Hot Rod's Burger Shop

Our grandson, James at Hot Rod Burgers in Palestine

We went to a funeral in Palestine on Tuesday and afterward we went to eat at a hamburger joint called Hot Rod's Burger Shop which is owned and operated by the parents of my son-in-law.  The food was outstanding and the company even better.  James and Naomi ate with us while their parents worked behind the counter.  If you are ever in Palestine Texas I recommend you stop by and have a really good burger.  The deserts are outstanding as well for Justin's mother is an outstanding baker.
Our services tonight were really good.  We have begun a survey through the Bible where I give the students in my class one question from each chapter of the Bible.  They bring their answers and we discuss them in class and seek to answer any questions they may have from those same chapters.  We do 11 to 12 chapters a week and at that rate we should finish the Bible in 2 years.   The past 2 Wednesday nights our attendance was very low but tonight we had just about everybody back, really good attendance.
I need to post some pictures of my new chicken tractor but I want to wait until I get it painted.  I have to install the water trough and I still need to put wheels on it but the wheels can wait.  It is light enough to move without wheels so I am in no hurry for that.  God bless you.

Our Son-in-law, Justin working the counter at Hot Rod's Burger Shop

Truckless

A future wood project

Staying home is not normal for Janie and me.  We have put over 70,000 miles in two years on our truck and you can't do that staying at home.  It has been good to stay home.  It is nice to see what normal people do.  The truck will be ready by the end of next week. 
We will be attending a funeral in the morning and then we will take my cell phone to be repaired.  It's odd how much we become dependent on a thing that did not even exist a few decades ago. I will praise Apple for this one thing.  My cell phone broke 4 days after the warranty expired but they have consented to make an exception and cover it under warranty.  Thank you Apple!
Janie and I visited one of the shut-ins of our church on Thursday and she had this small rocking chair on her front porch.  I took some pictures of it and plan to make one some day.  I may make a couple of small ones and couple of medium ones for the grandkids and maybe a large one to see if an adult size would work.  That should be fun.  God bless you.

Lost One

Janie's view Last Sunday Morning

A young boy was saved Sunday before last at the close of our services.  It is always exciting to see a lost one come to accept Jesus as their Savior.  I had a long talk with him after the services and told him what he had to do to be saved and he understood it clearly and asked Jesus to save his soul.  He is now a saved one and not a lost one.
I lost one of my chickens.  I found it dead Sunday morning.  I am down to five now.  The others seem to be just fine.  On the morning that it was 14 degrees I went out to check on them and they were all five in the nest box.  The nest box was designed for two but when its cold it seems to hold five just fine.   I have to keep checking their water because it keeps freezing.
I lost one half of the day today with a headache.  I slept in until 11:00 and by 2:00 it was gone.  I hate to lose time.  I did some work for the MBA of Texas today and am just about ready to send off the files for the minute book.  I should have them emailed off tomorrow for sure.
Our truck is in the shop waiting to be repaired.  It lost one side mirror and lost one windshield.  God bless you.

Art Rangel, our Spanish teacher sings for us each Sunday Night.

Saturday Journey

Me and our Grandson, James

Janie and I had a good visit and stayed 2 nights with my mother-in-law.  We returned to Hillsboro by way of Palestine to get a short visit in with the grandkids there.  Our routine will be disrupted next week due to our truck being in the body shop all week.  A deer hit our truck and took out the driver's side mirror back in the first week of December and it is scheduled to be fixed next week.  God bless you.

Janie has her arms full

Janie Helping her mother in the kitchen

A Winter Wonderland Walk

Janie and I went for a walk late this afternoon

I believe you could probably count on one hand the number of snow blowers in Texas.  I love winter here.  I lived in Massachusetts for 10 years and I'll take winter here any day.  It was cold outside as we walked but not life threatening. This truly is a winter wonderland. God bless you.

A day with the girls

Janie and her mother looking at pictures on the laptop

Today it is off to the hairdresser's with my wife and my mother-in-law.  It is quality time with both of them and a time to relax.  I need to catch up on some reading and studying and in this world of technology I carry with me on my cell phone a whole host of book resources and multiple translations of the Bible which allow me to study anywhere.  It is nice not to have to be confined to an office or library in order to study.  I am looking forward to enjoying this beautiful day!  God bless you.

Visit Mother

Me and my mother earlier this evening.

New Years Day was uneventful as far as days go.  Spent the day working on various chores and getting ready for the midweek services.  Our attendance was down but we did have a visitor in our early class.  A Jewish lady stopped needing some gas money and she stayed for the class.  Janie and I took her to get gas after the services and bid her farewell.  We have 3 classes on Wednesday nights at our church and this Wednesday night we had 3 teachers and each had 1 student.  When we got home from church I stayed up until well after midnight finishing the task of entering all of the church letter forms for the MBA of Texas.  I am glad to have that chore done.  Janie helped me with the last 5 of them.

Janie and Cole in class Wednesday night

We got up this morning and got to work.  I prepared an article for the Baptist Monitor and got that sent off.  I did some work for Sullivansupply.com then fed and watered the chickens who are really liking their new home.  We left Hillsboro around 2:00 and went strait to Longview to visit with my mother.  She is doing well.  They had put her in the secure wing of the facility thinking she might be a flight risk after she told the nurses station that she was leaving, but after a couple of days they decided she was not a risk so let her go back to her room.  She has no memory of this at all and though she has had visitors she swears no one has been to see her at all.  My sister, Jean, gave mother a fruitcake for Christmas and it was on her dresser with on piece missing.  When I asked her about it she did not remember getting it from her.  She did not know who gave her the puzzle or the cookies either both of which I am sure came from my brother, Ralph.
We are now at my mother-in-law's house spending the night and will head back to Hillsboro on Saturday.  God bless you.

Happy New Year

My sweet wife reading to three of our 13 grandchildren Christmas 2013

Janie and I started our new year off with a kiss and a prayer for a happy new year.   God was so good to us in 2013.  We started that year off having to live in our living room due to the house being leveled.  I was sick for the first 2 months of 2013 and lost a lot of weight.  Except for an occasional migraine headache the rest of 2013 went well as far as our health was concerned.  We traveled to Denver to see my sister, Jean, in December and from there to Lake Tahoe to preform a wedding.  It was a really enjoyable time.   I made 3 chicken tractors in 2013.  Installed a door on my shop in Henderson.  Was given 6 chickens which now inhabit our backyard in Hillsboro. 
We are looking forward to a good year.  God bless you.

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