Quick Update From The 'Coast...

Sorry to be so brief, but here's a quick rundown from the 'coast from this past week!

Right now, it's 22 degrees with a wind chill of 11! Yep, I said 11! It's STUPID cold! Thank God for warm fireplaces an electric heaters! We've got about 1 1/2 inches of snow on the ground now. Last night, we were on the campus, when this crazy blizzard smacked us good! Thankfully, it only lasted most of the night. It's snowed off and on all day!

Pretty calm at work, though the people we see are always sick...so goes the life at a pharmacy!

We're getting ready for Thanksgiving Break...a MUCH needed few days off! Denise and I bought our turkey last week!

H2O sent 10 boxes to Operation Christmas Child this past week! I'm super proud of our students! Got lots of more incredible info coming from the campus, but it'll be in about another week...stay tuned!

Tab's new vocal group, Wildfire, performed last night on campus at a benefit concert...man were they good. They perform at the TU Christmas Concert around the first of December, can't wait for that. I'll soon be posting specifically about Wildfire, hopefully over the Thanksgiving holidays...including pictures...you REALLY want to see those!

Mrs. Denise and I are still trying to get over this crazy flu/cold/whatever-this-is! It has dragged on for weeks. I had to even go the the doctor last week...yuck!

Ok, I think that's it in a nutshell...have a great weekend...if you're in the north...STAY WARM!

Fools...

Seriously, are you kiddin'?

Washington D.C.'s New Atheist's Christmas Campaign

Psa 14:1 'For the choir director, David. The fool says in his heart, "God does not exist." They are corrupt; their actions are revolting. There is no one who does good.'

Don't be fooled...

Defining Moments...

January 20th, 2009 is going to be a defining moment in America. Barack Obama is already having his transition team investigate the Executive Orders by the current administration. He plans on making drastic changes immediately through these actions. One of the items on the table is the Freedom Of Choice Act.

We SERIOUSLY cannot allow Obama to make this kind of immediate decision:

http://www.fightfoca.com/

Tuesday Morning Saga...

It's Tuesday morning, and we've been awakened by the annoying sound of a very LARGE truck in 'back-up' mode. Little did I know that the very LARGE truck was backing in to my driveway! My only day off, it's 35 degrees and now Lowe's is unloading a truckload of new windows in my yard! Are you jokin?! LOL!

Now 20 minutes have past and the contractors are here, ready to put the new windows in. Did I mention it's 35 degrees!

So it's now an hour into the process of taking out and putting in the FIRST window, when our contractors realized that they were missing 'something'. I'm not sure what 'something' is, but one of them is now on his way to our new Lowe's...15 minutes away...to get 'something'!

What an interesting day...oh and did I mention it's 35 degrees withOUT a window in my living room...

Wack Week...

It's really been a crazy week here on the coast. I think our day planners literally exploded! And to top it all off, all three of us are sick. The girls have been sick all week, and as of tonight, are still feeling pretty rough. I had to go to the doctor on Friday, only to get my share of medicine. I'm feeling better tonight though, gotta go back to work tomorrow morning.

Friday, we bundled up and went to the TU Fall Choir Concert. It was really good! Tab is one of the members of a new vocal ensemble, and they debuted their group on Friday as well. All I can say, is very good! They're a country vocal group that features four young ladies, and their name is Wildfire!

Saturday we stayed in until the afternoon and then headed to the final football game of the season. It was Senior Day at the game, which featured all of the seniors on the football team, marching band and cheerleaders. We ended the day at a dinner party for one of our good friends, Randy Platt. We had a great time...his wife is an incredible cook!

Today was church & Bible Study this morning...nap...church...supper! Today's church, both services, were extra good, even if I did preach...just a really good day.

Winter is definitely here, we had snow yester day...just slightly. Then as Denise and I were on our way home last night, serious sleet! Then tonight after church as we were coming home, a major sleet storm. It covered our ground and vehicles. So I can just imagine what tomorrow is going to be like. I'm sitting here now with a warm fire in the fireplace...and the sleet continues to fall.

That's about it for now...I need to take my last dose of medicine for the night and head to bed...TTYL!

