Institute in Basic Life Principles (Bill Gothard)

It has been about 3 months since we joined the Institute in Basic Life Principles on line, it only cost $99 for the whole year but it is worth every penny, we have watched so many seminar sessions, preaching sermons and teaching videos, we are learning so much about real Biblical Christianity and how to live it at home and out in the world, it amazing to me being saved for 15 years now and been in Bible believing churches but never heard this kind of teachings.
One of our favorite is the financial freedom seminar taught by Jim Sammons, it is EXCELLENT we learned so much about money, what God's word the Bible says about the purpose of money and the principles that we have to follow in managing finances, I liked it so much that I am having my daughter Iris do the seminar and the text book that comes with it as a homeschool course on finances.

Our End Of The Year ..Dec.2011

What a great end of the year THE LORD gave us!!!!!!!
I am so amazed at His goodness and mercy toward my family....
First of all for David and I God brought a revival to our relationship and it is so exciting to see the changes He is doing in our hearts towards each other, He is showing us more of our weaknesses and how they affect our relationship and our children and what is God's way to overcome them and go on to victory, He is teaching us new ways of communicating our desires and feelings with each other and the things that matter to us as individuals and with that he is giving us the gift of wisdom and understanding in dealing with the different situations we are facing and having to deal with.
All I know the Lord opened a wide door and pour out blessings of confession, forgiveness, healing, and love for His word the Bible and for each other so we stand and sing together (O Victory In Jesus) with an overwhelming joy that only comes from heaven above.
Oh how kind is our LORD..........how sweet is the fellowship with Him in the light of His Word, so my testimony for 2011 is that MY GOD IS FAITHFUL.
There were so many events going on at church and LORD enabled us to participate in,
my favorite one was the missionary meeting with Bro. Sutek, the message he preached was wonderful and he brought to us wonderful truths out of the book of Hebrews so I decided to read it at least once a week.
The other wonderful event was the fancy home made Appreciation Italian Dinner that our Italian Pastor and his wife make every year for the church members...oh my the food was so good the decorations, the fancy tables set up with the candles and the so many kinds of home made desserts that his wife made, I could not believe my eyes I think there were at least 10 kinds of cookies, pies, and cakes that she baked from scratch, and the Italian bread, salads and home made dressings, she made 2 different red spaghetti sauces, one with meat balls and one with sausage, chicken in white Alfredo sauce, she even made mozzarella cheese and after dinner they had fun games for the family together and some for the children, we had an amazing evening.
Then on New Years Eve we had a watch night service we got to hear some of the young preachers, sang beautiful hymns, prayed in the new year and of course there was games food and fellowship, well it was too late for us to drive down home so our pastor offered for us to stay the night at the Prophet's Chamber so we were able to be in church and worship our God on the first Sunday of 2012.

December Blessings

It has been a great beginning so far, the LORD helped me read the whole book of Revelation a couple of times and He helped me get 5 people saved so far but I am hoping for at least 5 more before the end of the year.
A few days ago David called from work to let me know that he was getting laid off on the fifteenth, my answer was "well praise the LORD", I have such peace about him loosing the job now unlike the times in the past, it is a real blessing!!! then a couple of days ago his manager told him that he can stay until the end of Jan/2012 and my thought was again"well praise the LORD". Another big blessing we had is going to the shooting range for a whole day and we got to shoot all kinds of different guns and learn about them. It was alot of fun! and Lord willing we will be doing that more often. Another big blessing was to see our horse DeeKay after months of medical care, hoof care, exercise and training that he started performing so good especially the past couple of days with the rain, he was getting frisky and running all over the backyard showing off his strength, speed and beauty. I can't wait to see Iris sitting on his back and taking off down the dirt road at a dead run. And the latest blessing in the past couple of days is the amount of rain and the beautiful winter weather we are having we even had snow on top of the Superstition Mountain behind our house! It is an amazing and breath-taking view from my kitchen window, when finally the clouds pass by uncovering the white covered peaks of the mountain which makes my dish-washing event a joyful one.

Well I must stop now and enjoy the rest of the blessings God is going to give me for the rest (2011).

Greens, greens and more greens.

The weather is getting nice around here, the heat is pretty much gone and we even are having chilly nights too, our garden is perking up and just exploding with all kinds of greens like basil, mint, garlic, green onions, radishes, chard, kale, beats, and the grapevines are looking green and pretty. So I started cutting them back and drying the leafs to use for seasoning and make my special salt mix, I avoided going outside the past few months but now it is so nice I can stay out all day long, those pictures are some of the greens I picked this morning for drying, after they dry I grind them and mix them in the salt that we use for cooking.
I add lots of this mix to the garlic powder and use it to make our delicious homemade garlic bread.
My mother showed me how to do this, she grows all kinds of herbs and vegetables organically almost all year round, but that is only in San Diego, CA. and now she has so much she started selling them to some Middle Eastern stores close where she lives.

