Pastor quits tonight!

My class with the children was cut short tonight when someone came into the class and told us church was out and that the pastor said he would continue for the next two weeks but would be gone after this. He was reported to say there was a conflict with some of the leadership in our church and he felt that he needed to go. I pray the Lord will lead him to his next work for God and that our church will come together under the head of Christ to move forward in the will of the Father!

Keep us in your prayers!

Barry

There is a better way to fix something that is broke than to Tax big and spend even bigger!

In a meeting of health providers called together by the state Gov. the providers were given a 3 hour talk about about the state program and about our changing field of health and dental care. At the end of the talk I asked the person over the program for our state ” what % of the tax money spent goes to pay those who provide health and dental care to the patient ?” He told us ” less than 20% is spent to provide care and the rest to operate the program” . Insurance providers charge much less as per your stats!

A much better and less costly plan to make sure every person is covered by health insurance would be to offer employers both a tax credit of 50% on the cost of each workers health insurance then a regular write off the cost for the other half the cost. Next for people who buy it on their own give them a 80% tax credit with those who make to little to pay taxes would get money back from the Federal Gov. depending on the income when they have proof of insurance much like we have to have proof of insurance before we get our tags for our cars.

In doing this we use the IRS which is in operation to be the ones to see people have insurance and we do not set up another massive leach on the people of this country do drain our money and our rights from us while providing inferior heath care!

While the Gov. gets involved in insurance — They should pass a regulation stating insurance companies. no longer can call something a family policy. Why ? to do away words that are unfair to people that have neo-familes . The insurance co. should word policy that covers multiple people just that . If the person buys a policy they should add anyone they can come up with the cash to pay for even if it is your mother, friend, or just someone you live with. This would also help the people living with a gay partner and keep everyone’s nose out of everyone’s personal lives and yet provide health care to more people.

Have a great Sunday!

Barry

 Rat Farming,  Will This Bring Dignity for Dalits?

 Sharban Thakal kills the field rat he just caught, hurling it against the ground. Using a curved knife, his sister, Shubia, prepares the rat for cooking on a little fire fueled by grass and twigs. Repeatedly flipping the rodent over, she checks it as it cooks.

Sharban and Shubia are Musahars, and their prized “catch,” as told in The National online, depicts a way of life for their people as a Dalit(“Untouchable”) sub-caste.

In their state of Bihar, India, there has been controversy over whether the promotion of rat meat and rat farming for their marginalized Musahar community would be beneficial. As a Dalit sub-caste, the Musahars are despised and scorned even by other Dalits. A Musahar has such low social standing under the Indian caste system that he has been referred to as “the untouchable’s untouchable.”

These oppressed people labor in agriculture, most working for landlords who pay them very little—often in grain or other food items. Rarely are they landowners themselves, and many of their children suffer greatly from malnutrition.

Musahar Dalits hunt for rats in paddy fields much like this one.

http://www.gfa.org/will-rat-farming-bring-dignity-for-dalits

I pray God’s peace and love fill your life today and everyday to follow !

In His hope,

Barry

 I’m back! Wow , what a great week in Jesus !

 I was able to spend part of the week with some of the most blessed minds on Earth . They gathered together for the ” Genesis Kinds: Creation and the Origin of Species ” symposium from here and around the world! These men and women of science are making advances in their respective fields that will overturn many books and papers of the organized antitheist people in science even some published in 2008 with their findings. All I will say is that the release of this and other information will happen over the next several months. I feel so blessed to be able to spend time with these people and understand all that they give for the kingdom of Christ! I will set topics as they are released by these brothers and sisters in Christ in my post over time (God willing ) but will do nothing that may hurt them or their work. It is so exciting to see them at work and how close to Jesus they are.

 I hope to get back to a regular schedule with my xanga friends and pray God blesses you for all your prayers and patients these past several weeks!

 In His hope and love !

 Barry

    A Testimony of Creator God

  ” For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: “
Romans 1:20

 Give a shout of praise to the Lord ! Then check out the report on Mom.

 The oncologist told us there was little left for him to do but to share the good news with us and order some test to be used as good health baselines in the case of future problems. He reported that the surgeon took an unusual abundant sample of 38 lymph nodes and the path. report shows all clear, no nodules in the liver and none of the other test showed any exit of the cancer from the tissue removed on her day of surgery! Praise God! We would trust on Him if the news was bad and we can not stop thanking Him for this good news of health allowed by our good God!

