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for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. I Thessalonians 5:16-18Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448319544315676753noreply@blogger.comBlogger337125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376667303683385756.post-71286431530667664132013-12-16T09:25:00.000-06:002013-12-16T09:41:39.611-06:00Sweet Moment<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Kelly has also included pictures on her blog : <a href="http://kellyranck.com/an-ode-great-is-thy-faithfulness/">http://kellyranck.com/an-ode-great-is-thy-faithfulness/</a></i></span><br />
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<em>Great is Thy faithfulness, oh God my Father;<br />There is no shadow of turning with Thee;<br />Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;<br />As Thou hast been, Thou forever wilt be.</em></div>
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<em>Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!<br />Morning by morning new mercies I see.<br />All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;<br />Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!</em></div>
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<em>Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,<br />Sun, moon, and stars in their courses above<br />Join with all nature in manifold witness<br />to Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.</em></div>
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<em>Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!<br />Morning by morning new mercies I see.<br />All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;<br />Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!</em></div>
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<em>Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth<br />Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;<br />Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,<br />Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!</em></div>
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<em><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia;">She requested poppy seed chicken, rice, broccoli and rolls for her birthday dinner and strawberry cupcakes for her "cake"!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia;">We are so thankful that even though Stephanie is in Honduras she was able to share in the celebration with us over Skype. After Ashlynn opened her gifts from Aunt Stephanie we all took turns talking to her!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia;">and lots of laughter filled our home last night.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia;"><strong>What a fun celebration!</strong></span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Isn't this a pretty Vera Bradley bag? I sure think it is! Some months ago I admired it when a friend came to my house for Bible study. Today she came to my house for a baby shower and gifted me with her bag! She remembered I liked it and now wanted me to have it. I could not believe it and was touched by her kindness! In fact I had tears as I tried to thank her. I do hope she knows how much it means to me! I will love using this bag and always think of her as I do!</span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Years ago I made strawberry jam for my mom and gave it to her in this jar. I made the top for the jar. It's one of the things I kept after she passed away. I found it recently and gave it to my daughter, Stacy. Tonight she called and said she had a surprise for us. Imagine my surprise when she walked in and handed me this jar... </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Not only will homemade biscuits taste wonderful tomorrow morning with this jam, but I will have sweet memories of my mom! </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia;">Thank you, Stacy, for this gift!</span></em><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large skillet over medium heat; add apple, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Cook, sitrring occasionally, 3 to 5 minutes or until apple is tender; set aside. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Beat 1/4 cup butter and 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. A eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears. Add 2 tablespoons flour and vanilla, beating until blended. Add buttermilk, beating until smooth. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #073763;"><em><strong> </strong>my mother in law had saved over the years.</em> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #073763;">Jim handed me one of the letters and it was from his aunt. Reading her letter was like hearing her talk. I was holding in my hand a letter telling about her day, her family, the weather, her friends she had been with and ending with asking about my mother in law and her family. There were other letters and cards and two touched my heart as they were written by my two daughters, Stacy and Amy. The thing that was very meaningful to Jim was a large brown envelope addressed to his mom from his Uncle Jim, the uncle he is named after. His uncle was in the Army and had sent his mom a linen handkerchief as her Christmas gift in 1943, four years before he was born.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>a very special gift from a thoughtful, sweet friend!</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I received my<em> first</em> Christmas present today! UPS delivered lots of boxes and I thought they were all gifts I had ordered for others. One return address didn't look familiar and I didn't remember ordering from this company. The reason was... a <span style="font-size: large;">friend <span style="font-size: small;">sent me a Christmas gift!</span> </span><span style="font-size: small;">This friend is a <strong>gift </strong>to me all year long! I will always think of her when I use this pretty mug.</span></span></span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was taken in Honduras in 1998, just weeks before she went home to the Lord. She loved children, so it seems so natural to see her with these little ones. I love the smiles on all their faces! I thank the Lord for the opportunity He gave her to go to Honduras. She is still touching lives there with a scholarship we give each year in her memory. This year we are so thrilled to have enough money to present two scholarships of $1,000 each to two graduates of Ruach International Christian Academy in Comayagua, Honduras. This graduation and presentation will take place Sunday evening. This year they have arranged it so that we that cannot be there can watch it live. I can hardly wait to see the surprised faces when the names of the scholarship winners are announced!</span></em><em><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia;"></span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">November... the month we celebrate Thanksgiving. I love that this month causes us to think about all that the Lord does for us. This morning I am thinking about all the other days. Do I remember to thank Him? I want my life to be a life of</span> <span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><em>thanksgiving</em></span>. <span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana;">I want my life to make a difference in other's lives so they can rejoice and give thanks to God. </span><br />
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<strong>Psalm 95:1-6 - </strong><em>O Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, And a great King above all gods, In whose hand are the depths of the earth; The peaks of the mountains are His also. The sea is His, for it was He who made it; And His hands formed the dry land. Come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.</em></div>
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<strong>Psalm 28:7 -</strong><em>The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.</em></div>
<em></em><br /><strong>1 Chronicles 16:8 -</strong> <em>Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples</em>.<br />
