and children with bad report cards..... and dogs with bad hips.... and aging parents..... and grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it.
Some things we keep. Like a best friend that moved away or a classmate we grew up with.

There are just some things that make life important, like people we know who are special........ and so, we keep them close!

I received this from someone who thinks I am a 'keeper', so I've sent it to the people I think of in the same way... Now it's your turn to send this to those people that are "keepers" in your life. Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there. Keep them close!

TEN THINGS GOD WON'T ASK ON THAT DAY.

1.... God won't ask what kind of car you drove. He'll ask how many people you drove who didn't have transportation..

2.... God won't ask the square footage of your house, He'll ask how many people you welcomed into your home.

3.... God won't ask about the clothes you had in your closet, He'll ask how many you helped to clothe.

4.... God won't ask what your highest salary was. He'll ask if you compromised your character to obtain it.

5.... God won't ask what your job title was. He'll ask if you performed your job to the best of your ability.

6.... God won't ask how many friends you had. He'll ask how many people to whom you were a friend.

7.... God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived, He'll ask how you treated your neighbors.

8.... God won't ask about the color of your skin, He'll ask about the content of your character.

9.... God won't ask why it took you so long to seek Salvation. He'll lovingly take you to your mansion in heaven, and not to the gates of Hell.

10.... God won't have to ask how many people you forwarded this to, He already knows your decision.

Had a nice dinner at Double Dragon

Another job well done

The bridge and the bear.

This bridge is on the Old Donner Pass Highway .
It has a spectacular view of Donner Lake and
Donner Pass on Route 40.

A bear was walking across Rainbow Bridge ( Old Hwy 40 at
Donner Summit , Truckee ) on Saturday when two cars, also
crossing the bridge, scared the bear into jumping over the
edge of the bridge. Somehow the bear caught the ledge
and was able to pull itself to safety. Authorities decided
that nothing could be done to help Saturday night so they
returned Sunday morning to find the bear sound asleep on
the ledge.

After securing a net under the bridge the bear was tranquilized,
fell into the net, lowered, then woke up and walked out of the net.

There is a moral to this story; this old bear made
a wrong move and found he was hanging by his nails. Somehow
he was able to pull himself up onto the ledge where he saw he
was in a very bad, impossible situation and what did he do?
Yep, he took a nap and sure enough, God took care of the
situation while he was asleep.

The moral of the story is that when confronted with a bad
situation, sometimes the best solution is to take a nap and
let God take care of the rest.

I think I'm going to take a nap right now.
God is on the job.
Hugs, Prayers and Sweet Dreams.

Please look at this web page about the story below.

http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=NO+U.S.+SERVICEMAN+CAN+SPEAK+AT+ANY+FAITH-BASED+PUBLIC+EVENTS+ANYMORE.+&x=27&y=11&sp-a=00062d45-sp00000000&sp-advanced=1&sp-p=all&sp-w-control=1&sp-w=alike&sp-date-range=-1&sp-x=any&sp-c=100&sp-m=1&sp-s=0



Please copy all of this and paste and you will see this is TRUE.
If you have trouble doing that. Please go to www.snope.com and put in No Serviceman can speak. It should come up. Please pass this on to others too. I really am not sure what else is going on.
If you have other stories like this on. Please send them to me, I would love to put them in my blog too.

toms@alcbahamas.org

Keep military menebers out of church

Still think there is no ulterior motive?


Sent by Retired Vice Admiral Bob Scarborough, of Arlington , Va.

"I wanted to give you all some disturbing information on our wonderful president. I work with the Catch-A-Dream Foundation which provides hunting and fishing trips to children with life-threatening illnesses. This past weekend we had our annual banquet / fundraiser event in Starkville . "As a part of our program, we had scheduled Sgt. 1st Class Greg Stube, a highly decorated U.S. Army Green Beret and inspirational speaker who was severely injured while deployed overseas and didn't have much of a chance for survival to come. Greg is stationed at Ft. Bragg , NC and received permission from his commanding officer to come speak at our function... Everything was on go until Obama made a policy that NO U.S. SERVICEMAN CAN SPEAK AT ANY FAITH-BASED PUBLIC EVENTS ANYMORE. Needless to say, Greg had to cancel his speaking event with us... Didn't know if anyone else was aware of this new policy. Wonder what kind of news we all will receive next. You're just starting to see the Obamanation. Your religion is on the list next. I don't know about you, but this makes me furious.

This is just how the Nazis did it in the 30's, slowly, one step at a time.

If you don't see the similarities you are truly blind.

Put it out there folks

You think you have high prices on gas?

A 3-year-old girl named Reachelle Marie Smith is missing

Bob's Body Shop

We have been blessed. NEW PRESSURE WASHER

yes our time with Mission Conference has come to a close

Mission Conference at Calvary Bible

Thursday morning great place to do devotions

We had some termmites Three large monuts

The Woodpecker Might Have To Go!!!!

Everything I need to know about life, I learned from Noah's Ark
One : Don't miss the boat.
Two : Remember that we are all in the same boat.
Three : Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.
Four : Stay fit When you're 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.
Five : Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.
Six : Build your future on high ground.
Seven : For safety's sake, travel in pairs. !
Eight : Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.
Nine : When you're stressed, float a while.
Ten : Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.
Eleven : No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting.
May your troubles be less, may your blessings be more,and may nothing but happiness come through your door!

