Tuesday 6-22-05
Topic: Day to day stuff
6-21-05 Tuesday
This morning Mom came in my room and talked to me some while I was still asleep and I told her yes and probably a few other things to get her to go away. Later I woke up to her phone call asking me if I was coming or not. I really had no clue what she was talking about. She wanted me to come to her work and pray with her and bring her some food ‘cause she was feeling weak. I ate some cereal, checked my email and left with the food she asked for. I started praying right out the door. I can do it inside my house but it seems easier once I step outside when I am going somewhere… I got there, Mom ate, and she talked to me about how I need to get out of this town because it has all this spiritual stronghold stuff. I said I’d rather get rid of them instead of running. She wants me to get going on the school thing and isn’t sure about my hearing from God to wait. I can handle her doubt now because I gave it up to Jesus a while ago. After that I let her read my new Chronicles of Narnia book The Last Battle… She read the first chapter…I’ve read to the third, as you know… But I want her to be able to have the whole story and I’ll get more from it by listening to it a second time. False Christ… manipulative monkey… murdered trees… confusion all around. I went to my dad’s work after that to bring him his wallet that had fallen out of the van at home… He took me to lunch; I gave him Julie’s email ‘cause he wanted to contact her about doing some songs since she may want some thing to do while at home. I then went to the pool, which is right in front of the gym where my dad works. After swimming a bit, I got my bible and continued to study John, reading and looking at the reference verses that my study bible gives me. Great stuff… not any revelations or learning anything I don’t know but interesting to see how many books cover the same subject of Jesus being Life… Giving your life to Jesus isn’t about going to heaven and living forever. It’s about knowing Jesus and having True light and life. That stuck out to me… I cried a lot while doing this so it took a while to get through only about 5 verses of John… Yes. I am a sensitive guy and have cried while reading some parts of the Bible but not this much. This time it was because I had opened my eyes in the pool. I was done drying off enough to go back into the gym and change. I ate the rest of my sub from lunch on the way home. At home I got online and still found no emails just like when I checked for them at my dad’s work after lunch… BUMBER! Then a wonderful surprise came up. An invisible woman started talking to me… ahem… I’m talking about Julie on AIM. Invisible because she was online but made it so that it didn’t show it on my buddy list… I’m going to start contacting someone I want to talk to even if it looks like they aren’t online ‘cause it’s happened twice now. We didn’t talk about much but it was good to talk to someone besides my parents today. She ordered some Pizza and had to go pick it up and I had to get ready for home group. Home group would have been boring for anyone else but it was good for us. I didn’t have any expectations this time, which helped a lot ‘cause we didn’t do much. It was a quiet time of rest and worship. Betsy needed something. I prayed she’d get it. She and Kim went into the other room for what she needed, I prayed for a while, went to the bathroom, noticed their new kitten crying, gave some attention to her while praying and waiting for the girls to be done. We find that we are mostly in the same place of hitting a barrier that keeps us from going further into the woods, deeper into the water, higher into the sky… still not getting it? We aren’t going further into His presence. We’ve been doing a lot lately… I think there is not much more to go before throne room experiences and seeing the spiritual like we see the physical… Preparation is most likely needed for this… including getting rid of those barriers. First we have to find out what they are. Thinking about what Mom said, it may be in order to take a trip together… out of this town… I do not know where we could go that the enemy doesn’t have a grip on though. In the mean time, I’ll continue to pray and try to keep aware of what is going on… I came home after small group, got online (see a pattern yet?) talked to Kim S. who seems to be in the same place, and found out from Julie’s Blog that she is going to stay there longer. I’m only a little sad about this. I think that there is going to be something that will happen with her while she is down there that she needs, so I am more happy for her than I am sad about not seeing her. I have work at 4 tomorrow… I’m going to have to talk to them about giving me more hours because two days in a week is not going to get it. Though I did enjoy having freedom to go places, most of it was just sitting at home.

