Leur immense croix, au devant de la scène, s'allume, et c'est d'elle d'où semble provenir les refrains samplés, dont l'un d'eux fait :

We are your friends, you'll never be alone

Une croix donc, comme le coryphée d'un peuple qui revendique un athéisme de bas étage. Ce doit être cela, la génération électro. L'autel qui leur sert de support à leurs supposés (ou imaginés) instruments est paré de deux murs d'ampli, qui déchirent les flux lumineux comme les arbres, à l'aurore, rayonnent. L'atmosphère du concert est techno-gothique, peut-être religieuse. J'ai même vu un garçon en fauteuil se lever au dessus de la foule

Métro Ligne 10. Retour à St Médard, pas de miracle.

Justice, en concert au festival Rock en Seine, Domaine national de Saint Cloud (ligne 10), très cher, mais places gratuites.

Yes yes yes, Dani and D.P. made up! Remember how I said a while back that there was something up? Well fuck that! They're talking again! Dani took the advice from her horoscope (thank you horoscope) and they talked and at lunchtime D.P. was walking next to me and in front of my eyes they hugged and I was so happy I was literally jumping and whooping and hindsight, it was odd that I was happier than them but I don't give a fuck they're together again and that's all that I care about right now!!!

The moment when I see them hug again, I nearly cried. But the tear ducts were put on hold because my brain had to send messages to my feet to JUMP JUMP JUMP! But honestly, I had a jolt in my heart and I was close to crying for joy. What a wonderful moment. It was sunny, and the sun shone as they hugged as a silhouette, two beings joining as one (again, that sounded infinitely gay but fuck that) and I was just so happy.

Last period today Carmaine had a French SAC so Eunice and I sat at a picnic table while i strummed a few chords and we sang. Eunice was quite pretty lying on the bench basking in the sun. Bee and Sha- sat aside, having a conversation, and then at the end they joined us and we sang "Hero" by Enrique Iglesias (however) and it was a very very nice moment.

Carmaine too, was extremely amazing today. We bought ice-cream but mine melted a bit so I ran out of tissues to wipe with, and Carmaine, in a motherly fashion, handed me a spare. The only thing she could've done was wipe my face herself but I think that takes it a bit too far.

Is it pathetic that I'm sitting here now, barely an hour after saying goodbye to my beloveds, and already I miss them so much it hurts (overused cliche but try to imagine that in an almost-literal sense) and I can't believe I have to spend hours not seeing them again.

Tomorrow I am going to a family friend's so that means I can probably sleep in a tiny bit, and then have to do my Chinese, and then A LOT OF LEGAL! I think my Legal is due the coming week OR the week after that which honestly is not a lot of time at all. I have to seriously dedicate some hardcore time to it.

Okay that's all for now. Julia on her blog (she's on my blogroll) signs out with a nice quote every time. I don't have nice quotes. I found some fun Ellen DeGeneres ones. Here's one of my favorites:

"I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her." Ellen DeGeneres

Some people don't get her humor, but I like it. It's kind of ironic, satirical and sarcastic at the same time. Very much "take a good long look at yourself and see how stupid you are" esque.

De Fluffe, Out.

P.S. I love you two! I'M SO HAPPY YOU MADE UP! When I hugged both of you at the end of the day, it felt like a happy family. I was so tempted (or maybe i said it anyway) to say, "the child is happy that mommy and daddy made up." (needless to say, D.P. is the dad. Jokes! But not really.)

P.P.S. Love you so much I could kiss you right now.

" I don't blame you for being you
But you can't blame me for hating it
So say, what are you waiting for?
Kiss her, kiss her
I set my clocks early 'cause I know I'm always late"

Fall Out Boy - A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More "Touch Me"

(The lyrics were quite funny at the time when I heard them)

