HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICOLE

NICOLE I AM SO PROUD OF YOU, AND I AM GLAD YOU ARE MY DAUGHTER, I PRAY YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, THOUGH IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT YOUR BIRTHDAY HAS ALREADY PAST. FOR IT WAS ON JANUARY 9TH 1991 THAT WAS YOUR BIRTHDAY. JANUARY 9TH 2009 IS NOT YOUR BIRTHDAY, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE APART FROM YOU SALVATION. SO THEN WHAT SHOULD WE CALL IT THEN, THIS DAY, SHALL WE CALL IT YOUR ANNIVERSARY OF YOUR BIRTH.
SO WITH THAT HAPPY ANNIVERSARY OF YOU BIRTH. I LOVE YOU

From Sal

When we were lost it seemed that their was no guilty for tomorrow, or the thought of the future, when it came to health.

I thank God for salvation and it remove of the sting of death, the stain of sin and the future home in heaven.

But as far as the reaping what we sowed concerning our body's is still there. I remember one person in Texas after we witnessed to him he asked if God would heal him of his lung cancer now that he got saved, and if salvation would remove the guilt and the decease that crippled his body. I told him simply that when you wound your body and that no matter what you do to dress the wound the evidence is still there, the scars will always remain. I heard of surreys that try to remove scars but even with that they state that to the visible eye the mark will still stay there.

The only thing that I can come up with is this one thought,

That which makes you physically weak, should make you spiritually strong, God did not remove the thorn Paul had, though he pleaded.. I sometimes wonder what it was to, some lean so much to physical problems, I often wonder if it was the guilt of beening there of the stoning of Stephen or the guilt of wreaking so much havoc of the church before he got saved, No matter what it was it grieved him much, But it made him stronger spiritually, He became the greatest soul winner and missionary we have ever seen and heard.

Galations 1:16

I was reading just awhile ago in my bible and a key phrase that Paul said got my attention, and before I forget I want to put it here so I can build an outline for it later.
After Paul got saved and submitted to the call to preach he said," I conferred not with flesh and blood."
I am building upon the title of, NO EXCUSES.
Paul did not let nothing hinder what God had in store for him. NO EXCUSES!

Ye will not come to me, that ye might have life..John5:40

It is a fact that most sinners do not come to Jesus, and it is sad though, Because we as Christians know their destination. And the thing about is, its not that they cannot come to Christ it is that they Will not come. Jesus said in this verse, Ye will not come to me, that is sad to read what came from the Saviors mouth, the one that came that we might have life, spoke to some that would not come to him.
What is that stands between a sinner and salvation? What is that stands between a sinner and peace, forgiveness, a new heart everlasting life and Heaven itself?
It is simply his own wicked , and stubborn will.
You know we don't live in a country that we are forced to do things with out choice, we have no dictator or under a communist regime, we have a choice, we have freedom, and that is because some people decided years ago that they wanted to go to a place were they could worship God in peace were they weren't oppressed by their government. This nation was founded upon the fact that God was to be first. Our forefathers made that clear, but what is happening today, we are a nation that is forgetting God, and with that people are forgetting God and so their self will becomes harder and less likely to win to Christ. You think about it, those that witness door to door, their is more stubbornness in people today than ever before.
They are not looking for someone to be Lord over their lives, they want to do it their way. And that way is getting broader and broader, and that road leads to damnation.

Satanic Work Against Us

The text is in Ephesians 2: 1-3
A. Spiritually dead, Vs1
B. Satanically deceived, Vs2
C. Self dominated, Vs3
D. Surely damned, Vs3

When I was lost I was undone with out Christ, My spirit was dead, had no hope, But my spirit was quickened when my Savior became my Lord.
Satan had me bond in words, telling me I am okay, but I was lost and needed escape, Hebrews 2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
I needed to hear the true story, I didn't want to be deceived any more.
I was satisfied with the flesh, I let my self be deceived, I fought, not knowing that I was condemned,
I was Damned, on my way to hell, as an intruder, not as a guest, for my invitation was for heaven,
It just hit me right now.
We are preparing invitations for Nicole's wedding, and we make invitations for partys but the greatest invitation I was ever giving was writing by the Father of the Creator,
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
I took that invitation and applied it to my hart, Jesus came in and Heaven became my home.
I have decided, to follow Jesus, I have decided to follow Jesus, Turning back, no turning back