Monday 6-13-05
Topic: Day to day stuff
Well for the first part of the day I did my chore, went on the computer, let my brothers get on to play games after me, prayed in my room, didn't get a clear loud voice but understood that I wasn't going to Schmidt's house so I went online after I was done with that and Kim D. invited me over for dinner. After finishing a reply to a topic on the Christianforums.com Questions by nonchristians section, I took a shower and went over to their house. Kim graciously made some delicious meatballs and spaghetti sauce for me since I don't do well with the beautiful shrimp that she had made. The bread was also very good. We didn't feel like doing much and I've wanted them to hear Davi's testimony for some time. Betsy went and played with her new toys (guitar peds) Brandon went where he needed to go, Julie's not back yet, Suzi and Jasmine went to their rooms. Kim and I sat until I suggested listening to the tape. We got several things from it and when it was done I sat for a while, reminded Kim that she had some studying to do and got up to leave... except I wasn't able to get up. I'm like... OK I guess there's more but I didn't know what. Kim began to get some things together to start studying, Brandon called and informed her that his dad just got saved, she yelled for Betsy and everyone to come out of their rooms to hear the good news and made Brandon come back over to tell about it. Earlier in the night, Kim gave me The Last Battle to keep! I started to read it while waiting for Brandon to come over... Then I continued to chapter 3 because... It was interesting! Brandon's story of his Dad wasn't much new to me except the punch line but I listened to it. Ahh. I forgot to take the trash out... I was going to do it on my way out but oh well... Jasmine didn't let me do the dishes either. I'm feeling a lot better about not "hearing" from God recently or getting what I expected from listening to Davi's testimony.

Sunday 6-19-05
Topic: Day to day stuff
No word from God but I did not exactly sit and focus on Him and wait for an anser...
I also have not been praying the whole day...
Started a Xanga because I had to in order to leave a comment on Julie's and I'll use that one for regular short messages like this one instead of the long involved detailed ones of this blog.

Sat 7:55 AM
Topic: Day to day stuff
I prayed for Julie past 4:30AM and God woke me up praying at 6:30AM Got up at 7:08 AM. I feel quite awake and refreshed. I made and ate some eggs which I haven't had in a long time... waiting for what's next. Also prayed for Brian's sister's situation... I had only 2 hours of sleep yet I am just as refreshed as I usually am, went to work, came home and played Smash Bros with Mark while waiting for the computer to be available. This morning while reading Matthew and writing notes and crying on I think 3 separate ocations, I found out from Betsy that she is in St. Pete. Now I'm thinking about renting a movie before my free movie pass expires... I think I'll call some people. All plans are subject to change if at any moment the Lord interrupts. Well no one was able to do anything... Julie was at home just like Betsy, Kim is still here in Tally but busy with prayer and other things and I couldn't call her long distance number anyway. Brad and Jake didn't answer the phone. Sarah came online and had promised her brother she'd take him to a movie. Betsy got online, Kim got online, Kim D got online, we had a huge chat in which I found out Brian's AIM, Ben's AIM, met a new friend and had a good time. I need to go to bed so my body can actually get some rest and I can digest all this food I've been eating. Betsy suggested 1/2 jokingly that I drive down to Kim S' place when I said I hadn't hung out with her to know her faces. I'm praying now and ask you to pray also that God will clearly tell me if I am to take this long trip or to try to get some more hours at work or something different... Thing is... Last night I ended up packing a bag with clothes while praying and doing my laundry and Kim said that she thinks she may need someone to pray with... Lord's will be done.