One of the biggest blessings about greens is that my children love eating them raw anytime of the day with meals, in fact we all like them a lot.
God is so good to us to create so many different kinds of greens for us to enjoy and be healthy,
every time I look at so much greens in my hands my heart swells with gladness and over flows with thankfulness to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and the verse from the bible (All thing were made by HIM) comes to my mind right away.

Augest 2011 soooooooooo many blessings...

This past month was full of blessings, David's work has been great, Iris is doing real good at school, violin and piano and is improving so fast I can not believe it!!! she just started playing violin in the orchestra at our church, besides she had the chance to play on the grand piano one Sunday because our pianist was out of town, she did a great job, I love hearing her practice and have music playing noises all over the house, she is doing good at her school and just finish the whole grade Science so now she only have three subjects to study daily in fact she is one unit from finishing History too maybe in a couple of days, then she will have only two subjects, Nellie is growing up so fast, She is going to be 6 on the Sep,14 Th she is so busy and want to clean, dust, organize, decorate and redecorate, cook, bake, sew, she is very artistic and loves painting, she is always painting something, our house is already full of so many things that she painted.
Church has been wonderful, the preaching, singing and so much. We had a sing inspiration at our church, our family did a skit on door knocking, it was so much fun, so many families sang together it was a heavenly day.
Our animals are doing well in spite of the heat waves we are having.
I am still getting lots of goat milk and I make cheese and yogurt, and I think all my females got bred this past 2 month too so we are going to have the kids in 4-5 months, still get a few eggs from our chickens every day, we have been eating lots of fruits and berries in the morning and it really gives me so much energy, the pool especially have been so much fun and relaxing for all of us and I especially love exercising in it too.
we finally got all the horse panels we needed to make the round pen and stalls for our three horses, Iris's horse was not doing good he had a problem with his hoofs so we had to have the vet over and found out he was having laminates so we started his treatment and he is doing better, I cannot wait for the weather to cool off little bit so I can start riding lessons. It will sure be easier now that we have a round pen. Nellie likes to ride but are unable to stay out a lot because of the heat.
We just got 2 squeezes of Alfalfa and Bermuda grass for our horses and goats so we are set for the winter, we keep hearing the the prices of hay and grass are going to get worse than what they already are now.
We had the August teen /parent night at our house, they all went swimming and horse back riding then Bro. Darryl did the devotions for us, Iris and I cooked a big meal so we all had a great time of fellowship, fun and feast.
We did a bunch of sewing lately, I had gone to the Goodwill store on a 50% off Saturday and bought a bunch of material and made some matching skirts.
We used to have a dear Friend that Iris Met at Paws 4 Life she was about 20 years old, a very good seamstress she was coming to our house to help us sew and we had a great time with her but she just went to collage a few day ago, we are going to miss her dearly.
I started reading Debbie Pearl's book "Created To Be His Help Meet" FOR THE 3ED TIME NOW, I love this book!!!!!!!!! It seems like I need to be reminded over and over of my role in life, living independently for so long in my twenties causes me to often get into an ungodly and selfish attitude of "me, myself, and I "and the "O poor me" junk, even though I know it is wrong and from the pits of Hell I still do it, that is why I pick up that book and read it again and again. The first time I read it 5 years ago, David noticed the change in my heart and he really liked me that way, it made me happier, it really did!!! by God's grace I will try to be what God created me to be more and more as He gives me more grace and more days to live on this earth, I am so glad God is still working on me and does not give up, He is so merciful, kind and long suffering.
Thank you God for all your blessings.

New little additions ..baby chicks

It time of excitements around here again ...little chicks are hatching every day, Iris discovered the first one a few days ago... right now we have 5 chicks so far, the 2 mama hens have at least 20 eggs under each one so we are going to see how many God will bless us with this time.
Well, the past few days we worked on moving the 2 big, metal horse shades and the big tack shed to another location in our back yard so now we have a complete un-interrupted view of the Superstition Mountain in our back yard besides we are putting up a very large round pen so we can exercise the horses and practice riding them in a safe place.

Today was the first day we felt that summer is really here, we turned the air conditioner on, it felt good!