The Betty Baxter Story

             As far back as I can remember I wasn’t normal like other boys and girls. My body was twisted and crippled and deformed. I guess I will never forget that awful feeling of no hope. I know how it feels to have the family doctor look in my face and say, "Betty, there is no hope." Also to be carried from one hospital to another and see the specialists shake their heads and say, "There is nothing medical science can do."
             I was born with a curve in my spine. Every vertebra was out of place, the bones were twisted and matted together. As you know the nerves are centered on the spine. The x-rays showed that the bones were twisted and matted together, therefore, my nervous system was wrecked.
             One day as I lay in the University hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, I began to shake all over. It was sort of a trembling at first but soon I was shaking violently from head to toe. I shook out of my bed and fell on the floor. The doctor rushed in and put me back on the bed. He said, "This is what I have been expecting. She now has St. Vitus dance and there is nothing to do but send her home."
             They took wide straps and strapped my body to the bed. It didn’t keep me from shaking but it did keep me from falling out of bed. they kept me strapped to the bed day and night, only removing them long enough for my nurse to bathe me. When the straps were removed my body would be raw and blistered.
             I know what it is to suffer. I lived in pain. The doctors kept me on dope so I could endure the pain. When I came into the world my heart was not normal and under the power of dope it grew worse. Eventually I came to have a heart attack about every week.
             At last my body became so accustomed to the dope that it couldn’t take full effect. I would bite my lips to keep from screaming while the hypo took effect and then when the pain would not go I would scream for another injection. Only after two or three injections could I get any relief from the torturing racking pain.
             I remember the day the doctor took me off dope. He said to mom, "Mrs. Baxter, it isn’t doing her any good. Her body is accustomed to it." He removed everything from my bed and said, "Betty, I’m sorry but I can’t keep giving you morphine injections. That’s all I know to do." I was only nine years old at that time. Oh how long the nights were as I lay racked with pain. Many times I would twist in the bed struggling for a little relief and feel myself blacking out. Then for hours I would lay unconscious.
             I was raised in a Christian home. My parents were not full gospel as I am today, they were Nazarenes, but they loved Jesus. Mom had taught me ever since I can remember the story of Jesus. My mother believed the Bible and told me that Jesus was the same Savior today as He was when He walked the sandy shores of Galilee and that He still heals today if people will only believe and have faith in Him.
             Before I go further into my story I want to say that the greatest miracle that ever took place in my life was not when Jesus healed my crippled, twisted, deformed body but when He saved my soul from sin. As long as I had Jesus in my heart, I could go to heaven even though I was crippled and deformed in my body. But not if I was not saved by the blood of Jesus.
             My conversion happened when I was only nine years old after hearing our Nazarene pastor, Brother Davis, tell what he said was the "Greatest Story in the World." It was the oldest story in the world; yet it is ever new: the story of Jesus.
             Beginning at Jesus’ birth in the manger, Brother Davis told the beautiful story, finally ending with the cross and the Resurrection. He told how with His two precious hands He touched the blind eyes and they saw; how He touched the deaf ear and if was unstopped; how He cleansed the leper, how He fed the multitude with a little boy’s lunch; how His feet carried Him over the hot blistering sands of Galilee while He preached the gospel to the people; how He walked on the water and did not sink.
             He told how the people after all this took Jesus and pierced His two precious hands with nails, and thrust a spear in His side and when they pulled it out, blood and water gushed out of His side and flowed down His limbs, the Royal blood spilling on the ground. He said this blood had power to save from sin and heal our bodies from affliction today.
             It was the best story I had ever heard. he began singing in his beautiful tenor voice:

             "Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
             Calling for you and for me;
             See at the portals He’s waiting and watching,
             Watching for you and for me.

             "Come home, come home,
             Ye who are weary, come home.
             Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling;
             Calling, O sinner, come home."

             Tears began trickling down my cheeks. I found myself kneeling and asking Jesus to save me.
             As I knelt, I saw a vision of my heart and Oh, it was black. I knew I couldn’t get to heaven with a black heart, full of sin.
             Then I saw a vision on a hill far away an old rugged cross. I saw shaping up above the cross bright, sparkling letters, these words which I read:

"HE DIED FOR YOU."

“Ai ga areba heiwa da” to

Dareka ga kuchi ni shiteita

Unazuku hito mo ireba

Utagau hito mo iru

Kurushimi ga aru kara koso

Anata wo dakishimeru toki

Sono ude no yasashisa wo

Heiwa to kanjiru no deshou

Aru toki kara mukuchi ni nari

kokoro wo shimekiri

Kono koi ga

hikisakare sou ni natta

*Kasaneta kono te wo

Kondo wa hanasanai

Shinjiru chikara ga

Ai wo jiyuu ni suru

Yuujou ni sukuwaretari

Mirai wo souzou shitari

Shiawase wa mieru kedo

Jibun wo miru koto wa nai

Yakusoku to iu watashi-tachi no

KONPASU dakedewa

Kono koi wa hougaku wo

miushinau no

**Kiseki wo matsu yori

Kono te wo tsunagitai

Shinjiru chikara ga

Watashi wo jiyuu ni suru

Kono koi wo osorezu ni

You don’t have to fear this love,

this love

*repeat

**repeat

Both the lyrics and the music of this song were written by Angela Aki herself. I really like this song because it is about not fearing love, and taking risks all in the name of love. The first two lines “’Ai ga areba heiwa da’ to, dareka ga kuchi ni shiteita” literally means “Someone once said that ‘If you have love, you have peace’”. So the song talks about that when you love, you also create peace (though there IS a kind of love that creates discord, trust me). The speaker of the song is telling someone to love freely, and don’t be afraid of love. The phrase “Ai wo jiyuu ni suru” literally means “Love freely”.

