Want to CLEANSE?

Nov 19, 2018
There is so much life, to life, it is wonderful!!
I am in Clermont, FL, only about 20 miles from Orlando and Disney World, not that that is important to me (been there done that) but just so you know where I am.  It is a huge place with 850 RV sites and a lot of happenings.  I was able to get a great site near the pool and the happenings.  The day I arrived, I stopped at the Welcome center where I had to unhook the car and leave it in the parking lot until I found a site.  A gentleman asked if he could help me unhook.  Of course, I couldn't refuse, when we finished, we exchanged cards and he was a Minister (I met his wife today at church).  I was scouting out  my spot, and my newly adopted (from the last park) Granddaughter from Costa Rica, was bicycling up the road,  she saw me before I saw her.  She showed me where they were, and then her husband drove my car from where I had left it, at the Welcome center to my site.   Then they both helped me back in and get settled.

I have met some interesting people. I met Russ, he is RVing full time by himself and he is in a wheelchair!  He broke his neck in a car accident 34 years ago and decided a few months ago  to see the USA in an RV.  I met a lady that has a motorcycle, I asked her if I could sit on it to see if it would work for me, it didn't, I could hardly get my leg over the seat, while I was struggling with that and laughing, Russ was videoing my attempts.  NO, I WILL NOT SHARE IT!

Remember when I went to the Family Fun Day last week at my friends church?  Well the health check up was done by Bay Care.  I said that because Friday, I got a call from Bay Care as a follow-up to my health assessment. The man that called was Kevin Shields (https://kevinshieldsfitness.com).  He (we are adopted) said I qualified for a 12 week fitness program.  I cut him off because I didn't think I would be in the Tampa area that long.  We chatted for awhile and found out that he needed a Grandma so he gave me his information and we were adopted.  We couldn't talk more because his boss was sitting next to him, but I checked out his website and was blown away!   He has a Master's degree in Fitness and Nutrition and is Certified in lots of stuff, is a Chronic Conditions Health Coach, and has a mission to help 10,000 people with chronic conditions get off medication!   WOW!  Are we related or what?!  We plan to talk today, can't wait,

I went to Church here at the park yesterday, they have  two services 8:30 and 11:30 each with different Pastors, I streamed my Church (fthcm.org) until I had to go to the later service, then finished when I got back.  I felt right at home, it is always different, but a good message.  He used the story of Jacob and Esau and talked about Esau's anxiety about "dying" of hunger, when he came back from a hunting trip, which made him sell his birthright to Jacob, who was plotting to get it, by cooking up a good (scheme) meal.  His subject was"It just isn't that serious."  He likened it to our allowing our "situations" to cause us anxiety, getting us off course and we stop trusting God as our source and keep  trying to "fix" things ourselves, outside of God's will for our lives.  We are willing to "sell" our birthright (our relationship with God through Jesus), choosing to use the World's system rather than seeking the Kingdom of God.

I talked to my friend Sarah, and she noticed that my hearing has improved!  Praise the Lord!  My goal is to never need a hearing aide again.  I keep feeling younger every day.  By the way, the "hitch in my get-a-long" in my hip area, that kept me limping and in pain when I walked or moved, did I tell you?  IT IS GONE! Praise the Lord!  I learned about pressing on the area that hurt the worst until the pain subsided.  It relaxes the muscles so the nerve isn't pinched to create the pain.  I worked with it for about 4 days and then the pain slowly subsided, it took about a week to be completely free of pain.  No meds, no Chiropractor, just lots of Shaklee supplements, (those that focus on inflammation), prayer  and patience.  I could not have made the move to the new park if I still had that kind of pain, it was too debilitating, I didn't even go outside of the RV for three days, the fourth day I felt enough better to go to the pool, and I guess that helped too.  It is interesting that I didn't hardly remember it, I guess we don't pay attention when we are feeling good.  It is on my gratitude list for this time of the year when we turn to Thanksgiving.


