What a blessed day!

Feb 8, 2017

What a blessed day!  After all of the happenings that I told you about yesterday, I went to the pool and met a couple from Mid California and Washington State (both places)  they have a Winnebago RV and he had fixed his back-up camera (Mine wasn't working and I didn't know how to work the levelers).  Marc came over this morning and "fixed" my back-up camera by adjusting the lightness and showed me how to work it.  H also showed me that I had a microphone on it so you could hear the person talking that might be helping you back up.  Wow!  Then he showed me how to work the levelers.  Isn't GOD GOOD?  I was about to pay someone to do that.  We found out that we might be cousins as both our Grandmothers maiden name was Reed and they came to the USA from England.  We haven't made the connection yet.  His wife wanted to try the Shaklee B Complex (to calm down her back seat driving) and he has Diabetes with neuropathy so I gave him a sample of that and Alfalfa to try for his arthritis too. 

Andy came over saying he wanted to order the Shaklee Pain and Joint cream, but I gave him more of the samples and a catalogue.  He said it did help his, shoulder.

I watched the streaming live of our Bible study last night and then I took another video course of Eric Worre's training.  Both were great!  The weather has warmed up, I am hot with the door open and fan on, new snow on the mountains.  I'm going to the pool!

Oh, I almost forgot, my original printer works just fine! Praise the Lord! The one I got at the thrift store didn't work so I will return it and maybe get a top!

Two in one day

Tuesday, Feb 7, 2017

Wow, what a day yesterday!  I went to the pool and got a good work out in  my version of water aerobics.   I saw Doug, the one I met in Menifee, that had a shoulder pain issue caused by the medication he was on.  He stopped the medication and the pain went away. Go figure.  With every medication, there is a side effect. 

After the pool I looked for the missing tops, (didn't find them) but ran into  my new Grandson, he was making chili and ask me if I wanted some.  I suggested he bring it to my house when he came and he did, he is a good cook, all good stuff, vegetables, no meat and it wasn't spicy.  I found out that he is very knowledgeable about nutrition and is eating very healthily.  He is very interested in Shaklee and when he came over, he looked at all my supplements and knew a lot about them.   He needs an income and Shaklee seemed to be the perfect fit for him.  I did a Shaklee presentation and he decided he wants to become a Distributor.  He is leaving the park today and I will see him before he leaves.  He asked me if he had to be baptized again to receive Jesus.  I shared with him how to be saved, he still had some doubts so I told him to ask Jesus to prove Himself to him, that seemed to resonate with him.  He was raised Catholic and was baptized as a baby but he said he didn't believe when he went through Catechism.  We hugged and prayed together before he left. Pray for Joseph, it is up to him and Jesus now.

Joseph just knocked on my door and asked me if I wanted some fresh juice he had just made, I did and he went back to his rig to get it. He came back with it, it was delicious.  He told me which  RV park,he was going to next,  (Pio Pico, in Jumal, Calif. near San Diego) and invited me to come after I go back to Menifee for a week.  

After he left yesterday, Brian, from Canada came over and I answered his questions, he had read the whole catalogue and was eager to hear about the Shaklee business.  He decided to become a Distributor too and he is going to the same Pio Pico park.  He had received relief from neck pain with the Calcium (Osteometrics)and had already shared his results with someone else who wanted some.  

Wow, two Shaklee presentations back to back, it has been a long time since I did that, good to be back in the saddle again.  Two reasons to go to Pio Pico.

"In the mouth of two or three witnesses..."   I just made reservations for Pio Pico. I will go there after Menifee on Feb 17- March 10 unless things change.

Walk in the Spirit

Monday, Feb. 6, 2017

Saturday, Feb 4th, Judy was packing up to leave the park on Sunday and she popped over on her breaks.  We were talking and she was telling me how this lady she went to church with in Oregon, had encouraged her to sing in front of people at church because she was very shy.  She mentioned her name, Myrna, and it turned out to be one of my friends and Shaklee Distributors in my group!  She was sponsored by, and also a good friend of, Rosemary (who's daughter-in-law drove me with Uber in Las Vegas).  She lives in Portland near where Judy is from.  Wow! 

I went to the pool after dark, and met a lady that desired to go full time RVing.  She had a bunch of questions and she is coming over Monday before she leaves to check out my RV.