Lesson learned
Topic: Day to day stuff
Friday 6-18-05
God woke me up at around 10:30 but I stayed in bed for an hour because I thought they said they were doing the air conditioning at 2, fell back asleep, woke up at 1, got up and took a shower, left by 1:40, got to the XA house with the gate closed and no one there. If you start your day in disobedience, it is very hard to get back to the right path just like in The Silver Chair. Aslan only gave 4 signs to Jill Pole to remember and repeat constantly in order to complete her task. She allowed herself to be distracted and missed several signs at first. We cannot know what would have happened if we did things a different way. We can only trust that God will bring our foolishness to goodness in the end just as Aslan used Jill’s foolishness to still bring her and her companions through the trials to complete their task teaching them valuable lessons throughout. Sometimes the only way you can learn something is through a mistake. I did learn from today’s mistake. I waited in my car and asked God where I should go next. A song popped into my head “Where do I go, Back on my knees again” I got out of my car and went to my knees on my cushion that I carry around to use for up in my spot on the tree and occasions such as this. I waited until I was surrounded by ants and left for work. I got there just in time to change, get a foot sub combo, write down the reason I was late on Sunday and the reason I couldn’t be there on Tuesday on the form they gave me on Thursday so that they could be excused… Don’t you love all my long sentences? Here’s a short one for you… He wept. This is what I had done the night before when I watched the end of Pay It Forward. What? I already told you this? Oh, well there’s a reason I’m telling you again. I was thinking during this time about that movie, and seeing that this girl was at work today and was going on a vacation soon, I asked God if I could give her flowers that night since she was closing and would leave after I would. I worked in the kitchen in the Deli again today and got burnt quite badly because I was moving too fast and rushing myself. How’s that for revelation? I had thanked God earlier for reminding me to right down my late/absent excuse before I clocked in. When I took my break, I ate part of the second half of my sub and chips and had a free refill of my soda. I was also able to finally start reading my Bible, which I have not done in quite a while since I moved to Deli and only have a half hour break rather than an hour. This is not a good excuse but it was one of many bad excuses that I said to myself. I thanked God for being able to have a break as I had not expected to get one today. I got off work almost 45 minutes after I was supposed to because there was an order that held me up from cleaning. I went ahead and got the flowers for the girl instead of waiting on it. I hope they bless her anyway. I asked God if I should go home or go into town to try and find Kyle and April’s house even though I didn’t know exactly how to get there and had been their only once. I heard the “go home” but did not listen very well, thinking that God could lead me to their house and I might be able to still have some fun and see at least Kim and perhaps the other girls again. I did not know if they would still be doing fireworks but figured they would stay there late talking. I went into town and drove past their road, drove around several other roads in the Jim Lee area where we had gone to that church when some prophetic people were visiting it. I returned home passing their road once again. I found out that I had passed their road from my mom when she told me the road’s name. I’m doing my laundry right now in two sets (light and dark). I have work tomorrow 1-4 which I know now after looking almost franticly through my backpack, bag, wallet and then finally found the paper I wrote my schedule on in the passenger seat of my car. I was not able to talk to Kim S. tonight either because she has to wake up for work at a decent time in the morning. Perhaps if I had obeyed, I would have been able to talk to her but we cannot change the past, only learn from our mistakes and press on towards the goal for which God has called us heavenward. Kim S. Did email me to say that she was finally able to get my emails though they were delayed for some odd reason, I emailed her back asking why she was “Away” and she emailed later before she went to bed the reason I mentioned earlier. I searched around on several of the Xanga blogs connected to Betsy’s trying to remember the name of one who had a glory bubble on his hat in the birthday party group picture; only to find the name Alex on some junk email… I thanked God for this and hope that it is right. I’ve typed it so many times, I think that even if I’m wrong, I’ll still call him that… perhaps it is spelled differently… mind wandering… I’m done with the update! Yay! I had to upload it in pieces by the day because it was too long to work in only one post. What to do now… Probably go to bed… I’ll try to obey tomorrow morning. “No, no try. Do or do not. There is no try” (Yoda) after Luke tries and Yoda does, Luke says, “I don’t believe it.” Yoda: “That is why you fail.” Ever notice that Yoda loses his way of speaking when he is saying something serious and talks with subject and verb and subject at the end when he is having fun? If it was not a serious thing for Luke to believe, or if it were an amusing thing, Yoda would have said, “That is why fail, you do. Yes.” I’m going to ramble on a bit more just to show more of my fun personality… Scratch that. I have to pray for Julie and probably do some other things like my laundry.

Thursday
Topic: Day to day stuff
Thursday 6-17-05
I had work from 12-6, went right to XA, played foosball, noticed Thomas was looking better, raised my hand to help with putting in the air conditioning the next day, asked Betsy about recent flowerings, worshipped with great enthusiasm almost like I was in a fist fight, waited some more, played some good foosball against Ruben, went to Cold Stone, had a German Chocolate Cake ice cream in a waffle bowl, prayed and listened to the conversations that were not deep enough for me, left without a word, got home and typed some more of this up, Kim S. couldn’t talk much but was able to email me one of our conversations to help me start typing this that night. I talked to Kim D. and found out that… I think I know more than she thinks I know, though she still knows more than I thought she knew which is more than what I know. You may have to read that several times to get the truth out of it… It probably wouldn’t help to say it out loud several times fast but you can try just for fun. I went to bed asking God to wake me up when He wanted me to get up.

