tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13186700207037433252024-02-06T20:14:53.867-08:00VoyagesGraftedInhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664725501711061782noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318670020703743325.post-64677289872316621442012-08-23T04:44:00.001-07:002012-08-23T04:44:05.136-07:00<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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GraftedInhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664725501711061782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318670020703743325.post-27771982186090101722012-05-20T10:53:00.002-07:002012-05-21T06:08:24.158-07:00small one<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
Hooray! Great news! My brother's baby was delivered, safe and sound! Her name is Gabrielle Mariah <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isn't she cute? She's my first niece </td></tr>
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So precious. I think I'll use the caption my brother wrote for this photo <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The real "sleeping beauty" </td></tr>
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Congrats to my brother. Thank God that mother and child are both in great health.<br />
Thank God for the safe delivery. I can't wait to see her or my brother again... in a while, of course. In a while </div>GraftedInhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664725501711061782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318670020703743325.post-26181493357719863432012-04-29T02:00:00.000-07:002012-05-06T13:51:10.554-07:00This Is Life<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">T</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">he crowd roars around me; they are loud and filled with
drunken laughter. Their clamor even dares to rival the music that blasts around
us, with more than enough to bass to literally cause the ground to shake. I'm invisible to them, tough, as I sit here enjoying the night sky. Every once in a
while I feel a little bit lonely, but sitting here alone right now is not one
those times. This solitude, like viewing the night sky from this (or any) land,
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"They" say<i> a picture is worth a thousand words</i>. Please enjoy my 5,000 word essay on my recent weeks past below. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fellow sailor and I cruising </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">there's a falcon on my arm</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">us not pointing our weapons at other country's tanks </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this probably shouldn't have made it in the album but it's the world largest mall and honestly the part horse part fish i thought was pretty cool</td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal">There’s a reason why every post I post is fairly dated. But currently, I would like to say farewell. And since I can’t really for the current reason, I’ll refer to another farewell.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>GraftedInhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664725501711061782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318670020703743325.post-47148717341625392972012-01-30T00:53:00.001-08:002012-02-15T14:49:40.876-08:00Prelude to 27: ThanksgivingArriving home is always a nice feeling. Arriving home to friends and family is even better.<br />
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</tbody></table>But before I go to grandma's house, I need to cook cakeballs. Quick: Assemble a cakeball making team of wonderful people ASAP!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">red velvet cake with creme frosting, white chocolate coating, chocolate sprinkle: if sugar can kill, were dying tonite</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">gloves? really? people cook with gloves or mitts? </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coolest crew ever!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, wait, I need to jump in a picture and <strike>pretend to</strike> be cooking as well</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Granddaughters</td></tr>
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</a></div>GraftedInhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664725501711061782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318670020703743325.post-23993268338104977552012-01-25T02:15:00.001-08:002012-02-14T17:24:08.903-08:00Prelude to 27: Part 3Thanksgiving's Eve 11<br />
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Driving 7 hours to Aletheia Springs without checking on the amount of my anti-freeze proved to be folly. That was an interesting start to an all too short day, to say the least. Car problem notwithstanding ( or is it "withstanding"...never did understand that word), we ventured to the Mitchel's house. (Fantastic people live in that place.) So, we got there, and it's Colt's Birthday, that was a great time to be there. We talked, laughed, play a few rounds of Clue and eat some freshly popped popcorn from one of those theater-type kettle machines things. But good times go by fast, and so I headed home<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clue! Who's taking the picture? It is the birthday boy? On his birthday? excluded from the game?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strider and I. Or, at least I think that's Strider. Can't see without my glasses....where are they?</td></tr>
</tbody></table>GraftedInhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664725501711061782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318670020703743325.post-9235629319744642482011-12-26T13:28:00.000-08:002011-12-26T13:28:22.421-08:00Prelude: Part 2<div style="text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Psalms 42: 5, 11</span></i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.</span></i></div><br />
