Photo Of The Week: Double Springs Baptist Church

This is Double Springs Baptist Church. I pass it everyday as I head to work and school.

Busy This Past Week!

This past week has seemed to be a busy one for we. I have been busy at work and school. I started doing some Christmas shopping.

The major problem that I had at work has been taking care of now. I hate to see someone lose their job but the problem stop as soon as the person was gone. We have been picking up in business at work too. I am learning a lot. I am looking for another job because I need more income for the processing of Jo Anne's Visa.

Thursday, I had a appointment at the Asheville, North Carolina campus of Montreat College, to get information about their working adult program. I have decided that it would be a great program. With the program you take one class at a time. The down side is that it cost to much money. I have decide to go ahead and take the next semester off from school. With work and a full schedule at school, I do not have the time to study and to the homework from my classes. I have had at least two exams each week for the last month. I will take the time off to focus of getting Jo Anne here and work on getting my ministry started.

While Friday night, mom and I went shopping down in Greenville, South Carolina for Christmas gifts for Jo Anne and her family. We still have a little more to get which we will get in the next couple weeks. I want to get their Christmas shipped before the end of November to make sure it get to the Philippines in time for Christmas. I took my to Staxs in Greenville for dinner. She enjoyed their wonderful food and service. I would recommend Staxs to you if you are in Greenville, South Carolina. After dinner, we head to different store around Greenville for shopping. Even through it was the night before Halloween, I was surprised that many of the store had very little for Halloween displays. At least we did see some things out for Christmas already.

We had a steady night at work for Halloween. We had a few family come in for dinner after trick or treating on Main Street. The employees eat most of the candy that we had for Halloween.

All this week I have felt tired all week. I guess that I need to start an exercise program to get more energy. I have been watching the amount that I eat and have lost some weight. I will try to start doing some walking between my classes and work during the day.

Also today, I got stopped by a regular reader of this Blog at "the Temple" (Wal-mart). She asked me how things are going with Jo Anne and I. Right now, we are at a stand still with the Visa processing. I lost my job back in March, after I got back from the Philippines. Last a couple month with no job, I got the job a have now. Unfortunately, it does not pay me enough to meet the income requirements of the Visa. I am looking for better work. I also make a little money from my Blogs. That is very little money, I am still waiting to make enough for the first check. I am planning on starting a new Blog on Sunday. I hope to catch up with my mentor which I have not been able to meet with for the last month due to our work schedules. Jo Anne and I hope to find someone to co-sponsor her for her Visa with me. Of course, if things start moving with getting Jo Anne here to the United States, I will post something here for all friends here.

I am working on some interest post for Mountain Highs and Valleys Lows, that I believe you will enjoy. Jo Anne and I always enjoy reading to feedback we get from our readers.

Photo Of The Week: Cloud On Mountain

Here is the Photo of the Week. I know i is a day late but I have had a lot going on this past week. I will hopefully manage to do a post on Tuesday night about it.

My Experiences With Ghost

In continuation of our Halloween and All Saints Day theme, today I am going to share my true ghost experiences with you. I do not believe ghost are trapped souls. I believe they are trapped energy or demons. This belief comes from my understanding of the Bible and other research plus the experiences that I have had in my life with ghosts.

Raccoon Mountain Caverns Ghost

I took one of the wild tours in the Raccoon Mountain Caverns near Chattanooga, Tennessee. As part of the tour you get to sleep inside the cavern. During the night I woke up and heard someone running barefoot through the sleeping area. I saw no light and I have done enough cave exploring before this trip to know the different sounds in a cave.

As the story goes that it is the ghost of a boy who was killed by his uncle who pushed him into a hole that went into the caverns. A couple months later the uncle was hunting with some friends and can by the hole. When they looked down in the hole they saw the boy with a candle looking back back at them. The uncle confessed to his deed. Some people have reported the smell of candles burning in the area of cavern near the hole. Staff have found candy rappers stacked on the counter of the snack stations in the morning, when there was no one in the cave overnight the night before.

Ghosts at Holmes Educational State Forest

I have had a couple storage things happen to me when I gone camping at the group camping area at Holmes Educational State Forest between Hendersonville and Brevard, North Carolina. In fact, I can not remember a time that I have come camping there that something strange the not happen.

