Just a note

Just a note to my readers,

I was blessed to be able to plow on Thursday/Friday. Praise the Lord I stayed safe! I did try to take a few pictures with my phone, but I need to see how they came out...

Andrew

Will be plowing tonight/tomorrow

Hi Y'all!

It looks like I will be working tonight/tomorrow in the truck!


So Please pray that I stay safe and get lost of hours!

Andrew

Time Wasters

Hi Y'all!

I recently read this list of ways in which we waste time composed by Richard Baxter. I was convicted while reading this list. One of my areas of greatest struggles is in not wasting the time God has given me. I pray that as you read you are blessed and convicted as I was. At the end of this post I have included a link to the full text which is from The Practical Works of Richard Baxter Vol. 3. I recommend that you go and read the full text.

Thief I: One of the greatest time-wasting sins consists of idleness or sloth.

Thief II: The next thief or time-waster is excess of sleep.

Thief III: The next thief or time-waster is an inordinate adorning of the body.

Thief IV: Another time-wasting thief is unnecessary pomp and curiosity in retinue, attendance, house furniture, provision and entertainments, together with excess of compliment and ceremony, and servitude to the humors and expectations of time-wasters.

Thief V: Another time-wasting sin is needless and tedious feastings, gluttony, and tippling. (Tippling – drinking)

Thief VI: Another time-waster is idle talk.

Thief VII: Another thief which by the aforesaid means would steal your time, is vain and sinful company.

Thief VIII: Another notorious time-wasting thief, is needless, inordinate sports and games, which are stigmatized by the offenders themselves, with the infamous name of pastimes, and masked with deceitful title of recreations;

Thief IX: Another time-wasting thief is excess of worldly cares and business.

Thief X: Another time-waster is vain ungoverned and sinful thoughts.

Thief XI: Another dangerous time-waster sin is the reading of vain books, play-books, romances, and feigned histories; and also unprofitable studies, undertaken but for vain-glory, or the pleasing of a carnal or curious mind.

Thief XII: But the master-thief that robs men of their time is an unsancitified, ungodly heart; for this loseth time whatever men are doing; because they never intend the glory of God.

List from http://www.puritanfellowship.com/

Full text available here (starts with the time wasters about half way down the page): http://books.google.com/books?id=Py5WAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA156&lpg=PA156 dq=Timewasters+by+Richard+Baxter.&source=bl&ots=PFBDEj5fWl&sig=DCCVtP6BM7BclJP1f6H2_cK_e5k&hl=en&ei=mrI_S9XtFs-vnge8-c37CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Snow plow and updates

Hi Y'all!

I have not posted for quite some time. Lord willing I will post more regularly. Since moving home from NC I have been working in my lawn care business and for a man in our church doing construction/remodeling. This winter I am working snow removal (as a sub contractor, and a few residential places) Here are some pictures of my truck and plow (taken before I was able to use it). I was able to go plow on Sunday night/Monday morning.

The truck side view (this is before I installed a Timbren kit to help the front end, and before I added 500# of ballast)

Plow down in V Position

Plow up in Scoop position

I love this shot!

Thank you Stephen! I needed a little humor during a snow in which we got enough snow to plow, but it melted and I did not get called... :(

Well there you have it!

In the next few weeks I hope to plow often and start working on a book project. Please pray for my diligence and that the project would succeed! (it is a reprint

Andrew

More photos of the internship

Hi Y'all,

I am still working on collection of photos from my new home (For 5 Months). Here are some more!

The tea room over which our dorm is.

Our front door.

The intern group (From left to right: Andrew Gillingham, Micah Ferrill, Me, Joseph Froeming, Ryan Glick)

A group after church (Mr. Daming, Me, Scott Brown, My Dad)

Me in my room

I will put up some more pictures and a little bit about how I am growing in the Lord during this internship.

Andrew

NCFIC Inturnship

Hi Y'all,

As some of my readers know I am interning with the NCFIC (ncfic.org). We started on Monday with some audio editing. Yesterday I worked on a research project. I took some pictures of our office (which is still changing). Here they are.

My desk

Our room (suite #3 at 220 S. White St. Wake Forest, NC 27587)

I am having a great time! I will attempt to post some more information about each of my roommates soon! Tonight we are having dinner with the Brown Family and then we are having a church wide prayer meeting.

More to follow soon (maybe I will start posting every day or so!)

Andrew

Update

Hi y'all,

Well I was going to put up a video but my microphone was not working! Oh well.... I will try to put up one shortly. Lots of news! Including that I am moving (just me not our family). And our new church! I will put up info on all of that and more soon!

Andrew

First Vlog post

My First Truck!

Hi Y'all!
I am getting a truck! We are picking it up on Saturday! The Lord provided exactly what I needed and even gave me one that was more than I needed! Here are the pictures that I have right now! I will post more later!

Andrew

The Little "Red" Hen with a Twist

Well I am still working on my article on the Republican VP candidate. In the meantime, enjoy this wonderful rendition of, The Little Red Hen. A true story of one who became "Red".

'Who will help me plant the wheat'? asked the Little Red Hen.
'Not I,' said the cow. 'Not I,' said the duck. 'Not I,' said the
pig. 'Not I,' said the goose. 'Then I will do it by myself,' said
the little red hen, and so she did.

The wheat grew very tall and ripened into golden grain. 'Who will help me reap my wheat?' asked the little red hen. 'Not I,' said the duck. 'Out of my classification,' said the pig. 'I'd lose my seniority,' said the cow. 'I'd lose my unemployment compensation,' said the goose. 'Then I will do it by myself,’ said the little red hen, and so she did.

At last it came time to bake the bread. 'Who will help me bake the bread?' asked the little red hen. 'That would be overtime for me,' said the cow. 'I'd lose my welfare benefits,' said the duck. 'I'm a dropout and never learned how,' said the pig. ‘If I’m to be the only helper, that's discrimination,' said the goose. 'Then I will do it by myself,' said the little red hen. She baked five loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors to see.

They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But the little red hen said, 'No, I shall eat all five loaves.' 'Excess profits!' cried the cow. (Nancy Pelosi) 'Capitalist leech!' screamed the duck. (Barbara Boxer) 'I demand equal rights!' yelled the goose. (Jesse Jackson) The pig just grunted in disdain. (Ted Kennedy) And they all painted 'Unfair!' picket signs and marched around and around the little red hen, shouting obscenities.

Then the farmer (Obama) came. He said to the little red hen, 'You must not be so greedy.' 'But I earned the bread,' said the little red hen. 'Exactly,' said Barack the farmer. 'That is what makes our free enterprise system so wonderful. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide the fruits of their labor with those who are lazy and idle.' And they all lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, 'I am grateful, for now I truly understand.' But her neighbors became quite disappointed in her. She never again baked bread because she joined the ‘party’ and got her bread free. And all the Democrats smiled. ‘Fairness’ had been established. Individual initiative had died, but nobody noticed; perhaps no one cared...so long as there was free bread that 'the rich' were paying for.

EPILOGUE Bill Clinton is getting $12 million for his memoirs. Hillary got $8 million for hers. That's $20 million for the memories from two people, who for eight years, repeatedly testified, under oath, that they couldn’t remember anything. IS THIS A GREAT BARNYARD OR WHAT?

Andrew