Our garden is full of blessing especially tomatoes of all sizes and kinds, Nellie is our fruit and veggie picker, she is always thrilled when I ask her to please go and pick some veggies. But, her favorite thing lately is to sit by the goat that I milk and squirt milk in her mouth as I am milking the goat.

Jesus Made My Valentine One Of The Best

David called me around noon and said they just had a meeting and the manager told him and a couple of other employee that they can work from home and that they do not have to come to the facility unless they really want to.
After we hanged up I paused for a little while and remembered all the times I used to pray asking God to give David work at home, but after asking for so long I kinda gave up thinking may be that was too much to ask and I should just be thankful he has a job, so I stopped asking God that, in fact I almost forgot about that prayer request.
It took me a few minutes to realize that GOD did answered my prayer, I jumped up and called Iris and shared with her how God answered a prayer that I had forgot about and ON VALENTINES DAY, we both rejoiced and started planning a bunch of little vacations that we can take now that David can work remotely and basically from any where we are, joy filed my heart and I just started singing and praising my LORD for his faithfulness, even when we forget about things we prayed for.... HE remembers and answers our prayers in HIS perfect timing..........
My Jesus I love thee............I know thou art mine
Thank you for making my Valentines day a wonderful one.

Before You Meet Prince Charming

I have been praying very hard for the past few months that God would give me wisdom and understanding in the way I should be helping Iris become the godly young woman that God wants her to be, so I found this book and the title "Before You Meet Prince Charming" LOOKED VERY INTERESTING, I ordered the book and we started reading it together, (love doing that with her), I found it to be exactly what I was seeking to teach her printed in the pages of this wonderful book in a very realistic, interesting, and funny way and the best thing in this book is that it mentions HORSES, so for Iris it became interesting!

There is so much in this book, it is loaded with great stories, insights and verses that are just right for her age and the season of life she is in.

Today we read about the topic of dating, the book listed 6 dangers of dating, oh that was good!!
besides it has so much about courtship too(God's way to find your future spouse)

I believe every young woman need and should read this book over and over so she can learn God's way is better than the world way and that God is able to bring couples together in marriages.

So do I believe in arranged marriages?

YES I DO, God is able to arrange marriages for the individuals that obey HIS WORD and wait patiently on HIM.

A Halleluiah Sunday

Last Sunday was such a wonderful day I have to write what the LORD did for us, and all the blessings he brought our way, I just have to sit here and brag about HIM.
We made it to church in perfect timing with all the food prepared for the fellowship time, singing was absolutely wonderful!!!!!!!!!!! and we do sing ALL the stanzas in the hymns which blesses my heart, (I LOVE SINGING OUR BELOVED OLD FASHION HYMNS) then came the preaching and Oh LORD, DID WE NEED IT!!!!!!!! especially me, I turned to my daughter Iris and she turned her face to me many times in shock and AWE of what we were hearing, God's Word was being brought to us in such a simple and understandable way that we kept looking at each other thinking wow... we never heard this before and we really needed to hear it. When we got home we all had a prayer meeting, got on our knees and prayed asking and begging the LORD for help, wisdom and guidance.
God is so good, he knew there are sins that we all have ignored, overlooked or even did not know about, he used the Preacher to bring them up and helped us to see and start dealing with them.
After the preaching there was lots of food and fellowship, I took one of the middle eastern dish there it is called Kubba lots of people liked it and i was gone very fast. The fellowship was sweet just talking of God's goodness, kindness and mercies toward us.
Iris is having a blast making new friends and is back to playing the Piano for the Nursing home ministry and she is loving it, besides many young ladies there take lessons at the church and play in the orchestra, so they encouraged her to bring her Violin and and start practicing and playing with them, and Nellie is loving having lots and lots of girls older and younger than her around playing there.
I love those (Hallujah days) they just give us a small taste of what is going to be like in Heaven, I can't wait!!!!! even so come LORD JESUS.

1St Sunday Of 2011...

It was my hope and prayer to be in a good church first Sunday of this year 2011 to worship, listen to good preaching and be with other believers, so with absolutely no serious planning or searching God worked it out for us to land in a very nice small church where we had great preaching and after that we went and played in the snow and had great rest of that Sunday.
The preaching was so good that we walked out of there and still doing some of the stuff the Pastor preached about, even our 5 year old Nellie was listining and discussed some of the points he preached about, it was almost like a divine appointment and God made sure we would be there to hear what that pastor was preaching about.
That Sunday morning started out with some challenges and many attacks from the Devil to stop us from even being in church but at the end we all knew it was God's will that we ended up in that church with out even having any directions or phone number with us.
So if you wonder dear reader if God knows the desire of our hearts and what we long for as children Born Again into HIS family, I can say with great assurance that yes HE knows and cares more than we can ever know.