This is my second day of the CLEANSE!  Yes, just before and through Thanksgiving.  I have to break the hold that food had over me!  Especially this time of year, the focus is on food, and mostly unhealthy food.  For the "Cleanse", I will use a few of the Shaklee cleanse supplements morning and evening and graze all day, eating at least every two hours as much as I want of only (mostly raw) veggies and fruits and filtered water.  It is a proven 7 day plan that:

•  Improve's focus and energy
•  Enhances mood and sleep quality
•  Supports detox and healthy digestion
•  Jump-starts weight loss and reduces craving   

I did this two years ago and was able to lose 17 lbs over the Holidays, when most people gain 15 lbs.
Even though I have been Vegan for over a year, I have "cheated" with junk food and cheese and salad dressings and extra stuff in my salads that have kept the weight on.  After the 7 days I plan to continue with the Shaklee weight loss plan that retains muscle and keeps the metabolism going.
I weighed, measured and took my blood pressure, before I got started,  Want to join me?  I need a buddy or buddies, it makes it more fun when you can share the excitement.  Rosemary in Oregon just sent me the results of the first week of her group of 3, they lost a total of 15lbs and 13 1/4 inches, diabetes numbers came down drastically and they all felt better! Wow!

There is a way to get the CLEANSE free, let me know if you are interested.
I plan to go to the pool today, it finally warmed up, it will be 80 degrees, WOOPEE!!!!

YIKES!! No phone calls

Nov 14, 2018

Yesterday I had no phone service, YIKES!!!  No calls in or out and I couldn't even call Verizon to get help.  It said I was not connected.  I tried to call them from my Tablet, through wifi,  but to do that I needed a phone connection so I could set up the APP.  I asked my next door neighbor (who had Verizon and his phone was fine), to call me to see if it would ring, it didn't and it went to voice mail on his end.  Wow, I tried everything I could think of, then decided to go to a Verizon store in the area.  I did (it was nice to have the car) and learned something I already knew,  TRUST GOD that "all things work together for good to those that love the Lord and are called according to His purpose," Rom 8:28
Guess what my new Grandson did to fix it????   He turned it off and back on again.  That was it!   WALAH, FIXED!!!   I took my Tablet in also, and was able to get it set up to make calls with WiFi if it ever happens again, so it was a wonderful trip, I gained information, got my Tablet set up, and adopted an awesome Grandson  who is 31, knows Jesus, unchurched and in engaged to be married in 2020.  He made it official by giving me his information.

Life is soooo good when you can trust God that every challenge is going to work out for your good, no matter what it is.  Father knows best, stick with His plan and get excited about the adventurous outcome.  If I am not excited about the outcome, it is likely that I am in fear, stressed, anxiety, etc....  Fear is not of God and has no place in His Kingdom (Heaven or earth),  It is the adversary's plan to distract us from trusting God.  Are we afraid of death?  Jesus saved us from that, with Eternal life.  Painful outcomes?  Going through pain and suffering makes us stronger for the next one.  If we wimp out, every trial will be worse than the first and harder to deal with because we haven't become stronger to deal with it.  It is all in the growing up process.

I went to the pool when I got back and for the last two days there have only been folks from Oregon there.  Two couples and me.  Good conversation.  I got more acquainted with Teresa and we have a lot in common.  She does crafts and sells them on Ebay while she is on the road full time.  http://stores.ebay.com/grandmasatticandsweets 

http://www.amazon.com/handmade/Party-Theme-Supplies  

She has published two RV Cook books and a book about child molestation.  She has done her genealogy as I have and is a history buff.  She has read the book series, "Wagon Train"  and said she would loan me the first book, and we will be together in the Fla. parks from time to time and when I finish she will loan the next one to me.  Both sides of my family landed in America before the revolutionary war and went to Oregon by wagon train, so I am very interested in the books.  We had a good time in the pool while getting our exercise.  Oh, by the way, she used to raise Pot-Bellied pigs and sell them. Sounds like my kind of gal!

I got some more Spanish moss and brought it back to the RV in my hands.  On the way back a lady cautioned me about "chiggers", tiny bugs that can get under your skin and create red itchy bumps.  She suggested I microwave the moss, which I did.  I read up on it and it seems to be a problem only if it has been on the ground for a while.

Tomorrow I will be leaving this park to go about an hour and 20 minutes to Clermont, Fla which is about 18 miles from Orlando.  I will be there 3 weeks then back here for 2 weeks.

