This article reminded me of I Kings 19:18. There is a lot of evil in this world. It has been that way since antiquity. Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better. Marcus Borg, Bart Ehrman, Tony Campolo and David Neff are wrong, intellectually dishonest, self serving and on the wrong side of history.
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
Elijah was discouraged. He thought he was the only one left. He was not. It is all good. God IS in control.
Betty Blonde #345 – 11/11/2009
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She bought a shovel, a few plants and a few other things. She is VERY excited to get started. She planted three tomato plants (1 cherry, 2 regular), radishes, some flowers, basil, rosemary, basil, beets, cucumbers and cilantro. She still has chiles, strawberries, lemon peppers and maybe a few other things. She is quite pleased with herself and much happier when she has a garden.
We have had an amazing run of good weather in Oregon since we got here. Today started out as another bright and sunny one with temperatures supposed to get up into the low 60’s. Meanwhile, Raleigh is getting slammed with a boatload of snow. We love this picture that was taken not to far from the kids campus at North Carolina State University after only two inches of snow. Today, four inches are supposed to fall. We are still on the school-closings text list at Wake Technical Community College and everything is shut down today. There could be all out war and starvation. Keep Raleigh in your thoughts.
We have no illusions about our own intelligence, but we think our cats are pretty brilliant. Kiwi comes into our bedroom to harass us every morning around seven so we will get up and feed them. They upped their game this morning though. Rubix (Kelly’s cat) brought the lid to yesterday’s cat food can to Lorena to give her a hint that she was running late.
I wanted to get a good shot of the small herd of domestic goats that walked past our office door, but I was not fast enough. I got this picture as the exited out the back of the parking lot around the side of the building. You cannot see them so well, but I wanted to preserve the evidence for posterity. There is a ton of wildlife around here. I saw my first javelina in the wild on the side of the road beside a fire station in a subdivision a couple of blocks from my hotel. Very cool.
Christian and I have been waiting a long, long time for a new phone. After the normal two year phone service subscription wait, we decided to wait an extra two months for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4’s to come out before we pulled the trigger. Lorena and Kelly opted for the Note 3’s and the reality is the difference between the two is evolutionary rather than revolutionary so they did not do too bad. Still, we are glad we waited.
(11:30 AM) Lorena, Grandma Conchita and arrived at the Duke Medical Pavilion for Lorena’s second surgery. The surgery is at 2:30 this afternoon, but we got here early so we could fill out the paperwork and Lorena can be prepped. Lorena will be here overnight tonight and I plan to give a few updates here for the family as we go along. The surgery is fairly routine, but also fairly invasive so she will be here over night. Conchita and I do not know yet whether or not we will stay here for the night or go home and then come back in the morning.
Tio Lauro checks Grandma Conchita in at the airport in Monterrey. She arrives tonight to stay with us in Raleigh until the end of the year. We are very thankful she can come. 