1Pet 5:7
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

King James Bible Our Beloved Book......

A few days ago I ordered some books from the http://www.visionforumministries.org/ among them was a King James Bible that was printed in celebration of the 400th year anniversary.
There was little booklet in the box that it came in explaining all about the translators and how it was translated, although I disagree with a lot of the misguided and very confusing information written in that booklet I do like some of the quotes that I read in it from many great and profound men of faith and character and integrity who loved, respected and used the KING JAMES BIBLE . I am listing some of those quotes to be clear and very valuable reasons why every Born Again Christian should use it as his guide for his life here on earth, we at our home believe it is the BEST BOOK penned by human hands on the face of the earth.

1. In a series of lectures at Cambridge University Sir Arther Quiller- couch declared
The King James Bible Was" the very greatest literary achievement in the English language.

2. The King James Bible is a LIVING landmark in the history of the English language, both a religious and literary classic and its influence has been incalculable.

3. Adam Nicolson, Author of God's Secretaries, writes " can lay claim to be the greatest work in pros ever written in English.

4. Throughout the history of the English language, the King James version has remained the most often quoted document in existence a constant inspiration to people from all walks of life, whether poets, farmers, pastors, housewives or politicians.

5. It was to be a Bible for everyone.

6. The manuscript were providentially handed down and were a trustworthy record of the inspired Word of God.

7. The beauty of the King James Bible as well as it's enormous influence can never be exaggerated.

8. The new version won wide acceptance among the people of the English speaking world and easily eclipsed all other previous versions of the Bible.

9. With the translators feeling with the pros rhythm, never was a version of the Bible more admirably suited for reading allowed in public, it proved so acceptable that it remained for 3 centuries without a serious rival version, the Bible of English speaking Protestants, to this day, the King James Bible remains deeply revered.

10. The precision of translation for which it is historically renouned, the simple yet grand language, and its majesty of style enabled this Bible (Word of God) to become the main spring of the religion, language, and legal foundations of the English civilization. It has inspired virtually every great English writer since the 17th century-from John Dryden to Herman Melville to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

11. Allister McGarth stated "there would have been no paradise lost, no pilgrims progress, no handles Messiah, no negro spirituals, and no Gettysburg address," these and innumerable other works were inspired by the language of this Bible that the culture of the English speaking world would have been in measurably diminished without this Bible is certain.

12. For the first time, England was reading one Bible at home and hearing the same Bible at church, Albert S. Cook said "It thus became bound up with the life of the nation, since it stilled all controversy over the best rendering, it gradually came to be accepted as so far absolute in the minds of myriads, there was no distinction between this version and the original text and they almost said to have believed in the literal inspiration of the very words that composed it"

13. It became central to the life of English society in a way that we cannot begin to imagine today. Many family could only afford only one book-a Bible and for many years this was the only Bible available, generations of young people learned to read from the words they found in the KING JAMES BIBLE. Many memorized biblical passages and found that there written and spoken English was shaped by the language and imagery of this Bible. For most readers, it was regarded as their social, economic, political, and spiritual text.

14. " The scholars who produced this masterpiece are mostly unknown and unremembered. But they forged an enduring link, literally and religious, between the English speaking people of the world".

15. David Crystal linguistic expert of the development of the English language adds that the King James Bible "did something that nobody else had done, or nothing else had done in the history of the language previously, not even Shakespeare had managed to do so much, no other text in the history of the English language has done as much as the King James Bible to shape our modern idiom".

16. C.S. Lewis said that whenever we use words such as "beautiful," "longsuffering," "peacemaker," or "scapegoat," it is due to the influence of the King James Version. However, it is not only in the works of the many phrases in our language that the force and influence of the King James Version is felt, but in the very rhythm of our language the very way that we breather and pause and rise and fall as we speak.

17. David Simpson , a member of the British Parliament, said regarding the 400th anniversary of this translation, "It is not only our literature and language that has been influenced by the King James Version. It has an extraordinarily and beneficial influence upon political and constitutional affairs, It was the Bible of Milton and of the Protectorate; later, it was the Bible of the Glorious Revolution, which gave us a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. It was the Bible of Whitefield and the Wesley's that saved this realm from the brutality and blood of the French Revolution. It was the Bible carried by the founding fathers of the United Stated that helped to forge that land and give the world that great democratic powerhouse."

