WAKE UP SLEEPING CHRISTIAN’S!!!!

Hello everyone,

Yes I said WAKE UP SLEEPING CHRISTIAN”S!!!  No longer should you just go to church and be a bench-warmer, a bench-warmer is a sleeping Christian!!! When you go to church do you listen to the WORD OF THE LORD preached from the HOLY BIBLE? Or do you just sleep and think about thing’s you want to do after church? Pastor’s do you preach the WORD OF THE LIVING GOD? AND ONLY FROM THE HOLY BIBLE? People there is only one way to Heaven and that is through a relationship with JESUS CHRIST! Who was born from a virgin and lived a sinless life and was scourged and beaten until his bones could be seen! Did you know the Romans used special whips that had rocks, glass, and metal’s tied to the ends so that when Jesus was given 30 lashes HE was bleeding to death even before HE had spikes driven through HIS hands and feet and HE hung on that cross for YOU! HE died a horrible death, and raised up from death on the 3rd day so that you could have ETERNAL LIFE with HIM in Heaven! Every time I think about, see or read what HE did I cry out LORD WHY? We are not worthy of what you did for us! We rage at you, hate you, live in sin, we commit adultery, we commit fornication, lie, cheat, steal, covet what others have, commit murder, gamble our money away, have children out of wedlock, have abortions-which is murder of an innocent baby and in this country alone there have been 55 million abortions since it became legal, we condone and even glorify the homosexual/lesbian lifestyle, we take drugs, drink to excess, smoke, over-eat, exercise and glorify in our own flesh and become and make our bodies an idol to ourselves! People turn to false gods, and religion’s! Even with all this sin JESUS still love’s us and longs for us to come home to HIM! YOU even have a song you sing for each and every person living in this sin filled world! Oh Abba Father we are so unworthy of YOUR LOVE!!! Yet you still long for us! Father please forgive my hate, my anger, my frustrations I have against you! LORD JESUS, please forgive me… I have failed you Lord in so many ways! Yet I long to be with you LORD JESUS! I long for a deeper relationship with you! JESUS you are my SAVIOR, my friend, my constant companion! When I cry out in pain you carry me through it! I LOVE you with all that I have LORD JESUS!

My friends I know this a very different post than what you are used to reading from me. This post is my heart’s cry for myself, my husband Ray, a very special family member, my other family member’s, and all the people in this world I know and those I don’t know. As I know that my physical death is coming soon, I know I go to a better place. Where I will no longer be in pain, or cry. I long to worship and bow before my SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST!!

Amen….

Mandy…

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My AMAZING Bucket List Adventure Trip!!!

Hello Everyone,

I wanted to write about my AMAZING bucket list adventure and WOW what an adventure it was! We left on June 2nd and our first stop was Salt Lake City and it was just a stop over. 2nd stop was in Mesa, Arizona. I wanted to visit Sunshine Acres Children’s Home. My family lived and worked there in the early 90’s. They have done some amazing rebuilding there! I was really surprised on how different and beautiful it is now. We got a tour from Carol the founders daughter. It was 105 degree’s that day and Arizona was just as beautiful and HOT as I remember it! Our 3rd stop was in San Diego for 4 days. I want to thank Wish Granters of Idaho for setting up our stay in San Diego! The hotel was beautiful, It was called Doubletree by Hilton. They had a swimming pool, hot tub, fire pit and they fed us breakfast everyday! The staff was so nice and caring! Our first place to visit in San Diego was the Safari Zoo, and it was amazing to see all the animals as you would see them in Africa! We rode a tram all the way around and our guide was GREAT! The next day we went to Sea World, and oh how I LOVED it there! Our first ride was on the Atlantis and we got soaking wet, but I didn’t care! We went to every exhibit we could get to, and ride! We sat in the soak zone to see Shamu and boy did we get soaked! Lol, but again I didn’t care! I still can’t believe I walked all through that place! It was a great day! Our 3rd day I didn’t go anywhere. I guess I wore myself down at Sea World! We were going to visit the San Diego Zoo, but I just could not make it.. 😦 So Ray, mom and Bill went and toured a ship called the Midway Museum. Our 4th stop was in Los Angeles. We first went to Hollywood and visited the Hollywood Wax Museum, and it was cool! And Ripley’s Believe It Or Not was across the street and that place was cool too! The next day all we did was get ready for the biggest night of our trip. We went to Spago’s in Beverly Hills! I have always wanted to visit and eat there. I have admired and followed Chef Wolfgang Puck for years. I was so nervous there, and I don’t know why? Just such a fancy place that we are not used to. But the servers were so nice and the food was AMAZING! They started us with a bread bowl with 3 different kinds of delicious bread! One was called Lavash flatbread, the other was a crusty Italian bread, and the 3rd was a soft dinner roll with black sesame seeds and that one was my favorite! They had butter on the table in the shape of  pyramid’s and round’s, it tasted really good! They made us what is called Amuse Bouche, the first plate had Sushi and the 2nd was a baked oyster in the shell and what a taste sensation they were! My starter course was a ½ oz Osetra Caviar, Sour Cream, Egg Yolk “Jam,” Egg White “Caviar,” Lemon-Herb Blinis, and I LOVED it! My dinner was Black Bass, Crispy Scale, Littleneck Clams, Herb Coulis, Garlic Purée, and it was fabulous! My dinner was a little late so the chef made a little plate of pasta and it just melted in my mouth! I wish I could remember what it was called! I was dying to take picture’s of all the food, but I didn’t think they would like that? Maybe? Everyone else had different entree’s and they loved them! And my aunt and mom had pre-ordered a cake for my birthday, it was a strawberry shortcake and it was mouthwatering delicious! The server sang Happy Birthday to me and I wanted to cry! We had the BEST server! And to top of the evening Chef Wolfgang and his son Alex came to our table and talked with us! He is so friendly and nice! He even gave me the cake, we didn’t pay for it! It was worth $150! It was an amazing night! I will remember every taste forever! Our next stop was in Pismo Beach and Ray and I went to a sea food place, and we loved it! Even through it took us 1-1/2 hours to pick all the crab meat out of the shells! It was really good! Now by this time I was getting really tired and I wanted to see the Redwoods, but I knew I was done. So we headed home, with a little side trip to San Francisco, and I hate to say this but we HATED it there! The traffic, noise, and people were so rude! That is one city I will never visit again! We got home about 10pm on June 14th. This was the longest trip and the best trip I have ever been on! I want to thank my mom, step-dad, Ray, my aunt Gayle, Wish Granters, and all of the other people that made this trip happen! You all are AMAZING people! I also want to say thank you to my beautiful niece Jacquelyn! I loved spending time with you and getting to know you better! You are a precious young lady Jacquelyn, and we love you so much! And if I missed anyone I am sorry, I am so tired today! Again thank you so much everyone!

Mandy…. 🙂