I had a conversation at the hot tub with a couple from Canada on Wednesday who encouraged me to check how many days I could go without dumping my tanks.  They suggested that I test it, while I had it connected to the sewer, so when I was "boon docking" ( parking without being hooked up to sewage, water and electricity) I could determine how long I could go without dumping the tanks.  Also I needed to know what happened when the black water (Tank from the toilet) got full.  Well I did it and I found out!  At 10 PM, I noticed that the black water tank was full.  I was ready for bed, of course, it was dark and I wasn't "feeling" going out to dump the tanks.  So I calculated that if I didn't drink any water and I was frugal with the flushing, I could manage until morning.

Sunday, Feb. 5

Well, I did, but 5 AM in the morning I had to go outside, walk a block to the bathroom and come back and dump the tanks in the dark anyway!  It did let me know I could go "boon docking" 4 days.  Sometimes We just need to resign ourselves to do unpleasant things.  Then I also found out that the rug in the bathroom was wet.  OH! NO!  Well I ended up having to wash 2 rugs and clean the whole bathroom with Shaklee Basic G (Germicide). All is well now and back to normal.  The rugs didn't smell, and I think the wet was caused by my water pump issue (it got turned on by mistake).  Oh, well, such is the life of an RVer.  You take the unpleasant (for a little bit) with the wonderful most of the time.

 I watched FTHCM streaming live and heard a great message from Rev. Sis. Wright. The subject was "Comfort through power."

         

          Her point was that to be Complete in Jesus, we need to be comforted by the power we have in us.

·        When we are filled by His Holy Spirit,(surrendered):

             1.  We can see who God is and who we are in                                       relationship to Him.

                             2.  We have no fear, God's got it.

·        When we are led by His Holy Spirit:

             1.  We can hear from God with a mind to obey.

             2.  We are always led away from sin and towards                                          righteousness and out of bondage

·         When we walk in the Spirit:

             1.  We can stay the course under the power of the Holy                         Spirit.

             2.  We become credible and fruitful

             3.  I will not fail!

             4.  We have everything we need to have Comfort in Jesus.

Then Judy came over about 9 AM to borrow my ladder because she wanted to pick Grapefruit before she left.  We also used a fruit picker that they had at the ranger station.  Only the ones at the top of the tree were still there. She got a bucket full to take with her and I will see her in Menifee next week.

All this happened before 10 AM Church in the RV park.  It was good, the Family that had the Concert led the praise songs, Pastor Jack was still fired up:  He said that "we could just wallow in God's love" (like pigs wallow in mud) .  "When we abide in Jesus, people will be drawn to us and we need to die to the flesh daily."

This is Superbowl Sunday, a great day to go to the pool and wash clothes without any crowds.  I put my clothes in the wash and went to the pool while they were washing.  I met a Lady in the hot tub, we had good fellowship and I was able to Minister to her.  When I went back to the Laundry, I met Joey, a former heroin addict that has been clean since June.  He was just discovering all the things in nature he missed while he was "shooting up" for 13 years.  He is into Eastern religions, and a lot of others and he thought they were all the same, in other words, he didn't know Jesus.  I ended up adopting him, he is from Chicago and real sweet.  He is coming over on Monday before he leaves.  We hugged.

Manday, Feb 6, 2017

Brian from Canada,( the one referred by Andy, the one I shared Shaklee with, that had the neck issue), knocked on my door and said that the pain relief cream did nothing to help, but I gave him a few Alfalfa and he said it was like a miracle.  So we set up an appointment to go through the catalogue and answer some questions he has.

PS.  I lost 3 top's (t shirts) in the laundry mat.  They were still damp and I rolled them up together and I thought I had put them in my laundry basket??? When I returned to my house, they weren't there.  I retraced my steps and didn't find them.  It will be interesting how this turns out.

DO IT RIGHT NOW!

Feb 4, 2017

What a good time yesterday!  First, I need to tell you that my printer died, (sort of), at least it wouldn't print more than one page at a time from the computer.  It was an older one that fit in a cabinet in the RV.

