My daughter and I are headed to Zimbabwe in a couple of weeks(for 9 days) for her to set up a sewing factory in Bulawayo Zimbabwe. Erin went on a mission trip there a couple of years ago and fell in love with the people some of whom were near starvation.She talked to a missionary there that our
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01/31/2020
During the Christmas holidays my family enjoyed watching several movies mostly from Hallmark. Last night we were looking through the offerings on Amazon Prime(maybe on Hulu as well) and came across a movie called "Forever My Girl". We had never heard of the actors and actresses but decided to tak
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01/08/2020
My wife and my daughter along with myself went to the Smoky mountains for the Thanksgiving Holiday. One of the highlights for us is the annual trek to Cades Cove near Gatlinburg Tennessee to drive the long loop and see the bears, turkey, deer and elk. This trip was very different however.We dro
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11/29/2019
Last week I was blessed to attend the Tennnessee Association of Realtors fall convention in Destin,Florida. The best Keynote speech I have heard was given in person by John Smaby. I can certainly see why he is this year's president. He spoke to us on a personal level and really connected with me.
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09/25/2019
As we are all watching the powerful hurricane first destroy much of the Bahamas and now slowing moving up the east coast of Florida we are holding our breaths. I have an activerain friend from Daytona Beach named Jon Zolsky text me about availability in my Destin condos and unfortunately I did no
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09/03/2019
Yesterday our church began a seminar on Relationships Matter. We waited a couple of years to get this couple in to teach this. Dr. Jerry and Lynn Jones experienced much of what they are teaching us. Yesterday afternoon they talked about recovery from death and divorce. Both of those lessons are a
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08/26/2019
Did you know August 21st is National Senior Citizens Day? According to the United States Census, we honor senior citizens today because, “Throughout our history, older people have achieved much for our families, our communities, and our country. That remains true today and gives us ample reason
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08/21/2019
I love Psalms 51:10-13 Create in me a pure heart, O God. And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.Read this over and over and expect to be refres
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07/17/2019
My daughter(blond in center) who recently graduated college has a passion for nission trips since she was a teenager. She joined our team from church about a week ago to travel to Zimbabwe in South Africa. Our church has been sponsoring a mission team down there for several years. My daughter Er
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06/27/2019
Today we honor all the past presidents and our current President Trump. All of these guys have given their all to lead our great nation and whether you agree with all their policies or not they were our presidents or still is our President.I served in our military for 4 years and was stationed ov
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02/18/2019