An Epic Fail...

November 4, 2008 has been forever more etched in the pages of history. A day where men like Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr. paved the way so many years ago, now has become a reality. Being a white man, born and raised in the heart of the deep south, I grew up with racism all around me. Yet in my small town, racism, and the hate that accompanies it, was never an issue. It was always something that was found ‘somewhere else’. My closest friends throughout my high school years were young black men whose families grounded them in Scripture and Faith, just like my family did me. It was years later in my life that I saw first hand what racism really does to society. I will always be a blessed man for the way in which my parents raised me, especially in the manor of how to treat my fellow man, no matter what color his skin may be.

I am overwhelmed that God has allowed me to be alive as this historical day has emerged. For years it has been believed that it would never happened, yet before our very eyes, we have watched as America has chosen to place an African American man at the helm of the country that I call home….an African American man as leader of the free world. That in and of itself is breathtaking to me.

However, we must be completely honest…Barry Obama…yes, I said Barry, chose to use his formal African name of Barack over his American name. And he isn’t even 100% African American. He has an African American father, and a white mother…which means he is the child of an interracial marriage. But one day, I do believe we will see a true African American, born and bred in the heart of America, rise to take control as Commander and Chief of our incredible United States.

Here however, is where the shock and awe must seriously come to an end…

We as America, have moved so far away from the Christian morals and values that our beloved country was founded upon that we are no longer considered a Christian nation. We have hundreds of missionaries from other countries coming to America just to share Jesus Christ with our people. The lyrics from ‘America Again’ literally screams the missing pieces of a forgotten country that was founded on the Gospel of Jesus Christ:

“George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, First Chief Justice John Jay. Names synonymous with the spirit of our country, founding fathers of the U.S.A. Over 200 years ago they shook off the chains of tyranny from Great Britain, by divine call. Citing 27 biblical violations, they wrote the Declaration of Independence, with liberty, and justice, for all. But something happened since Jefferson called the Bible the cornerstone for American liberty, then put it in our schools as a light. Or since 'Give me liberty or give me death!' Patrick Henry said, our country was founded on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We eliminated God from the equation of American life, thus eliminating the reason this Nation
first began. From beyond the grave I hear the voices of our founding fathers plead, you need God in America, again. Of the 55 men who formed the Constitution, 52 were active members of their church. Founding fathers like Noah Webster, who wrote the first dictionary,
could literally quote the Bible, chapter and verse. James Madison said, 'We've staked our future on our ability to follow the 10 Commandments, with all our heart.' These men believed you couldn't even call yourself an American, if you subvert the Word of God. In his farewell address, Washington said, 'You can't have national morality apart from Religious principal,' and it's true…”

Yesterday we voted by the masses to give an overwhelming victory for our President of the United States to someone who can’t even tell you about his relationship with Jesus Christ. Someone, who has numerous times made it extremely clear that fully believes it’s perfectly acceptable to allow over one million innocent babies to be executed in a process we call abortion. He is even an outspoken supporter of ‘partial birth abortion’. You can see for yourself HERE.

If that wasn’t enough to nauseate you, then you also need to understand that the man we have chosen to place in power has also made it extremely clear he feels that homosexuals and homosexual unions/partnerships are equal to that of the Biblical standard of marriage and family which is described throughout Scripture as one man and one woman. Please don’t take my word…check it out HERE.

What truly breaks my heart the most, is that I've watched the second largest generation in history become consumed and blinded by a smooth-talking prophet of change that has caused them to disregard the morals and standards that our country was established on. So many of our Bridger Generation voted yesterday for the very first time, in historic fashion, thinking that 'change' was all that mattered. Change in and of itself is good, and I most certainly support it...but not at the expense of removing the very foundation that was created to give us the rights and freedoms to vote in the first place.

In as much as yesterday was an epic success through the lenses of Civil Rights…it was as much an epic failure by placing a very God-less man in the highest position in the land. I applaud the outstanding effort and fortitude that it’s took to see this milestone in Civil Rights. And it’s my prayer that one day…and one day soon…that we as Americans, will put the right African American in office…