Dairy,
What a relief, I had to have the car inspected and it past. I always get nervous that there’s gonna be some expensive repair to be maid. But knot this time dude.

Dairy, I gots a little niece who is in the hospital with bowel problems. It sounds a lot like the same problems Jamie had when he was that age. He steel has some after effects from his problems, I was talking to my brother about Jenna a few weaks ago and I tried to encourage him to take more steps than we did. It looks like this episode is about over. I hate to sea little kids hurtin.

Dairy, I’m started to get excited, I posted the sign up sheet sunday morning by wednesday we have had 9 people sign not counting my family and I no that there are a few more people planning own going. It looks like we wheel have a pretty good size group. I knead to work own getting some won with some construction skills to go sew that we wheel be more versatile. I may have to round up some more transportation. That’s a good problem two have dude.

Dairy, it’s looks like I’m gonna end up working everyday for the next three weeks. I’m also gonna be working over one day next weak two finish up my training on the inspection job. When I get certified on that I’m gonna aggravate them about a training on a job called the shot blast after that. I hope to eventually get trained and certified on all 5 jobs in my cell group. I wants to be versatile. Heck I knead to be right now. I reckon that’s all the rambling I’ll do today Dairy, see ya later.

1 CORINTHIANS 1:3 GRACE BE UNTO YOU, AND PEACE, FROM GOD OUR FATHER, AND FROM THE LORD JESUS CHRIST;

I UR VONSTEGALL AND I’M WON OF THEM PROUD STEWPID MOREONS WHO VOTED FOR BUSH TWICE!!!!!!!!!!!

Dairy, We are going to Grifton NC. It’s in the eastern part of the state. The North Carolina Baptist Men(which is just the name lots of women participate in all of our projects) have a warehouse there. It started off as headquarters while they were rebuilding homes after a hurricane in 1998. Now they have some kind of deal with the county; the county supplies the money for material and the NCBM uses volunteer labor to rebuild or repair substandard housing. It took a lot of meetings with the county to work it out. After about 28 meentings the county said that they would supply the money and let the NCBM do the work but that we can not witness or share our faith in anyway while doing these projects. The director(Billy) at Grifton said they told them that we was gonna do these projects regardless and that we would get the money somewhere else so that we could witness and share our faith and they cut of negotiations. About 2 weeks later the county came back and said this is too good not to do it, we will supply the money and you can witness anyway you want to. This same money is open to contractors who may get a $100,000 and take 25% off the top for administration purposes, the baptists get like $250 per job and the rest goes to materials. So that’s automatically $25,000 that is saved and used for needs and then the labor is free so that’s more money going to supplies and none for labor. It is really a good example of church and state working together to help people who need it.

Dairy, we’ve been there to replace windows, we helped rebuild a house that had to be condemned due to termites for an elderly couple. We’ve done projects that helped people in Gulfport after Katrina. The NCBM rebuild over 700 homes for families in Mississippi and done thousands of other small projects for people. Our church has helped to rebuild a neighborhood after a tornado destroyed 9 homes and killed 8 people. There is always something going on in Grifton, I always get a blessing from going there. It is always such a blessing to see the teenagers at church get real excited about helping others.

Well Dairy, Grifton is where we are going in March for a couple of days, then in July we will going to Dalton Georgia for a week to work with a group called Rebuilding Hope. This a ministry started by a family who started out as missionaries in Grifton and have now started something similar in Georgia.

Dairy, I’ll bet that not many people know but The Southern Baptists are the either the second or third largest disaster relief organization in the world. The Red Cross is the biggest I believe, and if you saw reports on TV after Katrina about the 5,000 meals a day or week being served by The Red Cross, well dude, it was the NCBM doing the cooking. The Red Cross provided the food and the NCBM provided the labor. The people who do the cooking have to be trained in mass feeding in order to do this, so while it’s volunteers they have really good training. It’s awesome to see God using His people to help others I could probably go on and on and on and on about the mission work that the NCBM do and I know that vanity is not good but I’m probably prouder to be a part of the NCBM than of any other group I’ve ever been in.

Dairy, sorry I started rambling; we are going to Grifton NC in March. Yeah, Dairy, I know I’ve told ya all this before but someone asked so I answered them. I love to talk about the mission trips I’ve been own. I probably get more out’em than the people we do the work for. I can give the contact information if anyone is interested in their church going, if they are in this area. It takes us 4 hours to get there but it’s worth every minute and every drop of gas. I’m done now.