 I thank each of you for your continued prayers and your faith that gave strength to all of us during this time and thank God for the blessing He poured out on each of you for taking part! I love my brothers and sisters in Christ and thank everyone for any and all the well wishes and support. I ask for a public word from each that I can share with Mom!

 She still needs some more healing but has done far better than anyone would have guessed! We still have a lot to do for her and count that a blessing!

 More blessing for you  this is my hope and prayer!

Barry

 Today we find out the stage of her cancer as it was the day of surgery so please remember Mom (Virginia) in your prayers! 

  Mom will see her oncologist on Monday at 2:30pm to review the findings of her pathology report. Please pray for each of us as we will here their views of her status and if any other care may be needed or not. Mom does not want any chemo. or radiation if it can be avoided and if it will not eliminate the cancer if it did spread beyond the tissue already removed. Our hope continues with our Lord no matter what is said on Monday and pray that faith will overcome any fear that may try to slip in as we wait. Only if we can show God’s glory as He works in each of our lives that is what is important in these lives that He allows for us to have and only He knows the course that is set for each!

- “And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and He healed their sick.” Matthew 14:14

Thank you for your prayers and comments I will start back into the Xanga world as soon as possible so I can visit you at your sites !

Barry 

 Mom is home ! Praise God for all He has done and will do !

 Thank you for your prayers and words of support and your continued prayers ! Mom is to see her oncologist this coming Monday at 2:30pm to review the findings of her pathology report. I trust that since the tissue samples were taken in surgery that our Lord has been at work within her body healing her and  I hope He did remove any remaining cancer cells that may have traveled from the original site. In either way I am at peace with His will and love for my Mom. The doctors often lag behind God’s work in someone and just comments on how well they are doing. I hope and pray that she continues to make them take notice of God’s hand at work in her and my family.

 Please continue to be part of this with your prayers and comments Mom loves to read them and your strength becomes her’s. Thanks again to the blessed for that is what each of you are as per the words of Jesus!

Barry 

 .. 80 people lose their job at the hospital due to budget cuts!

The staff that remains are over worked and unresponsive when asked for help . even basic orders by the doctor are put off for hours and not done at all near shift changes ( 2hrs, before and 1 hour after are never carried out. ) Heaven help a person that do not have people who love them and willing to do everything for them or it would not be done for days . It is like as long as they make the chart look good and get the numbers recorded then they have done their job but real care for the person in that bed is a rare thing not seen! I will not allow my self to continue on this but please make this part of your prayer also!

I do thank God for allowing us His wisdom in dealing with everything and hope that His love will continue in each of our hearts to have compassion for those who are the caregivers and that this will allow them to build this in their hearts also . After work today I will have the chance to spend the night there with her . It is funny that the ones that are there to help are a blessing to Mom but it is so hard for her to deal with many of the visitors who mean well but stay way too long and wear her out . She feels that she has to entertain them and will not ask them to go so she can rest . She is happy they come by and pray with her but not when they find a chair and set for a hour or two so she can not rest or do what needs to be done to bring a little comfort to her stay. I’ve learned a lot of what not to do when you visit someone!

Her Doctor that did the surgery came by and when asked about the report put her off by telling her he would have to review it then he would let her know something. She told me this is the hardest part just waiting to know the stage of the cancer and not knowing if it moved to other tissues or remained in the part removed ! Thank you for your prayers for peace and faith so she will not focus on that but on healing and the JOY that comes from knowing Jesus.

I will get back with each of you this weekend and thank you for all you have done ! God bless you and give you good health and great joy!!!!

Mom did have cancer and still needs your prayers !

Mom’s doctor told us he was very happy with the way the surgery went. He had hope that she would be placed on the regular surgical floor but changed his mind because of the irregular heart beat before surgery and all that she went through the night before plus they worked with her for 3 hours after surgery in recovery to wake her up and let her cardiologist bring her heart back into rhythm. As a result Mom ( Virginia ) went back to ICU . We were sent out of ICU at 9:30 and did not see her again until 5:20pm . When we saw the surgeon today he told us he remover 18 inches of colon including the cancer and we had to wait till Thursday to hear from pathology for the stage of the cancer. We hope and pray it was only in the tissue removed and did not spread to other tissues.

Please give a word to lift Mom while she waits to hear what stage of cancer she had! I’m going back to work today and will see her after i’m done.

In His love and hope ,

Barry