What is an INFIDEL?

A must read by ALL Americans This is very good!!!!

This is a true story and the author, Rick Mathes, is a well-known leader in prison ministry.

The Muslim religion is the fastest growing religion per capita in the United States , especially in the minority races!!
Last month I attended my annual training session that's required for maintaining my state prison security clearance.
During the training session, there was a presentation by three speakers representing the Roman Catholic, Protestant and Muslim faiths, who each explained their beliefs.
I was particularly interested in what the Islamic had to say.

The Muslim gave a great presentation of the basics of Islam, complete with a video. After the presentations, time was provided for questions and answers..

When it was my turn, I directed my question to the Muslim and asked: 'Please, correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that most Imams and clerics of Islam have declared a holy jihad [Holy war] against the infidels of the world and, that by killing an infidel,(which is a command to all Muslims) they are assured of a place in heaven.

If that's the case, can you give me the definition of an infidel?'

There was no disagreement with my statements and, without hesitation, he

replied, 'Non-believers!'


I responded, 'So, let me make sure I have this straight. All followers of Allah have been commanded to kill everyone who is not of your faith so they can have a place in heaven.

Is that correct?'


The expression on his face changed from one of authority and command to that of a little boy who had just been caught with his hand in the cookie jar.'
He sheepishly replied, 'Yes.'

I then stated, 'Well, sir, I have a real problem trying to imagine Pope John Paul commanding all Catholics to kill those of your faith or Dr. Stanley ordering all Protestants to do the same in order to guarantee them a place in heaven!'

The Muslim was speechless!

I continued, 'I also have a problem with being your friend when you and your brother clerics are telling your followers to kill me. Let me ask you a question: Would you rather have your Allah, who tells you to kill me in order for you to go to heaven, or my Jesus who tells me to love you because I am going to heaven and He wants you to be there with me?'

You could have heard a pin drop as the Imam hung his head in shame.

Needless to say, the organizers and/or promoters of the 'Diversification' training seminar were not happy with my way of dealing with the Islamic Imam, and exposing the truth about the Muslims' beliefs.

In twenty years there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the President!

I think everyone in the U.S. should be required to read this, but with the
ACLU, there is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on!

Yesterday we had a chance to visit some new friends

yes we have more students.They flew in Sunday at 11am

I would like to just say hello to all out there.

This summer coming is going to be a busy one. Just this last week we had two groups in. Judson College and James Madison came in at the same time. I was so blessed to say we were ready because of Faye and Bob's help. I shouldn't even say that. Faye pretty much got this place in order and it even looked good too.
Judson group was over seen by Stacie. She pretty much drove them every where that they needed to go. To me that was a blessing. I drove around James Madison group. I was some what easy. I had to drop them off at Uriah McPhee school at 8:00 am. Then pick them up at Rawson Square around 6:00pm.
Mean while Bob and I had our own problems to deal with. First of all we needed to get our vehicles ready for inspection. You know head lights, horn, wipers, turn signals and brake lights. We I thought we had all week long to get these things fixed. Got a phone call on Friday and was told that they would be out on Monday afternoon. So Bob and I had our hands full. There was only a couple of items not working. But they still were not working. So on Monday morning got another call we are coming in around noon now. We made it happen and all passed.
Then on Wednesday while driving the Jungle Bus. I noticed a some noise coming from the passager side front tyre. I thought it was a wheel bearing. But after talking with Bob and looking we found out it was a hanger bearings that runs the drive shaft which moves the bus along. Mean while I was picking kids up for program here and dropping them off too. So I really was not here to work that much on all that needed to get done. Make a long story short, Bob pretty much pulled the drive shaft and all apart by himself. Then yesterday we got the hanger bearings replaced and ready to ride today.
Today we have 35 students coming in from California. The Pastor Shawn, that is coming in was our Youth Pastor back around 6 years ago. So I know Calvary Bible is looking forward in seeing him and his students. They come each year and help out where ever is needed. They hope to do some work at The All Saints Camp. Plus do other things too. I really will be more part of this group than I was with the last two. The reason I say this is their schedule is very busy.going here and there and then there again. I hope to take more pictures and this way you don't need to read so much.

I have a new pet

There has been many streets torn up with road work.

I think this was Thursday?

Thanks goodness for God's GRACE

It is not what you do

“There is now no condemnation for those who are in Jesus Christ.” Romans 8:1 NIV
There is never a point at which you are any less saved than you were the first moment Christ saved you. Just because you were grumpy at breakfast doesn’t mean you were condemned at breakfast. When you lost your temper yesterday, you didn’t lose your salvation. Your name doesn’t disappear and reappear in the book of life according to your moods and actions . . .

You are saved, not because of what you do, but because of what Christ did.

How lifes goes. FUNNY

GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:
1) Raising teenagers is like nailing jelly to a tree.
2) Wrinkles don't hurt.
3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts
4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground...
5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy..

GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD

1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional...
2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there.
4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions...
6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician
7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.

SUCCESS:

At age 4 success is . . . . Not piddling in your pants.
At age 12 success is . . . Having friends.
At age 17 success is . . Having a driver's license.
At age 35 success is . . . ..having money.
At age 50 success is . . . Having money..
At age 70 success is . .. . Having a drivers license.
At age 75 success is . ... . Having friends.
At age 80 success is . . .. Not piddling in your pants.

Little children have leanred

1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats..
2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person.
4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food..
6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair..
7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandma's lap.

Sister Mary Ann' gas

Sister Mary Ann, who worked for a home health agency, was out making her rounds visiting home bound patients when she ran out of gas.
As luck would have it, a Texaco Gasoline station was just a block away.
She walked to the station to borrow a gas can and buy some gas. The attendant told her that the only gas can he owned had been
loaned out, but she could wait until it was returned. Since Sister Mary Ann was on the way to see a patient, she decided not to wait and walked back to her car.
She looked for something in her car that she could fill with gas and spotted the bedpan she was taking to the patient.
Always resourceful, Sister Mary Ann carried the bedpan to the station, filled it with gasoline, and carried the full bedpan back to her car.
As she was pouring the gas into her tank, two Baptists watched from across the street.. One of them turned to the other and said,

'If it starts, I'm turning Catholic.'!!

We have two groups of students in this week.

What do to think of this

A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said:

'Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even 1 year old and I'm pregnant again. I don't want kids so close together.

So the doctor said: 'Ok and what do you want me to do?'

She said: 'I want you to end my pregnancy, and I'm counting on your help with this.'

The doctor thought for a little, and after some silence he said to the lady: 'I think I have a better solution for your problem. It's less dangerous for you too.'

She smiled, thinking that the doctor was going to accept her request.

Then he continued: 'You see, in order for you not to have to take care 2 babies at the same time, let's kill the one in your arms.

This way, you could rest some before the other one is born. If we're going to kill one of them, it doesn't matter which one it is.

There would be no risk for your body if you chose the one in your arms.

The lady was horrified and said: 'No doctor! How terrible! It's a crime to kill a child!

'I agree', the doctor replied. 'But you seemed to be OK with it, so I thought maybe that was the best solution.

The doctor smiled, realizing that he had made his point.

He convinced the mom that there is no difference in killing a child that's already been born and one that's still in the womb.

The crime is the same!

If you agree, please forward. Together we can help save precious lives!

Learn from Yesterday, live for Today, hope for Tomorrow..

Don't we wish we had a lot more doctors like this one!!

"Love says I sacrifice myself for the good of the other person. Abortion says I sacrifice the other person for the good of myself. ..."

But Jesus said, " Suffer the litte children, and forbid them not to come unto ME ..." Matthew 19: 14

California why they don't have any money

California

The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote jumps out and attacks the Governor's dog, then bites the Governor.

1.. The Governor starts to intervene, but reflects upon the movie "Bambi" and realizes he should stop because the coyote is only doing what is natural. The coyote proceeds to kill the dog.

2. The Governor calls Animal Control. They capture the coyote and bill the State $200 for disease testing it and $500 for relocating it.

3.. He calls a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases.

4.. The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting getting his bite wound bandaged and getting checked for diseases from the coyote.

5.. The running trail gets shut down for 6 months while Fish & Game conducts a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is now free of dangerous animals.

6.. The Governor spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a "coyote awareness program" for residents of the area.

7.. The State Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better treat rabies and how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the world.

8.. The Governor's security agent is fired for not stopping the attack. The State spends $150,000 to hire and train a new agent with additional special training re: the nature of coyotes.

9.. PETA protests the coyote's relocation and files a $5 million suit against the State.


Montana
The Governor of Montana is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A Coyote jumps out and attacks his dog.

1. The Governor shoots the coyote with his State-issued pistol. The dog is unharmed. The Governor and dog keep jogging. The Governor has spent $0.50 on a ..45 ACP hollow point cartridge.
2. The buzzards eat the dead coyote.
And that, my friends, is why California is broke and Montana is not.

From last Saturday up to today,

Just a short story on why these guys came here. Tony is a Pastor at this church called Peace Church. Well he has been here in the pass with a group called Mission Discovery. Well he a couple of guys that have been here before thought about all the work that is needed at the All Saints Camp. So these 6 guys got a flight out of Wilson, NC. Came in Saturday and worked along side Tim and Felicia at the All Saints Camp. I had a chance yesterday to go see what they have been working on. The main reason was to straighten out the foundations of homes that have been torn down a couple of years ago. So now Tim and people that come to work at the ASC will be able to start building a couple more homes for the people there. If you have been there before you know as well and I do. They all need to be torn down and started all over again. These places are falling apart. So I know Tim was so happy to hear that they knew how to fix cement and just make it strong so if it hold a house up. There was two Tims on the job every day. Our Tim Ryan then Tim that does cement work every day back in NC. Which he was the over seer of the work. It looks great too. So I know our Tim was so grateful to have them come and do this work.

These men are from a church called Peace FWB Church

These are our staff at ALC,

This was some else that Blaze made for us here.