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<br /><br /><strong>Colossians 3:15 - </strong><em>And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and <span style="font-size: large;">be thankful</span>.</em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Each year we give a scholarship in memory of our daughter Amy. Jim will be traveling to Honduras this month to make the presentation to a senior in Ruach International Christian Academy. To know we are blessing a young person that might not be able to attend college without this help is so wonderful. We could never thank our friends and family enough for helping make this happen. We are so glad we have been able to keep in touch with some of the students that have received scholarships!</em></span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia;">My sister, Stephanie and Jim presenting last year's scholarship</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> Last year we presented
a $1,000 scholarship to Pedro Paul Luna Aguilar from Ruach International
Christian Academy. He is currently attending college in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>We love
hearing back from the students that have been presented this scholarship and
see their dream for an education coming true. For example,
two years ago we presented two scholarships which went to Gerson Acosta and
Johany Acosta. Today they are both in medical school in Tegucigalpa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another young man named Carlos is also a med student
in Tegucigalpa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Celestino Garcia is a
senior at ORU this year and was just selected as the $20,000 Whole Person
Scholarship Winner from ORU. This scholarship program has been established to
recognize those students who are well-rounded and dream of furthering their
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We are excited to be able to present another
scholarship this year to a graduating senior from Ruach International Christian
Academy. Jim will be attending this graduation and presenting the scholarship.</span></span></em></span><br />
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another young person fulfill their dream is a blessing to us, as is keeping
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While we were gone, Colette and Ashlynn's school had the children dress as their favorite book character and bring that book to school. I am so glad both mothers sent me pictures of the girls!</div>
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Colette dressed as Kaya, one of the American Girl dolls.</div>
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<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A group of ladies from our church went to Ft. Worth to the Ronald McDonald House to serve lunch to the families. None of us had ever been there but all of us were excited about the day.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia;">Ronald McDonald House provides a supportive home-away-from-home for families of children receiving medical treatment in area hospitals. It is their desire that families are able to rest and relax while being able to be close to their children. Their vision is to never turn a family away. </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia;">We were so impressed with the beautiful kitchen as well as the other areas. The kitchen had everything we needed to prepare our meal. The staff were all so welcoming and helpful to us.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> On the way home we talked about how we wanted to do it again. So in November we will return and again fix lunch for the families!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia;"> but now I know you simply need to say yes."</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Sunday, we had a birthday celebration for our daughter, our son-in-law and our nephew. The night was spent eating favorite foods, opening silly cards, gifts, lots of laughter and a requested birthday desert for each one. I am so very thankful for our family that loves and laughs together.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Monday we attended a talent show where 7 yr. old Colette read two funny poems. She was very poised as she read. You could tell by the laughter the audience enjoyed both of them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We went on our yearly family vacation the end of September. I look forward to this get-away all year. This year I had a special visit from a sweet friend I had lost touch with. We were stationed together in the Army for two years with Carol and Gene and after some years, lost touch with them. I had tried to find them without success but with Facebook and a mutual friend she contacted me. We were very sad to learn of her husband's death just months ago. I was thrilled that we would only be an hour away from her our first night. She and I had a wonderful visit and plan to stay in touch.</span> <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Our cute granddaughter, Ashlynn, started Kindergarten this year. Her mom said she was so excited she was up at 5:00 that first morning!</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">I have taken care of Colette since she was 4 mo. old. She started 2nd grade this year. I love this picture of her and her sweet sister, Sabrina.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>I had fun picking up both girls from school on their second day!</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>I am thankful for these two little girls! They both make me smile and bring me happiness!</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Fourteen years have gone by since our precious daughter went home to the Lord.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia;">As I was thinking about her this week I went to a folder we have that holds some poems she wrote. She had a great sense of humor and some of the poems really make you smile. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia;">This one was written about her Daddy, who was on a mission trip in Africa. This trip was one of his first since becoming Missions director for Life Outreach, International. </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia;">She gave it to him when he returned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">It is one of my favorites.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><strong><em>My Daddy Went to Africa</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><em>My Daddy went to Africa</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><em>And didn't take a gun.</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><em>If an elephant's after him,</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><em>Will he know to run?</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><em>Johnny said there's tigers there.</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><em>They just roam around the place.</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><em>And if you hear their stomachs growling,</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><em>Sally said her grandpa went </em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><em>And met a crocodile.</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><em>He tried to take its picture,</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><em>But he refused to smile.</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><em>Billy said I better pray,</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><em>I told them that they all were silly,</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><em>and my Daddy would be just fine,</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><em>Because he was taking Bibles to the children,</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><em>So they could know about Christ.</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><em>There'd probably be no elephants, tigers, or Indians,</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;">But I know if there were, </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;">he'll be safe because his journey's just begun.