“Kono koi wo osorezu ni” literally means “You don’t have to fear this love” which is immediately followed by its English translation. I think that’s the central core of the song, to sum it all up.

This song is one of the ending songs of the anime Blood+.

Connor is one of those incredible stories of an adoption leading to a miracle pregnancy. After years of dealing with infertility issues, we became Riley's foster-to-adopt parents in October 2007, and this little guy was born ten months later. They will sit next to each other in homeroom.

And we hear this every day: "Oh, that also happened to my (sister/brother's wife/cousin/friend)." Somebody ought to study this phenomenon, if it were possible.

I suppose Harvard Medical School would have to find couples seeking to adopt after suffering infertility problems to allow their deepest medical secrets to be pored over by students over a fairly long period of time. Tall order.

We've heard all the pseudo-medical interpretations: Adoption reduces stress, hormonal balance is better after being off treatments for awhile, etc. But we knew our own medical realities, and the physics, and the math, and there really was an extremely small chance of Connor being conceived and born as amazingly awesome as he is.

Even his sister Riley thinks so:

Look, I am as agnostic as the next guy, but I've read my bible. I know that the same thing happened to Abraham and Sarah. Only after they willingly adopted Ishmael could Sarah conceive Issac. So this phenomenon was apparently documented four thousand years ago. Of course, they were 100 years old at the time, so Moses was likely playing fast and loose with the facts.

But this is a disturbing question: If our family has been transformed by something not explained by current science, but is found in a religious book, does that make us ideological intelligent-design zealots? If so, where is my lustrous evangelists' hair?

All I can tell you is: Yes, it sounds cliche, but Connor is a miracle. Riley is a miracle. Nothing that happens for the rest of our lives will ever top the existence of these two little ones.

Welcome to the planet, little guy!

Subliminal messages work on the principles of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). NLP basically states that the way in which you talk to yourself will determine your experience of life. Sometimes we find our internal voices speaking negatively, and this only holds us back - like a self fulfilling prophecy.

Subliminal messages work as a mild form of hypnosis to overwrite negative thoughts and replace them with positive ones. However the difference is that you will not enter a deep trance, but your subconscious mind will decode the messages even though you will not consciously hear anything consciously. Whats more is that the more you listen to them the deeper the learning will be processed.

This means you can use subliminal messages while performing other tasks: You can reprogram your mind for success while studying, working, sleeping, or even exercising!

Subliminal messages can be used to rewire your mind for success, whether it is getting you motivated to exercise, helping you to lose weight, learning a new language, or building your confidence.... The list is endless! For almost any area you want to improve on in life you can use subliminal messages to give you a boost!

This is not to say that subliminal messages are an instant miracle method to success - far from it! They simply ensure that your subconscious mind is working 100% to achieve your conscious goals too. So you still need to consciously want the change to happen, but if you really do then subliminal messages will give you that edges!

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The Mirror, Vol. 12, No. 575

“Phnom Penh: Ms. Seng Theary, the president of the Center for Social Development [established in 1995 'to promote democratic values and improve the quality of life of the Cambodian people through training, seminars, research, publication, broadcasting, partnership with other like-minded organizations and institutions and dialogue with Cambodians from all walks of life'], has been told to stop to work two times already, because she does not follow her contract responsibly as seen by the board of directors, and still continues to work without caring about the order to stop, issued by the board of directors that has appointed her to this position.

“On 26 August 2008, many journalists went to the Center for Social Development, because they had been informed by phone that the Center for Social Development had planned to hold a press conference, but when they arrived there, they were prevented to enter.

“Mr. Vi Houi, the president of the board of directors of the Center for Social Development, reported to Kampuchea Thmey in the evening of 25 August 2008 that the board of directors plans to hold a press conference about the firing of Ms. Seng Theary from her work on 26 August 2008, but Ms. Seng Theary’s supporters had requested to discuss the possibility to keep her as the president of the center.

“Mr. Vy Huy added that Ms. Seng Theary has been fired already more than 60 days ago, but she refused to leave. He said that the board of directors has contacted some donor countries, but they had responded asking that at this stage, the donors requested to stay quiet temporarily. If there would be no agreement between Ms. Seng Theary and the board of directors, there would be no salaries for the staff, as well as no money to pay the rent for the office.