Wednesday
Topic: Day to day stuff
Wed. 6-15-05
I woke up and prayed for Kim a bit; Hanna and Rachael came in and played as quietly as they could. Mark’s playing the piano and Mom’s complaining about wasted fish that has been in the oven for days that no one knew about and didn’t eat. So I’m having a hard time concentrating. Sandra walked out, noticed we were still there and went back in her room to get dressed more, she got the girls and took them to Vacation Bible School. Brian came out and talked to us a bit (Kim had woken up). He asked if we wanted eggs but figured that Sandra might bring something home so he waited. We talked about how we didn’t get anything spectacular the night before. We all sensed and Brian said that this was just a waiting time to continue for a week or two even in order to stretch us and take away our expectations of God. Sandra came home with Subway bacon and egg sandwiches that were very tasty after not eating since 1:00 PM the day before. We had grape juice with our sandwiches, Brian went to get his work clothes on, Kim and I cleaned up the room a little, and I was hoping to go home first before taking Kim home so I could get a shower and change. I had worked on the drum pretty enthusiastically the night before… Brian wanted to go out to eat before work so we followed him to Dairy Queen instead. I had passed the turn I would have gone on normally and had to turn around and come back up Monroe St. which brought on something to Kim and my conversation (the nasty feeling that she and I get from the stores around Lake Ella and the name of the road there being legion). Brian had a banana split and Kim had a Hawaiian Blizzard. I prayed. Betsy wasn’t able to go to lunch at that time so we went to Kim’s house while Brian went to work.
At Kim’s house… Julie was reading and almost done with The Last Battle in the Chronicles of Narnia. They were planning a surprise Birthday party for Erik. I had been sensing something not being said to me that I should know about Kim, Betsy and Julie but found out later when I was supposed to. Still have that feeling about Julie though. Kim called people to set up the surprise. Betsy came home to eat lunch during her work break. Julie and I went to get supplies for the cake and two 2 liters of soda, came back and Julie made the cake. Betsy left for work again, I took out the trash, we talked a while, Kim made a card for everyone to sign, and Julie got Kim to write on the cake after she had put the icing on it. We talked a little but nothing came out that I felt was missing. Kim got ready to take Erik out to Olive Garden for his birthday while we set up for the surprise when he would get home. She dressed nicely for Olive Garden. I was showing Julie and Suzi some interesting things on Akiane’s website, Kim left and Alex (I think that’s his name tell me if I’m wrong) came to cook lamb and some very good sausage along with his lima bean, tomato and garlic mayonnaise salad. I had two helpings of the salad but could not finish the second one because I had already had 3 cups of water while I was at their house… We got the stuff for the party together and went to Erik and Thomas’ place where I helped blow up balloons and hid behind the door when Erik came in after being dropped off by Kim. He was surprised but is probably like me in that we don’t show much expression when surprised, happy, sad etc. If you see me jumping around and extremely happy looking, it is either because I’m worshiping or have just had 2/3rds of a pack of Oreos. The cake was good. I prayed and listened to “everyone” talk. I gave Alex a shoulder rub (lightly because I paid attention to his comment about getting hurt from hard back rubs from other people). I learned more about Leah during that time, finding out that she has a strong heart for the Lord but also gets uncomfortable with silence and talking about sensitive areas in her life. I can be a friend with people who continually talk about spiritual things and serious things that are happening in their lives much easier than with people who talk about the world. I’ve always been careful in choosing friends but this narrows it down even more. I do not end any friendship however and continually try to introduce the spiritual to those who aren’t. Hmm… Where was I? I rode back to the girl’s place with Betsy now having ridden alone with each of the three girls at one point but still not getting the answer to my unknown question. At the girls house, Suzi was watching TV, Kim did some journaling, Betsy went on her laptop, Alex… hung around and talked. I was trying to hear if I should stay or should I go now… that Song came into my head and further interfered with my concentration. I went into the bathroom several times where the sound was blocked off quite nicely but I could not stay there the whole time because someone might need to use it. I decided to go into Kim and Julie’s room to lie down and pray. I could not get up even when Kim came in to go to bed (she said I could stay as long as I needed) but felt that I would be able to leave when Julie came into the room. I was and got up promptly, thanked Julie, which she didn’t understand and I once again did not talk to her about. I’m going to have to talk more to her to get more from her I think. All in God’s timing. I trust any information I need in order to pray will be given at the right time (I really struggle with this which is why I type it “out loud”). I drove home slowly again still not getting much. I learned much from Kim Schmidt that night until 3 AM.