"You can choose the choice, but not the consequences", by Pastor J A Cherry

Nov 12, 2018

 I went to the Family Fun Day at the Church in Brandon, Fl, on Saturday and expected to see the Pastor and his wife , and my Shaklee friend that I missed last Sunday because she was at the Women's retreat from my Church in Maryland.  I was able to visit with them, but got a great surprise!  I saw 3 other people I knew from my church in Maryland and one friend I hadn't seen for 25 years and she looks so good and will be 80 next year!  What a blessing!
They had a health screening there for blood pressure, A1c (Diabetes), Cholesterol, I was looking good accept my blood pressure was high (I was excited, and it was down later) and my good Cholesterol was a little low, I need to work on that.
Family Fun Day was fun but I was not able to eat because they only had hamburgers, soda's and ice cream (home made and Dixie cups).  Being Vegan, I could only eat the  Dixie cups. 😜Do you remember Dixie cups (small ice cream with the wooden spoons?)  It had been so long since I had one, I caved in, and ate one,,,,and paid the price later.  On my way home (an hour and 15 min drive) I got sooo sleepy that 20 miles from where I was going, I had to stop at a rest stop and take a nap, in the car!  I never take naps!  The next morning I woke up with Arthritis pain in my joints,  OH NO, back on the good foot,  Choices come with consequences (Good and bad).  That one moment of pleasure was not worth the consequences!

I found this blog that I didn't send before, so I am sending it now 
Oxford, Mississippi April 2018

Hey there, it’s 34 degrees outside but brilliant sunshine over the Walmart parking lot. God knew we needed it, amazing spring warmth to banish The "winter thoughts” and make us grateful again for what we already have:  God’s love, forgiveness, peace, joy, comfort, and adoption into his family, if we choose. Ah There is the key… if we choose. 

As I travel around I introduce myself as “Grandma Swann.”. I get several reactions: Older people get “huffy” sometimes and say,” well I’m a grandparent too.” Mostly others are surprised and caught off guard, but it will always get a smile and guards will come down. Then I tell them that I’m up for adoption, I give them my card and tell them about my blog address on it.  Then, I tell them, if they send me their phone and email address, that it makes it official, if they need a grandmother.  

I get several reactions from that; “ No thank you I have a grandmother”, or a nervous laugh and,” I don’t have a grandma,” with a wistful look.  If they don’t tell me, I ask if they have one.

And I offer again by suggesting "You can’t have too many Grandmas". Usually I get agreement with that. The point being , as my pastor says,” giving his not complete until receiving takes place.”

To be adopted as an adult is a choice. I don’t adopt everyone, (seems like it sometimes). I offer adoption, and it is either received or rejected.  Jesus offered the same thing.  Until we choose Jesus (and He gave us the choice), the adoption is not complete. He died a horrible death, to give us adoption into the family of God. The gift of Salvation brings with it joy, love, comfort, peace, and change and eternal life in heaven with Him when we die.  It is like any other gift we are given, we can choose to receive it or not.  But as my Pastor also says “Choices are long lasting and life changing”, no matter which choice you make.  “You can choose the choice, but you don’t get to choose the consequences.”  You will reap what you sow.  It’s a law of God whether we like it or not!

He gave….we need to receive, it is simple, accept the gift by asking Him into your heart today as your Lord and Savior.  And He will come in.

Jesus gave us peace, He is the Prince of peace, have we received it?  Really?  What about Joy? Comfort in the “midst”.  Forgiveness?  Did we receive? Will we give it to others?  Some questions to ponder.

Nov. 8, 2018
Well, you probably thought I fell in the pool.  I have been enjoying it most every day and meeting very interesting people.  Because the pool is not heated, and it has been cool (72-78 degrees)😂there haven't been a lot of people at the pool. 
It is hard to reconstruct happenings when I am so far behind, but I will try.  It is very interesting here in Florida, and since this is the first time I have had a car, I have been able to see the character of the area.  There are lots of farms and I don't know how many retirement communities that probably used to be farms.  Every couple of days, there is a thunderstorm (just like Maryland summers).

