Apparently I am only going to blog on every other day. We have been busy, lots going on. Usually the transition to around the clock is one of those "growing pains". So far Bertha is just tuning up. She hasn't burst into song. It will happen.

Surprisingly I have slept the sleep of the dead the past two nights. I guess I am mentally and physically exhausted. Both mornings I have rolled over to look at the clock and it was twenty 'til seven. I am thankful because usually it is stress filled looking out the window all night long. Outside of a couple of glitches everyone came through.

We achieved full work force yesterday. My South Texas truckers arrived and the one trucker who had been a guest of the Lynn County jail was released. I visited with Adan and Gilbert for about an hour just catching up. They are hard runners and it is always a comfort to have them in the mix.

The other gentleman appears to be another subject. He has had a troubled past. His parents brought him to the office and asked for an application. Even though this man appears to be in his late twenties, Mom and Dad continue to try to give him direction. It must be frustrating to have an off-spring who has served in the military yet cannot work without close supervision. The office in Sweetwater gave him a job and now they have made it my job to make work him. Thanks. Just a while ago he told me he needed to go ahead of three other trucks to load (we are doing some seed block seed for a seed breeder) because he has a dental appointment! First I heard of that! It is apparent the rules do not apply to him. I told him we do not load out of order, I would give him opportunity to prove himself as long as it was not a hardship on the other guys but that it was evident I am his last hope in this experiment. I think the office at Sweetwater scared the hooey out of him.

Krl and I got our weekly mail drop from home yesterday. What little that was mine was depressing. I really don't need that. It has been such a battle this year to get things going out here that I sure don't need to import trouble. I am having a real problem wanting to lash out. One particular gentleman has corresponded with me before but now appears to be covering his backside. He has never done anything he has professed to do in his letters and I am having a problem not calling the kettle black. It may be delicate maneuvering around him due to his swollen ego. So be it. Dance with the one that brung ya'.

Think of us.

Be the real deal!

FATHER, please lift this depression, this sense of hopelessness from me. I pray for Krl's healing and renewal as well as mine. I pray for Adam and his men and ask for their safety. I pray for Addie, Memama, Pepa, Hag, Bets, Jess, B., Lillie, Aimee, Jennifer, Ashlyn Kate, Dr. Mackie, Jeanine, Brenda, Verlin, K.C. and Tyler. I lift them up for YOUR miracles of healing and care. I pray for those sad and heavy hearted with grief. I ask YOUR comfort for them. I pray for those of us who stumble trying to follow YOU. Keep us centered and focused. I pray for our spiritual family and our leaders. I pray for the efforts being made to expand YOUR kingdom. I ask YOUR blessings upon Richard, Anastacia, James and Terah. May they hunger and thirst for righteousness and may they be filled. I pray for our prayer partners Jenavene and Susan. May we purify ourselves by receiving and obeying the truth. May we love one another. We are thankful that we have been born again , not of perishable seed but of unperishable seed, through the YOUR living and enduring word. LORD lead us on!