VA Hospital

So today was spent making some Chai Tea powder to use late night or in the winter, dehydrating some bell peppers (got on sale 4/$1), making laundry soap and reorganizing the pantry.  Then later on we went to the VA Hospital with our Sunday School class to visit, bring food, and get to know they ppl there.

I met this guy Charlie that was 17 at the end of WWII(in the Navy) and then turned around and re-enlisted in the Army for the Korean war.  He was telling me that the night before he left...he goes into a bar on base and finds the prettiest girl there and (through a longer version of the story) he gets her to marry him that night.  Of course, when he comes home on leave, she is gone.  He finds happiness with wife #2. 

It just made me think that there are a lot of ppl out there without God.  I mean, I am no perfect person by far, but I have never really had a life that didn't involve God.  I couldn't imagine marrying someone the night I met them in a bar.  I get myopic and forget that there are ppl out there so different from me that it would blow my mind, I'm sure.  So, I am going to pray for Charlie.  And hope that God changes me to see him and others like him as the "prettiest ones in the bar" so I can take time and get to know them and share the gospel.

Chai Tea Powder:

1 Cup  nonfat dry milk powder
1 Cup powdered non-dairy creamer
1 Cup French Vanilla powdered non-dairy creamer
2 1/2  Cups Sugar
1 1/2 Cups unsweetened instant tea
2 Tsp Ginger
2 Tsp Cinnamon
1 Tsp Cloves
1 Tsp Cardamom
1 Tsp Nutmeg
1 Tsp Allspice

In a large bowl, combine milk powder, non-dairy creamer, vanilla flavored non-dairy creamer, sugar and instant tea .  Stir in spices.  In a blender or food processor, blend 1 cup at a time, until mixture is the consitency of fine powder.  Add to hot water and stir.

First Entry

Alright..so I have decided to start blogging.  This is pretty new.  I am going to treat this like a journal and just write what is going on with me, what interests me, or what I feel like getting out.  I am a wife, mom, friend, and a Christ lover.  I would say follower...but sometimes I veer a bit off the road and have to find my way back.

So..for tonight.  This is the song that I am chewing on.

I wish that following Christ was as easy as throwing the things about yourself that you don't like.  That is something I could "do" for God.  I have a hard time just letting God do with me what He needs to do.  You know, I want to help.  I want to get myself all ready before I go to him.  Can you say umm...Hello, Martha?! 

Hobbies...hmm...I used to like to run, but somehow that became a chore.  I need to find the fun in it again. Then again, maybe,  it is more of a goal that you achieve than something you love right off the bat.  Kinda like red wine.  No one loves it right off the bat.  I don't care what they say....but you know it is good for you and so you keep on sippin'.  So...maybe the change has to be in the way I look at running.

I am feeling snarky, so I am going to go.  I will post more when I feel like it.