Last Sunday, I drove 75 miles to attend Church in Brandon, FL, where a long time friend is Pastoring a  very loving Church.  I hadn't seen him or his wife for over 20 years.  He didn't recognize me (white hair) at first until I said, Sister Swann.  He and my husband were ordained around the same time at our Church.  The church is called 'Rivers of Life', and he actually taught on the Holy Spirit, it was great to hear him again,  They both look the same and I felt very much at home.  They honored me by inviting me to sit up front with his wife and taking communion with the Ministers (14) of them.  They have a nice facility and good size Church grounds where they will have Family Fun Day on Saturday, I plan too go back for that.
I was treated so special, they assigned one of the members to walk me to my car.  I saw some spanish moss lying on the ground and asked if I could have some.  I used it for covering the foam and the 'elements' of flower arrangements when I did my flower business.  I have an idea that I will make some arrangements for Christmas giving.  Another member was very helpful and  said I could have all I wanted, that it killed the trees, and he didn't like it anyway,  I got a nice bunch, plenty for what I need.
After I left church, I called a Shaklee friend, that used to be an Usher at our Church in Maryland, who now lives in Florida. She lived near where I was, and I thought since I was in the area, we could get together.  Well, she was in Maryland!  She had just returned from the FTHCM Women's Retreat and was coming back to Florida later that day.  Then she told me that Rivers of Life was her Church!  Wow, she also said she would be at the Family Fun Day on Saturday, so I will get to see her then.  Isn't God good?
I attended Bible Study here at the Park on October 31st.  Better than celebrating a devilish holiday, Halloween.  Have you checked it's history? 
I have been spending some time on writing and working on my vision, mission and plan for the rest of my life. 
I think I slept in the wrong position and woke up a couple of days ago with pain in my lower back on the left side.  It made me walk crooked and I had to be very conscious of standing up straight.  I learned of a technique that has helped and the pain is slowly going away.  I knew that it was muscle related and the theory is that muscles get tight, pulls out of place pinching the nerves which causes the pain. 
The treatment, is to locate the  place where the pain is the worst, and pressing with your knuckle as hard as you can, or press up against the wall with a tennis ball or hard object against the spot.  Hold it until it stops hurting.  That process relaxes the muscle which stops the pinching of the nerve.  I have done it before and it worked, it is a little slower this time but it is gradually getting better.  It has kept me indoors and from the pool for two days, but today I did go out to the store (87 degrees) because I was running out of food.  "Patience is God's plan to get you everything" (My Pastor said that). 

That reminds me, if you don't have a good source of hearing the word of God in a manner that you can apply to practical living, listen to www.fthcm.org (live stream of our service) on Sunday at 9:30 AM Eastern (and for the next 24 hours) and Tuesday at 7:30 PM Eastern (and for 24 hours after).  Or go to 'Official fthcm you tube channel'
You will be glad you did!

On the road to Florida, finally towing.

October 26, 2018

On the road again, headed to Florida. I guess I am an official "Snowbird".  I left Harbor View Campground, Colonial Beach, VA. about 11 AM October 24 after hitching up the car, sort of on my own  I had observers and as I was beginning, I noticed a bolt was too short to put the pin in.  It had been about 15 years since I had hitched a car to an RV and I had kept all of the parts but evidently we had lost a bolt and purchased a new one that was too short.  I decided to go ahead and do what I knew to do, and finished hooking it up without the bolt.  While I was doing that, one of the Rangers at the park came by and I asked him if they sold it in the store or did they have one.  He said they didn't have one in the store but he would check to see if they had one in the shop.  By the time, I had finished hitching up, he came back with a bolt with two nuts, put it on for me and it worked!  I was off.  I had never driven with a tow car, so I had to think differently.  I was about 10-12 feet longer with the car on the back and I would not be able to back up  That meant I would have to think ahead before I pulled in anywhere so I could see where to pull through or out.  At first I was a little apprehensive, but a little while later I stopped at the store to get the replacement bolt and found a place to park that was a ways from the store but I could easily drive around the store to get out. 

Driving on the highway was an easy adjustment, I just traveled between 55-60 mph even though the speed limit was 70 and getting in and out of gas stations worked out as well.  I stopped to get gas just before the North Carolina border in Virginia and I'm glad I did as the gas prices were about 10 cents a gallon more in NC.  The next fill up was in South Carolina and the price had gone down again, God is good!  I stopped for the night at South of the Border, SC and had a little adventure. 