“On 26 August 2008, some staff members had distributed some documents to the journalists and asked them to wait outside of the fence, but later there was no one from the center to inform them what happened or to offer interviews to the journalists, so that the journalists, both Khmers and foreigners, after waiting until after 11:00, finally decided to leave.

“The journalists said that maybe the staff of the Center for Social Development asked the journalists to sit and wait, to share with them the arguments between staff and board, that is why they did not offer any interviews and did not say anything at the beginning.

“According to some staff, the Center for Social Development started to have internal disputes, since Ms. Seng Theary had taken full control of the center. As soon as the board of directors had appointed Ms. Seng Theary as president [in 2006], she started to strengthen her power, and when she was strong enough, she did not recognize this board of directors that had assigned her as president, and created another board of directors that supports her, causing rift and turmoil.

Note:

A press release from the staff side is http://www.csdcambodia.org/pdf/2008/PressRelease-30-June-08.pdf/

“Many analysts said that leading a small center, depending on foreign donations, can bring rifts and disagreements: what laws to teach to citizens, and therefore, how citizens can then consider them as models. At present, Khmer citizens are not much weaker in knowledge than Seng Theary; but being the president of the center, she refused to give up her power, but what would happen if she ruled over the rules of the country?

“The letters announcing the press conference of the Center for Social Development on 26 August 2008 say that Ms. Seng Theary had already once been fired on 20 May 2008, and then she was fired a second time by the board of directors on 24 June 2008.

“The board of directors of the Center for Social Development has intervened with Ms. Seng Theary's work already twice: once on 18 July 2007 and then again on 10 September 2007.

“Ms. Seng Theary has been hired to work since March 2006. During her work at the Center for Social Development, she had attended only four of the nine meeting of the board of directors.

“Ms. Seng Theary does not follow the contract she had agreed to with the board of directors of the Center for Social Development.

“Ms. Seng Theary had formed a board of directors while she was working under the administration of the board of directors of the Center for Social Development. There are eleven members in the new board of directors, as published by the Phnom Penh Post on 16 May 2008.

“Ms. Seng Theary had rejected a request to reorganize the statute structures for the Center for Social Development under the guidance by Oxfam - United States.

“Ms. Seng Theary does not fully cooperate with two arbiters - one comes from an important donor country, and another one is the founder of the Center for Social Development. As a result, the Center for Social Development lost aid from an important donor country.

“Ms. Seng Theary had requested coordination, but that request aims to ask the board of directors to do what she wants; she offered two choices to choose from - to ‘agree’ or to ‘disagree.’ The board of directors had responded by requesting a face-to-face meeting to solve the requests by Ms. Seng Theary, but she considered this response to be a ‘disagree’ answer, and she continues activities in her own ways by publishing another new board of directors' list on the website of the Center for Social Development.

“It has been 63 days since the board of directors terminated Ms. Seng Theary. To leave her position for a long period vacant would affect the prestige of the Center for Social Development, and also its resources for the foundation. Also other foundations may not continue with their support from about October 2008.” Kampuchea They, Vol.7, #1730, 27.8.2008

Note:

Ms. Seng Theary, who earned her degree in law in the USA, became internationally known through her book Daughter Of The Killing Fields - Asrei's Story, where she describes her early childhood and life under the Khmer Rouge regime, then the flight of her family to Thailand and the resettlement in the USA – the description of her history is regularly accompanied by her own reflections.

As executive director of the Center for Social Development, the activities of the Center and she herself were often in the public limelight because of the controversial nature of these engagements, symbolized in the concern for “Four Freedoms”

“The Voice of Justice Program, at every opportunity, reminds the readers of the Voice of Justice columns or the Voice of Justice Research Bulletins and the radio listeners of the Four Freedoms – i.e., Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Belief, Freedom from Fear, and Freedom from Want – which build the foundation for democracy, human rights, and social and economic development.

We continually lobby for a Freedom of Information Act, for a freer press, for a freer right to assembly, for a freer and open society… for we believe every Cambodian is born to be, and desires to breathe freely.”

These concerns are publicly expressed in the “Voice of Justice Column,” published twice a month in Khmer in Koh Santepheap and in English in The Phnom Penh Post.