Dairy, my baby-sitting job may be ending soon. This guy keeps laying out and I’ve heard that “the situation may be coming to a head”. The guy wouldn’t say anything else but he’s in a position that he probably knows what he is talking about. I have pretty much been doing my job and his when he is out and I help him as much as I can. I’ve heard he has pulled this same stuff with other companies. Getting sick and riding it. I don’t really know if it’s true but I’ve tried to help him as much as I can, he seems to be a pretty decent guy and I hate to see him lose his job but it arsn’t my decision. It may not even happen. I’ll just keep helping as long as he is around, that’s all I can do.

Dairy, That’s all I gots, see ya later.

GALATIONS 3:24 WHEREFORE THE LAW WAS OUR SCHOOLMASTER TO BRING US UNTO CHRIST, THAT WE MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH.

I’M VONSTEGALL AND IT’S RISKY TO LOVE OTHER PEOPLE; THEY CAN HURTCHA!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dairy, we had a good service at church yesterday. It was mens day and the men pretty much did the whole service. We sang in the choir and provided the special music. We had one older guy call the names of men who attended long ago and some of the things they did around the church, it was interesting. We had a couple of guys speak and give testimonies and then one of the teenagers speakeded.

Dairy, they showed pictures of a lot of men who have passed away in a repeating slide show. They kept showing one boy who died when he was about 13, in the picture they showed he was about 6 and after about the third time showing him I to stop watching. I must have had something in my eye cause they almost watered. I was pretty close to the kid. We joked around and wrassled all the time. He was such a fun kid to be around, I still miss him.

Dairy, I’ve posted a sign up sheet at church for a mission trip at the end of march. I’ve not heard back from the director yet but he always has something to do to help someone. On the off chance he don’t I’ll have to come up with a plan B. I had 3 people sign up at the end of service and my family will make 7 and I think that there are probably 4 or 5 more who will go. We always have such a good time on these trips and we always see God working in someone’s life. I reckon I had better put in for the time off since I’ve committed myself, I’d hate to organize it and then not be able to go. Of course, if that happens it’ll be fine as long as God is glorified and Christ is shared.

Dairy, it’s about bed time I’ll talk to ya later.

JAMES 2:15&16 IF A BROTHER OR SISTER BE NAKED, AND DESTITUTE OF DAILY FOOD, AND ONE OF YOU SAY UNTO THEM, DEPART IN PEACE, BE YE WARMED AND FILLED; NOTWITHSTANDING YE GIVE THEM NOT THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE NEEDFUL TO THE BODY; WHAT DOTH IT PROFIT?

I AM VONSTEGALL AND IT PROFITETH NOTHING; FOR THEY WILL NOT HEAR.

Dairy,
We had our quarterly communication meeting at work last night with the company president. PSYCH!!!!!!!!!!! Our company president is retiring in April. I was really impressed with him, he told us that he intended to enjoy his retirement and he thanked us an gave us the credit for him being able to do that. He always starts meetings with prayer and he prays in Christ name, which makes all the difference in the world. After the experience I had at Continental Tire I really appreciate working for a company that values the manual labor. At all the meetings from supervisors to the company president I have heard it acknowledged that without us grunts the company would not be successful. I just hope the new president keeps this attitude alive; he spoke last night and from what he said I believe he will.

Dairy, that brings to mind the comment obama made to hillary about being on the board of wal-mart, he said it like an insult, but helping run a major business is probably the best thing on her resume for being president. I’ve worked for two major companies who are at or near the top of their industry world wide and both companies were among top paying and best benefits in manufacturing for the counties they are in; I’m very thankful for major corporations and their impact on my quality of life as an adult. Now don’t go misunderstanding me and thinking I’m endorsing hillary, I think I’m gonna vote for Mike Huckabee.

Dairy I’ll be glad when the primaries are over and the candidates start debating between the republicans and democrates. I’ll never forget them Bush vs. gore debates; Bush wiped the floor with poor gore the big bore, that’s for sure. But Dairy, I just can’t see the debates for this election being as interesting as those were. I just can’t get fully behind anyone as of right now. There are things that I dislike about each one of the candidates; I may have to vote for some poor third party candidate. One of the best debates I ever saw was between 4 or 5 candidates from parties I had never heard of, I think that was in 2000, and some of them had real good platforms even if the didn’t have a chance of winning.

