Good Morning

Hello there, 

Anyone who still might pop by here,

On this poor neglected blog.

Gone, for now, are the days when I wake up

formulating a post in my mind

and then come and tap away.

Also, gone are the days when I can take the time to 

pop in on everyone each day and see what you 

have to share.

Naturally, I miss it.

I miss you.

But for now this is how it must be.

Warren has finally agreed that the candle business

is something.

Something of value.

But the what next is what we are trying to figure out.

It eats more and more of my time

and makes our house

all the more messy as it 

  grows. 

I do not say this in complaint.

Just as a matter of fact.

Something needs to give.

It needs to move from the upper level

to the lower level of the house....

at least.

It had been at least two weeks since I had heard

directly from Chelsea.

I had been in contact with one of her friends who 

kept me somewhat up to date with things in Chiang Mai.

But on Sunday morning...at Midnight....

Warren's cell phone buzzed.

It was on silent.

Thankfully he heard it buzzing and woke up.

We had a nice nearly hour long chat with our girl.

Please pray for them.

Chiang Mai is proving to be very spiritually dark

and they are definitely sensing the spiritual warfare

in the city.

As part of the ministry they are definitely on the front lines.

I am so impressed by YWAM's way of working.

While some are out witnessing

others are praying in an intercessory fashion.

Praying without ceasing....

Calling for strength and light to pierce the darkness.

Still, it is hard!

One of the interesting things they were able to do 

was to help set up a Franklin Graham Crusade.

That must have been something.

It was held in a large stadium and Chelsea's team helped

prepare tickets and other organizational things.

So cool!

Jonathan will have an injection in his back on Wednesday.

We are praying that this will bring him some relief for his 

herniated disc.

The MRI images are rough.

If this doesn't work then surgery will be in his future.

I'm not holding my breath because there is a very strong

family history of this.

Same spot.

Same issue.

In those cases the surgery helped

regain a pain free life.

So, we shall see.

It is still our last resort...

as it should be.

For my own sake I would like to 

document here that I've lost 20 pounds.

Yay!

It has not been hard.

I've simply changed my choices.

I'm not legalistic about it.

I eat many more fruit and more veggies.

Original, I know. 

Ha.

But, the main thing I've been doing is striving 

to cut out processed foods and eat closer to the source.

I've increased my consumption of good oils

and am very careful to avoid corn, canola and soy oils.

I say NO to any item that has been genetically modified.

No GMO's.

All of these wreck our systems.

I've been taking a class that has taught me so much.

I'll take it again when it is offered in the Spring 

because it is so much information to intake and implement.

Here's to the next 20 pounds on their way out!

Many more to go.

But I feel better...so much better.

There are still issues, of course.

I've spent years eating badly and causing myself issues

but I'm so thankful to have seemingly found the root 

cause of my daily headaches.

No more white bread for this chick.

Over the past three months I've found that I only 

get the headaches when I eat the white bread.

Yippee skippee.

I can avoid that!

It is worth it.

It maddens me to no end to find out 

what is on our grocery shelves.

Poisons!

Items that are causing Autism, birth defects and cancers.

And we think that they are safe because they are available.

Nope!

Definitely not.

Anyway, 

I'll stop now.

I just hope and pray that before long 

more and more people wake up to the 

damage that is caused by the "foods" we are eating

and the chemicals we use in our homes.

I know I've read about it for years but it wasn't until 

I was faced with excruciating pain did I begin the process of learning.

Wow.

Now I am thankful for the pain.

It has changed my life.

If you would like to join some of us on the journey
to health
you are welcome to join our Facebook group
which we have lovingly dubbed
Chubby Chicks Changin' Choices.
My friend, Diane had the idea and we've been
having fun together sharing information and inspiration.
You don't have to be chubby to join.
We just got a kick out of the whole
CH-connection.

Well, the dogs are begging to go out

so I'll be off.

Blessings on your day.