Tuesday 6-14-05
Topic: Day to day stuff
Tuesday 6-14-05
In the morning (using the term loosely) I had cereal and got Mark to let me on the computer to type the first part of this up by promising him I?d take him to Game Stop. We got to Home Group just in time for me to put my things down and anoint the place before certain people walked in. My brother Tim is depressed and could not stay but he picked up Mom and Mark later so I could stay longer. I marked on the side of every window, door and on every fence post. Aubrey let me in through the back door; I put my oil down on the lamp table next to Brian?s chair with the message I had written on it the night before at the girl?s house. Then came time for some awesome worship? I knew I was not to sit down at all at first? I?m going to finish typing this long part up later? It?s 3:18 AM right now and I?m helping put AC into XA (which I guess would make XACA) tomorrow (Friday) before I work at 4-9 and then go to watch fireworks at Kyle and April?s (Lord willing) Oh come on? didn?t I get any laughs?
Those kind of Jokes come from the side of my dad that I like, Mom married him for, mom dislikes about him now, and my brother Jon rolls his eyes about. That note on the Oil bottle, for those of you who have not seen it, says ?Anointing Oil Use with Caution and Love.? During worship, Brian gave me the drum and on the next song, I used it. My mom seemed to be surprised about my drumming for some reason. Tambourines were next and at one point Betsy had me open my Bible to Psalm 150 and later Matthew 5 from which she sang beautifully. This we found out later on went right along with the prayers of Kim and Brian over the communion elements. After we took communion, many people went home leaving Brian, Sandra, Kim, Betsy and I. Julie had gone earlier for another meeting she felt she should go to. I haven?t heard much except that it was good. We had a long waiting period. Betsy left first as she had work early in the morning. We took a stretch break and rejoined this time without holding hands. Brian went down on the floor and put a blanket on and Sandra sat on the couch. Kim was also cold and had a blanket. I was not hot but I was warm and proceeded to pray becoming more aware. I put my hands on them and after some prayer they seemed to warm up. Sandra went to bed, Kim got the guitar and sang for a bit, Brian went to bed, and Kim was done singing. I let her know I?d take her home in the morning, got Brian?s blanket, got on his reclining chair and continued to pray while Kim tried to get some music going with her IPod, couldn?t find a cord and went to the couch with her blanket.

Monday 6-13-05
Topic: Day to day stuff
Mon 6-13-05
Talking to Kim was good. She got some encouragement and I learned more about her. I went to bed and woke up at about 10 something and stayed in bed for a while then got up and went on the computer. Jon picked up the phone when it rang and brought it to me saying ?Why can?t you pick up the phone when it?s your friends who are calling?? It was Betsy and I didn?t answer Jon because he knows I just let the answering machine get it to see if it is someone important or a telemarketer. I got this from my dad. Betsy asked me if I had gotten her email. I said I just woke up and hadn?t checked my email yet. She wanted to meet at lake Ella for lunch and to understand more of why I had given her my armor. I got ready and left right away, parked at Lake Ella, walked to the tree where I usually go, looked around for a while, waited until an hour after the meeting time she had said, climbed up into my spot and laid down looking around for her still. I also prayed as usual and worshiped a bit. I thought to myself ?perhaps she said 1:45 and not 11:45 and I just heard wrong ?cause I just woke up.? Rain clouds were rolling in. I prayed that it would not rain until after the meeting and after I left. Then when it was 1:10, I climbed down and walked to Publix to get a sub and perhaps meet her there since that is where she said she was going to get food. While I was there, I also got grapes and Publix sweet tea. 1:45 I walk back to the tree, eat my lunch at a table under the tree, saw a family walking around the lake who noticed my backpack up in the tree and laughed. I ate about a third of the grapes and drunk a third of the tea, finished of my Publix Ultimate and climbed back up into the tree to get my back pack and leave. I could see the heavy rain coming from the south as I walked north in a light rain. I got into my car just as the heavy rain came by. I went to my Publix to talk to the Deli manager that they had scheduled me against my availability and that I couldn?t be there Tuesday night. She wasn?t happy but she got someone to take over for me and I gave her my availability again so that it would not happen again. I then went over to ask for more hours to work up front but all I was told I could do was put a note up for anyone who wanted to give up his or her shift for me. As I was walking out Nick (coordinator) asked me when I came in. I told him I didn?t have work today, asking ?Why? Do you need me?? He then went to get the assistant manager to let me work and I worked from 4-8. While I was out getting carts, I found out the car of a girl who has been glum lately so I can give her flowers when I feel led.