Ms. Seng Theary took also an active role in some events which attracted public attention:

• When the “G8” meeting took place in Germany in 2007 – the leaders of 7 Great industrialized countries plus Russia - an alternative meeting was also organized, as usual, with a critical appraisal of the interests of the powerful as over against the rest of the world, as even such large countries like China and India are not represented, and there are no African or Latin American members in the group. - Ms. Seng Theary was invited to speak to the “P8” meeting as one of the persons from “People” from 8 poor countries, to raise public consciousness of poverty in the world, urging the G8 to take action to end the plight of the poor.
• The gathering of the “Dream for Darfur,” after having organized similar symbolic actions in different countries' genocide memorials, planned to light a candle of commemoration at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Memorial in January 2008, led by Hollywood actress Mia Farrow and one of the few Tuol Sleng survivors, the painter Mr. Van Nath, coordinated by the Center for Social Development – but this was prevented by armed authorities.
• More recently, Ms. Seng Theary's requested to speak as a “civil party” participating in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia – the Khmer Rouge Trial – where there is also a role foreseen for the participation of victims. But the majority of judges ruled that only lawyers of civil parties could speak in pre-trial hearings, not victims themselves; so far, no victims' voice could be heard in this court.

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Deum Ampil, Vol.3, #83, 27.8-2.9.2008

• Mr. Hun Chea [Prime Minister Hun Sen’s nephew] Seeks a Lawyer to Sue an American Newspaper, Accusing it of Defamation [he asks for evidence for the accusation that he drove a car and fatally hit someone in a traffic accident in Phnom Penh]
• [US Ambassador] Joseph [Mussomeli]: Preah Vihear Temple Dispute Can Be Solved by ASEAN

Kampuchea Thmey, Vol.7, #1730, 27.8.2008

• Seng Theary Is Ordered to Stop Working, but There Are Persons to Defend Her
• [Thai Prime Minister] Samak Says Demonstrations Cannot Force Him from His Position; Siamese [Thai] Police Prepare to Resist 35,000 Demonstrators
• Rumor in Pursat that the Spirit of Military Chief Khleang Moeung [heroic leader against invading Thai troops around 1482] Tells People Who Were Born in the Year of the Tiger and in the Year of the Monkey to Get Washed with Magic Water, or They Will Meet Danger

Khmer Machas Srok, Vol.2, #230, 27.8.2008

• [Sam Rainsy Party parliamentarian] Son Chhay Says that the American Newspaper [The Modesto Bee about a fatal traffic accident and about impunity, saying “The world leader in corruption is – Cambodia”] Reflects the Facts in Cambodia
• Sam Rainsy Says Hun Sen Government Is Afraid of Paris Peace Accord, Fearing to Lose Power [over border issue]

Khmer Sthapana, Vol.1, #83, 27.8.2008

• Constitutional Council Refuses to Recount Votes [in Svay Rieng] at Sam Rainsy Party's Request

Koh Santepheap, Vol.41, #6434, 27.8.2008

• Miracle before Siam’s [Thailand’s] Invasion: A Piece of Rock from the Phnom Tbaeng Mountain Broke Loose and Rolled Down, and There Was a Pair of Flying Lights in January 2008 [People in Preah Vihear provincial town claim now to remember that back, in the evening of 27 January 2008, they saw two lights flying down from the mountain. One light disappeared at the Preah Vihear Provincial Office and the other light flew to the West]

Moneaksekar Khmer, Vol.15, #3549, 27.8.2008

• Mr. Sam Rainsy Criticizes the Constitutional Council and the National Election Committee of Being Puppets of the Cambodian People Party

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Madeleine Robb diagnosed eye cancer (retinoblastoma ) in a baby she had never met after a chat-room pal emailed a photo of her daughter from America.
She spotted an unusual white shadow in one-year-old Rowan Santos’s eye.

Her friend took her baby to the doctors to check it out and it was confirmed that she had a large tumour in the left eye. One more week and the tumour could have hit her optic nerve.It is a miracle

How many of us would believe what our friends tell us. It is very lucky that she took the baby for a medical checkup or otherwise, the child would have being lost .If she had dismissed her friends message, I dread to think of the consequences.

The cancer was undetected during a medical and it only appeared from a photo and God works in mysterious ways. If the mother did not send a photo of her to her friend Madeleine, the cancer would not have been discovered until too late. Praise God !

Rowan is having chemotherapy and will lose her eye. But doctors say it could have been much worse if they were not aware of it.

Everything is providence and miracles happen.