<i><b>Sunday before Thanksgiving 11 </b></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My little cousin, taking a picture of herself, which she does a lot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A friend from long ago. While she is smaller than me, it's not quite the David and Goliath difference that my camera makes it seem. </td></tr>
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Okay, now that I brought me a car (and not at those crazy California prices), so it's road trip time. But I haven't been to my home assembly in a while, so Silver's maiden voyage can wait until after I have some Christian fellowship and worship and remembrance. Received an invite the day before to my brother for dinner, so after the afternoon meeting, I grabbed my little second cousin ('little' as in younger, she's quite tall and even picked me up last year), and we checked out his new place, ('new' to us, at least), played games, ate and meet some new friends. (Someone commented that they liked the pictures on my "prelude" post, so this entry is fulled with them.)<br />
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So in VA, there's this wonderful place called Aletheia Springs CEC (Christian Education Center, Doc and Judy hate it when people call it a camp.) As children, Tyler and I would go there every summer. As we grew up, we didn't leave it behind. However, while I only volunteer to be a counselor, Tyler has dedicated himself fully to work. (His local assembly even commissioned him to that ministry. America needs missionaries too, right?)<br />
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So for my vacation I helped him out some. Work ain't really work if your enjoying it with some good friends.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of Tyler's younger brother. He was really short at 15. He grew so much in the year and the half since I saw him. That's one thing about my job. I now go a long time without seeing certain people. </td></tr>
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</a></i></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Tuesday Before Thanksgiving</i></b></span><br />
So Doc and Judy have this old, old radio. Like the kinds you see in museums. So cool. Doesn't really work (although it will pick up random, bizarre stations), but it does light up when you plug it in. So Tyler hooked up his iPod and it's little speaker behind it to give the illusion it worked. He played old music (like old hymns and songs recorded in 40's or so), so it really did apparent to function. So our guests came over and we're all having fun until we hear this little "boom" followed by this "flo-osh" sound. We're like "Did something just catch on fire?" Then we notice the radio started smoking.<br />
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Good thing Tyler had a working fire extinguisher. (Seriously, I didn't know people actually keep those in their houses.) <br />
So we put the fire out (by we, I mean Tyler. I just grabbed my camera and took pictures) and it would've been all laughs after the fire was out, but it wasn't our radio to begin with...and we didn't really ask permission to use it, and there's some doubts as to how assuming Doc and Judy will find it that we blew up their antique radio for what was essentially entertainment.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The radio was against the wall when the radio blew or sparked or whatever it did, and left a little black smoke/ash spot on the wall. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>GraftedInhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664725501711061782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318670020703743325.post-41737095889279510552011-12-26T12:38:00.000-08:002011-12-26T12:41:57.708-08:00A little taste - part 2: Q&A<div style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>We need truth.</b></div>We want the truth to match up with our desires or ideals, but in the end we all need truth. Children have mastered one method of finding true answers and understanding of any enigma: <i>Asking questions.</i><br />
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<b>If there's an <u>afterlife</u>, that's the mean there's a <u>god</u>?</b><br />
Not "a god" necessary, but there would definitely have to be something greater than our understanding.<br />
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<b>If there's a<u> god</u>, does that mean there's an<u> afterlife</u></b>?<br />
No. It could even mean there's an afterlife for some, reincarnation for others, something else still for others, and nothing for some.<br />
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If there's an <u>afterlife</u>, could there be an <u>afterdeath</u>?<br />
Umm…sure, I guess.<br />
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<b>Is this topic beyond us?</b><br />
Okay, if we've<i> no basis</i> whatsoever to base the afterlife off, then there are <i>unlimited possibilities</i> about every aspect of it! There has to be something more if we are to discover the truth, but just knowing or thinking about an infinite list of possibilities won't guide us into the answers we seek. That method may be consider a noble or an enlighten approach, but, that will overwhelm or confused us. Searching for truth is great, but it does not compare to actually finding it.<br />
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<b>What would be valid or legitimate sources of knowledge concerning the afterlife? How would their legitimacy be judged?</b><br />
