I started reading this book by Lisa Harris.  She currently lives with her family in Mozambique, Africa where they are involved in planting churches and aid relief.

Visit her website at www.lisaharriswrites.com, and her blog at www.myblogintheheartofafrica.blogspot.com
(She writes a humorous blog.)

The book is about Africa.  It brings back so many memories to me.  In reply to my email to Lisa she told me that once you've visited Africa it stays in your heart.  She's right.  Nigeria is in my daily heart.  A memory I have is the compound that we were to teach at.  The gates were closed and armed guards with guns approached the vehicle before opening the gates.  (It was the same way at the home we stayed at.)  The walls were high, barb wire being at the top.  When I asked why? I was told a story.  Several years prior a muslims mob was going around killing all the Christians they could find.  Several people hid in an upper room of the building just inside the compound.  The mob made it to the compound. (The hidden believers heard the shouting.) For unknown reasons the mob did not come over the walls.  Since communication with Nigeria is difficult I don't know if any of those people were killed in the riots that happened several months ago.  My heart is for Africa and I thank God for America.

Eisenhower
President General Eisenhower didn't like to bring any attention to himself. He often substituted the word "I" for "we". General MacAuthur his equal was the opposite.

Quote from the book: But the self-effacing Eisenhower was appalled by MacArthur’s self-aggrandizement and his habit of talking about himself in the third person.

Personality wise only I'm like Eisenhower. I'm self-effacing and I have a difficult time with self-aggrandizement personalities. I did read a quote this past week that said something like this: "You can get a lot done if you're not concerned with who gets the credit." That sits bad with me but I know it's true.

Do you see yourself as Self-effacing or self-aggrandizement?

I'm reading a book right now called Dead Reckoning by Ronie Kendig.  (It's a great book.)  The lead character is a Christian. He struggles when he allows himself to get involved emotionally with a girl he is protecting.  He doesn't get his past taken care of and his decision making process comes into question. 

Here is a quote from the book.  (The main character is an agent.)

As he rounded the corner, several pieces of data pelted his mind. The tail end of a car sticking out past the corner. The shadow of a man stretching into the darkened alley. The quiet.

Unseen Sea

Gary Smalley said that fear basically comes down to two areas.  With women he says it's fear of disconnect and with men it's fear of insignificance.  Each person may have their own words for it such as men it could be disrespect but that still falls under insignificance. For women it may be abandonment and that falls under disconnect.  Some people may not even know that they have a core fear. So how can we know?  Look at the areas where your relationships fails.  Take a hard look at why. You may come to the conclusion it's because of a core fear. 

I had fun going through all my pictures yesterday and labeling them.  The above pictures are when we went to a restaurant that use to be a bank.  The kids were able to go into the vault. It was great food also.

I listened to the President speak yesterday and I really looked for anything positive.  I looked for my President to be Presidential.  I looked for leadership.  What did I get?  I got a political speech.  I got a speech that blamed President Bush - oh he didn't use his name but he kept using the word, "inherited".  Our President just doesn't get it.  The reporters continually asked him, "Mr. President do you think that it was your policies that the American people disliked?"  Obama continually referred to what he "inherited."  Our President refuses to accept that fact that this is his watch.  I did sit down to listen to the speech wanting to hear something that would encourage me, after all he is my President.  I was greatly disappointed.  I was even more horrified to see that he ordered the release of millions of more dollars of stimulus money the day after Americans sent a strong message to him.  I repeat - Our President just doesn't get it or if he does well then, he doesn't care.  At least the former we have hope he may one day "get it", the latter then God help us because he's working hard to destroy America.  At this point I'll accept the fact that Obama has tunnel vision and that tunnel exits in People Republic of the USA.

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We had a lot of fun at Chuck e Cheese last night.  There were 15 of us.