Tuesday, March 31, 2009
My Little Monday Adventure
632 miles in 11 1/2 hours, or my trip to Arkadelphia, AR.
Due to the bad weather on Saturday, I needed to take our college student friend back to college. Spring break was over and classes started Monday morning. She had a test on Monday and I called her professor at home to explain the situation. He was extremely understanding and told her that it must be a "God thing" and for her to enjoy an extra day of spring break!
So, yesterday morning, we left at about 8:10 and drove to Arkadelphia, the home of the Ouachita Baptist University Tigers. The only real tragedy to speak of was we decided to eat lunch in the car while traveling. We stopped at Taco Bueno and the bean burrito that I had dripped all over my favorite shirt. There wasn't anything I could do about it all day long, so it probably set in.
And, that, my friends, it the worst thing that happened all day long! Before we left, we prayed that we would have an incredibly unremarkable trip. God answered our prayer!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Well, rats...
The New York Times summed it up like this: "Oklahoma had the best player. North Carolina had the best team."
Boomer Sooner!
Boomer Sooner!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
My Little Saturday Adventure
Snow on the cars before we left
So, I'm driving our friend, Renee back to OKC, where she will catch a ride to Texas, to catch a ride back to Arkadelphia for college. It had snowed a little bitty bit when we left, but by the time we get to I-40, (about 40 miles away) it is coming down pretty good.
All is fine and well, until we come to Henryetta, a town that has a history with me. As soon as we get within 5 miles of Henryetta, the snow has started to stick on the highway. Within 2 miles of Henryetta, the traffic has slowed considerably. 2 miles past Henryetta, it is down to one lane and has come to a complete standstill. Oh no. Not again.
Traffic at a standstill on I-40
We decided that it would be prudent to turn around and worry about getting Renee to school another day-another time.
We pulled off the highway and found a convenience store. This time, however, I was in my wife's Kia Sportage 4X4; I wasn't going to get stuck again! We mosied into the convenience store to use the facilities and the power had been off for 30 minutes. I helped a man, in a mini-van, who was stuck to get un-stuck. We piled back into the Kia and off we went!
We got home at about 3 pm and the snow was starting to accumulate in Wagoner. Sally and I were supposed to be a part of a missions forum tonight in Coweta, but they called while I was typing this to say that it is cancelled. That is a blessing, of sorts, for us.
March Snowman
So, by the time we got back home to Wagoner, the kids had already been out playing and had built a miniature snowman. Not bad for March 28!
Congratulations Sooners!
The Oklahoma Sooners Men's Basketball team made it to the Elite Eight by putting the hurt on Syracuse last night!
Boomer Sooner!
Boomer Sooner!
Snow showers with thunder!
.This morning, we've got snow with lightening and thunder! God bless Oklahoma!
Friday, March 27, 2009
Crazy Oklahoma Weather
Here is the 11:29 radar capture from Channel 6 in Tulsa. Thunderstorm warnings, hail, and blizzards all in the same state at the same time. This doesn't include the Winter Weather Warnings and Winter Weather Watches, nor the Tornado and Thunderstorm watches, either!
Out where we went on our Spring Break trip last week, they are having white-out conditions from the blizzard. Temps are supposed to drop here all day long and we could end up with 1-3 inches of snow tomorrow morning. Just to the north of here, there could be up to 15 inches of snow!
Oklahoma! Gotta love it!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Oklahoma Hail
A very big storm blew through Wagoner about 2 pm today. This ominous cloud was really scary looking!
It started hailing and boy did it hail! It covered the drive and the grass.
An hour and a half after it stopped hailing, I found several stones that were STILL as big as a quarter!
Remember this???
No wonder American kids are fat. They've replaced these PSA's with Pizza Roll commercials!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Oh! BTW!
Since I was gone from the computer last week, I failed to mention that my beloved Sooners have made it to the Sweet 16!
Boomer SoONEr!
Boomer SoONEr!
Guitar Hero!
Emily and Renee rockin' out.
We have a guest with us this week. Well, more like an adopted daughter. Renee is here from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, AR, to spend her spring break with us. We are so excited to have here here. They kids are excited because their friend represents a little piece of Thailand in our home.
Renee is a great young woman of God. Her heart beats in tune with our Lord's heart, and that is a great and uncommon thing these days. We are blessed to have her here this week and will be sad to say "so long" this weekend.
May I Have Your Attention Please?!?
As today is March 25, that means that there is only 9 months left until Christmas!!!
Catholics Outraged at Notre Dame Decision
I received the following email today and thought I'd pass it along:
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Dear CatholicVote.org Member,
Like many of you, we received the news last Friday that President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame this May.
In addition to delivering the address, the President will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree. In short, one of our nation’s premier Catholic institutions will honor the President, and hold out him as an example to its students as someone worthy of emulation!
Given President Obama’s utterly shameful record on life, how could a Catholic university honor him?