I just saw the end of pay it forward and cried 3 times for just the end. I?m not talking about the usual wet eyes. I?m talking quivering lips and dropping tears on my hands in my lap? Those of you, who are being blessed at the moment and in the recent past, consider paying it forward rather than doing something nice back to the person who did it for you. Rather than focusing on finding out person who blessed you, find someone else you can bless. Now back to my update.
After work, I came home, called Betsy as I had promised I would and checked my Email. Kim emailed me saying Betsy told her I might be coming over and that she?d see me there if it was so and Betsy had emailed me saying it would be cool if I could come over after work. Betsy also emailed me her account but I did not read it then. I felt I should leave right away, so I changed out of my work clothes, had a quick wash, made sure my parents were OK with it, had to tell Mom a bit about what?s been going on since she?s clueless about certain things, and left before they could know that I heard Mom saying she doesn?t like the idea of me driving in the rain and other such motherly worries that show her love but not her trust in God. She is slowly gaining this.
I got to the girl?s place just in time for the worship video to start. I sat down next to Betsy. Everyone had bare feet. I got into worship. I took my shoes and watch off at some point. Betsy was lying with her feet towards me and I had a feeling I was going to rub her feet with oil. I tested to see if it was time to do it right then but could not get up. I continued worshiping until I was able to get up and promptly got my shoes on and told the girls I?d be back. I figured I?d go to Publix for the Oil but I told the Lord He could have my driving, my expectations, my feet, and my hands? I ended up going to Publix and asked which Oil I was to get because there were many different kinds. ?Extra Virgin Olive Oil? Sounded religious enough but it wasn?t the one He had me get. He had me get the biggest bottle there. I had a feeling it would get a lot of use and that it would be a glass one not a plastic one? anyway? I got it, went back, did a round around the apartment, went in, put the oil down and continued to worship. First I sat down next to Betsy again and took off shoes but this time my socks as well. Then I got the urge to get up just as Kim did and nodded to her, knowing she had been moved to dance. Not having the experience I do, she did not move the TV out of the way and ran into it. I should have moved it first but I did get it out of the way afterwards and she was ok. Even though you can trust the Holy Spirit to keep you safe while he moves you and leads you, it is still a good idea to move things out of the way... Speaking spiritually and physically?
Julie had come out to play? She sat down and enjoyed watching for a while? Kim had drawn a picture earlier? We were done dancing, the video of the concert was over, I was moved to set down pillows on the floor in a certain arrangement. The first person to go onto them was first at the foot rubbing. I did not know if it would be only Betsy or include the others. Betsy and Julie were talking next to them? Julie had asked why I had put the pillows down. I did not answer again. I hope she understands. I did not think that Julie would go down on the pillows and worried only for a sec. I trusted God and waited. Betsy said she felt like just falling on the pillows and did so. I said as I picked up the Oil, ?Well that makes you first? I put a towel down under her feet and proceeded. Julie sat down on the couch next to Kim and looked at her drawing and it was passed to Betsy while she was being anointed. After I was done with her, I sat and prayed for a while about if I was to do anyone else or if I was do be done or what. I got ?Wait.? This is not a surprise for me. We looked at some pictures on the Computer that were similar to Kim?s background that had to do with her dream. Julie went to bed. Kim showed me some artwork from her brother? major feelings there? Betsy was taking a shower during that time, came out and saw some of them, and went to bed. Kim and I sat on the Futon. I was still getting wait but not like a ?Wait?? more like a not really supposed to leave yet wait? I got a sick feeling in my stomach, throat and mouth like I had eaten something rotten and told her this. Kim came closer and put a hand on me and we continued to pray? we shared pictures we had gotten in the past or things that had happened? her hand felt like it was no longer touching my shoulder but melding with me? oneness of spirit or something? I talked about how it was a strange answer to my prayer of taking away my physical hunger? Kim eventually went to bed, I tried to get up when she got up but could not so she said I could stay as long as I needed to. When I had driven in, I prayed angels in with me. I prayed that many of them would go in with me. I prayed many of them into the rooms of the girls not just the living room. Kim saw a chain gang of little demons being marched out the front door. After she went to bed, I prayed for 5 angels to follow each of the girls who live there (2 to minister, 2 to guard and 1 to worship). The results were just as I should have expected but I always seem to expect more than I should which is being dealt with and will continue to be dealt with for the next few weeks. I had to wait there for about half an hour at the most but did not get much so it seemed like a long time. My prayer for the angels to follow them was toward the end and when I was able to get up, I locked the door on my way out. Driving home, I had to go the speed limit or slower most of the way? looked around at what places there were to eat around the area, which I haven?t done a lot. I was tired but when I got home, I ate a few sweets and went on the computer to talk to Kim I?m glad she gets online at the same time as I do. I only wish I had more contact with my other assignment?

