Thursday, August 21, 2008
Another storm on July 2
I ran into this big storm on way to Centerville to see my family at the Sharon Bluff Bible Camp. It poured hard for 40 miles and lightly all the rest of the way from Thayer to Centerville. Ran into hail around Osceola. I had to drive 35 MPH much of the way.
Floods of 2008 hit our house
Check out the fun time we had outside and inside on June 4th, 2008. We had fun moving water trying to avoid what would be 6 inches in our basement. Two tornado warnings that night, the second of which was a supercell, the granddaddy of all thunderstorms. F2 or F3 tornado hit just south of town. Barns and stuff destroyed but no homes and no injuries.
We ended up having the basement flood or have backed up sewer six to ten times with 1 to 6 inches deep each time. It came about that we had our drain clog the first time and so it would back up each big rain. Now we are getting a new roof and gutters because of the hail that night plus bunches of small jobs done with FEMA and insurance money. We lost some possessions in our basement and had to have our water heater relit several times. Thanks to our friend, Ken, who helped us light it. Glad we haven't had any major rain since July 25th.
We ended up having the basement flood or have backed up sewer six to ten times with 1 to 6 inches deep each time. It came about that we had our drain clog the first time and so it would back up each big rain. Now we are getting a new roof and gutters because of the hail that night plus bunches of small jobs done with FEMA and insurance money. We lost some possessions in our basement and had to have our water heater relit several times. Thanks to our friend, Ken, who helped us light it. Glad we haven't had any major rain since July 25th.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Kansas St. Prayer
Thought you might enjoy this interesting prayer given in Kansas at the opening session of their Senate. When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard:
"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly
what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen!"
The response was immediate. A number of (GUTLESS) legislators walked out during the prayer in protest. In 6 short weeks, Central Christian Church, where Mr. Wright ministers, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding negatively. The church is now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer from India , Africa and Korea . Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, 'The Rest of the Story,'and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired.
"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly
what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen!"
The response was immediate. A number of (GUTLESS) legislators walked out during the prayer in protest. In 6 short weeks, Central Christian Church, where Mr. Wright ministers, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding negatively. The church is now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer from India , Africa and Korea . Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, 'The Rest of the Story,'and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired.
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