Vacation 2008

Starting tomorrow morning our family vacation officially begins. We are going to this cozy shack in Outer Banks, NC for a week. It has 8 bedrooms, 4 of which are king master bedrooms. 6 1/2 bathrooms, 2 kitchens a private pool, etc. We are 600 feet from the ocean and the crow's nest is supplied with one of the two hot tubs. Please pray for us that we will be able to enjoy such lousy accommodations. I am not as high-tech as my fellow bloggers (aka edgewise.com and the winding tale) so I will not post pics from the road. But then again, you are used to me going weeks without posting. See you next week.

New Bail Out Plan

I recently ran across this formula and kinda liked it...enjoy!

Hi everyone, check this formula out,

Im against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.

Instead, Im in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in

a We Deserve It Dividend .

To make the math simple, lets assume there are 200,000,000

bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+.

Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman

and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..

So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billon that equals $425,000.00.

My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a

We Deserve It Dividend .

Of course, it would NOT be tax free.

So lets assume a tax rate of 30%.

Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.

That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.

But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket.

A husband and wife has $595,000.00.

What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?

Pay off your mortgage housing crisis solved.

Repay college loans what a great boost to new grads

Put away money for college itll be there

Save in a bank create money to loan to entrepreneurs.

Buy a new car create jobs

Invest in the market capital drives growth

Pay for your parents medical insurance health care improves

Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean or else

Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18 + including the folks

who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company

that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.

If were going to re-distribute wealth lets really do it...instead of trickling out

a puny $1000.00 ( vote buy ) economic incentive that is being proposed by one of our candidates for President.

If were going to do an $85 billion bailout, lets bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+!

As for AIG liquidate it.

Sell off its parts.

Let American General go back to being American General.

Sell off the real estate.

Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.

Heres my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesnt.

Sure its a crazy idea that can never work.

But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party !

How do you spell Economic Boom?

I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion

We Deserve It Dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC .

And remember, The Birk plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned

instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

Ahhh...I feel so much better getting that off my chest.

Exciting!

Yesterday as I was leaving our house to go to the church, I passed several police cars on our road about 1/2 a mile from our house. I saw the helicopter flying low and slow and thought maybe someone escaped form the Federal Prison or Detox facility, both of which are right near us. Here is what the paper had to say about it today.

http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_270073935.html

Only From Wild and Wonderful West Virginia

www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_269112314.html

Confused?

I am not sure what is happening. Either the Democrats have a highly intelligent plan (which is highly doubtful) or they are really wanting the Republican Party to keep the White House. Sen. Biden and VP hopeful has recently been recorded saying that Hillary Clinton was capable of leading the country and probably was a better choice for VP than he was. Then he recently disagreed openly with Sen Obama on the AIG bailout. Then he scolded his party and an Obama endorsed ad that attacked McCain about his inability to use e-mail as inappropriate. There seems to be some serious problems on the Democratic side. Word has it that Biden will drop out of the running on or near Oct. 5 citing health reason and Hillary will take his place. In a recent talk, Bill Clinton said he now understood why so many like Sarah Palin..."people can relate to her", he said. They feel she is real and one of them. All of this suggests that the Democratic Party is seriously fearing defeat come Nov. 2. Oh well, thanks Biden, Clinton and Obama for the good campaign help

Tyler's Dedication

We recently had Tyler dedicated. It was a honor to have our good friend James Plank do the dedication. He has now dedicated all of our children to the Lord. raising kids is quite a chore and each I am reminded how much of God's guidance we need. It truly is our prayer that our kids grow up serving Jesus and finding themselves in Kingdom work.

Anniversary Sunday

Danny Hubble

Doris Hoffman

Sheri Vinson with Tyler

Janet White's delicious cheesecake.

On September 14, our church celebrated our 60th Anniversary. It was also our 2o year celebration for our Bus & Outreach Ministry. Rev. Barry Arnold from the Lebanon God's Missionary Church was our guest speaker. We took time to honor some special people. Rev.
James Plank, the one who started the bus ministry. Ed Schultz, aka. Uncle Ed, who for years shouldered the ministry and now Marvin Beachel. Marvin does an outstanding job and is seeing more consistent and higher numbers due to his burden for the ministry. Then there is Kieth Forney, Peter Brinkmann, Willard Vinson and many others who do many different thigs to help make things go smoothly. Thanks Ladies and Gents for all your work. We are anticipating greater things this coming year.

Old Friends

(L - R) Pam, Janet, Ba (Shirley), Vonnie

James Holden, a die-hard Michigan fan.

Greg Key

The kids had a great time.

Picking up where we left off.

While we were away for my grandpa's funeral, we spent Sunday in Galax, Virginia, home of our first pastorate. Galax is only a short distance from Beckley, WV, so we took advantage of the opportunity to see everyone again. The Galax Haven of Rest Bible Church is filled with some great people and it was nice to spend the day with them. Pastor Ledford was gracious to us as we worshiped with them. Their Associate Pastor, Chad Winter, did a great job in preaching, challenging us to not lose the annointing. We had lunch with The Keys. Shirley, Sheila, Greg & Pam, Sabrina & James and all the kids, thanks for the lunch and accomodations. It was nice to see you all again!