Ok, now Judy came and got me in her van and we went shopping.  First we went to Aldi's and got groceries.  Avacdo's were 25 cents ea. and celery was 39 cents ea.Wow!  Then we went to Soul of China to have lunch. (No msg and it was prepared from scratch, very light and good, nice atmosphere in a small place in a strip mall.  I enjoyed the food and fellowship.  Judy is a singer, painter, crafter, guitarist, and very creative, she has made and sold many crafts.  She is spirit filled and loves the Lord.  She is knowledgeable about, and love horses and geology and a bunch of other stuff we haven't gotten to yet..  And she is from Oregon!  Wow, did we connect!

We went to Sprouts (Whole foods grocery store) and then to the 99 cents store, then to the thrift store.  I was looking for a crock pot but instead found an HP printer that fits perfectly in my cabinet for $5!  I don't know whether it works yet but I can take it back in a week to exchange it, if it doesn't.  i also got a bathing suit cover-up and a beautiful new top.  Wondeful day.  Judy came back and we talked some more.  We decided we would get up early and go towards Joshua Tree National Forest and watch the sun rise and take pictures so she could paint them. 

That didn't happen this morning because of the clouds, but we have a rain check (or cloud check).  She has to leave the RV park tomorrow but we will both be back at Wilderness Lakes in Menifee on Friday.

I listened to Eric Worre's message this morning.  It was about how we say, "I'll do it tomorrow, maybe next week, after the holidays, when the children get out of school, when they get back in school, etc..."  Meanwhile our life goes by hourly, daily without accomplishing what we are to do.  His suggestion was to move from tomorrow to right now!  We can understand what we need to do, know how to do it, know that we are capable of doing it, know it is God's will for our lives, but don't move on it. 

Action is better than understanding.  Real understanding is in the doing.  So, do it right now, not just today (because that can be over before you know it) DO IT RIGHT NOW.  Drop everything and DO IT NOW.  A friend of mine, Cecil was a Successful High School Principle and his motto was "IT IS EASIER TO DO IT NOW!'  And it really is.  LET'S DO IT NOW, IT IS EASIER!

Meet n' greet at the pool

Feb 2, 2017

This journey is sooooo much about people and how we impact each others lives!  I am still meeting people from Canada??? Lots of them here, I guess this is where to come in the winter, with the weather so nice now, I am not surprised

I went to the pool yesterday, and it seems to be the meeting place.  When I came back I watched a Shaklee live stream that was very exciting.  They announced a new PLAIN Life Plan Shake (same price) with all of the good stuff in the other one, without flavors or sweetners (the stevia) and probiotic (we can order that separately).   We can bake with it, (pancakes muffins, etc...) add it to soups, etc... we can order it starting today. Woopee!

Roger Barnett, the owner and CEO of Shaklee talked about being at the World Economic Summit (only 2,200 people invited, heads of State, Heads of Companies, and Religious leaders etc...).  He has been there for the last several years.  He said their concern was the redistribution of wealth to affect the world economy. (Shaklee has the answer). He also met with the Head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the focus now is on prevention.  NIH is planning to do the largest clinical study with a million people to study prevention.  Roger volunteered 500,000 Shaklee distributors to be a part of the study.  Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn was in attendance and she said it would skew the results because the Shaklee population was so healthy, so he is trying for 50,000 of us.   He also mentioned that Shaklee is the only one that has done the clinical studies to prove, that people who use the Shaklee  products are healthier(The Landmark study comparing to other product users and non users, and the Telomere study , comparing 40 year old, healthy non smokers).  Shaklee won!  You can see the study results in the product guide.

 They announced:

·        The extension until 2/28/17 of free Membership with the purchase of the 180 Turnaround Kit (Weight Loss) and $50 off the retail cost at Member cost.

·        Until 2/28/17, any new(first time) person completing the Health Print ((go to my website: www.healthierlife-4U.myshaklee.com) and purchasing the:   

             1. Advanced Plan, will receive a free product relating to their                          goal and free Membership ( worth$19.95)

              2. Comprehensive Plan, will receive, a free product, free                                shipping, and free Membership (if not already).

Shaklee also announced:

              The Power Bonus to all Distributors and above until 3/31/17.

                         Earn 15 Sponsoring points and receive $150,( no limit).

How you earn:

15 Points	Sponsor someone with a 750 PV Super GOLD PAK
10 Points	Sponsor someone with a 500 PV GOLD Plus PAK
5 Points	Sponsor someone with a 250 PV GOLD PAK
3 Points	Sponsor someone with a Life Plan or Turnaround Kit
2 Points	Sponsor a Member or Distributor w/100PV product purchase or more
1 Point	Sponsor a Member or Distributor w/50-99PV product purchase

(Points above are for new Members or Distributors sponsored in the U.S./Canada)

                                 

I also attended Bible Study here last night, at the RV Park, with Pastor Jack.  About 20 people attended and it was a wonderful up-lifting exchange.  I connected with Judy, my guitarist, singer friend that I purchased the CD, from back in December when I was here before, of Christmas Classical guitar music.  She came over after to my house and we talked and she sang, had a good time.  She has a van and she will take me out if I need to go.  We are going to the pool today.

Beware of Creeps and Drifters!

Feb 1, 2017

Already it is February!  Time flies when you are having fun!  Let's have fun all of the time and not worry about time flying, just stay in God's will for our lives and let time be time.

Yesterday, I met a wonderful Spirit-Filled Christian couple at the pool from British Columbia. This is the fourth family I have met from there, wonder what that is about?  The Lord knows.  I also met a CPA from Washington State who was here visiting her Dad. 

I watched the streaming live of our Church Bible Study last night, hooked my computer to my TV and it worked real well with plenty of volume and good clear picture.  I invited some people over but it was last minute and no one came.  I can seat about 10-15 people for watching.

BEWARE of the Creeps and the Drifters!  Creep:  (1) move slowly and carefully, especially to avoid being noticed, (2) occur or develop gradually and almost imperceptibly.

Drift:  (1) To be carried along by force of circumstance; (2) to wander aimlessly.

I don't mean people, although that could apply.  Watch out for subtle things that can creep up on us and cause us to drift off course.  Case in point:  My food issues.  Subtle things like added sugar, tasty things, salt, eating out, eating off schedule, etc... slowly almost imperceptibly got me off course!  Sugar is addictive and creates the desire for more, it is in a lot of foods (they are designed that way by the food designers that govern our food supply).  I must be constantly diligent to prevent drifting off my food plan.  I am still on it but have gained 3 lbs but I am still loosing inches but slowly, (so far, I shed 25 inches.)  I am not beating myself up, just becoming aware of the drifting before it gets worse.

Are the plants laughing?

Jan 31, 2017 Palm Desert, 80 degrees yesterday!

Wow what a day yesterday!   I played volley ball at the pool but before they got set up, I met Missionaries from British Columbia.  They had been called out of Chicago to full time ministry to the Natives of Copper Island, BC Canada.  They were on vacation with their family of 4 children (two African American, adopted).  They said they were a part of African American churches before going to Canada.  I shared the live stream of out church, www.FTHCM.org.  I invited them to Bible Study and dinner but they had already left the park.  They have a Christian fishing camp and camps for Children.  They catch big fish, check out their website: www.adventurelearningministries.com.

In the afternoon I was invited to go to a buffet dinner at, what I later found out was a Casino, (YIKES!) I was invited by my next door neighbor and two of his buddy's and 4 women.  

I remember EP sharing a message way back called "Are the plants laughing at us?"  His message was that in Genesis 1:28-29 God instructed us to subdue the earth (take authority over) which included the plants.  He further showed that most of the things that we struggle with, (addictions, greed, etc... are PLANT BASED) money, drugs, food, cigarettes, marijuana, alcohol, etc...  We have allowed them to take dominion over us, instead of taking dominion over them.  So...the plants are laughing at us!

We had to walk through the Casino to stand in line for about an hour in a smoke filled environment for a "two for one" buffet.  It was good food and the line was just as long after we finished.  I was respected as a Grandma Swann should be.   After we finally sat down, it was a pleasant meal, until I let the ice cream plant (via the cow), take dominion and appear over my fruit.  So, I couldn't judge the others who were missing their behavior.

Tonight is live stream Bible study at 4:30 our time, so I will turn down "Taco Tuesday"(3 Tacos for $1.50) that I was invited to, by the same crew.

My Bishop of my base Church in Maryland will be in Las Vegas this Sunday and my Grandson I adopted in Las Vegas said he would be there.  Great news!