Christ in ME, By Max Lucado

Like Mary, you and I are indwelt by Christ.

Find that hard to believe? How much more did Mary? No one was more
surprised by this miracle than she was. And no one more passive than
she was. God did everything. Mary didn't volunteer to help. What did
she have to offer? She offered no assistance.

And she offered no resistance. Instead she said, "Behold, the bond-
slave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word" (Luke
1:38).

Unlike Mary, we tend to assist God, assuming our part is as
important as his. Or we resist, thinking we are too bad or too busy.
Yet when we assist or resist, we miss God's great grace. We miss out on
the reason we were placed on earth-to be so pregnant with heaven's
child that he lives through us. To be so full of him that we could say
with Paul, "It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me." (Gal.
2:20)
What would that be like? To have a child within is a miracle, but to have Christ within?
To have my voice, but him speaking.
My steps, but Christ leading.
My heart, but his love beating in me, through me, with me.
What's it like to have Christ on the inside?
To tap his strength when mine expires or feel the force of heaven's fires raging, purging wrong desires.
Could Christ become my self entire?
So much him, so little me that in my eyes it's him they see.
What's it like to a Mary be?
No longer I, but Christ in me.
"Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you"

Selah!
Betty(Betts)

Okay one more thing to share.

This last Friday to Sunday nights. It was Christmas Drive Thur. Friday, night at 6 pm we open our gates. This one night we had 213 cars go through our place. You can see the pictures below. I believe pictures will show how many lights we had up just for these night. I am sorry but I didn't take any pictures of the drive it self.
Saturday night we had around 340 cars come thought. Then Sunday night, I don't have the total number for that night. But I really think it was over 400 cars.
Now just think about all these cars coming and going thought our gates. Adam, Leson, Sean, Bob and myself had the wonderful time getting them in and out of here. Now, I know you can not understand what traffic is here. Marshell Road is a two lane highway. So when the traffic backs up on to another main road. You have drivers wanting to get to their homes. I know you have been in those kinds of lines. You can understand. I was told the line was over hour and half long. Remember 1 1/2 hour long. So these people were willing to stand in line with their cars running to see our Christmas Drive. To me that was really neat to see. Now I can tell you this, there was some people got up to us and had a chance to tell us how badly we were doing our jobs. I can tell you this after coming through they told us it was worth the wait. To me that was worth our time to do this. I have been told that we video tape it and we will be putting it on YOU TUBE. When that happens I will put it on my blog and you can see it your self.
Oh one more ting, it was taking 40 minutes to drive through our place each night too.

I have the time to share about the Pirson

This last week has been a REAL blessing. Yes Wednesday morning, we has Christians had a wonderful time to ministry to some friends. Yes we went to a place to called Her Majesty's Prison. This, I have been told by many is the hardest place to get into. Now you can make your way into this place by doing something dumb. But if you want to ministry that could be a problem. Now let me explain what I mean. This is a Christan nation and Jesus Christ is Lord in this country. But Her Majesty's Prison is one of the worst places to be put into. I will not go into details, but you can understand what I mean.
At 10am that morning we came into the prison and they pretty much checked out the bus and us too. They were very nice about it. Then we went into the medium security. This place was a Chapel for them. We had around 80 guys. Well we started out by setting everything up while they watched. It really was a time to push and get it up as fast as we could. Then we started with a time of prayer to ask God for His blessing apond this time. We did the puppets and they loved every minute.
Maximum Security, There was around 120 guys. This place was really over whelming. I believe this place is so much under satin rain. But I know God is still in control. That alone is my comfort. These guys laugh, even smiled at all that took place. I really believe these guys had a wonderful time. Even more than the medium security. All I can say now is we gave the Word of God and plant seeds in this place. Now God is the One to work through and soften their hearts.

Merry Christmas to all.

We had a God appoinment on Thursday morning

Even our girls are climbing the roof to help.

Yes, I beleive we had a visitor. Someone put staples in our tyre

A measage for the ACLU, Please read it and do it.

>> With all the "crap" going on in our country these days, I think
>> I'll get some small degree of satisfaction by following through on
>> this thought. Join me if you are similarly inclined.
>>
>>
>> What a clever idea!
>> Yes, Christmas cards. This is coming early so that you can get
>> ready to include an important address to your list.
>>
>> Want to have some fun this CHRISTMAS? Send the ACLU a CHRISTMAS
>> CARD this year.
>>
>> As they are working so very hard to get rid of the CHRISTMAS part
>> of this holiday, we should all send them a nice, CHRISTIAN card to
>> brighten up their dark, sad, little world..
>>
>> Make sure it says "Merry Christmas" on it.
>>
>> Here's the address, just don't be rude or crude. (It's not the
>> Christian way, you know.)
>>
>> ACLU
>> 125 Broad Street
>> 18th Floor
>> New York , NY 10004
>>
>> Two tons of Christmas cards would freeze their operations because
>> they wouldn't know if any were regular mail containing contributions.
>>
>> So spend 44 cents and tell the ACLU to leave Christmas alone. Also
>> tell them that there is no such thing as a " Holiday Tree". . .
>> It's always been called a CHRISTMAS TREE!
>>
>> And pass this on to your email lists. We really want to communicate
>> with the ACLU! They really DESERVE us!!
>>
>> For those of you who aren't aware of them, the ACLU, (the American
>> Civil Liberties Union) is the one suing the U.S. Government to take
>> God, Christmas or anything Christian away from us. They represent
>> the atheists and others in this war. Help put Christ back in
>> Christmas!

I really love this place.