Dairy, my little boy arsn’t so little no more, his foot is just about as big as mine. He’s still small for his age but then again I’m not a tall person, I started to say I’m not so big but that depends on whether you measure up or out. That boy still has some CHRISTmas money left, I couldn’t do that when I was his age, money was to me then what ice cream is now, I go through it as quick as I get it. Though I hain’t had no ice cream in a good long while now, man I may have to go get some sometime soon.

Well Dairy, looks like my time in the spotlight of the top ten is over. I think it lasted for about 4 days. I don’t why after years of getting 3 or 4 hits between entries I started get’em like crazy. It was actually interesting looking at the hits and seeing the names of the servers or whatever they are called. I guess it was so cold all over the country that people just go so bored being couped up inside and were doing anything for boredom relief.

Dairy I usually read for entertainment, it don’t take no physical exertion. Right now I’m reading The Gathering Storm by W.E. Davis. It’s the first in a series called Valley of the Peacemaker. It’s a christian western and I intend to read the rest of the series, it’s been pretty good so far. I recently read Commanche Moon the prequel to Lonesome Dove and then they came out with a miniseries about it. I wasn’t able to watch it because I’d have to leave for work in the middle of it, but I may find it on DVD and watch it. I’ll sit there through the whole thing saying that’s not what happened in the book. If I remember correctly Maggie who had Call’s son was still alive in Lonesome Dove but she died in Commanche Moon which was set before Lonesome Dove. I wonder if anyone has pointed that out to Larry McMurtry. I’m not 100% sure because it’s been awhile since I read Lonesome Dove and I couldn’t find it to double check, but I think I’m right, I’ll scan Lonesome Dove the next time I go to the library.

Dairy that’s all the crap I gots for now talk to ya later dude.

ISAIAH 12:2 BEHOLD, GOD IS MY SALVATION: I WILL TRUST, AND NOT BE AFRAID; FOR THE LORD JEHOVAH IS MY STRENGTH AND MY SONG; HE ALSO IS BECOME MY SALVATION.

I ARE VONSTEGALL AND I FEEL APPRECIATED AT WORK, AND I LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dairy, we have to wear hardhats and I hate them things, they arsn’t very effective. Me and another dude was gonna move some metal that was in a cradle with more metal on top of the table. Part of the table lifts up and down and I needed to lift it up and in order to do this I had to slide a bundle of metal back. After I slid it back and lifted the arm on my side up, the dude on the other side slid the metal back the other way to make room for what he needed. Anyway the next thing I knew another dude was handing me a hard hat. I thought what in the world is he handing me a hat for, then I realized it was mine, we have our names on our hats and when I saw my name on it it was a dead give away that it was my hat. For a few seconds I wondered how did he get my hat. For a few seconds I had no idea what had happened or what was going on I was sorta in a daze. Turns out when the other dude slid the metal back on his side it shifted on my side and knocked the arm into me. The other dude felt bad about it but Dairy, if that’s the worst that happens to me up there I’ll be alright. That hinged arm knocked the crap out of me. It hit me just below the hardhat and I still have a bit of a headache. I didn’t think the other dude was ever gonna stop jollypiesing to me.

Dairy, I just don’t understand why a man wants to run for president and then quits after just a few primaries. I was torn between Thompson and Huckabee and now Thompson quits and all he did was take votes away from Huckabee. At first I thought why start and withdrawl so soon but after some thought I’m glad he did, it will probably help Huckabee in the long run, although it probably won’t help enough, but wheel see.

Dude that’s all I gots to say see ya later Dairy.

11 PETER 3:18 BUT GROW IN GRACE, AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. TO HIM BE GLORY BOTH NOW AND FOR EVER. AMEN.

I AM VONSTEGALL; I HATE HARD HATS AND ARE THANKFUL FOR A HARD HEAD!!!!!!!!

Dairy, we have to wear hardhats and I hate them things, they arsn’t very effective. Me and another dude was gonna move some metal that was in a cradle with more metal on top of the table. Part of the table lifts up and down and I needed to lift it up and in order to do this I had to slide a bundle of metal back. After I slid it back and lifted the arm on my side up, the dude on the other side slid the metal back the other way to make room for what he needed. Anyway the next thing I knew another dude was handing me a hard hat. I thought what in the world is he handing me a hat for, then I realized it was mine, we have our names on our hats and when I saw my name on it it was a dead give away that it was my hat. For a few seconds I wondered how did he get my hat. For a few seconds I had no idea what had happened or what was going on I was sorta in a daze. Turns out when the other dude slid the metal back on his side it shifted on my side and knocked the arm into me. The other dude felt bad about it but Dairy, if that’s the worst that happens to me up there I’ll be alright. That hinged arm knocked the crap out of me. It hit me just below the hardhat and I still have a bit of a headache. I didn’t think the other dude was ever gonna stop jollypiesing to me.