Reference and thanks to :-

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1611630.ece

For the latter part of our Wednesday "weekend" -- I spent the morning freelancing for the Windsor Times, and Emmett spent it harvesting -- Emmett and I have decided to indulge in a miniature Slow Food event of our own. After a lunch of four ears of fresh-picked corn (wormy ends severed prior to a brief boiling), we've decided to get creative with Foggy River produce for dinner. Riffing partly off recipes from Grub, we're planning on bruschetta, green bean salad, some early, nutty-but-not-yet-sweet Kuri squash (from the plants that died -- the fruit never did quite ripen fully), and some other dishes that will probably arise when we plumb the depths of the refrigerator to discover still more Armenian cucumbers, Lacinato kale, brassica greens, and Swiss chard.

I can't wait to sit down to the bounty, and in anticipation of a feast, I thought I'd steal a post to talk about farm grace. By which I mean: I can't quite express how lucky -- but it's deeper than lucky, more like blessed or gifted -- I feel when things grow. Often, when Emmett and I sit down to a meal we grew and prepared, one of us will compliment the flavor of the food and the other will quip, "Thanks, I grew it myself." But honestly, we had nothing to do with it. I mean, sure, we weeded, watered, and hoped. But really, the plant does the hard work.

I've learned about photosynthesis, the light and dark reactions, the xylem and phloem and all of the components of a plant's cell -- chloroplast, vacuole, mitochondira, ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum. And yet somehow, sometimes, focusing on the specifics of how things work can take away a bit of the magic. How often do you stop and wonder how in the heck, with the same ingredients -- soil, sun, water -- you can end up with a potato or a tomato, a melon or a lemon, a butternut squash or a radish? Maybe I'm simple, but it seems to me that in this context even the formation of the lowly radish is something of a miracle.

And then there are the things that are obviously miracles. Have you ever grown a pumpkin? With very little help from you -- just a bit of water and compost -- one day you'll walk outside and happen upon a gigantic green gourd three times the size of your head. (How does it do that?!) And even if you've been paying close attention to the plant the miracle is no less great. Watching a bright orange flower turn into a small fruit, which then gradually grows... and grows... and grows... into a monstrous squash is phenomenal, too. Whenever I wander out into the squash patch and see a snapshot of time progression -- blossoms, tiny squash and bigger squash in the same frame (sweet dumplings pictured above) -- I'm amazed. All this beauty and flavor, mostly made of air. (Funny aside: When Harvard seniors were presented with a block of wood and asked what it was mostly made of, the majority of students -- even science students -- said water and soil. In fact, the solid part of plants -- including trees -- is primarily derived from carbon dioxide, what you and I breathe out.  Somehow, it's intellectually easier to attribute a redwood's growth to water and soil, but even 150-foot-tall trees are made of air.)

So, to all of our hardworking plants at the farm, I say thank you. Because if someone gave me water, sun, and soil and expected me to make a butternut squash out of it, I'd be quite certain that they'd lost their minds.

John 6:15-21

Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone. Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, got into the boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them. Then the sea arose because a great wind was blowing. So when they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat; and they were afraid. But He said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.

Observation

Everyone was so amazed at the incredible miracle that had just been performed (feeding about 5,000 people with a handfull of food) that the people were convinced that this Prophet, this Son of God, could easily overthrow the corrupt Roman Empire that governed over them. They insisted that He immediately become their political king, and Jesus appropriately departed from the crowds to a place of solitude, probably to converse with His Father.

The disciples went "over the sea toward Capernaum", in the dark and without Jesus. A great storm came that threatened the disciples, and Jesus came to their rescue, walking on the waters of the sea, 3 or 4 miles off the shore. He assured the disciples of His identity, and when they received Him into the boat, it was immediately "at the land where they were going".

In Acts 8:39-40, Philip was transported from one location to the other in an instant. It is possible that it was in this same manner that Jesus arrived at the middle of the sea where the boat was, and then the boat, along with all of those inside, were "immediately" transported to the shore.

Application

More times than once, I have felt like I was in the middle of a storm, where there is no way of escape, and I think that the world as I know it will forever be changed for the worse. Jesus always seems to show up just at the right time, does the impossible and delivers me.

Prayer

Lord, I thank You so much for Your miracle working power in my life. I thank You that You love me enough to come through my storms to be there with me and rescue me. You calm my fears and lead me in the path of righteousness. I love You so much, and ask that You would be more and more present in my life every day.

Our final beta was 308 today!  Again it more than doubled!  Oh and check this out:

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We're still under the 2-3 day time it takes to double!  How awesome is that!!!  So what's next, right?!?  Circle the 5th of September on your calendar ... no more beta tests ... it's ultrasound time!!!  Yeah!!!  We'll get to see our little bean(s) inside his/her little bean pod!  I know our numbers are looking more like that of having one baby ... but ya never know ... we're going to celebrate, laugh, and give thanks no matter what!