18. Steven Hock, reminds us that "even more important we must recognize that the King James Version is the word of God, that he has graciously and lovingly giving to his English-speaking church. It is a faithful translation of the inspired originals that have been providentially preserved by God in the thousands of manuscripts that have come down to us. Thus we can be assured that with the King James Version we have the authoritative Word of God",

19. This is the very last paragraph written in the booklet

20. "either in it's original form or one of it's derivatives, the King James Version has been the standard Bible used by the English-speaking world for 400 years. No other printed work before of since has so profoundly influenced our language, our culture, and our theology. Beloved for its majestic phrasing and stately cadences, the King James Bible remains fixed in our common speech, and its echoes can be heard throughout our literature. Generations of believers have studied and committed its passages to memory, being comforted and warned and enlightened in the process. This valued legacy continues to impact millions of lives today, a testimony to the profound achievement and lasting worth of the King James Version.

After reading all these quotes, if you want to go pick up a different book other than the King James Bible it's your choice, remember you will be missing out on having the very Word of God in your hand.

Fun Filled Weekend

Saturday Iris participated in the Cowboy Christmas Gymkhana, this is what Gymkhana means " timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending. All of these events are designed to display precise, controlled actions and tight teamwork between horse and rider at speed, although most clubs offer a variety of classes, allowing riders to compete at the speed level they are most capable of, and comfortable with.

So this event went on at the Rodeo Grounds in Apache Junction AZ, this was Iris's & Pumpkins first time, there was at least 35 participant men, women, and young people, Pumpkin, Iris's horse was very restless at first but later on she calmed down, Iris was too but I kept reassuring her to just go out there and have fun, well, she did!!!!! and she loved it!!!!! then came the time of giving out the awards, they all lined up and the announcer started and after mentioning a few names he called Iris and gave her a $60 certificate to a saddle shop, she was shocked and we were too and rejoiced for her and we figured she must done some thing right, she barely had any experience or practice with gymkhana, I did put 4 sticks in the ground for her and 2 flags and she practised in our half acre back yard, but it was very exciting to see her there, later that day David and I decided to take her out to dinner to one of our favorite family meals "Pho" Vietnamese rice soup and we had found a restaurant so we tried it the soup tasted great and it was not busy at all in fact when we finished eating there was no one in the small restaurant so we started chatting with the 26 year old Vietnamese waitress we got to have the chance to share salvation with her and tell her how much Jesus loves her and died on the cross for her so she can have a way to get to heaven, well to our surprise she was willing to pray and call on the LORD as soon as we asked her to pray with us and call on the LORD to save her, we all walked out of there rejoicing after I left her our phone #, well that was an extra blessing from GOD to let us share His name and Salvation with that dear lady, if you are a Christian and reading this post please pray for her to grow in the knowledge and love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Delicious Salt!!!!!!!

Yes just what you read "Delicious salt" is what I learned to make to use for cooking and the table.
It was a few months ago when I started adding Garlic powder to our sea salt so I can get my family to have enough garlic in their food to keep them healthy and fight sicknesses, one day I read about Flax seeds and learned how wonderful they are for our health, so I went and bought some put them in the grinder and added them to our salt, then I read about sesame seeds and how good they are for our health, I went and bought some put them in the grinder and added them to our salt.
My salt mix recipe
1 cup of sea salt
1 third cup of Garlic powder
1 third cup flax seeds powder
1 third cup sesame seeds powder
First few days as we used this salt on our food at meal time my family were asking me why is the color different? so I explained to them what I have done and how healthy it is for us, one day we had the neighbor's daughter who is 16 years old have dinner with us and she used our salt shaker then she said that she really like the taste, and after we finished eating dinner she started putting salt in the palm of her hand and just licking it and saying yummy this salt is Delicious!!!!! so every time she have dinner with us she does the same thing.
Well, I started visiting my parents in San Diego Ca the past 2 years to help them out, my mom have a really nice garden that she grows all kind of vegetables and herbs, and she have so much that she started selling them to her Friends and some Arabic stores in her area, she grows Mint, Oregano, Basil, Thyme, Sage, Parsley, Celery, Garlic, Water Crest, Spearmint, scallions, and so much more so when ever she have a lot of one of those herbs she washes it, dries it and grinds it and keep it in a big jar, so every time I go there she gives me a lot of those wonderful organic grown herbs, I come home feeling so rich of GOD'S bounty.....I was so exited I mixed them all together and added good portion to our salt, so now our salt contains at least 10 different kind of herbs and seeds, the color of it has brownish greenish tone, well I believe it is not just delicious but very healthy too.
All glory and thanks be to GOD now and forever.

GOD IS SOOOOOOOO GOOD.....