The University could have politely and quietly told the White House that their standing invitation to the President of the United States was not available this year. Better yet, they could have said that while they would welcome his contributions to the public debate over how to solve our economic crisis, his regrettable policies in favor of a culture of death make it impossible for them to welcome him.
Notre Dame has regrettably hosted pro-abortion speakers in the past, but President Obama is a champion of the abortion cause.
Sadly, it is now indisputable that our President has become the world’s leading promoter of abortion, embryo-killing cloning and research, taxpayer-funded abortion, and a vigorous opponent of conscience protections for medical professionals. His campaign promises to find ‘common ground’ have sadly been ignored, or perhaps were simply lies. And this Administration has only just begun.
Is there anything a president could do that would disqualify him or her from delivering such a prestigious address?
If there is such a threshold, Barack Obama has not disqualified himself with Notre Dame officials.
And so we must act.
We have spoken with professors, students, and leaders at Notre Dame over the past 48 hours and have concluded that a massive protest will be practically difficult, and even counterproductive. The University has a right as a private school to prevent all protestors from entering campus, and could legally arrest those who violate this rule. Secondly, a protest could create exactly the wrong impression.
Therefore, we are recommending four courses of action.
1) CatholicVote.org has partnered with the Cardinal Newman Society, a dynamic organization dedicated to the renewal of Catholic higher education in establishing www.NotreDameScandal.com. Together our aim is to collect thousands of signatures and present them to University officials. Sign the petition now.
2) Contact Notre Dame and charitably express your outrage. CatholicVote.org is large enough to have a major impact, and we urge you to contact Notre Dame President Father Jenkins at (574) 631-5000.
3) Join your fellow CatholicVote.org members in a prayer of reparation on May 17 from 2-4 PM. We encourage you to organize local groups to pray for mercy for the decision by Notre Dame, but also for our nation for continuing to permit the tragedy of abortion.
***If you live in the Midwest, or near Notre Dame University, we invite you to personally join us in prayer at the Grotto on the campus of Notre Dame from 2-4 PM on May 17, where we will be joined by several Notre Dame professors, alumni, and current students. The gathering will be a peaceful and prayerful.
4) Please forward this message to your family and friends. Let them know about Notre Dame's decision to honor the most pro-abortion President in American history. We must not remain silent over this scandal!
Sincerely,
Brian Burch, President
CatholicVote.org
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Dear CatholicVote.org Member,
Like many of you, we received the news last Friday that President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame this May.
In addition to delivering the address, the President will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree. In short, one of our nation’s premier Catholic institutions will honor the President, and hold out him as an example to its students as someone worthy of emulation!
Given President Obama’s utterly shameful record on life, how could a Catholic university honor him?
The University could have politely and quietly told the White House that their standing invitation to the President of the United States was not available this year. Better yet, they could have said that while they would welcome his contributions to the public debate over how to solve our economic crisis, his regrettable policies in favor of a culture of death make it impossible for them to welcome him.
Notre Dame has regrettably hosted pro-abortion speakers in the past, but President Obama is a champion of the abortion cause.
Sadly, it is now indisputable that our President has become the world’s leading promoter of abortion, embryo-killing cloning and research, taxpayer-funded abortion, and a vigorous opponent of conscience protections for medical professionals. His campaign promises to find ‘common ground’ have sadly been ignored, or perhaps were simply lies. And this Administration has only just begun.
Is there anything a president could do that would disqualify him or her from delivering such a prestigious address?
If there is such a threshold, Barack Obama has not disqualified himself with Notre Dame officials.
And so we must act.
We have spoken with professors, students, and leaders at Notre Dame over the past 48 hours and have concluded that a massive protest will be practically difficult, and even counterproductive. The University has a right as a private school to prevent all protestors from entering campus, and could legally arrest those who violate this rule. Secondly, a protest could create exactly the wrong impression.
Therefore, we are recommending four courses of action.
1) CatholicVote.org has partnered with the Cardinal Newman Society, a dynamic organization dedicated to the renewal of Catholic higher education in establishing www.NotreDameScandal.com. Together our aim is to collect thousands of signatures and present them to University officials. Sign the petition now.
2) Contact Notre Dame and charitably express your outrage. CatholicVote.org is large enough to have a major impact, and we urge you to contact Notre Dame President Father Jenkins at (574) 631-5000.
3) Join your fellow CatholicVote.org members in a prayer of reparation on May 17 from 2-4 PM. We encourage you to organize local groups to pray for mercy for the decision by Notre Dame, but also for our nation for continuing to permit the tragedy of abortion.
***If you live in the Midwest, or near Notre Dame University, we invite you to personally join us in prayer at the Grotto on the campus of Notre Dame from 2-4 PM on May 17, where we will be joined by several Notre Dame professors, alumni, and current students. The gathering will be a peaceful and prayerful.
4) Please forward this message to your family and friends. Let them know about Notre Dame's decision to honor the most pro-abortion President in American history. We must not remain silent over this scandal!
Sincerely,
Brian Burch, President
CatholicVote.org
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