Blue  v1, 17 Ch 8 Josh

v1 Then the LORD said to Joshua...do not be discouraged...go up and attack Ai...they left the city open...

 ...he makes goals & writes them down.  Sometimes they come to pass the way he thought, sometimes they don't come to pass at all, sometimes God changes them and they come to pass in part... sometimes they come to pass better than he thought (future).

  When Ai couldn't be taken the 1st time because the plan got messed up, the opportunity existed to just take one day at a time until the 2nd Chance arrived to make the ladder greater (future)...

19th Sat - blogged vacation plan

20th Sun - BBQ.  1:46pm Christy called.  Forgot she had church camp this week;
                    laborers were few so instead she would try to be here on Wednesday 
                    the 23rd and would call me Monday the 21st.

21st Mon - No Phone Call.  Failing to keep word made me feel lied to.  Became
                    very unproductive & put me into an invisible "waiting" zone.  As a planner
                    change is difficult after having taken the time to research the plan, organize
                    the plan, print off maps/agendas, even pay online for some stuff in advance
                    to save "waiting in line" time, then go over the plan with you and hear you 
                    agree with the plan, then to see it fall apart will take some time to process  
                    disappointment because of feeling like now we're wasting time that was 
                    never delegated nor can be because i'm waiting for you to call me to tell me
                    how to go about rearranging another plan... but with no call this isn't possible.
                    *Expectation can drop you flat.  Maybe that's why Eccl says to cast your
                    bread in more than one place cause of not knowing what evil will be on the 
                    earth (Eccl 11:1-2).  Hold on loosely & make a back up plan... what power
                    does expectation then have?

22nd Tue - Called house - answer machine- left no msg.  Called cell - phone not
                     turned on.

23rd Wed - Called house - answer machine- left no msg.  Called cell - no answer.
                     Called right back to leave message.  Jim had cell so called back saying sis
                     was at church camp on Monday.  Called house @ 1:36pm; she must be up
                     at the camp.  She's going to come next Sunday & take off from work
                     Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday.

24th Thur - me and Pat went to tea sipping party.  Guess what Joani (Akers)?  Remember
                    when we took those items to the Indian? woman and her family and she
                    gave us that very hot, very sugary/spicy drink... i finally found out what it was!
                    Indian Chai.  It is a cinnamon based tea from India .  India & China are the
                    2 world's largest producers of tea.  Tea is the world's #1 beverage.  3 billion
                    cups per day.  Most tea is processed CTC (machine-intensive method) but 
                    heat & oxygen control the element of oxidation & flavor.  In black teas the
                    goal is to control oxidation, in green tea it is to stop oxidation.  Biodynamic
                    agriculture is a step up from organic.  The #1 favorite tea of Germans is
                    North India Manjhee Valley (lite-yellow looking tea).  Here's a toast to
                    Camellia-Sinensis-Sinensis.  2 leaves and a Bud.
                   
                               Pat, Jackie, Cindy                           $7  1/8th pound               Britton holding cup of tea seeds

25th Fri - Cedar died before 3pm.  Took her to vet yesterday morning to get 
                  powerful medicine over Baytril, some high calorie food, to receive an
                  injection of B-vitamins, antibiotics, & hydration water.  In earlier part
                  of 2000 we went to New York to visit friends.  The hot water hose had
                  backed out of dishwasher, flooded, and ruined the house.  That hissing
                  noise had scared Cedar who fell face first in her cage knocking out her top 
                  teeth.  Once home from New York, back at the house, Mike took care of the 
                  flood while instantly could feel something wrong with one of the animals so
                  paid no attention to the flood, went straight to Cedar who looked up to me 
                  crying in pain, her face swollen.  The girl had not eaten nor was the peanut
                  pile diminished so this happened soon after we left.  She was in pain for the
                  days we were gone.  Mike moved her cage into our room where its peaceful.
                  For pain & swelling i crush aspirin to help her out then begin speaking softly
                  to her about the Holy Spirit because of knowing that His Presence will bring 
                  peace in the room and calm her, make her feel safe and that everything is
                  going to be ok.  He did bring His warm atmosphere and kept us both calm,
                  it was Sunday and no vet open so at bedtime her cage was placed next to
                  me by the bed where i put my arm in her cage all night so she wouldn't
                  feel alone and she laid on my arm all night until next day at the vet.  The
                  missing teeth left a hole in her upper mouth so eating was a continual 
                  struggle.  Cashews were crushed into powder just so she could eat.  Did
                  this for her for years.  Cedar would get peanut dust in this mouth hole 
                  for it was unavoidable but sometimes it made her sick.  Most times she'd
                  overcome it but this time was the worst and she couldn't, even though i
                  prayed, wanting the Holy Spirit to do a miracle but it just wasn't going to
                  happen.  We loved Cedar, our most friendly squirrel, the only one who let
                  strangers play with her.  The only one that with eyes already opened yet
                  not quite full grown, showed up one day at the bottom of our front porch
                  steps then walked right into Mike's hand.  We've had 10 squirrels total.  
                  After Cedar, we now have 4 left.
                      Cedar Girl

26th Sat -  Went to Jefferson & Cass Outreach today.  Mike's been going for awhile
                     to help out under the Bike Repair Tent.  He made this little friend Amijah
                     and was so impressed that he helps without asking for anything that one
                     day Mike asked him where his bike was and learned he didn't have one.
                     Mike took him to walmart and bought this yellow one you see with the
                     cousin sitting on it.  Amijah comes and just helps. 

                      Bike Tent
                                        Amijah & Mike
                     
                     Today i helped serve Beef Stroganoff then pick up trash on the lot.  It's
                     hard to be in picture when you take the picture...
            
                      Food Tent
                        Barbara, Stacie, & Visitors

                     After the outreach Mike and i went here and
                     enjoyed the Aquarium
                    as well as crawled around in caves, forts, tunnels... there are even outdoor
                    metal mazes to climb/crawl/walk up from site to site.  Very interesting!
                    Would still enjoy taking sister so hopefully she calls me tomorrow to let me
                    know what the final plan is.../...?...@...