Bored again

Well I am working this weekend and once again I am bored due to it being slow. We are short on mechanics and because of that me and Kenneth the parts manager twiddle our thumbs, They let me read my Bible and that's good, I also get to work on my SS outlines as well, it is hard to find a job were they let you do this , so with that I am grateful. And off course like Oreillys we stand all day but yesterday I broke the mold, Before I quit Oreillys They gave me a shop stool with the Chevy logo on it and it was pretty, black and the outline of the bow tie in gold, but I gave it to our my Friend in Texas Juan because he had just bought a black beauty Chevy truck, so I knew he would like it, but now that I work for a Chevrolet dealership I wanted to get another one. I called the lady at Oreillys that gave me the one I gave away and ask for the other one I new she had in the back, and guess what I got it. I took it to work secretly yesterday and put it together and while every body was out of my dept. I set it up in front of my computer and sat down. Kenneth came in and just looked at me and said I have been standing for 32 years and you have been here for 2 months and now you got a stool, Then the C.E.O. of our company came in and and looked at me and Kenneth and asked him how long has he been standing. I looked at both of them and with a big grin in my face said,"You all never had a 300+ parts consultant, and well they laughed and said that I am out of my mind, but go ahead. Awhile back I had ask the Shop foreman if they ever would let a stool in and he thought no because of the traffic that goes through but my computer is set up in the corner and Kenneth in the middle, so for sure it would be hard for him to have one. So I took a chance and got approved. Soon I will take a pic of the spot and add it to this post.
It is a great job and would hate to leave it one day, never had so much liberty as I have here. I am learning alot more but it is hard, I have to memorize over 20,000 group numbers, but that will come in time, every part has a group number to associate it to the section of the car, I do know 0,000 is for a engine and 1836 is for filters, I have a mess load of post its notes on my wall and 3x5 cards, they tell me that I am going to put post-it note company out of business, I am also learning sign language, the baby of the Oustalets is death and mute and a little downs but he is great, Me and him became good buddy's, he is 47 but don't act it. I got a video of him dancing to music he cant here but he feels the vibration, he gets it going. Well back to twiddling

We did it!

Yeah! we made tamales, we also made bunelos, all at the same time. My wife is so talented. And yes we did not hold it in and the Masa still cooked, so there to tradition. ( my mom believes you cant go to the bathroom until the tamales are cooked or else they wont cook ) We had a good time yesterday, We went to Abbeville, the place I miss so much and then to Lafayette, when we got home we got to cooking. This is the first time we spend the New Year Day by our selves and it was so much fun. At about 8p.m. Todd and Dusty came over to fellowship and Bro Howard and Ms. Howard also, we ate tamales and Ms. Howard help spread masa and put meat on the tamales, She said hers were prettier than ours. It was a great ending of a day. Dusty stayed with us in the kitchen while Todd Diana and JohnJohn played with the WII, we shared with Dusty were the ( I LOVE HER ) came from, it was a funny story of lust and shoes, hard to explain. I am glad you all had a good time.

Who's right!

Let create in your mind a scenario, I am on the highway going to Lafayette, the posted speed is 70 mph. Now it doesn't say 70 mph on the right lane only but on the highway period. Whether you are on the left or the right there is only one speed. So why then does Melinda tell me to get out of the fast lane when others are obviously upset with my defensive driving. I mean I am going the speed limit but as people pass me the give the a look as though I am breaking the speed law. Melinda says that's the fast lane. Then does that mean when I get pulled over and the officer says," Do you know how fast you were gong? and my response can be this, "But officer I was on the fast lane, what does it matter how fast I was going." Now tell me do you think he will let me off. I don't think so. So you see there is no fast lane. there is just but the one highway with the posted speed limit. Now if by law I am wrong prove it. But by law you cant, you will just give me what tradition says, It is the fast lane. No sir.
Today before my eyes I saw what happens when a John as Melinda puts it, is driving the speed limit on the so called fast lane. This guy was getting people mad, and off course my wife is saying get out of the way John, referring to the driver not me. I thought it was kind of funny though. But people were breaking and riding his bumper, but yet he held his stand and never gave up the spot. You see other people though I don't know them feel the same as me. there is no fast lane, just 2 lanes.
So with that I start this year with, Lets just drive the posted speed limit.
I do have to say that this might come back and bite me though.

2008, 2009

Well another year has come and gone, and all has been well. God has truly blessed, I am doing fine, aside from aches and pains, but all is well. I find it so hard to write anything down, and I am not sure why though. I do know this, That all is good, do I struggle, yes. Who doesn't though, Those that know Bro. Frank Pittman, please continue to pray. He has stage 4 cancer and it is not good, It is in his lungs and his throat. What hurts him the most is the fluids that build up in his lungs. They have drained out so much. The family hopes to take him to Baja to treat his cancer there, there is a hospital called Hope fro Cancer that treats the cancer only that wont hurt his body. Just pray for him though. I believe God can heal him.
Bro. Sammy Allen will be with us soon as well for a 2 week revival. And I cant wait. He will be in Odem, Texas next week and we hope to go see him Friday night. It will be a long drive, but well worth the drive. I have always enjoyed revival in Odem. God is ever present there during revivals.
Well, have a Happy New Year!!!!!

