This year, I invite you to follow three blogs that I will be writing throughout the year. I will not be writing from this blog site anymore so that I can focus on the following:
1. Main Willet Blog - RSS FEED Available
(Road blogs, news updates, videos, pictures, bible studies)
2. PERSONAL BLOG - RSS FEED Available
3. Land of 1000 Hills Blog
(Stories and thoughts on how to use everyday items to fight extreme poverty)
Monday, January 19, 2009
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Police flares
*Note: this blog is an excerpt from a blog on www.myspace.com/willetonline - but this was my favorite part :)
I am currently in the van on our 22 hour drive home from Nebraska to Maryland. Unfortunately, a blizzard quickly moved into Iowa overnight, and the last night of the tour had to be cancelled - but Iowa, we shall return soon! :)
Of course, it wouldn't be the Christmas tour if we didn't have some sort of vehicle trouble. If you remember last year, our transmission blew leaving us stranded for 5 days in Ohio. Last night, we left Nebraska to try to beat the snow and had been driving for about 4 hours when we lost all power, brakes, acceleration, lights, etc and slowly drifted to the side of the road in the snow. We had blown our alternator and were stuck :( After being on hold with AAA for an hour, we called 911 to get help because it was -5 degrees and snow was starting to fall. Long story short, we got towed, slept in a hotel for a few hours while the van got fixed and are back on the road.
Special thanks to the policeman that stopped to ask us why we didn't have our hazard lights on while we were on the shoulder. (Note: we did have a flare out behind us that another cop had given us in Pennsylvania - but it was starting to burn out - this is an important part of the story)....
I would like to point out that
1. When you blow an alternator - you very rarely have any power in your vehicle at all and ...
2. Don't ever ask a cop for a flare because we did and he replied saying "I can't give them to you because police flares are special."
Really?????????? ........like....Seriously?!!!????? Funny - because the one we were using was from a cop!
(sorry - a little bitter and a little sleep deprived from this long drive....but nonetheless...really?)
I am currently in the van on our 22 hour drive home from Nebraska to Maryland. Unfortunately, a blizzard quickly moved into Iowa overnight, and the last night of the tour had to be cancelled - but Iowa, we shall return soon! :)
Of course, it wouldn't be the Christmas tour if we didn't have some sort of vehicle trouble. If you remember last year, our transmission blew leaving us stranded for 5 days in Ohio. Last night, we left Nebraska to try to beat the snow and had been driving for about 4 hours when we lost all power, brakes, acceleration, lights, etc and slowly drifted to the side of the road in the snow. We had blown our alternator and were stuck :( After being on hold with AAA for an hour, we called 911 to get help because it was -5 degrees and snow was starting to fall. Long story short, we got towed, slept in a hotel for a few hours while the van got fixed and are back on the road.
Special thanks to the policeman that stopped to ask us why we didn't have our hazard lights on while we were on the shoulder. (Note: we did have a flare out behind us that another cop had given us in Pennsylvania - but it was starting to burn out - this is an important part of the story)....
I would like to point out that
1. When you blow an alternator - you very rarely have any power in your vehicle at all and ...
2. Don't ever ask a cop for a flare because we did and he replied saying "I can't give them to you because police flares are special."
Really?????????? ........like....Seriously?!!!????? Funny - because the one we were using was from a cop!
(sorry - a little bitter and a little sleep deprived from this long drive....but nonetheless...really?)
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Red dragon nativity set...
Last night, I couldn't sleep (something about Ohio I guess...seems to happen every time I stay in the state), so I put on my ipod and listened to a podcast by John Eldredge (www.ransomedheart.com/). This particular podcast was about Christmas and how a lot of times we focus so much on Jesus and the "peaceful" nativity scene that we miss what was actually taking place during the birth of our Saviour.
As we go on to read in Revelation, we discover that the birth of Christ is about Jesus, but it also about our rescue! Revelation 12:4b-12:6 says,
"The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born. She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. The woman fled into the desert to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days."
Hello! Do you have a red dragon with seven heads, ten horns and seven crowns on his heads with a tail that could sweep a third of the stars out of the sky set up on your mantle next to your nativity set? (Revelation 12:3) I sure don't! And if I did, I think I might lose some Christmas party guests the next time we have people over. But, that was the reality of Jesus' birth. He was coming to rescue us from sin and while he was coming to earth, war was breaking out in heaven, and Satan was defeated by the angels. Brings about a whole new meaning to Christmas carols about angels....
This Christmas, recognize Jesus in the manger, but also recognize the great fight for our rescue! Hopefully it will bring about a deeper personal reflection this season.
As we go on to read in Revelation, we discover that the birth of Christ is about Jesus, but it also about our rescue! Revelation 12:4b-12:6 says,
"The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born. She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. The woman fled into the desert to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days."
Hello! Do you have a red dragon with seven heads, ten horns and seven crowns on his heads with a tail that could sweep a third of the stars out of the sky set up on your mantle next to your nativity set? (Revelation 12:3) I sure don't! And if I did, I think I might lose some Christmas party guests the next time we have people over. But, that was the reality of Jesus' birth. He was coming to rescue us from sin and while he was coming to earth, war was breaking out in heaven, and Satan was defeated by the angels. Brings about a whole new meaning to Christmas carols about angels....
This Christmas, recognize Jesus in the manger, but also recognize the great fight for our rescue! Hopefully it will bring about a deeper personal reflection this season.
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