I had to go to San Diego, CA to help and tend to some medical needs that my dad needed, left on Sunday and came back Wed, I had to leave the girls here because I knew that I will be spending a lot of time with my dad at the hospital, besides the animals needed to be fed and Penny (one of our goats needed to be milked), The girls did a great job keeping the house and caring for the animals.

I am so glad that I can go visit and help my dad and mom at this stage of their life, they get tired of being alone and dealing with the doctors, paper work and bills so it is becoming a routine for me to go there once every 2 months and help them out, I cannot believe it has been 15 years since I sponsored them and they came here to the U.S.A., I am glad they are here and out of Iraq the situation is getting really bad again over there.

They both have heard salvation, and I think they might be saved, I sure hope they are, I do get in discussions with them a lot about it, sometimes the discussions get heated because they are so set in their old ways and traditions that they were raised on, I do believe the Holy Spirit is powerful and can work in their hearts if they are willing to let Him make the changes in their lives.

I get to meet some of my old friends every time I go there, even though the drive is tiring and trying to get everything done for my parents is sometimes overwhelming, somehow I manage to see some of my friends from the past which makes me feel like I'm on a mini-vacation☻.

One thing that was disappointing tho since we had a couple of really cold nights while I was gone, a lot of my plants froze and died, on the other hand I can see that my goats all four of them, have gotten bigger/rounder, I can really tell that they are all bred, so I'm excited to have a few baby goats sometime around Feb or March.

Nellie is doing great with her piano lessons that she takes from Iris. Iris is doing amazingly wonderful with her very barn sour horse.

David still has a job (praise be to God!!) and doing great!
Until my next post, keep your eyes upon Jesus.

Basil, One Of Our Favorite Herbs

Our basil story goes back to 2002 when a Korean friend of mine invited us to a Vietnamese restaurant after church one Sunday in San Diego CA, we tried a special kind of soup that is served there called "Pho" which is made of Rice noodles in a beef or chicken broth and has wonderful seasoning, at the time of serving you get side dish filled with fresh Basil, lots of bean sprouts, Slices of lime and hot peppers. our friend showed us how to mix all those ingredients together the Vietnamese way and eat it with chop sticks, my husband fell in love with this soup called "Pho" so it became one of our favorite things to do is to find every Vietnamese restaurant in the areas we moved to and try their Pho to see which one is the best, after a while my husband in his kind and sweet way asked me if I could learn how to make Pho so we can have it more often, so I did but every time I made it I had to run to many different store to find Basil and when I found it, it was so expensive I would stand back and just feel awful for paying up to $4 for a few leaves that were only enough for one serving, beside it was not fresh most of the time, see basil is what gives Pho that special taste and makes it different than all other soups.
About a year and a half ago as I was shopping at Fresh and Easy store one day I saw they had Organic Basil plants that were weathered and dying marked very cheap I think it was 50 cents, I bought one and brought it home and nursed it to life a few days and planted it in the ground, that one plant grow so big and produced so many seeds and as some of these seeds fell to the ground GOD grew them into many many beautiful plants so now I have over 100 plants and more are coming up as I type, that first plant is still alive and producing more it looks like a little tree now.

here it is behind Nellie still filled with many many seeds.

A while ago we got to learn about Pesto, so with all the basil we have it was easy just to step out side and pick as much as we needed to make fresh pesto, we even made pesto pizza, we use basil in salads soups, and even on Garlic bread it is good, there are many health benefits to basil, I encourage you to grow it and use it at your home.

There was an article a few months ago about Pho on Yahoo saying that Pho has become the #1 best soup world wide, no kidding.....we do not believe much from Yahoo but this one we did.

The earth is the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof...Psalm 24:1

Just Want To Brag On My GOD

God is always good.........There is so much going on in my mind that I want to put down here for you my dear reader to read about my ALMIGHTY GOD and there are many many thoughts that are jumping in front of each other to be typed here about him so I an going to start with the biggest and the most resent one,

Yesterday David called me from work saying that someone is transferring to Texas in the group where he works and his boss decided that David will be the best worker to replace him.
Praise be to GOD.

We had another baby snake exactly the same as the one we I blogged about right in front of our dogs but they did not get bit, Praise be to GOD.

I had a big box of groceries 2 days ago and it only cost me $2, blueberries, strawberries,blackberries,tomatoes,grapes, peaches plums and much much more, we made 3 pies and an apple bake. Praise be to GOD.

Just found out our goats are the best breed for milk. Praise be to GOD.

