Mar 2 2004

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Mmmmm, I just got done eating breakfast…scrambled eggs with salsa! Mmmmm. Well, I just thought I’d let everyone know that I’m planning on starting school this fall. I wanted to start this spring but it just didn’t work out. Business is just starting to pick up again. It is so up and down all the time. The kewl thing is that God always provides so I don’t have to worry. Sunday we did another concert with Trent. The church we were at was built for great sound but it was making everything so loud. Everyone had to hold back so it wasn’t as good as the first concert. They also had 45min compared to 75min last time. It still went really well. Again, if you want to check out his music just go to www.trentsmithmusic.com Ok, time for work soon, gotta go.

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Feb 27 2004

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The forum is up and running great and I have a whole 3 members. Of course I am the first, then Brooke. The only real member is my cousin Brian. Well, hopefully more will join and this can become a great community for people to share their opinions, beliefs, ideas and experiences. I sent an email out to you all about adding the forum. If anyone would like to be added or deleted from the list please let me know. Also, Brooke’s mom is coming this weekend! She is bringing a couple girls (5 & 7) with her that she is watching for the weekend. It’s the first people we’ve had stay over besides my sister Lacee. And the first kids. It will be fun. I still haven’t gotten those pictures from Brian about the “huge equipment” we moved the other night. Of course we all lived to tell about it as you can see. I’ll try to post some pictures. We’re going grocery shopping now so I’ve got to go. Bye!

By Douglas • Uncategorized • 0

Feb 26 2004

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Hello! I’m so excited! First I just added a Forum to my website. Most of you probably know what that is, but for those who don’t, it’s just a place where you can go and join discussions on a variety of topics. Right now I only have a couple topics, but I will get more as the site grows. So just click on the word FORUM in the upper left corner and a new window will open with my forum in it. Then you can browse around or register as a member and start typing!

Also, I went last night to see the movie “The Passion of the Christ” and I really don’t know what to say. I have heard from two people that went with me already today and they both had great experiences at work to share about what Jesus did for them on the cross. It is already an opportunity to share the Lord. Yes it was “gory” but I honestly don’t think it was “gory” enough. I can’t stand watching those surgery shows and I cringe when people talk about needles and blood, but I just grit my teeth and watched. I honestly didn’t even cry. I feel that I didn’t deserve to focus on my feelings, but to focus on what Jesus did for me. I was in continuous prayer through the whole movie. I was first angry at what people did to him, but then I remembered what Jesus said, “I lay down my life for you.” He did it. I was reminded of this greatly when, in the movie, Jesus dropped the cross where it was going to finally stand, and then he, himself crawled up on the cross. Now I know that this is a movie, and is not EXACTLY what happened. But I now understand that this was voluntary and not something “done to him” by the Jews or Romans. It was done for us. I thank the Lord for opening my eyes to what He did and allowing me to accept Him into my heart and life. I pray you will do the same, whether you watch the movie or not, realize what Jesus did for you to keep you from eternal separation from him in hell, and accept the free ticket to heaven by accepting him as your savior today.

By Douglas • Uncategorized • 0

Feb 21 2004

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Goodmorning! I had to get up early, ON A SATURDAY, to take Brooke to a “Woman of Faith” conference where Beth Moore is speaking. So now I’m hanging out before I go to work. Tonight I’m going to my cousin’s house (Brian) to help him move a 500 pound UPS. It’s basically a battery system that is used to keep your computer running in case of a power failure. Although they are usually the size of a microwave or smaller. This one is HUGE. I’ll take some pictures and post them tomorrow to show you how we got it off, (if we do). Ok, now when I’m sitting here writing this I wonder who is actually looking at this. I notice my web statistics show that I’ve had up to 50 visitors in one day recently. That’s unique visitors, not repeats. Well, if you read this, send me a message, it’s easy, there’s a guest book, and a ICQ pager on the bottom of the main page where you can just type and click. Let me know if you like (or hate) my site!

By Douglas • Uncategorized • 0

Feb 19 2004

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Man, I keep writing in here and I forget to hit post or I loose connection and don’t come back and finish it. Well let’s see it this one will post :) I’m headed to work and just thought I’d update you on how things are… normal stuff going on, nothing new.. the weather is warmer so time to start working harder. No excuses now. I gotta go though, so I’ll write more later.