</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia;">It could get boring sometimes when she was in the hospital. She wrote this one day during one of those times. I have typed it just as she wrote it. I love it too!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia;"><em>hello</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia;"><em>i'm joe.</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia;">Today, as every day, I thank the Lord for His gift to us of Amy!</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our community group took breakfast to the teachers of Oakwood Terrace Elementary School Thursday morning. It was their first day back to school. We had breakfast burritos courtesy of Taco Cabana, fruit, muffins, juice and coffee. </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The school was in need of a lap top computer. </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thanks to <a href="http://6stones.org/">6stones</a> we presented them with a computer.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Colette arrived early as we had to be at school at 7:45. I liked that she was able to see us what we were doing. The room we were in was very cold, so she happily sat in the hall and played on my iPad. She had just finished drawing a picture of her bunny.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>As we were watching the teachers visiting and enjoying the food, a friend looked at me and said, "this is so much fun"! I smiled and agreed! This really IS so much fun!</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>Monday</strong> I met my <span style="color: #660000;">friend </span>Jenny for lunch and we spent hours talking and laughing!</span></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">That evening our church helped at <a href="http://6stones.org/">6Stones</a> . Besides stacking</span> cans of food we had a fun time visiting with each other. A great way to become <span style="color: #660000;">friends </span>or get to know each other better while helping an organization that provides food and clothing for those in need.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia;">Besides a fun visit I received a special treat of Jennifer's homemade strawberry-cranberry jam. It tasted delicious on our biscuits this morning!</span></em></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">We had a cobbler contest at our church Sat. night. I made this cobbler recipe and it came in third place. It was beat out by a peach cobbler and an apple cobbler. There were nine cobblers so I was happy with my third place. </span></strong><br />
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<li><strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">2 C. sugar</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">1/3 C. cornstarch</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">8 C. sliced, fresh peaches</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">1/2 t. vanilla extract</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">1/4 C. melted butter</span></strong></li>
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<li><strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">2 C. flour</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">2 T. sugar</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">pinch salt</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">1/2 C. shortening </span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">4-6 T. ice water</span></strong></li>
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<strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">Butter a 9x13 in. baking dish. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #b45f06;"><u>Filling:</u> combine sugar and cornstarch; toss with peaches. Add the vanilla extract and the melted butter; set aside</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #b45f06;"><u>Pastry:</u> Combine the flour, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl. Cut shortening into the flour mixture until it is consistency of cornmeal. Gradually add ice water, stirring until dough holds its shape. Roll out and cut into strips. Pour the peach filling mixture into the prepared baking pan. Criss-cross dough strips over the filling. Brush water on pastry (or use butter if you prefer) and sprinkle with sugar. Bake 30 minutes or until the crust is brown.</span></strong><br />
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So today as I was baking pies I pictured my mom or dad in the kitchen making their pie crusts. My parents each had their favorite crust recipe. I have my favorite too and it is different than both of theirs. I am thankful for all they taught me about making a good pie crust...the preparation, the rolling out of the dough, and placing it in a pie plate. I loved the memories I had today as I baked pies.<br />
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1 1/3 C sugar, divided</div>
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6 T cornstarch, divided</div>
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1/4 t salt</div>
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2 C milk</div>
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2 egg yolks, lightly beaten</div>
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1 T butter or margarine (I always use butter)</div>
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1 t vanilla extract</div>
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1 baked 9-inch pastry shell</div>
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1 C water, divided</div>
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1 T lemon juice</div>
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1/2 t liquid red food coloring</div>
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6 C fresh strawberries, halved</div>
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Garnishes: sweetened whipped cream, fresh strawberry </div>
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<strong>Combine</strong> 2/3 C sugar, 4 T cornstarch, and salt in a saucepan;stir in milk. bring to a boil over medium heat. cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute.</div>
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<strong>Whisk</strong> milk mixture gradually into egg yolks until blended. Return mixture to saucepan. * Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, 1 minute or until thickened. Remove from heat;stir in butter and vanilla. Spoon hot filling into pastry shell.</div>
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<strong>Stir</strong> together remaining 2/3 C sugar, remaining 2 T cornstarch, and 2 T water.</div>
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<strong>Bring</strong> remaining water to a boil in medium saucepan. Whisk in sugar mixture;cook, whisking constantly, 2 to 3 minutes or until thickened and clear. remove from heat. Stir in lemon juice and food coloring; cool. fold strawberries into syrup mixture. Spoon over custard mixture; chill 4 hours. Garnish, if desired. </div>
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I used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes. <span style="font-size: x-small;">~Bob Goff </span> </h2>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">setting up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Spider man" captured my heart</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">repaired and painted court where kids can now play soccer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fun balloons given to all the kids</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lunch prepared by men willing to cook in over 100 degree heat</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">willing to take time for others</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">raffle prizes for adults</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and for kids too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It was fun walking around capturing the day in pictures and talking to people that lived in the apartments. I am so glad for this day and the smiles I saw. I am glad that as a church and as individuals we said yes, to God! </span></div>
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