I think Brian is still wanting to see 'proof of purchase' as he put it!  Haha!  He's really happy ... don't get me wrong ... but I know it has not hit him yet that he's going to be a father!  He's still in the "too good to be true" phase ... I'm kinda there with him ... but more and more it is sinking in ... this is our time ... this is what we've been praying for ... there is a living miracle inside me right now ... soon to have a beating heart ... how amazing is that!!??!!?? 

Thank you, God - Thank you, God - Thank you, God!!!

I think Friday will come quickly ... especially with both work and school starting back up!  And next weekend ... oh we'll have to think of something fun to do ... maybe we'll go back to that pottery place and make a little something for the baby to celebrate seeing him/her/them for the first time!  I know 'they' say not to go buying stuff ... but I can't think for a moment that we're going to lose this miracle ... this is our time ... this is it!!!!   AMEN!!! 

I have never met this little girl but my friend is her great-grandfather.

Here is Ryleigh's story exactly as it was sent to me.

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As you know, ryleigh died from a drowning before life support brought her back.  her entire body was gray, lips, nose and eyes were blue.  she died 3 times.  when the trauma doc saw her ( he lost 3 drowning victims that week already, all babies) he was going to pronounce her dead.  but he got a fire and said, "I'm NOT  losing another one!"  but he did tell amber she would probably not make it, that he has NEVER seen a child in her condition survive.  somehow in conversation, amber told him she was floating face up.  the doc said that was impossible.  you CAN'T float face up!  (which is my knowledge too!)  you sink or you flip over.  so amber called brandon and said, "are you sure she was face up?"  he said, "yes. she was on her back, toes sticking up, face above water and arms hanging down into the water."  amber said like if you were holding someone in the water.  days later ryleigh came home with NO DAMAGE WHATSOEVER.  she didn't speak of the drowning but she saw a picture of Jesus on karen's wall (where they are all living) and said, "that's my daddy."  Amber and Karen asked her if she knew who that was.  Ryleigh said, "Yes mommy.  He was in the pool with me."  A 3 year old who has been to Sunday school all of 3 times!  she only knows because she SAW!  and THAT is how He wants us to come to Him, as a child.   what a miracle and a blessing!  Thank you all for your prayers during that tragedy.  see the result?  :-)  please forward this story on to anyone and everyone you want.  love, gamma robin 

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There have been many times I've heard someone say that miracles simply don't happen today. To those people, I say open your eyes. Miracles are happening all around us, taking different forms, some of them seeming "normal" and some, like this, are supernatural, we just don't believe.

Ryleigh didn't make this up! How could she? She saw Jesus and he let her know he was her Heavenly Father, or "Daddy". How wonderful! Our Father cares for her and he cares for you too. If you call on His name, he WILL respond. All we have to do is have faith, the all-encompasing faith of a child, like Ryleigh. Her faith and trust is unquestioning. So should ours.

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.      Matthew 28: 19-20 (NASB)

God Bless!

Jim

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You should read this. And this.

Sometimes I just need to remind myself of God's faithfulness. How 'bout you?

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Somehow, she picked a shop to enter and it's Metrojaya in Level 1 or MidValley. Then, she began to walk as if she knows where she is going and to my surprise, he came to the cloth section where they sell DC Comic products.

For those who don't know what id DC Comic, it is the shop that sells Superman, Batman and all other stuff. Guess what section of superhero she went to?

Guess what shirt she took? Indeed, like father like daughter.

Can I just say that when Andrew went on his mini-vacation to Maddens Resort he brought me back some green tea and mango tea leaves and they are so good! And I just realized that it is good hot or cold which is great for me because I made it this morning and only had about a quarter of it before being distracted by kids and now it is freezing cold and still delicious. Thanks baby!

Yesterday afternoon I found a little extra time (while I should have been cleaning) to make a paper doll set for my etsy shop. I must say it is very cute. Perfect for teaching the Thanksgiving story or just role playing. I found I didn't have any black cardstock so I ran to Target and found a huge clearance in the scrapbooking aisle. Not good. I spent more than I should have but less than I wanted to so I consider it a win. I have some more paper doll sets in mind for the future. Axel and Miracle both had their eyes on this one so hopefully they will be a hit. Great gifts as well.

At the end of every summer I dread the start of fall. Not because I do not like fall but because I love summer so much. This year is no different. I will say though that I am loving this nice pre-fall weather! I got a mini screened in tent on clearance for Mira that looks like a zebra and we set it up in the backyard. Axel has his Lightning McQueen tent set up and the kids are all camping out in the yard while I sit in the shade and enjoy the breeze and surf the internet. Being outside is a great excuse not to clean!

