Some recipes

WILD ANIMAL CRACKERS

1 1/2 Boxes unsalted saltine crackers (not the cheap kind, they will crumble)
1 1/3 Cup Canola Oil
2 Tbsp crushed red pepper flakes
1 Tbsp coarse garlic powder
1 pkg dry Ranch Dressing Mix

Combine Oil, red pepper flakes, garlic and dressing mix. Mix well. Put all crackers in no smaller than 2 gallon ziploc bag. (you could use garbage bags, which you will need to double.) Pour liquid mix over crackers. Seal bag. Turn the crackers until all are coated. This may take awhile. Just turn the crackers gently, in the bag let the sit awhile, then turn them again, and again and again, until well coated. Store in air tight container.

Peach Cobbler

1 large can sliced peaches, drained
2 or 3 cans crescent rolls
1 stick butter, melted
1 cup sugar
1 can Sprite

Spray a 9 x 13 pan with Pam. unroll the crescent roll. Put one peach slice on the big end of the triangle and roll up. Place in pan. Do the same with the rest of the peaches. Combine melted butter and sugar and pour over peaches. Pour sprite directly over batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or so, until golden brown.

Smooooooth!!!

11-10-2008 Anyone that's ever driven in Jacksboro knows that the streets can be a major trek and if it were possible to drive and miss a pothole, you'd be driving all over the roads. And you would still hit at least one. You would also know that the city is always digging the streets up to repair water lines or sewers, adding to the bumpy roads. OR, DOT shaves off some pavement to "patch" it back with a non smooth street.


Last night they finished topping off West Belknap, from downtown east toward Graham.

I'm going to keep tabs on the now smooth street to see how long it takes before the city or DOT either tears in to the pavement or a pothole develops.

Pray for the United States of America and Obama

I got the following in an email and agree that we need to pray and also to show the President-elect respect.

"Well, dear friends, we have spent the last few months praying for the outcome of this election and obviously, God chose to allow a man who in our judgment was not right, to become president of our great nation. We don't understand why, but our job now is to pray for him (for some, a difficult thing) and pray for our country. I don't know if God is teaching us something or if possibly Obama won't be as bad as we think, but praise God anyway. If Job could praise God after losing his children and all he had, we can praise God in the loss of this election. Remember that God can see the big picture and we can't (Romans 8:28 And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, [even] to them that are called according to [His] purpose. )! Please continue to join us in fervent prayer today for the future of our nation...and for our new president."
Carole & David

Found this post on the Internet Cafe Devotions for today. Thought it was very good. Hope you do to! (you may have to copy the link and paste it in the address bar) http://www.internetcafedevotions.com/2008/11/when-in-doubtpray_10.html

Boo!

I've been booed! Sunny Jo at Estrogen Ocean has boo-ed me and before I had time to reply, Shelly at Mindnumbing Ramblings boo-ed me, too. Normally I would take offense to being booed, but with the great English language this is a different kind of boo (could we really not think of a new word for things? we just recycle words and give them various meanings? don't get me started on words that are spelled differently but pronounced the same...they're, there, their...or words that look the same but pronounced differently...read, read. ok, I'm done.).

Halloween and all.

So, what's a boo?

I'll quote Jenni who quoted Drama Mama who quoted...who knows!

Now, this is how the Blogging Boo will work. Go to as many friends as you want and tell them they've been "Boo-ed". Have them link back to your blog to pick up their Halloween Treat (picture) and tell them to "Boo" their friends. Then, put the picture in your side bar so everyone knows that you've already been "Boo-ed" and to send the pic to someone else.

So, are you scared yet!!?? BOO!!

Okay? one more time......

1. Take picture, put on sidebar
2. Tell people they have been booed
3. Link back to who booed you

Okay- Get to BOOING!

So there you have it! Enjoy!

Ruidoso, Strep, what else...

The first weekend in October, we were in Ruidoso, enjoying the fresh mountain air (along with some chilly rain, even snow on the mountain top!). This is the second year we have taken my Mom to Ruidoso around her birthday.

We of course went to the Flying J Ranch http://www.flyingjranch.com/experience.html. Also going this year were Kerry & Angela, Cleta, Eddie, Kristel and Brayden. (We missed Lindsay, who got to go last year, but is now in school!)