Found a lot of great fencing for very reasonable price to rearrange our little farm animals. Praise be to GOD.
We got to host a missionary from India and learned about the wonderful work that is going on spreading the Gospel of our LORD JESUS CHRIST in India. Praise be to GOD.
Now if you are feeling down and depressed just start thinking of all the blessing GOD has brought around you......
Psalm136:1
O Give thanks unto the LORD; FOR HE IS GOOD; for his mercy endureth for ever.

Just as I was finishing this post this is the hymn started playing on the radio station www.fbnradio.com

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

morning by morning new mercies I see, all I have needed thy hands hath provided

great is thy faithfulness

LORD unto me.

Blessings, Blessings And More Blessings

Just a beautiful sun set view from our back yard

God has been so good to us this summer, we had so many new blessings, one of the big once was that we learned about Grape Fruit Juicing and really love it, we were able to get boxes and boxes of them every month and make lots of juice every day, it was the best tasting juice we have ever had, we all fell in love with it to the point we were addicted to it, we even shared some with our neighbors and they liked it too, I wish I had taken some pictures of the many many boxes of grape fruits we got so I can share here.

The other big blessing is that my husband is still employed and taking care of all our financial demands, Iris is doing so good at her horse back riding adventures she even learned how to stay on a bucking horse, thanks to her teacher Mrs. Rose and her daughter Tiffanie and

Nellie is so eager to learn reading, she is going to turn 5 in Sept/14.

I had to go to San Diego CA a couple of times to help my mom and dad, I even went by and got to visit with some of my dear old Friends at my old church and some of my costumers from my hair Solon business, went to the beach and enjoyed the waters a few times.

We went to Benson last weekend and had a good time at our house in J-6, we have a mobile home that is on a piece of land situated in a very beautiful spot that has breath taking mountains and sunset views, it is a lot greener down there, there were so many pretty blooming flowers the same as we saw in the spring time here in Apache Junction AZ.

As we drove and visited some of the places we used to go to down there it reminded us with the good and bad memories of our time that we lived there, I think it is just good to go back if possible and revisit our past every once in a while and learn from our past experience achievements, memories , people and places to help us improve our lives and make better choices in the future, and this is another big blessing that God has giving us this summer ability and finances to go and not be tied down by anything.all this reminds me of a verse that God wrote in his word for us

Deut. 28:6

Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out..

Love Your Enemies!!!!!!!

Jesus said in Matt.5:44

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate

you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Lately this verse keep coming to my mind...now I am not writing this post to preach to anyone or say, look at me I am holier than thou, the only reason I am writing it is to let others know that God's word is true and HE is faithful to work with our weaknesses and infirmities even though while in the process we feel so defeated, confused and just down right mad,

Phil 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

So I started thinking to myself and asking this question,

Who are my enemies?

Well from God's word I know that the World, the Devil, & The Flesh, ARE OUR BIGGEST ENEMIES, but in the verse above Jesus is talking about people that are my enemies, so who are they??????... immediately one woman came to my mind..

Now I started thinking what make that woman an enemy?

This is one of the definition from Merriam Webster dictionary,

Date: 13th century:
1 : one that is antagonistic to another; especially : one seeking to injure, overthrow, or confound an opponent.

Wikipedia definitions:
An enemy is a person who hates or dislikes another person, or is nasty or mean to the person he is an enemy to.

Now as I was searching for the meaning of this word many many painful, sad and hurtful memories came to my mind that were done to my family and me by that woman, but by the Grace of GOD I have learned to rise above them and just let them be where GOD can reach and take care of them....AND HE HAS... ALL GLORY AND PRAISE BE TO HIM.

NOW this is why I am writing this post to let you know my reader that GOD taught me to pray for that woman, and if you are thinking right now in the back of your mind that evil person that hurt me so much and some names or situations are coming to your mind reminding you of your enemy... please just stop and ask THE LORD JESUS TO TEACH YOU TO PRAY FOR THEM right now, you might say oh but you have no idea what they have done to me..... yes you are right... I do not know, but THESE TWO THINGS I HAD TO LEARN:

1.The ENMITY, HURT, PAIN AND SUFFERING came from the WOMAN and NOT FROM JESUS.
2. What she did to my family and Friends was nothing compare to what MY sin did to JESUS.

If you are a Born Again Christian and committed to serve THE LORD dear reader, I promise you that the biggest dart from the Devil at you and your family will come through someone in church who is gladly serving the Devil, filled with hate and have no compassion, there are at least 10 brothers and sisters that were almost destroyed because of that women in one incident alone that she put us through, many of those people have no desire to enter another church ever.....all because of the deeds of that woman, BUT GLORY BE TO GOD NOW AND FOREVER, HE IS A FRIEND THAT STICKETH CLOSER THAN A BROTHER, do not give up, keep trusting HIM.

