RANDOM THOUGHTS

IF YOU HAVE BEEN WONDERING WHO JASMINE IS, SHE IS VERA'S YOUNGEST GRANDDAUGHTER. ASHLI IS HER OLDEST GRANDDAUGHTER. JASMINE AND HER PARENTS ARE STAYING HERE WITH US FOR A FEW WEEKS WHILE THEY GET READY TO RE-LOCATE TO A DIFFERENT STATE. WE'VE BEEN THOROUGHLY ENJOYING HAVING JASMINE HERE. WE JUST WISH WE COULD HAVE ASHLI ALL THE TIME TOO, BUT SHE IS IN TUCSON. WE WONT SEE HER NOW UNTIL JULY.

I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE NEWS ABOUT BRYAN NICHOLS AND ASHLEY SMITH. SHE SURE IS A BRAVE PERSON. I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD HAVE DONE WHAT SHE DID. OF COURSE, ONE DOESN'T REALLY KNOW UNTIL YOU'RE IN THAT SITUATION. I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING, IT WAS DEFINITELY HER FAITH IN GOD THAT GOT HER THRU IT. 90% CHANCE SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS NEXT VICTIM. I GUESS HER READING TO HIM OUT OF 'THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE' WAS WHAT TURNED HIM AROUND. INTERESTING HOW GOD USES THINGS. I'LL BET WHEN RICK WARREN WROTE THAT BOOK HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA THAT IT WOULD BE WHAT INFLUENCED HIM TO RELEASE HER . ALSO, GOD USED HER. ACCORDING TO REPORTS SHE GREW UP IN CHURCH BUT HAD GOTTEN AWAY FROM IT AND WAS NOW JUST STARTING BACK TO WHAT SHE KNEW WAS RIGHT. I GUESS ITS NEVER TOO LATE. IT SHOULD BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO THOSE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS WHO HAVE BROUGHT THEIR CHILDREN UP IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD AND THEY HAVE WALKED AWAY FROM IT. KEEP PRAYING. THEY'LL COME BACK EVENTUALLY. IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE UNTIL A TIME WHEN A GUN IS GOING TO BE POINTED TO THEIR HEADS, BUT EVEN THEN ITS NOT TOO LATE. I NEVER CEASE TO BE AMAZED AT HOW GOD WORKS..

WELL, ENOUGH TALKING FOR NOW. I AM NOT DOING SO GOOD WITH PICTURES BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN I CANT SEEM TO GET THEM TO GO ON HERE. I'LL KEEP WORKING ON IT AND SEND SOME MORE SOON.

JUDITH