One thing we could have missed out on is the prade route traffic. On Saturday am, we rode for 1 1/2 hours trying to get to the Arts & Crafts show, which wasn't much to brag about, after all the waiting! However, we did spot a cute sign on our drive down. It read,

"I laughed so hard, tears ran down my legs!"

We celebrated Mamaw's birthday and Brayden helped her blow out the candle.

I posted a slide show of the pictures we all took. Look on the right side of this page under slideshow - Ruidoso 10-08.

We stopped in Big Spring and saw Granddad and Nana. Got this Four Generation pic.

On our way home Monday, I started feeling hot. Cleta did the "mom test" on my forehead and said, yes, I was probably running a temp. By the time we got home, my throat was hurting, so I figured I had tonsilitis! Wrong! I thought, I could just home cure myself, but by Wednesday morning, decided to let the professionals have a crack and sure enough, I had strep. I'd never had that before. Tonsilitis, sure. Sore throat from post nasal drip, sure. But Strep? That was a first for me.

Prayers Needed

Last night at church, the list of prayers requests went on for a long time.

Louis Thornton
Robert Fenter - final stages of brain cancer
Blu & Callie (Blu deploys today for Iraq) & their families
Brad
Denzi
Debbi
Craig
Mary
Phyllis, broke her ankle and had surgery last Friday.
(Don't know her name, but still pray for her. A lady that fell at the volleyball game. She broke her neck and is paralyzed)
Angie & Ryan (are moving to Chicago)
Cynthia (her grandkids and family are moving to Chicago)
Kristen lost her step-dad.

I think that is all, at least all I got written down. They all can use your prayers and the more the better.

10-21-08 FOLLOWUP!!!

Louis Thornton is doing better, they finally did a chemo type treatment and he may get to go home later this week.
Robert passed away and his family is in our prayers.
Callie is working on her Masters while Blu is in Iraq. Keep them in your prayers.
Denzi is doing ok.
Debbie had gall bladder surgery.
Craig had double by-pass surgery.
Mary is doing well.
Phyllis is still on crutches, but is improving.
The lady that fell has passed away and her family is in our prayers.
Angie and Ryan are looking for a house in Chicago.
Keep Cynthia in your prayers.
Remember Kristen and her family in your prayers.

At Grandad's

Here, Lindsay is blowing giant bubbles at Grandad and Nana's.

At Grandad Hobdy's

Just a swinging! This was Shelby's first visit at Grandad and Nana Hobdy's! She is named after Grandad (Shelby Drew)!

Lindsay's First day of Kindergarten

Monday, August 25, 2008 was Lindsay's first day of Kindergarten! She's been waiting a long time for this day. When she was staying with us this past summer, she told me that she is upset every morning she gets up and she still isn't old enough to go to school.

So, Monday she got up and she was finally old enough!

Here's wishing you lots of good days (& years) ahead of you!

HHH

Laronda, Bill, Connie and I rode the 25 mile stretch in the

HHH race on Saturday. I wasn't sure if I was going to make it when I woke up after hearing my doorbell ring at 5:22 am. My alarm was supposed to go off at 4:50 am and it didn't! So, needless to say, I was a little frustrated, forgot my blood pressure meds and dropped my shoe as I was running out the door.

But, we made it with lots of time to spare. I took this picture of Laronda and I with my cel phone. Should have let Bill of Connie take it, because it's kind of shaky.

Here is one of Bill and Connie. I should have gotten on the other side, but didn't. Anyway...

We had lots of fun. It was a nice, mostly flat ride. Not many hills. Laronda wants to do the 50 mile next year. We'll see. Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise! And we get in lots of practice between now and then....

I'll get some of the pics Laronda took and add them later.

I guess the best part (besides the finish line) was going through Sheppard Airforce Base. After the rest stop, (5 miles from the finish line) cadets lined the street and cheered and clapped and inspired us to ride on! Connie told Dickie if he'd do that every morning, she'd get up and fix him breakfast, but I don't see how he's going to get those cadets to come to Jacksboro and do that!