Okey O. McBride, Jr.

Flowers from New Columbia GMC. Thanks
for your thoughtfulness.

Justin, Papa and Kayla viewing grandpa.

Meal time. Pastor Yancey co-officiated the
funeral with my dad.

This past Friday, we received word that my grandfather had finally lost the battle with Parkinson's Disease. It had been a long hard battle, but today he has been granted eternal
relief from the pain and suffering he knew for so long. My grandpa was a spiritual hero to me. The thing that sticks out to me the most, was that he was a man of prayer. Aside from my immediate family's prayers, my grandpa's prayers helped me get my life back in order and answer the call to preach that I had been running from. Talking with him for just a moment, there was no doubt he was a deeply spiritual man. I will cherish many memories of grandpa, but I will greatly miss his prayers. I have found that the consistent prayers of people are a great help in our walk through life, and I just lost a friend who faithfully prayed for me, and many others on a day-to-day basis. Thank you grandpa for your example and love. An old Wendy Bagwell song that grandpa liked is my prayer more today than ever before. It simply goes, "I firmly promise you that I meet you by the river, on the banks of that evergreen shore..."

The Fight Is On

On a much anticipated day, presidential hopeful John McCain announced his Vice President selection. In my humble opinion, it was a brilliant choice, a beautiful political move that I believe will help McCain move into the White House come January. Gov. Sarah Palin is a pro-life mother of five. Her husband is a member of the United Steel Union and a life long fisherman. Her son is soon to be deployed in the US Army fighting for freedom. She won a very competitive campaign in Alaska on Political Reform. I am still not a huge fan, a bandwagon rider, of John McCain, but todays announcement gives me a little more assurance that, we the Republican Party, will retain the White House.

Harley "Fatboy" Rider

Yard Sale

Kayla, the saleswoman.

Security was tight.

Part-time help.

The Marina

This week we took an evening and went to the Marina in Northumberland. It was a beautiful evening to sit and watch the boats coming and going and enjoying a few peaceful and serene moments. Justin and Kayla took there bikes and thoroughly enjoyed the paved paths to ride on.

Justin's Big Day

Justin's new day job!

Ready to go.

Photo sessions at 7:30 am.

Arriving safely.

His own desk.

Today is Justin's first day at school. Wow! How time has flown by. It was hard to see our little boy head off for this great adventure. The one we are used to hearing run around and play by the hour at home. But today it was much quieter. Kayla wasn't sure how to act. She said she didn't want Justin to go to school because she was going to miss her best friend. We all had that feeling as we drove the 24 miles to Penn View Christian Academy. None-the-less, he's there and starting his PVCA career. I found myself praying different times today for him, not only for strength and courage, but that God would even now help make the right choices and through his Christian education, help put a hunger in his heart to serve God.

Chatterbox Cafe

Once again, the Chatterbox Cafe has come and gone. With the help of this wild and wooly crew, we sold over $3,700.00 worth of finger-lickin', mouth-waterin', healthy, greasy food. We had a great time. Thanks guys for all your help. This year the Tolleys had these aprons made for all the workers. The picture is supposed to be a caricature of Matt Ellison. I must say the picture is very slimming!

The Kids

Kayla loves corn on the cob

Justin likes to copy people

Justin enjoyed the playing the rain

The obvious place to be

Kayla didn't like it as much, but still
managed to get wet.

Justin's First Lost Tooth

Grampa & Grandma from West Virginia

This past weekend my parents came up from West Virginia. It was nice to have them around for the weekend. They took Justin and Kayla to W.Va. for the week. The kids are wound up and excited about all that's planned for the week.

Mt. of Blessings '08

Patiently waiting.

Kayla & crew

Justin and Travis

One of Tyler's happy moments.

Celebrating July 4th

Continued

Fireworks!!!

Ashley Crouse holding Tyler.

Now that life is having a sense of normality again, I will attempt the blogging world again. Mt. of Blessings is, in my humble opinion, one of the best camps around. It is a family camp, low keyed, and full of activity. We have 2 evangelistic services a day, which found us listening to wonderful messages from Revs. Paul Pierpoint and Jacob Martin. The afternoon session is for youth which Rev. Aaron McCarty spoke. The singers were the Shrouts and the Glicks, with Sharon Joy Evans teaching the children. Sharon Joy averaged 76 kids a service. These were all kids who stay on the grounds. In one morning service, we had a little over 100 in attendance and 52 were young people. The Stahl's brought their pony up for a day and gave the kids rides. Another addition this year was that we had a professional fireworks display. They went on for at least 20 minutes, non-stop. They were beautiful. Thanks to those who made that possible. It was a tiring 10 days, but well worth every tear, sweat-drop and victory. Already looking forward to Mt. of Blessings '09.

The Kids