One night, I was sitting up talking with a friend and everyone else had gone on to bed and we was some lights coming out of the woods. These lights looked as if a group of people where carrying lanterns. One of the stories for this area involves the CCC Crews were working in the areas. In fact the road leading to the camp site entrance in called Old CCC Road. The story tells about a CCC crew that got lost and froze to death during a snow storm. These men allegedly walk through the area that is the camp site now. My friend and I, headed for our tent when we saw the lights. I have not checked through the newspaper of the time. I have only talked to a couple people who lived in the area.

Another thing, that happens there is when I wake in the middle of the night, I can see through the side of the tent as if it was not there. I have not have this happen to me anywhere else. The only explanation I can think of, is how the moon shines on the tent.

I hope you enjoyed these stories.

It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Tonight before I left my Mom's house I watched It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, on the television. Watching the cartoon specials were one of my favorite part of the Holidays as I was growing up. I am so glad to see that they still air the Charlie Brown and Garfield specials. This is one thing I look forward to sharing with my kids. Here are is the show that I found on YouTube.







Please check back for more Halloween and All Saints Day special post.

Colors Everywhere!

I have been enjoying the fall colors over the last couple days. The peak of the fall colors is here finally. The fall colors make my drive to school and work more pleasant. I am amazed at the mix of red, orange, yellow and green especially on the same tree. I look forward to sharing the changing of the leaves with my Love, Jo Anne. Since she lives in the Philippines, she has not experienced the changing colors of the leaves. We hope that she will see them in person next year. Here are some pictures I have taking over the past few days.

Photo Of The Week: Fall Colors

The peck of the Fall Color is to be later this week.

Medical Outreach

The staff of Scandinavian Children’s Mission in coordination with Humedica International (group of German doctors), is going out to reach the people affected by Typhoon Ondoy in doing the Medical Mission. The area where the group visited is Marikina, Pasig and Taytay Rizal. Last October 15, 2009, I had a chance to join the group and it’s a great blessing for me to help the other people. We went to Abnay, Taytay Rizal, and there are still some areas submerged in water so we needed to ride an army truck. On our way there, I saw more people who built there temporary house along the road. Some kids played on the dirty water without knowing the bad effect on their health. Most of the people we have seen there are suffering from respiratory problem like cough and colds, fever, fungal infection/athlete’s foot, and diarrhea. The kids are mostly affected by those diseases and I really felt their needs.

Here are some of the pictures I took during our outreach:

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men" ~ Colossians 3:23

Making Sure Mom Is Warm This Winter

This evening, I replace the filter for the furnace at my mom's house. I have been trying to get everything setup for mom for winter before it gets cold out. Mom brought the fuel back in August. Since the temperatures have get down in the 40s and 30s in the past couple weeks, we have been trying to adjust the setting on the furnace to a comfortable temperature for my mom. I am hoping the furnace will run more effectively. So far things seem to be working great for my mom.

I have baseboard heat at my house and have just have the one for the kitchen turned on. This has been enough so far to keep to house comfortable for me and my roommate. We have the one in the kitchen on just is case it gets cold enough to freeze the pipes which I am sure we will not have to really worry about until January when the really cold weather starts.

We all are starting now to prepare for winter so we can get everything setup before we really need them. I am sure that all of us here will have a nice warm and comfortable winter.

Dinner With Mom

Tonight, Mom and I enjoyed our dinner at the Cypress Cellar on Main Street in Hendersonville, North Carolina. The food and service was amazing. We received wonderful service from Daniel, our waiter, who was recommended by one of the tellers at the Credit Union. For the appetizer, we had the Blue Crab Dip with French Rounds. Mom had Shrimp Creole and I had the Ratatouille Pasta for our main course. I know that, I will differently be back for another meal. That is not because I still have $11 left on the gift certificate.

Mom and I enjoyed our time of relaxing and talking while eating our dinner. It is moments like these that I treasure. I see my mom everyday but most of the time we are so busy with everyday activities we do not just sit and enjoy our time together. Mom and I talked about all the things that are going on in our lives right now. We also planned a little for Thanksgiving. We also talked about how we wished that Jo Anne was with us tonight. My mom is looking forward to meeting Jo Anne. I would like to thank the staff at the Cypress Cellar for the great evening.