Here is a link to the Times Record News pictures - http://www.timesrecordnews.com/photos/galleries/2008/aug/23/2008-hottern-hell-100/

Here is the official link http://www.hh100.org/

This is the last video......or not

This video contains a lot of last events. Our last days for
our Mission trip, 2008. Our last morning devotional,
our last VBS classes, last Ladies classes, our last shopping,
our last hugs, last tears.

It also includes the first of hopefully many teen campaigns
at the just finished church in La Sosa.

I've used the music of Acappella. Their web site is
The Acappella Company. They have three Spanish
albums, "Caminando En La Luz", "Acappella En Espanol",
and "Voces". I must say that "Voces" is my favorite!

I thought this would be the last video, but I now have pictures
from Michael Lechuga. He is an excellent photographer and
I couldn't leave his pics out! Thanks to everyone for their prayers.
Thank You God for allowing us to go on this special trip.



Compartir Esperanza ( to Share Hope)

Carole & David

Juan Carlos' kids....

We visited the home for severly disabled children, Juan Carlos' kids. Most families cannot take care of these children but there is a place that is clean and they are very well taken care of. The saddest was a young girl, 8 years old. In her bed was a photograph of her kindergarten class. We don't know what happened, she had siezures or high fever, or whatever. Please pray for these children and the workers that take care of them.

Slide show 4

Thursday we took food bags to families in the Hormiguero and La Sosa areas. One group went to schools and put on VBS and again, some went to construction projects.

5th Honduras video

Friday afternoon, we had the honor of witnessing 3 baptisms!

Construction video from Honduras

This video has pictures from the different construction sites. The guys (& Leslie) built several baños, put a new roof on a house and put in concrete floors.

The 2nd video from Honduras was from Wednesday. One group went to the mountain areas of Las Cabas and Las Playas de Sante Fe. One group went to several schools for VBS and some guys went to construction.

Another Honduras Video

This is part two of the Honduras videos.

So, I took a break...

I know I've been slack in getting back to this, but I have had my reasons. We had company over the 4th weekend. Shelly, Cory, Seth, Zane, Lindsay and Shelby came Thursday night. Pop had to work Friday, so Cory bought some fireworks and we went to Billy's parking lot and they shot them off. We could see fireworks from all around.

Anyone that has been in a foreign country should really appreciate and be grateful for the country we live in. Not that others aren't, but it just seems to make it more special when you see first hand how other countries are.

Anyway, Eddie, Kirstel & Brayden came over Sunday for hamburgers and then, everyone went home, except Lindsay.

We had VBS Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I was a group leader and the first night we had 10 kids from 4 to 10 in our "orange" group. Tuesday brought four more. We had a good group and they were all good kids.

Thursday, Lindsay and I met Kristel and Brayden and Katherine at Build-A-Bear in Fort Worth. Shelby didn't have a bear, so we made her a Shelby "Honey" Bear. Lindsay got a doll and Brayden got an elephant. Forgot my camera, rats!

Thursday night, I told Lindsay we needed to get her things ready to go home. She wanted to stay, but I reminded her that she was missed at home. On the way, we stopped and ate chicken. She had corn on the cob. Or as she said "cob on the corn". This is something she heard from someone else and she thought it was soooo funny! ;o)

And sure enough, when Shelby saw her sister, she broke out in a big grin! She liked her bear, too. I'll get back to the rest of our Honduras trip soon!

Honduras videos

Here is a video of the first couple of days. I've emailed these to most of you in my email accts, so it may be you have already seen it.

Been home a week now.

A week ago today, we were just leaving Honduras. We're all rested up and we showed the video at the luncheon at church yesterday. I'm going to try to post what we did by days, so here is the start of our trip.

Monday, June 16th

We gathered at the church and loaded the trailer loaned to us by Bob and Roxanna and headed for Dallas Love Field. From the Jacksboro area are Vicky, David and me, Phyllis, Brent, Laronda, John, Evan and Leslie and Mike from Wichita Falls. Melanie had baked muffins for us and Michael and Trey decorated bags and put apples in them for a send-off surprise. Tommy & Bill drove and we really appreciate them getting up that early. We left around 2 am and met up with the rest of our group from the Naples area. Those included Brittany (who is actually from Wichita Falls), Mac, Debbie, Connie, Darrell, Donna, Damon, Artie, Yvonne, Frank, Todd, Anna, Toni, Phillip, Ginger, Kayden, Cassidy and Richard.