Sunday 6-12-05
Topic: Day to day stuff
Sunday 6-12-15
He had been snoring that night and waking himself up every once in a while to say that he wasn’t really asleep and that he snores when he’s awake sometimes. Sandra came in bright and shiny telling about why she went in her room and how she fell asleep. She was overjoyed to find a hot spot and read something she was led out of the Bible after getting a picture of a reed waving in the wind. I’m a bit hazy on where she was when I woke up but at some point she started getting together some breakfast snacks. I enjoyed the fruit and bread but had been hoping for some a hearty meal of eggs and such… But who wants to cook a bunch after staying up most of the night? Others started to wake up. Julie had not gone to sleep at all and she shared about the tingling feeling she got in the extremities of her body. Uncomfortable and scary for her but her attitude has changed from a “This is really strange!” to “OK, God whatever you want to do” I prayed again for her to be able to press in. I’ve got to type up a list of prayer requests for my family. We ate and Julie wanted to go home. Brian had gone to church. Betsy got ready and eventually took Julie home. Mom and Dad went to church. Sandra took her girls to church, leaving a key for Kim and I if we left so we could lock the door from the outside. Kim and I slept until Brian came home. Then we continued to lie around. I think I woke up before her and was praying for her but she may have been awake at the time. Sandra came home with the girls and went to sleep. The girls played around and Brian asked them to stop playing their small keyboard while he rested on his chair. They climbed on me for a while; I told Kim I would need a back rub after that. (I had been wanting one the whole night and I found out later that she had been wanting to give me one the whole night but the time did not come until just before I left) After being “locked” in the girls room with the bored, clingy, Hanna, who just needed some love, I broke out of jail, went in the living room and sat down on the floor in front of the fireplace. I got my sketch kit together and tried to get something to draw. I figured if I drew, she’d settle down and draw some on her own. She marked my pad with a pencil which I wasn’t too happy about but she erased it when she saw me shake my head and I drew a young lady with her hands held out down to a child off the page. Then I drew butterfly wings on her in the rest of the page’s space. Hanna all the while kept asking me what I was drawing. Eventually she got some paper of her own and drew several drawings placing each one on top of my paper as I was trying to draw. I set each one aside and continued to draw in silence. I drew the couch and Kim sleeping on it next. Toward the end Hanna began to climb on my back and look on as I drew continuing to ask what it was. She didn’t mess me up too bad but at one point she tried smudging the drawing, as I was (to get the effect of smoothness on the couch) only she did it lightly over Kim’s face and I stopped her from doing it anymore. She didn’t do much damage and I only had to touch up the face a bit. I was able to finish the drawing in time to get my things together and change into my work clothes except for what I left in the car. Thankfully, Kim got up and asked me if I needed a back rub and I said yes. She was able to finish just in time for me to leave and get to work on time. Then of course I couldn’t find my keys and wallet even though they were in the same pocket that I had put them in and for some reason I just didn’t find them in that pocket until at least ten minutes later. So I got to work 9 minutes late, wasn’t able to actually start working until 20 minutes after that because I had to wait for someone to get done with what they were doing in the kitchen. I was very tired and did not get a break though I was scheduled to have one. I went home finally and typed up the answered prayers on my Blog. Kim Schmidt was online and wasn’t able to talk at first but later on, we talked and I felt I was to focus on praying and talking to her rather than typing up this massive entry…
Well Dad has asked me to get on the computer so he can check his Email, so this is a good place to take a break and take my brother to Game Stop like I promised him and then on to Home group and then I’ll finish this later on.