This blog is to share your testimonies, your answers to prayer, miracles. By giving our testimony we give hope to the hopeless, give strength to the weak, share God's light with those in need.

Please share your testimonies. Please send an e-mail to prayertestimonies@gmail.com and I will place the testimony for you, anonymously if you wish. Or, feel free to comment on other people's testimonies.

You were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.  I passed by you and saw you kicking about in your blood, and…I said to you, ‘Live!’  I made you grow like a plant in the field…I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became Mine.  Eze. 16:6-8

God is growing a watermelon in my back flowerbed.  I have tried for years to grow a watermelon.  I would plant the seeds, fertilize, and water them.  I made sure they had plenty of sun.  The plants would sometimes grow and flower, but would never produce an actual watermelon.  And even though I’d spray for insects, vine borers would eventually get into the vines and kill the plant before it could have a chance to be fruitful.

Last summer, I think, my daughter tossed away some watermelon seeds in a flowerbed at the back of our house.  This summer, I saw a baby watermelon plant sprout.  I pretty much ignored it because they never do well anyway.  It doesn’t get much sun there, and we don’t water that flower bed because it is just shrubs.  I just figured it would die.  But it grew and grew.  It is now covering all the other plants in the flowerbed, and much to my surprise, has produced a watermelon!  A miracle watermelon!  I couldn’t make one grow, but God chose to do it without any of my help.

I was lost and destined for death as well.  Without God’s care, I am tossed aside, neglected and despised spiritually, without hope.  God took me and said to my heart, “Live!”  He did what I was helpless to do on my own.  He amazed me with His love, and convinced my heart that He loves me.  He convinced me that He is trustworthy and that I can give everything to Him.  He has made me secure in His love. 

God is also making me grow and even producing fruit in me too, giving me a purpose by allowing me to write for Him.  Wow!  I’ve missed so much all the years I was a walking dead person!  He is able to bring life where none existed in me previously.  Thank You God for giving me my miracle watermelon as a reminder of the life You have created in me.  Praise You!  ♥

wow, it's really beautiful how God's touches our heart. i know it can be tough if you're parents thinking differently than you. i think i have a pretty awesome testimony about my parents. i hope it's not too long but i really want it to encourage you.

here it goes:

i was 19 & lived at the dorms at utb (spring 06)

around the time i got saved, my life sucked big lemons. i think i was going crazy. i couldn't sleep much & i felt really tormented by weird things. i told my dad that i felt like God was calling me (before i talked to christians or went to church). i could just feel Him. my dad told me i was crazy.

i finally became faithful in august 06. i was telling my parents about church (even though i hadn't had many revelations & i didn't understand much). my dad told me i could do whatever i wanted & he'd support my decisions but he's never become a christian (or something along those lines.)

i was so HEARTBROKEN!! we were at whataburger & i just wanted to run away & cry. my parents are such a huge part of my life & i love the so much. i don't have any brothers & sisters. it's just my dad, mom & me.

i kept praying for them to encounter God. i prayed for their hearts to change, for them to get soft, for a MIRACLE!!

i couldn't see how my dad, a man who's close to 50, could change. he's had the same heart & way of thinking for such a long time. don't get me wrong, my parents rock! they're so loving & giving & caring. they're the biggest blessing God has given me. they're my treasure. <3

out of nowhere, my parents began going to icc in matamoros. (fall 07). my mom began to go to a cell group & she went to an encounter about 2 months ago. my mom has like 3 or 4 bibles & they're so FAITHFUL - like God. they like to tithe, go to prayer meetings & help out others. it's so AWESOME!

today, i saw a little strawberry shortcake notebook in my mom's car. i opened it & it had my dad's neat handwriting from his in famous inky blue pen. they never miss church & my dad writes down notes from every sermon while my mom looks them up in her bible. they work as a team!

i know this was kind of lengthy but it's on of my biggest testimonies. all of this happened slowly but God's promise was fulfilled. i'm excited for what else is to come. =D

Acts 16:29-34
29 The jailer called for lights and ran to the dungeon and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.” 32 And they shared the word of the Lord with him and with all who lived in his household. 33 Even at that hour of the night, the jailer cared for them and washed their wounds. Then he and everyone in his household were immediately baptized. 34 He brought them into his house and set a meal before them, and he and his entire household rejoiced because they all believed in God.

"patience is the key to everything" - me. lol. i think i said that in my senior yearbook.

Galations 5:22-23
22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!

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