He is Coming Again!

Diana's Friend Meagan took this random shot today and I had to have it, They were on there way to a wedding when she took it, After I downloaded it to my computer I put it on Picasa and did some adjusting and this is the finish work. I added a scripture that this picture reminded me of. The original picture is lighter, but I darkened the surrounding and emphasized the sun. I now have it on my desk top.

Another Christmas in La.

Well at the time of this post it is almost Christmas, God has truly been good to us here and it has been so true this year. This has been the best year of our Christian life here in La. Yes we miss our parents and family and of course our friends, it truly has been great. This year God has giving me and Melinda the Jobs that best suit us and our kids are chucking along in there schooling, Diana in college and John John in home school. Diana already has her foot in on a job with Leevac and that is great, She got hired during her break to do some filing work that pays her $10.00 dollars and hour and they like her work ethnics, so that is good for her. And Melinda with her job has over and abundantly been blessed at her work. My self at Oustalet Chev. has been a blast. Lots of liberty there. I can go on and on, but it is God who has giving all, and we just like to thank Him. No matter what happens in 2009 we know that God will still be in control.

Please Pray

A preacher that has become one of my favorite preachers and a friend was told this week he only has 2 to 4 months to live. He has cancer, and it cant be removed by surgery. We just got the news Wed. It is such a blow, I liken Bro. Frank as our modern day Lester Rollof, He is a preaching machine, When we had him down during revival we had 2 come to know the Lord as savior. He is also a funny man. I put a link to his preaching library and I encourage you to listen to his messages. To his friends he is known as No Lip Pittman. He almost blew out his lips as a young man trying to impress a young lady by putting a air hose to his lips and pressing the trigger. He had some stories when he preached. Please pray for Bro. Frank, I believe what Doctors cant do God Can.
Still Sporting, is a message you should listen. It will encourage you as a Husband and a Father, it is also a funny message.
http://www.evangelistfrankpittman.com/Listen.html

Cha Babe

Well we just got back from Bro. Ralph's funeral. I still cant believe he is gone. I miss him already so much. No matter what he was real. Told it like it is, or at least what he felt. He always told me he loves he every time before Sunday School. Some man I don't know came up to me at the funeral home and asked me if I was Big John and After I introduced my self he said that Ralph always mentioned me to him, and that he loved me much. I don't know about you, but that meant alot to me. Considering who I am and where I live. He was a true Cajun man. He even bought me a suit about 7 months ago. He gave me 300.00 dollars and said go buy yourself a nice suit, so I did and I still use it. You have to have known Ralph,

Its Snowing!!

Can you believe it is snowing again. For the Yanez family it has been only twice that we have seen snow. Me and John had a good snowball fight, then Tod came over and Diana was ready with a snowball in the house, so when Todd knocked, and John opened the door, Boom Diana got him. we went outside and it was war. You can see John ready to throw a Snowball at Todd. It was great. These are good times for some great memory's.

Oh by the way the wedding is off, Todd yells,"Look Bro. John.", and so I look and Bam, Got me right there, Melinda was taking pics and when she took the pic I was just reacting to the pain. She was like John, and I was like the pain!

A Fathers Downward Spiral.

Where did I go wrong, what ever happened to, Daddy you are the only one in my life, Daddy you are my boyfriend. What ever happened to that little girl. I miss that little girl I brought home form the hospital. I was the first man in her life. Where did I go wrong. I did not plan on bringing my daughter to Louisiana to lose her. Where did I go wrong, did I fail. Did I lose my ever loving mind. What the heck is going on, I feel like my worlds are colliding, it is not a good feeling.........
Ok I had to get that out of my system, I am so proud of my daughter. Today her boyfriend asked her to marry her and like a idiot she said yes, oh wait had one more in me. And off course she said yes, We had it all planned out and it worked out great. She was so surprised. We set it up at the church today and had cameras going in all directions, soon I will post the video of the doom.. oh I mean the proposal. I am very happy for them. Todd is a wonderful man and I am happy to one day call him my Son-In Law. I am so proud of Nicole and I know she will make a wonderful wife and a loving mother. urk.. Melinda is so excited that one day she will be a Grandma, and oh man watch out, You think David was spoiled, watch out. Any ways this is a short post of how my world was turned upside down.