By Douglas • Uncategorized • 0

Feb 16 2004

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Hey, how is everyone. Well, I just want to write about a new website that I’m all excited about. www.HeLives.com Go to it, check it out, tell me what you think. I guy from my church started it and now him and his wife and his mother are running it. Check out the forums and read about all the people learning the truth about God and His Word. Talk to you again soon!

By Douglas • Uncategorized • 0

Feb 10 2004

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No, I didn’t die of infection of my toe :) I am alive. Wow, I’ve been really busy, can you tell, it’s been like three weeks since I wrote last. I’m sorry. I can really tell that I haven’t written in a while ’cause my website traffic has been low. My own fault of corse. The first thing I want to write about is the concert I was at on Saturday. The bands name is “The Trent Smith Band” You can check out Trent’s new CD at www.trentsmithmusic.com. His next concert will be in Ames, Iowa on Febuary 29, 2004 at Campus Baptist Church. It was really fun because I ran the PowerPoint screen with the lyrics and Brooke ran the stage lights. It was awesome and I’ll be running it again at the concert in Ames. I love working with Trent, his music is great and he’s easy to work with. I also love working for God. I’m always waiting for God to show me what to do, but I think that there are just a lot of little things he wants me to do. I’m not going to list them all, ’cause it’s not important to everyone what they are. It’s important to God where my heart is at when I’m doing them. It’s just hard for me to find productive things to do for God when I haven’t been to college. That’s why I don’t expect one huge thing for me to do, but lots of little ones that need to be done. Besides the concert, not much is happening. Business has picked up a little bit. The Lord provided yesterday when a customer came and paid off a car that I had on payments. It was exactly what I needed to pay my taxes this year. Now I don’t have to worry about it at all. I love that God is always thinking about me and preparing things ahead of time when I’m distracted by other things… He is all knowing.

By Douglas • Uncategorized • 0

Jan 25 2004

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Oh wow, you should see my TOE. Yes my toe. I stubbed it this morning before church. I actually cried… Now you’re prolly thinking, what a wimp. But you gotta see what it looks like before you think that. I took this picture tonight right before I posted this blog.

Yeah, see, I told you so. Well, I think I will live, what do you think? Anyways, Look, I got a webcam. And it works, most of the time. Um… Seriously, if you come to my site, or view my cam, write in my guestbook, or send me an instant message or email, just so I know you’ve visited. Thanks. Oh, and I’m sick. I got it from Gpa, and I hear Lacee and Gma has it too. Sucky. Ok, gotta go watch a movie with my wife. Gangs of New York, we’ll see how good it really is.

By Douglas • Uncategorized • 0

Jan 22 2004

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Hi, can you tell I’ve been busy that last week? I haven’t written for a whole week. So let’s start kinda where we left off. We went to Minnesota with the Curtis’s. We went to the Mall of America that Saturday and then just hung out in Rochester the rest of the weekend at Brooke’s Dad’s house. We took a Dodge Caravan instead of the Blazer. It has room for 7 and it’s all wheel drive. After driving it that weekend we decided to trade it for the Blazer. The Blazer we were driving has a few problems. A van has way more room and since it’s all wheel drive it will do well on trips in the winter. It has all the options and the bigger motor. So, can you tell I’m a car salesman. I talk more about my car than my trip. We didn’t come back until Monday night ’cause we all took Martin Luther King day off. Tuesday night we help with Impact so we were there all night doing that. And Wednesday we have AWANA. Tonight we went grocery shopping. Busy, busy, all the time. Not much else to say. Business is picking up, but Gpa has been sick. He went home today right after the auction. It’s ok though, ’cause there wasn’t any customers. Well, now I’m going to send some emails to see if I can get any traffic on this site!! Oh, and write me a message in my guestbook!

By Douglas • Uncategorized • 0

Jan 14 2004

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Hey, just got back from Bible study for Impact and Awana. Check out our churches website under “PLACES” at ahhyeah.com and see what it’s all about. They were both really good tonight. Brooke wasn’t able to come to Awana ’cause she had to study, and now we’re getting back from Bible study so late we’re going straight to bed. Last night we had impact in our new church. Well same building but remodeled. It is so kewl. I’m eating a brownie Brooke made, Mmmm. This weekend we’re going with Brian, Andrea, and Mattathias to MN. I’ll try to keep up with the blog while I’m there and let you know what’s up! Ok, goodnight.

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