It had just turned dark and I thought I would pull in back of a store where I had stayed twice before.  Well, because it was dark, I went in back of the wrong store and ended up with a fence in front of me and a narrow alley was the only outlet.  Well that wasn't an option because there was a BIG pothole that seemed like it would have swallowed the RV and the car!  So here I am stuck, I couldn't back up, and couldn't go forward.  I was next to 3 dog runs for watch dogs and 3 or 4 dogs were all barking at the same time.  Interesting.  I figured with all that barking, someone would come to see what all the ruckus was about.  Sure enough, about 5 minutes later I heard a knock at the door and I looked out and it was a security guard.  He told me with his precious deep southern drawl, that I couldn't stay there the night and we would have to unhitch the car and turn both the RV and the car around and head out to the nearest truck stop for the night.  He was so nice, and said if I would talk him through the process, he would do the unhitching and hitch it back up.  Woopee!  Praise the Lord!  He knew the Lord and I adopted him.  He unhitched it in no time, said it was against the rules for him to drive the vehicles (I had to do that).  When they got repositioned, he hitched is back up and I was on my way to a nearby truck stop where I stayed the night.  God always sends his angels to take care of me!  Praise Him!

My next stop was in Brunswick, GA at a Sams club, where I met with a Shaklee Member in my group that I had talked to on the phone but never met in person.  It seemed like we had known each other for years.  We had a good session and, since I still had some daylight left, I drove on across the Florida border and stayed the night in the Welcome center where they had night security.  It had just started to rain as I pulled in.  I had a good night's sleep and since I had turned in early, I woke up at 4:30 AM and started driving as soon as it turned daylight.  It was Florida, the rain had stopped and it was 72 degrees in the morning.  Wow! I checked and it was 32 in Maryland.  See why I go South for the Winter?

I had another Shaklee appointment in Palm Coast, FL with a Distributor who used to live in DC.  She had her Aunt with her (who was from DC and down visiting).  She was awesome, 84 and very "young and feisty", my kind of gal!  We got along great and she enjoyed seeing the inside of the RV.  After meeting with them, I drove on through some interesting back roads with lots of farms, swamps and ritzy golf resorts, all on the same road to the the Campground near Ocala, FL.  The Campground is considered "5 Star", very nice and I will be here three weeks, then go directly (about 1 1/2 hours to the next park where I will stay for another three weeks.  That one is a little closer to Orlando, then after three weeks there, I will come back to this one for three more weeks then go further South for two weeks around Christmas and New Years (All free).  I will be near some friends that live down there.

As soon as I hooked up, I went to the pool!  The pool was not heated but very refreshing and wonderful.  I hadn't been to a pool since California and it was great!  I arrived on Friday, and Saturday I drove the car to Tampa (1 hour and 10 min) for the Shaklee training where I was going to meet my "Grandson" that I adopted on the phone when he lived in Kansas.  He is originally from Puerto Rico and came to help with his Mom here in Tampa.  He is interested in Shaklee, wanted to come to the training but had to work Saturday, so he met me after the training.  He is awesome!  It was so good to connect after talking on the phone for two years.  He and his Mom are going to Puerto Rico to see his Grandmother for a week on Tuesday and we will reconnect when his gets back.

 Sunday I streamed my Church, the message is on "A call to Righteousness"!  Wow, it was life changing. (Check it out www.fthcm.org)  I just chilled the rest of Sunday then I decided to update you with my blog.  It was 42 degrees this morning, WHAT!   And only 75 degrees today but tomorrow it will be back in the 80's, Woopee!

Swann's Go South for the Winter

October 20, 2018

PREPARING FOR WINTER

We all know that Winter comes every year and we need to prepare for it, both Spiritually, emotionally and naturally.

So….when stuff happens in life, like Winter (and it will) that is; "bad". difficult, hard, sad, emotionally challenging, painful, out of our control. what do we do?  DO NOW, WHAT YOU KNOW NOW TO DO! (Founding Pastor John A Cherry)   Thinking correctly helps greatly. and knowing the truth is vital!

As Christians, we are not exempt from "hard stuff", we just have the power of God, the help of the Holy Spirit, the knowledge that we accepted Jesus's death, burial and resurrection, allowing us access to God and Heaven.  So if we die it is OK and whatever we go through “Comes to pass”. Also the knowledge that IT CAME TO PASS, and that "All things work together for good to those who love God and are the called according to His purpose."(Rom 8:28) helps to get us through. Just because we don't see how, when, where and who, doesn't mean that God isn't working for our good. Trust God, He’s got it! We must be right with God to have that confidence.  ARE YOU RIGHT WITH GOD???  If not, it only takes a minute.  Pray, Repent, ask for forgiveness and do right.  God will forgive AND forget, He loves us like a Father.  He knows how to give us good gifts, like; forgiveness, mercy, the power to overcome evil with good, like love, etc..  He is such a good and loving God, WOW!!! 