HE taught me through the whole ordeal to pray for my enemy (that woman) and ask GOD to bless her and if some day HE wants me to love her and do good to her, I do not know what it will take, but I believe that HIS GRACE is available and freely given to each one of us when we are determined to obey AND DO HIS WORD,
until then I will be praying for her as she comes to my mind, and I will go on my way singing...and praising him

Oh victory in JESUS my Savior forever.....

My Husband Is a Great Soul Winner

It was Christmas Eve around 7 pm when I took our dog Baby Bear out the front door to do his business, as I was waiting for him I saw a shadow of a man walking towards our house carrying a box, Baby Bear started barking at him, as I was trying to stop him from barking at the stranger I heard the man's voice saying "excuse me, excuse me, can I please use your phone?" so I walked inside told my husband, so he took the phone to him, by then he was at our door step, we were standing there hearing hear him talking to some of his friends asking if he can spend the night at their house and that he just got out of jail and all he wanted to do was to spend Christmas with his mother that lived up the street but when he was dropped off there by a guard from prison and drove off, the stranger found out that his mother was NOT home, his dad was but his dad is a dope head as he prescribed him to us and all he did was offer him a cigarette and told him off, so as he was talking on the phone we gathered what was going on and at that moment as we were standing there David thought "why would God bring this man to our door for any other reason other than for me to tell him the good news of the GOSPEL "
so we invited him in and sat with him around the dinning table, David grabbed his KING JAMES BIBLE and started by asking him the question "If you were to die today, are you 100% sure you would go to heaven" the man said "no I am not, I was just thinking about that earlier today" then David opened the precious book and showed him that JESUS paid it all and if he was to BELIEVE on the LORD JESUS CHRIST, HE WOULD BE SAVED, well the man bowed his head as soon as David asked him and prayed on his own without David leading him in a prayer, it was the most simple and honest prayer I have ever witnessed from a sinner asking for salvation, the tears swelled in our eyes as David and I looked at each other as he was praying so earnestly and asking the LORD JESUS to save him, it was one of the most precious gifts I had this past Christmas, to see a soul saved in our home on Christmas Eve.
He is 21 years old, he told us after he got saved that it was Not a coincident that he ended up at our house after the disappointment with his mother and father on Christmas Eve.
I will be writing the rest of the story in the coming days..

Praise GOD for MY HUSBAND

David reading bedtime story for Nellie

It has been little over 7 years since David and I got married, when we first met I saw him sooo handsome and attractive his big brown eyes and slightly dark skin and dark colored hair, his calm, quite and collected gentleman self, and even more was that he always thought before he spoke, he would always answer my questions very logically and with much seriousness than I was looking for, I had plenty for him to answer in order to know him better before I committed to marrying him, in fact some times I could even see his brain moving " just kidding" as I conversed with him, unlike me, I just blah, blah, blah whatever comes to my mind which is one of my greatest weaknesses.

Well, I am writing this post to say the more I am learning about who he really is and what he thinks inside and his relationship with the LORD the more I fall in love with him in a new way and see him even more handsome and attractive than when we first met, I am learning about his heart, his thoughts and his character, his stand about different important issues "like bible versions, tv cable, dress standards, alcohol and much more " especially when we are confronted regularly about those topics by christian and none christian" that we face in here on earth and how to deal with those issues as Born Again Christians in the light of GOD'S HOLY WORD THE KING JAMES BIBLE, which is our instruction book to live godly, righteous & holy lives.

He got converted to believing the KING JAMES BIBLE is the holy, inspired, inerrant, preserved word of GOD when we were courting, I did not have to say much to him about this whole thing but just listening to one of "Pastor Fisher's" massages at my old church about the KING JAMES BIBLE was enough for him to give up all the other perversions then he started reading and learning more and more about this very very important subject, praise be to God for giving David sweet, humble, and teachable spirit, it has been a blessing for both of us to explore together and see so many beautiful nuggets that are so abundant in that old black book.

this is what king David said about God's word in the book of Psalms,

Psalm 119:105,140

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

David is very wise and logical when he is approached by people that do not know about the KJB or the ones that try to break our faith in THE BOOK, he has so many points that he bring up to show the scoffers that GOD'S HOLY BOOK is THE KING JAMES BIBLE.

I love him for this very important issue, and he would take his stand no matter what.

when he believes something from GOD'S WORD he would NOT back up form it, his persistence cannot be manipulated by anything in this world.

Well I will be posting other wonderful characters he has in times to come as my love, respect and admiration for him swells in my heart in the coming days.