We had about a two hour layover in Houston, then, on to Honduras, where we landed at San Pedro Sula where we were met by David and Suyapa.

To be honest, we weren't looking forward to the 4+hours on an old yellow school bus. But then up drove a charter type bus! Alright, we would ride in air conditioned comfort! But alas the air couldn't keep up, but we were able to open the windows and most of our ride was through the mountains so it was a little cooler. Most slept, some read. As I reported in the earlier blog, the bus driver honked his horn A LOT! Sometimes to warn another vehicle that he was going to pass and sometimes, just to say hello to vehicles we were meeting on the road. We stopped about halfway at a restaurant for a much needed break, then, back on the road again to Tegucigalpa. It was not quite dark when we arrived then had to drive many narrow streets to get to our hotel. At one point, we were turning and a car was in the way. So some guys (not from the bus) picked the car up and moved it on to the sidewalk and out of our way. Then, on to our hotel. We stayed at the Honduras Maya, which is a really nice hotel.

Honduras Maya

Honduras Maya's Pool

More to come... Tuesday, etc...

OK, I just had to post this...

In the first post, I had a picture of Olga and Alba Ruth. Olga's son, Enrique is doing better, but has a long road ahead of him. The surgical wound is slowly healing. I think all of the nurses on the trip stopped by to check on him, and/or take him to the clinic, etc... I didn't see Olga until Friday night. We just hugged and hugged and cried. As for Alba Ruth, I only saw her for a short time and later found out she has a growth (cyst?) on her kidney and she needs surgery. Please pray for Alba Ruth. That she gets the medical help she needs. I can't remember, but the surgery would be very costly, and here in the states, we would just have it. Not so in Honduras. Seeing the picture again, and remembering the time we spent with those two Godly women last year, I had to ask you to remember both of them in your prayers. It's now after 11 and Brittny and Mike should be in Wichita Falls now and the group from Naples should be home as well.

So, I'm gonna shower and hit the bed asap.

Compartir Esperanza!

Carole & David

Home Again!

Praise the Lord, we made it home!!! We all had a great time, but are glad to be safely home. Just wanted to let you know. It's late and I will post more in the next few days.

IT´S ALREADY FRIDAY?

CAN IT REALLY BE? TIME HAS JUST FLOWN BY. WE ARE ALL DOING GREAT. A FEW UPSET STOMACHS, BUT OVER, THE PRAYERS ARE DOING THEIR JOB. KEEP THEM GOING UP. WE ARE GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY TO SAN PEDRO SULA ON SUNDAY. 8+ HOURS ON A BUS, BUT HOPEFULLY THE AC WILL BE WORKING. HA! GOTTA RUN. THE TRUCK IS LEAVING. LOVE TO ALL... CAROLE & DAVID

Tuesday Morning

We made it to Tegucigalpa just fine. It was about a 5 hour bus ride, instead of 4 hours, with lots of curves around the mountains and lots of horn honking. We decided the driver got bonus pay every time he honked his horn. ;o) Some had motion sickness and we had one down this morning with upset stomach, but so far, everyone else is good to go. Back on the bus again, that is. It will be approximately another 4 hours before we get to Catacamas. We will be stopping about half way at the store that is run by Mennonites. They will have bathrooms and they have lots of baked goodies.

We spent the night in a REALLY nice hotel and we just finished breakfast and will be hitting the road to Catacamas around 9:00. Honduras is in the same time zone as Texas, but they don´t observe daylight savings. This hotel has internet, but getting used to a spanish keyboard is quite a chore. I do at least have a proof reader, reading this over my shoulder, so if there are any mistakes, it´s his fault! lol



Keep the prayers going!!! Thanks to all!

Love, Carole & David

OK, So I'm not a proof reader...

Yes, I need a proofreader. If you've read the two previous blogs, you will see several mistakes. Even though I read and re-read, some still slip by me. I don't however, work for the Jacksboro Gazette-News. In the June 10, 2008 issue, the following caption went with a photo of the '08 JHS graduating class.