GOOD NEWS:  Spring always comes after Winter!!!! Always, every year, isn’t that COOL!!!

Sooo.  Since Swans go south for the Winter… I’m going to Florida!!!  Woohoo!

I will be leaving Maryland in 4 days from Colonial Beach,VA (where I am now) and travel South for two days and arrive in Wildwood, FL on Friday. Oct 26.  The next day I will be at a Shaklee training in Tampa with an Adopted Grandson I have yet to meet in person.  We met on the phone two years ago when he lived in Kansas, we kept in touch, now he lives in Tampa and will be with me at the Shaklee training.  I just checked the weather in Tampa, 88 degrees!!!  Pool, here I come!

A.J., my “Go to RV guy” will help me get ready for the trip next week, and I will be ready to go.  I should be about a 12 hour drive, and where I am going is not where the Hurricane Michael damage was.  I will be bouncing around between three Thousand Trail parks, all within an hour or 2 from each other. I can stay 3 weeks free, go directly to another park and stay another three weeks until Dec. 15^th and because of the high use season they reduce the time in park to 2 weeks.  I have reservations until Jan 15^th.  I can’t book beyond that until December 19^th.  I will go back to Maryland, April ish, depending on the weather.  I put all my Winter clothes in storage 2 years ago and haven’t needed them yet.

Those of you that have been following along know I have not hooked up my car to the RV for towing since I have been full-timing.  Now is the time.  I looked for the hitch that attached to the back of the RV.  I looked in all the storage in the RV and I didn’t see it on the pictures, so I assumed that I didn’t have it.  I called Kevin (his house was the last time I remembered having it on the old RV 4 years ago), and he said he thought it was in his garage.   He looked for it and couldn’t find it and hoped he hadn’t thrown it away.  He was still looking, so I would have it by the time I left.  I came down to Colonial Beach yesterday went around the back of the RV to get to the hook ups…and WOW, there it was on the back of the RV!  I texted Kevin and thanked him for finding it and putting it on the RV.  HE DIDN’T DO IT!!!

I looked at the pictures again, close up and saw it and realized I had it on the back of the RV for two years and didn’t realize it.  Wow, I felt so dumb!  But I was glad I had it.

Broke but not poor

October 1, 2018

Good Morning, what a great day already!  I woke up at 3:00AM thanking God for all of the blessings and most of all the peace that I have in a “broke”state.  I am officially “broke” but not poor, I found out this weekend at the Shaklee “Seize the Future” Seminar in North Carolina, that “broke” means you are just out of money and “poor” means you are out of everything.  I am not poor because I have everything I need, maybe not everything I want, but everything I need.  In that state I am happy, fulfilled, joyful, grateful, content, and thankful to God for an abundant life of family, adopted family, friends, health and beautiful weather!  Autumn is here, my favorite time of the year!  I love the crisp cool nights the nice warms days, with no humidity, and no bugs!  Woopee!

I traveled with the Chestons on Saturday to Chapel Hill, NC. I was able to help with the gas because my Sister had sent a fuel gift card for my Birthday and I made Cucumber and tomato sandwiches.  Do you remember them?  Wow, fresh home grown tomatoes and cucumbers on whole wheat bread with mayo.  Mmmm good!  I also made a new creation for a snack for the trip. I had some peanut butter, apricot preserves that were sugar free, sugar free dry roasted peanuts, and Shaklee Life Plan Protein.  I mixed all that together in a bowl, (I could have rolled the mix into “protein balls”), but I had one large soft spinach tortilla.  Thinking it would keep us from getting our hands gooey, I decided to do the wrap. So, I spread the mix on the tortilla, rolled it up, cut the roll into one inch slices, Walah! A delicious, protein packed, nutritionally balanced, filling healthy snack.  I froze them so I could grab them and take them with us. I also had popped some popcorn for snacking on the trip, and took some Shaklee meal bars. 

