Kit Sober

I have found a more faith in my vocabulary than believe. Believe is still too hard for me. Watching Joel Osteen (Lakewood Church) tonite was nice for me. That place has a lot of "believe" in their statement of beliefs and in the sermons. The nice and inspirational thing about that place Lakewood Church (for me) comes from the integrity of the pastor and spokespeople -- much as the best of our ex-twi pastors -- Milford Bowen, John Shroyer, Wayne Clapp -- so many lovely and faithful men and women we know. I am working on being able to say believing without choking up with a dam of damable junk. Sidebar: I used to have a lot of trouble with the name "Jesus" until I rhymed it with Cheezits. Now I have no trouble with that Word of words.

George, Marlon Brando's Sayonara was on TV, and I thought of you, and wondered if you might stay over with your own Hano Ogi(?). Glad you made it safely back, and hope the spring blossoms will be an expression of new hope in your heart and life.

A note on out-of-twi time frame. . . It has taken all of these 10+ years to achieve my current more rational and stable reaction to the ebb and flow of problems and their resolution. (Also right now I have communication with family members, a job, a home, a loving spouse, a couple of friends even and a professional goal I am working on. I am wealthy right now.) And your Hopefull name has been an inspirational benchmark. I believe our prayers help keep the whole ball of wax afloat so to speak, and that when some friends and family get the lion's share of attack, friends and family surround the situation with the protection of loving prayers and other support we can give. In hope,

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I pray I Cor 13:6-7 over this situation: "Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things." Our prayers and our support should be for our leaders and not against them else we join Osama Bin Ladenand his ilk in working to destroy this country. Hopefully,

Praying you find a good dentist. That makes all the difference in the world.

And added to what LG said about body parts breaking down. It was much easier to believe for good health when we were 20, and the roughest road we hit was the flu. (All the heavier stuff was dismissed as "not believing" and ignored.) LG praying with you for good health too. Prayers still work because the Lord has not gotten weaker. But our definition of answered prayer may change. Joni Tada is still cooking and providing inspiration and hope for millions world wide. Her mouth-painting is not all she does. She is a wonderful inspirational speaker and she also has a wheelchair for the world program that distributes used wheelchairs to people who would never receive them otherwise. Her unanswered prayer for healing was not ignored by the Lord. She has stated that if he had been "healed" her heart would never have been so full of love and compassion as the Lord has been able to give her from her position as it is. Our twi prayers were more telling the Lord what He should do to satisfy us, whereas His wisdom is truly the great one, not us. Getting kicked out of twi was blessing to me, and I know more than I did in twi that His eye is on the sparrow and He watches over me. Always. Still hopefull,

Dear Hopefull, first year without twi.... Mine was in 1995 -- I lost my job. My friends were all in twi, and the guy who had been my friend for almost 20 years wrote a letter to the people who attended his twi, my friends, telling them that I was M&A. . .(We worked together when he got into twi, I listened to his first teaching, and learned to trust him as a friend.) My mom was dead and my brothers and sister thought I was a lost cause. . . . My husband thought I was a M&A, too. and this was before Greasespot Cafe and even WayDale. All there was was a fleeting bunch of ranting and raving, and of course I assumed the hosts of that place were wrong and that twi was right. Seems like others have the same experience -- maybe it's like waking up from a dream and dealing with the real world, but it can be done. Here it is only 11 years later. Fred and I are doing better than ever. I have been able to keep working. I am studying to become certified as an Internal Auditor, which is right up my alley because of the attention to detail I developed while in twi. -- Challenges abound and without the prayers of friends, WayDale and Great Greasespot I don't know where I would be. But Greasespot is here. Information is here of the reality of the world from a viewpoint other than twi. The prayer room has always had an abundance of work-related prayer requests. Some happily resolved, and others not so happily. But I think with the help of each others, these problems as well can be resolved. Coming out of any addiction is difficult and probably impossible without the Lord. As for stuff breaking. That happens. (My dishwasher is out. The front screendoor doesn't close. The juicer is making a grinding noise.... The pillows on our bed were just too old to be kept. That was replaceable with my budget. The other stuff will wait.....) Prayers are with you, and mine also added into this mix. Hopefully in hope for Hopefull and the rest of us to make it through this life with a maximum of good times and laughs and sorrows always mitigated by the comfort of friends and family,

Also, during the period of the prior noni juice discussion I received a few private topic responses from people who had found benefit, and knew others who had found benefit, from Noni Juice and did not want to get in the wind tunnel of Greasespot ridicule. I found that ordering it on the internet from Hawaii is the least expensive. I cannot say which is the best brand because i am not a connoisseur, but the stuff with a better taste has cheaper juice concentrates and sugar added. I currently order the 100% noni juice and add my own taste enhancers.

Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius. ~Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart~

I just saw rerun of the tv show, "8 Simple Rules for dating my daughter" with John Ritter who died 2003. Nice show. John Ritter added a kindness that may be irreplaceable.

Subject: North -vs- South North vs. South The North has coffee houses, The South has Waffle Houses The North has dating services, The South has family reunions. The North has switchblade knives, The South has Lee Press-on Nails The North has double last names, The South has double first names. The North has Indy car races, The South has stock car races. The North has Cream of Wheat, The South has grits. The North has green salads, The South has collard greens. The North has lobsters, The South has crawfish. The North has the rust belt, The South has the Bible Belt. FOR NORTHERNERS MOVING SOUTH In the South: If you run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in a four-wheel drive pickup truck with a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them, just stay out of their way. This is what they live for. Don't be surprised to find movie rentals and bait in the same store....do not buy food at this store. Remember, "y'all" is singular, "all y'all" is plural, and "all y'all's" is plural possessive. Get used to hearing "You ain't from round here, are ya?" Save all manner of bacon grease. You will be instructed later on how to use it. Don't be worried at not understanding what people are saying. They can't understand you either. The first Southern statement to creep into a transplanted Northerner's vocabulary is the adjective "big'ol" truck or "big'ol" boy. Most Northerners begin their Southern-influenced dialect this way. All of them are in denial about it. The proper pronunciation you learned in school is no longer proper. Be advised that "He needed killin" is a valid defense here. If you hear a Southerner exclaim, "Hey, y'all, watch this," you should stay out of the way. These are likely to be the last words he'll ever say. If there is the prediction of the slightest chance of even the smallest accumulation of snow, your presence is required at the local grocery store. It doesn't matter whether you need anything or not. You just have to go there. Do not be surprised to find that 10-year olds own their own shotguns, they are proficient marksmen, and their mammas taught them how to aim. In the South, we have found that the best way to grow a lush green lawn is to pour gravel on it and call it a driveway. AND REMEMBER: If you do settle in the South and bear children, don't think we will accept them as Southerners. After all, if the cat had kittens in the oven, we wouldn't call 'em biscuits.

Happy New Year to you!!!

there are also lots of good stuff that is being done by men who walk with the Lord today. Walter Cummins maintains his integrity. Also Wayne Clapp, Milford Bowen Dale Sides and the people associated with their ministries to name only a few who maintain integrity before the Lord. And when you study those things that are written and spoken by men and women who have maintained their integrity, you also get the seeds of strength from their lives and the gems that glisten with light from Holy Spirit alive in them today. Billy Graham, Norman Vincent Peale, Kenneth Copeland, Joyce Meyers -- In addition to the wonderful ones we know who left twi and maintained their integrity -- so many men and women who have lived with integrity before the Lord. So many men and women with whom we can be proud to associate with and learn from. Always remembering that the nobility of the Bereans was found because they received the word with all readiness of mind and searched the scriptures daily whether those things were so. There is no shortcut to searching the scriptures daily and testing by the scriptures those things which are seen and heard. I got rid of all twi stuff just because of the dirt that goes along with all things twi. And twi stuff was just about the sum of my life in 1995. But twi made a "complete mess" of my life and getting rid of it all gave me space to start fresh and allow the Holy Spirit to make me completely whole as I have longed for all these years. Hopefully,

Happy New Year Thank you for the kindness you have brought into the world,

Jacquie Larson: A fishbowl greeting

Garth, Yes. I believe that groups should have a right to associate with and accept into their organization who they want. Kit

We've got some great Boy Scouts here in Reno (Reno United Way recognizes Boy Scouts and we can donate to them with our United Way donation). Maybe I wouldn't appreciate the Boy Scouts so if I hadn't seen them stand up to the rigors of defending their beliefs. Glad they are still going strong,

Hi and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Nice to hear from you. Glad things are going well for all of you. Sincerely, Kit Sober Reno NV

A White Christmas

From a friend, this came: Our prayers also are with those who are fighting for Freedom's cause, military soldiers and the soldiers of the Lord who keep ever diligent to hold forth Christ's love. Merry Christmas, Fred and Kit Sober Reno NV

An old fashioned Christmas card

These credit card companies are a great tragedy driving simple American people into debt. We had a nice college-student admin assistant, and she accepted a few of the "instant credit" credit cards -- 30% interest as stated in the song and also $39 a month late charge. It split up her and her boyfriend, and she quit work in depression. My son also while in the Marine Corps got nailed in this regard as well. The credit card companies are the current American "success story," and are one of few American companies posting a profit. The price is financial deception, IMHO.

Very nice. Thanks for letting us see her through your eyes. They are called fine arts because they make the world appear fine to others. Thanks, again,

Jacquie Lawson: 12 days of Christmas