Dairy, I just don’t understand why a man wants to run for president and then quits after just a few primaries. I was torn between Thompson and Huckabee and now Thompson quits and all he did was take votes away from Huckabee. At first I thought why start and withdrawl so soon but after some thought I’m glad he did, it will probably help Huckabee in the long run, although it probably won’t help enough, but wheel see.

Dude that’s all I gots to say see ya later Dairy.

11 PETER 3:18 BUT GROW IN GRACE, AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. TO HIM BE GLORY BOTH NOW AND FOR EVER. AMEN.

I AM VONSTEGALL; I HATE HARD HATS AND ARE THANKFUL FOR A HARD HEAD!!!!!!!!

Dairy, we have to wear hardhats and I hate them things, they arsn’t very effective. Me and another dude was gonna move some metal that was in a cradle with more metal on top of the table. Part of the table lifts up and down and I needed to lift it up and in order to do this I had to slide a bundle of metal back. After I slid it back and lifted the arm on my side up, the dude on the other side slid the metal back the other way to make room for what he needed. Anyway the next thing I knew another dude was handing me a hard hat. I thought what in the world is he handing me a hat for, then I realized it was mine, we have our names on our hats and when I saw my name on it it was a dead give away that it was my hat. For a few seconds I wondered how did he get my hat. For a few seconds I had no idea what had happened or what was going on I was sorta in a daze. Turns out when the other dude slid the metal back on his side it shifted on my side and knocked the arm into me. The other dude felt bad about it but Dairy, if that’s the worst that happens to me up there I’ll be alright. That hinged arm knocked the crap out of me. It hit me just below the hardhat and I still have a bit of a headache. I didn’t think the other dude was ever gonna stop jollypiesing to me.

Dairy, I just don’t understand why a man wants to run for president and then quits after just a few primaries. I was torn between Thompson and Huckabee and now Thompson quits and all he did was take votes away from Huckabee. At first I thought why start and withdrawl so soon but after some thought I’m glad he did, it will probably help Huckabee in the long run, although it probably won’t help enough, but wheel see.

Dude that’s all I gots to say see ya later Dairy.

11 PETER 3:18 BUT GROW IN GRACE, AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. TO HIM BE GLORY BOTH NOW AND FOR EVER. AMEN.

I AM VONSTEGALL; I HATE HARD HATS AND ARE THANKFUL FOR A HARD HEAD!!!!!!!!

Dairy, is you herd about that tax rebate that president Bush wants to give. EYE’ll tail ya how good it is, the democrates are saying lettuce dew this twogether. I don’t no how much or how quick they’ll be coming but EYE’m looking forward two it dude. EYE did here won disturbing thing about it though. It appears that the democrates want to dew what they allweighs do with a good thing, they won’t to mess with it. They won’t to extend it two people who don’t even pay federal taxes. You no what EYE think EYE’ll do to make lots of money. EYE’m gonna go to every car lot in the county and ask for a rebate own cars EYE haven’t bought. I ought to be rich by the end of the weak. I don’t understand why some people always want to take from those wheeling to work and give to those who want. It is suppose to be giving back some of what you are paying in in the first place. By giving a rebate to someone who hasn’t paid taxes it’s just more whalesh….fair. Whoo that was a close call Dairy.

Dairy, holiday pay and 18 hours overtime, it’s gonna be a good paycheck four this weak. And then on thursday we’ll have quartly meeting, sew we wheel get to sit and listen to statics for half an hour and they always have drinks and snacks sew it’s something to look forward to. This wheel probably be the last time we have meeting with our current company president. He’s retiring, lucky dawg, anyway I hope the dude who replaces him is pretty cool. I herd won of the supervisors say he’s an ok guy but he expects some changes. I shore hope they are good.

Dairy, EYE no I’ve made some negative remarks about democrates and liberals lately but I just won’t you too no that I’m not predujiced toward them, I have some real good friends who are liberals, really I dew Dairy.

Dairy, I recollect I’ll go now, I’m getting a little hungry. Sea ya later dude.