I woke up at 3:18 AM Saturday, drove my car to the Walmart (about 20 miles), met them there, left my car and we started our 4.5 hour trip, leaving the area at around 6 AM, did not need to stop for Breakfast, and arrived at the Seminar just as it started. We left as soon as it was over and stopped to eat and the Cheston’s treated me. They are so special! We arrived back at Walmart at about 8 PM and I got gas with my last $5 thinking I would have enough to get to Church and back. Then I realized I had an appointment on Wednesday and I needed to drive to Upper Marlboro (44 miles each way). So I didn’t go to Church but I live streamed and it was amazing, I love my Church, I am sooo taught the Word of God. The message was “A Call to Righteousness”. (www.fthcm.org).

The seminar in NC, was confirmation of things I knew and Information on things I didn’t. In relationship to my last blog, Dr. Daggy (head of Research and Development at Shaklee Corp) spoke of the need for Supplements because we don’t eat right and even if we did, the nutrients are no longer in the foods that we eat today (Did you know that farm raised Salmon has half the Omega3, because they eat what they are fed?).   

Dr. Daggy mentioned how the people who regulate farming and food production have the following  criteria they are concerned with:

1. High Yield, more produce per acre. (There is only so much nutrition in the soil, doubling the production means less nutrition in the produce.
2. Pest Control (Pesticides)
3. Weed Control (Herbacides)
4. Frost Control
5. Drought Control
6. Ease of Machinery use
7. Transportable (will it travel long distances well?)
8. Long storage {preservatives)
9. Appearance in the store

Did you wonder what GMO’s are? It means Genetically Modified, modifying plants and animals to be “superior” in different ways.

Notice what is not on the list: NEUTRIENT VALUE! 

BEWARE: When Greed and profit are the motivating factors, (that applies to anything). The adversary wants us to be focused on things and systems of this world, not the way God intended things to be.

Self check:  Are we caught up in the systems of this world?  Have we forgotten God’s plan for our lives? Are we too captured by the “system” that we make the choice of:

Convenience over Health?

Work, greed, ”getting ahead”, over God’s plan?

The World’s system over God’s system?

Do we even know God’s system?

One of the quotes Dr. Daggy gave:

 “Medical Science has made such progress, that there are hardly any healthy people left.”

 Who is managing your health?  Are you waiting for a total breakdown of your health, to put your life in the hands of profit based Insurance Companies that create the “Medical System”?  The Doctors get very little Nutritional information in school, but lots of drug knowledge. (I just ask “Dr. Google and learned that there are 141 Medical Schools in the USA, only 28 have required Nutrition courses for their Degree program).

What they didn’t get in school, regarding Prescription Medications and “Protocol”, the “Drug Dealers” (Pharmaceutical Reps), will teach them at their “Drug lunches”, (Free lunches in their office).  What they give or prescribe to you is “controlled” by protocol of the Medical system. (If you have this…take this.)   

Ask your Doctor how much training they have had in Nutrition?  Also ask them if they take Vitamins. I ask my Doctors because I want to know where they are coming from.  The male Doctors say, “Whatever my wife gives me.” And most of the female Doctors said Centrum C, or another synthetic Multivitamin. ( Our cells don’t eat synthetics, they just react to them).

Dr. Shaklee said,” The Medical field is interested in treating disease, I’m interested in building health.”

Another blessing I received was a Shaklee water filter, for my Shaklee water pitcher.  I had forgotten to order a new filter and the Chestons brought one with them for me.  I was having to buy water to drink and now with the filter, I can make eighty gallons of purified water (without lead and other contaminants) just from the water coming into my RV from the park, with just the one filter.  Wow, what a blessing! They accepted one of the Shaklee gifts I got from the drawing, that I won, in exchange for it.  Isn’t God good?

If you want better health, complete the health assessment(HealthPrint) on my website:  https://healthierlife-4U.myshaklee.com

It takes about 5 minutes to complete and it will give you 3 suggestions to try,based on your goals for your health.  When you begin using the Shaklee Nutritional products, you can expect to feel better in 30 days or less, or you will get your money back.  You can get FREE Shaklee Membership that allows you a 15% Discount for life.  You are not obligated to share products or use a certain amount, but I dare you to keep your mouth shut about them, when they work for you!  If you would like an income from your product use and from those you share with, you might want to consider the Distributorship. See me for details.

My heart is so full of love for you, I just have to share what I know may be good for you too.