Hard to say. The sources should be proven true on the things it already says. Also, if the source has made predictions, all or some of those should have come true (depending when the prediction was referring.) Also, this goes beyond natural limited of our knowledge, so the source should have some expertise on the supernatural or spiritual.GraftedInhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664725501711061782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318670020703743325.post-82753248984765089112011-12-20T17:00:00.000-08:002011-12-20T17:00:43.779-08:00Prelude: Part 1<div class="ii gt" id=":y5"><div id=":y4"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><i>Romans 8:31-32 What shall we then say to these things? If God <span style="color: grey;">be</span> for us, who <span style="color: grey;">can be</span> against us? He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? </i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif;"><b>¡Hola! </b><b>¿Cómo estás?</b></div><div style="font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif;"> Nov 15<sup>th</sup>, Tuesday night </div><div style="font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif;">So I spent my last hours in San Diego at the Castillo's, who were kind enough to drive me to the airport for my late night flight and the kids even helped me finish packing. As a matter of fact, the kids even made up a goodbye song for me .It went "Marcus is leaving, we're so sad." But that song had a happy tune, so the kids couldn't help but smile when they sang it.<br />
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</a></div></div><div style="font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif;"> 16<sup>th</sup>, Wednesday Morning </div><div style="font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif;">My brother picked me up around 9 AM at the airport in Charleston. We went out to eat breakfast at Denny’s and then we went to my nephew’s elementary school. Technology is so advanced now, even in first grade. Smart boards allowed the kids to drag a projected digital image across the board with their finger tips and all the kids have iPads to play educational computer games. Man, I feel old. When I was in elementary, my teacher still used the blackboard and chalk.</div><div style="font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif;"> <br />
19<sup>th</sup>, Saturday</div><div style="font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif;">Seeing your own family again is great… at first. But, when you’re home by yourself because everyone else is at work/college that initial nostalgia wears off and boredom sets in. And how do you kill boredom? Road Trip! And what are the important elements of any Road Trip? People (who you rarely see, but are often on your mind)( living far enough away, but not too far away)… and a vehicle. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2CzZAd1r-hd5j9xELHYLZrg5oXQ0rLwwWElc6A4XjhAhbtsWKbJ5NVS_W7c5qd0A0m4vNuA55lnBXTJLlHXNDcF3terJPWCAVaFXhYHDYF_795uy0VxyzO7xif_5WDu2suo0xo3vEAg/s1600/DSCN1136.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2CzZAd1r-hd5j9xELHYLZrg5oXQ0rLwwWElc6A4XjhAhbtsWKbJ5NVS_W7c5qd0A0m4vNuA55lnBXTJLlHXNDcF3terJPWCAVaFXhYHDYF_795uy0VxyzO7xif_5WDu2suo0xo3vEAg/s200/DSCN1136.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I name all my cars. First Shelby, then Jaden. This one is "Silver"!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif;">Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. (The word "careful" is translated from the Greek word “merimnaō”, which would be translated in today’s English as “anxious”.The same word is used in Matthew 6: 34, which reads “<span style="color: red;">Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day</span> <i><span style="color: grey;">is</span></i> <span style="color: red;">the evil thereof.</span>”</div><div style="font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif;"><br />
</div></div></div>GraftedInhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664725501711061782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318670020703743325.post-61917581192235657982011-12-20T16:31:00.000-08:002011-12-31T18:02:37.516-08:00A little taste - Part 1<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The statement "Everyone dies" is not commonly contested nor is it often considered a great revelation. What happens after death, however, is highly contested. Interestingly, what a person believes occurs after their passing seems to greatly effect their life. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">So how are we to be sure what happens after death? "Take it by faith" is said, but, honestly, we would all like some proof. We would almost give our lives from a little taste of the after life.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">What if it's nothing? Not darkness, because that we've realize as darkness, but truly nothing. No more thoughts and the inability to comprehend that you're thinking no more thoughts. You've never again remember scent of your husband's aftershave, or your daughter's smile or the taste of blackberry jam. You also won't remember the time your cheated on your wife, hearing the news that your son was killed in war or being evicted after losing your job. Truly, no rewards or consequences. We couldn't even care about your legacy we leave behind. All life is gone in a flash. Everything utterly meaningless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">And who's to really say that isn't true? Just because we don't want to believe, that doesn't make it so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In that same manner, what if there's an afterlife? Heaven, hell, reincarnation or something else. Obviously, this is more the worrisome of the options. While no afterlife can be a depressing notion, it is simple and not too frightful. But the concept that you can end up in hell from making a wrong choice or no choice at all is beyond scary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">SO before our hearts cease beating it would behove us to know to the best of our ability what happens next.</span>GraftedInhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664725501711061782noreply@blogger.com0