This last week has been a stretch for me. If you have read my blog earlier this week you can see how things just would not work. But Friday night and Saturday I had my full of turkey and just enjoying fellowship.
Friday night was our Men's Ministry. We just meet over at Brother Hanna's home and pigged out there. Plus I was listening to some of the guys talk about all that has been going on with our crime. Yes this place has had 79 murders, just this year. For such a small set of islands, that is way to many. But over all the night was a lot of fun. Plus some real good food too.
Then Saturday night we had our Thanksgiving dinner at Veda's home. (Jordan Crossing) Had a nice turn out there too. You can see by the pictures all that happen. But there was one more ting that happen there. We had a chance to see some old single people too. Yes that is Mark and Kim you see there. They came to show us that there is still hope in our lives to get married again.

Last night was our Single's get together.Wonderful

Yes the guys got together and had a great time.

Hey everyone,

I really hope and pray you all had a great turkey day. It really is a day to reflex on all our Lord has given us thur this last year. I know myself I have so much to be thankful for. Just living here and being used by God at the Adventure Learning Centre has been a blessing. If you have read any of my blog before you can see I have a lot of troubles with all that goes on here. But at the end of the day I can still praise me.
Just something that happen yesterday. Bob and I needed to replace the pump in the pump house at the Camp. Seems to be a piece of cake? No not really, we got it in and it will not build up the pressure to shut the unit down. You know, like it is to fill up every thing and then as it gets to 60 psi, it is to shut off. Well it just keeps running and running. The only pressure it comes up to is 35 psi. So last night before I left to go out to Pastor Chet's house for dinner. I shut it off. I tested it again this morning, still not shutting off. Okay today I have something to do now.
Oh one more ting, on the way to Pastor Chet's home, my truck over heated. Two days ago, I saw I had a small leak in the heater hose. So I by passed it with PVC hot pipe. Well I looked at it last night. Pipe is pulled out and no more red coolant is in the truck. I just turned around and went back home and ate a egg sandwich. Oh well. I know my God is right along side me and He will help me Thur all that goes on here.

Good day all.

I am sorry but my computer is down again. So I have not been able to get on and read and send pictures. I am using the ALC computer right now. I am praying that I will get it fixed by the week end.
I just want to wish every one a Happy Turkey Day, YES it is Thanksgiving all ready. I just can not believe how fast time is going????? We will be in 2010 not to far away.
Please if I have not written to you or asked we something in your e mails. Now you know why. This computer here is windows 98 and it is slowwwwww. Like I said hopefully this week end. Nat the guy that is going to look at it told me, if could be a small problem or a BIG ONE. I really how and pray it is a small one.

One of our family menbers had a Birthday, Faye

Judas Asparagus, this is funny. Read on

A child was asked to write a book report on the entire Bible. This is amazing and brought tears of laughter to my eyes. I wonder how often we take for granted that children understand what we are teaching???
Through the eyes of a child:
The Children's Bible in a Nutshell
In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, 'The Lord thy God is one, but I think He must be a lot older than that.
Anyway, God said, 'Give me a light!' and someone did.
Then God made the world.
He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were , but they weren't embarrassed because mirrors hadn't been invented yet.
Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden .....Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn't have cars.
Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who d his brother as long as he was Abel.
Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah , who lived to be like a million or something.
One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a Ham. Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.
After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast. Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.
Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston . Moses led the Israel Lights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues on Pharaoh's people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and no cable.
God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti. Then he gave them His Top Ten Commandments. These include: don't lie, cheat, smoke, dance, or covet your neighbor's stuff.
Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy mother.
One of Moses' best helpers was Joshua who was the first Bible guy to use spies. Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town.
After Joshua came David. He got to be king by a giant with a slingshot. He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines. My teacher says he was wise, but that doesn't sound very wise to me.
After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets.. One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed up on the shore.
There were also some minor league prophets, but I guess we don't have to worry about them.
After the Old Testament came the New Testament . Jesus is the star of The New. He was born in Beth lehem in a barn. (I wish I had been born in a barn too, because my mom is always saying to me, 'Close the door! Were you born in a barn?' It would be nice to say, 'As a matter of fact, I was.')

During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Democrats.
Jesus also had twelve opossums.
The worst one was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so evil that they named a terrible vegetable after him.
Jesus was a great man. He healed many leopards and even preached to some Germans on the Mount.
But the Democrats and all those guys put Jesus on trial before Pontius the Pilot. Pilot didn't stick up for Jesus. He just washed his hands instead..
Anyways, Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life again. He went up to Heaven but will be back at the end of the Aluminum. His return is foretold in the book of Revolution.

Yes Adam and Leson are working a coffe bar.

Hey everyone,

From now on for the bath house you really will not see that many pictures. The reason is they are now putting in the plumbing and electric work. So the next stage is coming right along. Pictures you see next will be when they start putting on the trusses.

Just wanted to show a up date on the Bath house

What is going on here?

The pictures below show how much sand they have been pumping out of the harbor here. I think in Dec or Jan there is a ship coming that is the biggest ever made. So we had to pump sand out of the harbor so larger ship may come in.
Yesterday I had the chance to take a bicycle ride. I only went half way around. But about three quarters of the way, my legs started to lose strength. I had to stop four times to rest them. I have taken that trip many times. But the only thing is I have not done it since I have had back troubles. (two months ago)I can tell you this, I was praying pretty much just to make it home. It is funny too. I got 2/3s of the way, that is where Bob and Faye live now. I thought to myself I will ask them to give me a ride home. But inside of me said NO. I am going to make it home. So I pushed and prayed my way home. When I got home I crashed hard. My legs were limp. But by His grace I did make home. I need to ride again today, maybe.

Yes they are building a larger island.