Great Saturday, Honduras updates, no news weekend, wonderful Sunday

Mama and I each individually had a great Saturday. She made some great sales with her Color Street nails at Trade Days. She had several return customers and made quite a few new contacts. As far as the items she and Kimberlyn made, they did not do very well, but they did have some sales of those items. As for me, I loaded up at Grandma and Grandpa’s some cabinets that Norman had given me and by reassembling those cabinets, I was able to set up an area in the shop that I have thought about for a couple years.

As an added bonus I was given two upper cabinets that I installed in the garage just outside the door from the laundry room into the garage. They give us a little more space to organize items out of sight and out of the constant dust. All the cabinets had been removed from Norman’s wife’s nail shop. I also as given a lathe that I was able to set up on one of the cabinet base arrangements I placed in a corner of the shop. I was able to scrounge a piece of metal roofing to complete the calf feeding area overhang I added to the pig building. It was a great day. Which we finished off by having dinner with Grandma and Grandpa – an early Thanksgiving dinner.

An update from Cori: They had been without cell service for several days, without electricity off and on during the same period of time. There is horrific flooding isolating many people from any chance of rescue from the flood waters except by helicopter. Many people have been stranded on their roofs for several days now. Near the church they attend, the neighborhood was flooded with several feet of water, with those levels still rising as of Saturday afternoon. Families that can reach the church have met daily to cook what meals they can to feed those to whom they have safe access. Food supplies are shrinking in the local markets as truck traffic has been limited by washed out roads and inaccessible bridges. Their home is not affected by high water; however, the home they first rented when they relocated to Honduras had a foot or more of water in it. Thank God, again, that they were able to move to this new location. Continue to pray for them as they weather the aftermath of this hurricane as well as still dealing with unchanged COVID restrictions.

I elected to not look at any new networks this weekend. I knew in advance of the weekend that the narrative will be set – or at least the attempt would be made – to marginalize those of us who voted for Trump and exalt Joe Biden to the president-elect position. A foolish and illegitimate move because the votes in no states have been certified and recounts are underway in five or six states. Our media does not select the winner in an election, our electors do and they can do that only after those electors are certified by the state election boards. By avoiding the melee of published untruths, I had a lot better attitude in my prayers through the weekend. God is still in control but there is a word of caution. If the legal votes are verified and counted as cast our President will almost certainly win the election – both the popular and the electoral vote. When that happens, get ready for an uprising of the same groups that looted and destroyed shops and buildings and do far more harm that they did prior to the election.

Church was great Sunday. We had two wonderful services even though the attendance was down somewhat. Pastor preached on humility and the importance of humility in our relationship with God. Sunday evening, he preached on how to glorify God. Obedience being the most basic way we give glory to our God and our Lord. After each service we lingered in lengthy conversations. It was what we needed during this time of desperate confusion.

Isn’t it amazing that the ones who create the confusion try to convince us that only they can dispel the confusion?