ECCLESIASTES 1:2 VANITY OF VANITIES, SAITH THE PREACHER, VANITY OF VANITIES, ALL IS VANITY.

I IS VONSTEGALL AND I HAVE LEARNED THE LAST FEW DAYS, I MAY BE A LITTLE MORE VAIN THAN I THUNK I WAS.

Dairy,
Hows it going dude? I like to see the humor in things and here is the humor I saw this weekend. We get a phone tree message saturday that went something like this. Hello this is preacher eddie, I know the weather is bad this weekend and I’d like to encourage everyone to still turn out for services tomorrow, after all if you can go to work and keep other obligations you can come to church also. That’s a paraphrase of Kimmie’s paraphrase of the phone tree message. The first announcement that we had during worship service was due to the bad weather we will be calling off tonights service. After going back and reading it it don’t sound all that funny, but I sure thought it was yesterday. Dude I’m sorry I even wrote all that I’d delete it if I wasn’t so lazy.

Dairy, It got cold last night, 16 outside and about 45 in the plant. I’m going in early tonight and the more I think about it the more I wish I wasn’t.

Dairy, I am so torn between Thompson and Huckabee. I really love what Huckabee said the other day. Here’s another paraphrase: It’s easier to change the constitution to match what God says than it is to change what God says to match the constituion. And I’ll add that you can’t change what God says and God won’t change what He said. It looks like Mccains gonna get it right now but we will see.

Dairy, I don’t know who will be elected but I think sometime in 2009 there will be another terrorist attack on the U.S. It may not be as big as 9/11 but I think the terrorist will try to see what they can get away with with the new administration. I hope that whoever gets elected will realize that George Bush has kept us from being attacked here at home by fighting them somewhere else. We need a good strong military leader as president. If I was to critize Bush on the war I’d say that he has been to passive and has played politics instead of fighting a war.

1 CORINTHIANS 7:23 YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE, BE NOT YE THE SERVANTS OF MEN.

I BE VONSTEGALL AND I’M STILL COLD!!!!!!!!!!!

Dairy, there’s a subject that keeps coming to mind. Here’s an example: we are in the midst of a drought. Some people have the attitude I’m not worried God will provide water when we need it. While most people are trying to conserve I’m sure there are those who really don’t try because of this attitude. Another example comes to mind about my pa-in-law. Especially when Lynn’s grandmother lived with them. If there were tornado warnings or high wind advisories she would like to go somewhere else because they lived in an older mobile home and she felt insecure in it. My pa-in-law says God is in control and he would not go anywhere else. He is Dairy, God is certainly in control and I see where this can be looked at as having faith, but Dairy, God also gives us common sense. I don’t know why this keeps coming to mind but I have got to thinking about when Jesus was in the wilderness and tempted by the devil. Matthew 4:5-7 says THEN THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM UP INTO THE HOLY CITY, AND SETTETH HIM ON A PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE. AND SAITH UNTO HIM. IF THOU BE THE SON OF GOD, CAST THYSELF DOWN; FOR IT IS WRITTEN, HE SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE CONCERNING THEE; AND IN THEIR HANDS THEY SHALL BEAR THEE UP, LEST AT ANY TIME THOU DASH THY FOOT AGAINST A STONE. JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, “IT IS WRITTEN AGAIN, THOU SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD THY GOD”. Dairy, Jesus could certainly have called on angels to protect Him from a fall, just as God can at anytime give us rain or protect us in a mobile home during a strong wind, but just because He can does not mean He has to or that He will. I know God will provide what we need but not necessarily what I want. It’s just good sense to conserve water in a drought or leave the coast during a hurricane or waiting until that fully loaded tractor-trailer has gone by before pulling out into the road. If I pull out in front of that rig and get killed it may not be that God didn’t protect me it may be that He let me reap the consequences of my stupid decision. At one time I knew I was gonna lose my job and it would have been stupid to say “The Lord will provide” and then do nothing about it. Ya need to either save, look for another job, or come up with some kind of plan to deal with it. Always seek God’s guidence when you make “plans”. I put plans in “” because I’ve often thought I knew God’s will on a particular issue and then find out I didn’t. I don’t know if this makes any sense to anyone else but it’s what I’ve been contemplating on lately. I guess the key is keeping in communion with God so that you will be better able to discern His perfect will from His permissive will. One way to do this is to study His word the Bibe. If Jesus used scripture to know how to deal with the devil then we also should seek what the scriptures say in situations we face. I reckon that’s all I have for today. See ya later Dairy.