"Graduation night
The Jacksboro High School Class of 2008 performs “??” for parents, friends, teachers and members of the community during Friday night’s graduation ceremony. Commencement also included presentation of scholarships and other accolades, speeches and a fond farewell from the graduates."

So, if anyone knows exactly what song "??" is, I would like to hear it. If anyone wants to volunteer to proofread my material, come on by. I'm going to keep my day jobs..... ;o)

Compartir Esperanza

This time tomorrow...

well, hopefully, we'll be resting, if not asleep.
David had to work today, and just got in, so he's pretty tired.

We've already had some changes in our plan. We will be staying Monday night in Tegucigalpa, instead of riding 8 +/- hours in a bus. So, ok, well still be riding that long in a bus, but it will be over 2 days. Also, we will leave early Sunday, June 22nd and again spend the night in Tegu. This will allow for some time to shop at the mall, or, go to the hospital and see Enrique. He's the young man who had his leg amputated after a motorcycle/auto accident. They finally did surgery Thursday night. We have 4 RNs and 1 nursing student traveling with our group and they are all anxious to check things out.

I had a slight accident myself Thursday morning. My friend Connie and I got hybrid bikes several weeks ago. I've already got 75 miles on it! Anyway, we were riding the Fort Richard State Park trail. It goes from the state park to the lake. We got on the trail about 2 miles from the State Park and road towards the park. There is a lot of gravel or "chat" on the trail and in some places, it gathers or "pools" and sure enough, I hit one just rignt and fell. (see picture below) When I looked at my hand and there was a piece of gravel imbedded under the flesh of my palm, I thought of Enrique. Of course, his injuries are MUCH worse than mine, I didn't have any broken bones, just hamburger looking leg with a really big bruise and several skinned spots on my hand. After the wreck, we kept going, got to the state park and back home again. I've iced and medicated it, but it still looks bad. Really messed up the good tan I had going. Laronda and I rode the same trail again this morning without incident. ;o)

OK, just a reminder that we need lots of prayers. We appreciate all who are praying for our safety and the success of our mission.

Also, want to say a big THANK YOU to Bob and Roxanna. They are letting us their cargo trailer to haul our luggage to the airport. THANKS, again.

AND, I mentioned that Tommy & John L. were driving us to the airport, but now it will be Tommy and Bill. Thanks Guys!!!

FYI - Mom, I have 1 bag packed so far!!!

David just asked me from our bedroom "Have you seen our bed?" Oops! It's covered with clothes I haven't packed yet. Guess I'd better go for now. Love to all and Compartir Esperanza

carole

One Week to Go!

We will be leaving from Love Field, Dallas, flying to Honduras. We (David & Carole) will leave Jacksboro early Monday, June 16th with 7 members (Laronda, Brent, Evan, Leslie, Vicky, Phyllis & John), from Jacksboro church of Christ and Mike (the translator ;o)) from Edgemere church of Christ in Wichita Falls. Thanks to Tommy & John L. for getting up early and driving us to the airport. We will be meeting the rest of our group from the Naples area at Love Field, then flying from there to Houston, then on to Honduras.

Because of the crash in Tegucigalpa, May 30, 2008, we will be landing at San Pedro Sula. Our sympathy goes out to those hurt or killed in the plane crash. (http://tinyurl.com/2pvmhz/ Here is a clip of a good landing at Tegu.) I've been told that the airport in San Pedro is on nice, flat land, so we pray that our plane landing is uneventful. We also pray that our bus trip, which is extended from 4 hours to 8 hours is uneventful.

No telling what time we will arrive in Catacamas, but we are all ready to get busy with the Lord's work there.

Please pray for our safety and for our successful mission trip.

Below is a picture of Olga & Alba Ruth walking hand in hand. We had just finished the VBS and Ladies class at the church in Amacupa. Please pray for Olga & Jose's son, Enrique. Enrique was in a motorcycle/auto accident around the first of May. They had to remove one leg below the knee, and are still waiting for surgery to repair the compound fracture above the knee on the same leg. The hospital conditions are deplorable. Keep Enrique in your prayers and his mom and dad, as well.

Compartir Esperanza
To Share Hope

That is our mission for this trip.

Carole & David