Off To Kalahari 1st Visit of Year

We are off to Kalahari for the first time in the new year. This is actually an extended Christmas gift for quite a few that have never been here and just plain excitment for those that have been in the pass. There are 26 of us scheduled to go. Hope everyone is able to join us. Updates will follow soon after our return sometime tomorrow.
Well, as it turned out it was a rather challenging venture to get to Kalahari as we had major snow storm that hit. There was a total of four vehicles that were on the way two were about half hour ahead of us. Heather and myself were one exit away from getting off the turnpike and Heather hit black ice and spun out of control. It was very fortunate that she did not make contact with any of the other vehicles on the road including a semi. She did however go bouncing off on two wheels into the ditch. Everyone in the car was ok and no one was hurt thank goodness. Originally they were going to try to dig the car out and go from there but there was a lot more damage to the car then we had originally seen as the tire was completely off and it wasn't going anywhere without a tow. We put everyone in my van and after the Highway Patrol was there and making sure that everything was ok I went on to get everyone delivered to Kalahari. Julius waited with the car until the tow driver got there almost a hour and half later (JP was freezing) and then the car was brought to Kalahari also. We got a tow back to Toledo for the car the next day.
After time for everyone to recover and be thankful for the safety all all we went on to have a great visit. Let's see there was Mojo, Dominic, Robin, Emma, Alayna, Jenni, Bill, Kenzy, Morgan, Mason, Brayden, Ashley, Scott, Derrin, Makiya, Heather, Julius, Demitrius, Isabella, Kalee, Britenee, Melinda, Madison, Marianna and Me. This is the first time that Jenni and her family and Marianna had ever been there. Just in case anyone was wondering what a lot of the group was looking at there in the corner where some are standing with their mouth hanging open, Jenni has fallen down between the group there that is why she isn't in the picture and has caused all the excitement in that corner. Yes, she was alright just a little embarrassed.

More to come~~

What Happens In Heaven??

This is one of the nicest e-mails I have seen and is so true:


I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around.

We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels.

My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, 'This is the Receiving Section.

Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.

I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section.

The angel then said to me, 'This is the Packaging and Delivery Section.

Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them.' I noticed again how busy it was there.

There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station.

To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing.

'This is the Acknowledgment Section,' my angel friend quietly admitted to me.

He seemed embarrassed 'How is it that there is no work going on here?' I asked.

'So sad,' the angel sighed.

'After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments.

'How does one acknowledge God's blessings?' I asked.

'Simple,' the angel answered.

Just say, 'Thank you, Lord.

'What blessings should they acknowledge?' I asked.

'If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

'And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity.

'If you woke up this morning with more health than illness ...you are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day.

'If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you are ahead of 700 million people in the world.

'If you can attend a church without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world '

'If your parents are still alive and still married ....you are very rare.

'If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you're unique to all those in doubt and despair.

Ok, what now? How can I start?

If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you want, pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.


ATTENTION:

Acknowledge Dept.

'Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people to share it with.

If you have read this far, and are thankful for all that you have been blessed with, how can you not send it on???? I thank God for everything, especially all my family and friends!!

What Kind Of Woman Are You

Lovely Lady

You are lovely and caring. You help others and spread out a lot of sympathy. Your life aim maybe is to serve the people. But your weakness is that you forget about yourself, your own needs. All your time is hold back for your friends and family. You are always there for people in trouble. Ready for any emergency. You make a lot of sacrifices just to be a good human. But every woman has her needs, her longings and a destiny. Don't loose yourself in work or curing other people's souls. You will have your own problems in your life. Another problem is that you don't say your opinion when it's right and important to say it. People trample onto your soul if you are always so kind and lovely and helpful. They will play on you. Though you should try to relax more and enjoy your life, you should not loose the gift that was given to you to help others . Not everyone is created this way... You are uniqe and rare!

Bert!!!! Are you Kidding Me!!

You Are Bert

Extremely serious and a little eccentric, people find you lovable - even if you don't love them! You are usually feeling: Logical - you rarely let your emotions rule you You are famous for: Being smart, a total neat freak, and maybe just a little evil How you life your life: With passion, even if your odd passions (like bottle caps and pigeons) are baffling to others

The Sesame Street Personality Quiz

HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!

Happy Holidays

Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today!

Hi Baby Happy Birthday

Today is the birthday of a very special young man. He was the very first to bless me with being an Aunt and even though there were many miles between us he still had a way of letting me know that he thought I was just as special. I would love to receive the phone calls that I would hear from the other end "HI BABY" As this is what I would always say to him whenever I had the opportunity to chit chat with him and for a while that is what he called himself to me. To this day it is special and I know he has my back!!! Miss you lots and think about you often. Someday I hope and pray that I will have the opportunity to visit you at your home with your beautiful baby and Kelly. Again, I love you more then I could ever express on here but I am sure you know what a VERY special young man you are and I am so proud of where you have gone with your life. JOHN you know you are a very special young man and I love you very much. I hope you have a wonderful birthday and do something extremely special just like you. I love you "Hi Baby" and miss you so much. Again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY