Old Counrty Store

I got home from eating @ Bustagutt B-B-Q, & I thought it was pretty good. Well my son Mike wants to go to grandmas, so I said OK , so David stays with us. By the way this was after church of course , Baptist have to eat. Any who we get home after dropping off the Pastor (Mark Laiklam for those of you that don't know he he.), & J (well everyone knows who J is he he.). They were watching The Incredibles, which David says Mr. Incredible is me (So does my wife he he j/k) I think it is because he is strong.lol. David starts missing Mike so I tell him lets go to the store walking, he tells me okay daddy. I wanted to walk down the food.The store is about 2 or 3 blocks from my house. We take off, & I start remembering when I used to go to the little stores out in the country, when I was younger. I remember the screen doors with the springs on them that would make all this noise when they stretch, Also when they would hang bells to let them know when people would come into the store. I remember buying candies, like 90 some candies for a dollar, for tax of course, they were 1 cent a piece( hey there no cent symbol weird or I just can't find it). Childhood memories of a country store, I tried to find a picture online of a country store , but none that I liked. Anyway as I was walking, holding Davids hand, I thought to my self,"Self, will my kids ever know what a country store looks like? All they know nowadays is Circle K, well not anymore they are called Stripes now. When we were walking back I looked @ David, he is so happy he got a candy, then I noticed he would hold my hand. We continued walking, I would let go of his hand, trying to give him his sense of independence, I noticed as I would swing my hands back and forth, he would manage to hold my hand again. It felt so good that he wanted to hold my hand, I will cherish those moments, they will eventually pass, but I pray not. I want my boys to come to me when they need me.............Remembering.

Friday Night Lights

Friday Night coming back from my mom @ about 11 PM, we get home, as we are getting off the van we noticed a bunch of cops passing by really fast. All of a sudden they stop about 2 blocks from our house , & my wife asks if I want to go check it out. So we went, the fire department was there, medics, tow trucks you name it they were there news crew. As we get there we see a van upside down its a dodge by the way, there is some teenagers by the said no one was hurt thank God, then I thought of my camera so I ran home to get it got a couple of cool pictures, & video (that J showed me how to put on here). I thought it was really cool the way they flipped over van . The people in there were coming back from the bird bowl Cardinals lost. Well that was the end of our Friday Night. If you can go to my web album I will put them up there. This accident was a hit & run by a white impala , they left the front bumper there. The Impala rear ended the van while it was turning. The driver of the van was a teenager dropping of his girlfriend. I know so much yet I don't even know the people. Enjoy the Video.

Fellowship

Here's Jay @ a fellowship in Edingburg, when they gave us the gus bus. If you look closely you can see laura in the background. I don't remember the kids name, he was really into Jays new phone, that cost almost as much as a used car. Hey jays uses it for work and stuff. I woudn't know what to do with that phone.

PK

The Laiklam Boys watch out for the little one.j/k. They are PK ewwwwwwwww. man preachers kids have been put on the spotlightlight more than the preacher , that's my opinion. People forget they are just kids also, my boys love these guys ( I think that's why my boys go to church j/k preacher). The boys are all over the church it is nice to see them together, Lord knows how much time they have together. PK are forgoten about sometimes, we must remember they also gave up what they had. They left it all to follow Gods will in there daddys life. The pks' dont forget about them, have you prayed for them, love on them, all pk, misionaries kids & evangelists kids. All the kids involved in the Lords Ministry.

Revival

Having fellowship after Bro rupert revival meeting.

Gone

Ding dong the tree is gone. The Tree is Gone by BB king j/k.Had this big mesquite tree trunk in the backyard, this is only half. My boss came to pick it up on Saturday after visitation. He makes it into 2x4's , & stuff, he works with wood as a hobbie. Mesquite is really expensive they charge you by the inch for it, instead of the foot, when you go buy it. That's his son David he works there with me in the office.

Being Attacked

Just when you think everything is going right the devil attacks. Please pray for our church seems the devil is attacking our homes. The devil won't fight you if your not doing nothing for God. Please pray for our church families. Really need your prayers.

Praise Jesus

Visitation this Saturday was such a blessing, 20 people, yes 20 came on visitation. Help me Jesus, I get all choked up to see people, serving God. We took the bus for a run this Saturday Bro Carlos G drove it. Families & teenager showed up all to visit, & invite people to church it was awesome , Thank you Jesus. Bro Tony & all his family showed up, So did Bro Carlos G & all his family, Bro Carlos C & Lucy, Pastor Mark & sis Kim, Me & my family, Sis Pat M, Sis Debbie & her kids. It was so emotional I couldn't describe how I felt. I wanted to hug everyone, I am so glad to be saved, & thank Jesus for it. Thank you for my church Lord I will be praying for everyone @ church, just for Lord to keep blessing us in what we do. Then we went to eat @ Platillos, it was good food, & good fellowship. We have a good group @ church , they just want to serve GOD. Pray for them to stay strong in the Lord. Later that night we showed a movie for the teens , but everyone was welcomed to come, we had a full house, it was a blessing. Facing the Giants was the movie, it is a good christian value movie , about a football team, it was just great. We had pizza & fellowship, just like baptist we can't stop eating, I mean fellowshipping.

Remember

People seem to be losing the buzz to blog, no one seems interested anymore, just my opinion, I could be wrong. So here goes nothing. It seems that we spend a lot of time on the net, and not enough time with the ones we love. An actual person is better than the net. Nothing beats talking to the ones we love, & love us back. I have been guilty of spending to much time on the net, & forgetting about my wife. I love my wife & want to be her man, & I want to be the one she talks too. I want to talk her, & she is an excellent listener, I on there other hand I am not. Sorry my love, I love you. It has been fun lately, holding hands, little kiss here & there, I love it. Don't it make you sick! (too bad! lol) I love her & I need her to be the wife God has giving to me. But I have to be the man that God wants me to be. I am the man of the house & I have to prove to her that I can take care of her. To give her the security she needs, to feel secure around me. I want to give her that comfort of being a Godly wife. I have to man up & not depend on her to carry the family, to be a leader, the home needs a man to be a leader. Momma, she does everything for me, yet I forget to thank her, so thanks baby. She does so much around the house, she makes it so easy for me, I feel like royalty. But I must not forget to return the favor, she is my queen. I must do it because I want to, things are just better when you do them with love, they are more appreciated. So baby I am sorry for all the times I have been a jerk to you, or have embarrassed you , I have a habit of doing that, but she plays it off cool. UNTIL WE GET HOME. he he. She doesn't deserve to be treated like that, men remember why you fell in love or how you fell in love. Remember when........ She would walk in the room & man she would light you up with her smile, remember when you just wanted to see her, or when you just wanted to hear her voice. Remember when, do it , do it again like you used to. By no means, am I the perfect man, but I want to be the perfect man for my wife. "Remember."

Were Cool

The young man that got all mad @ me a couple of days ago, because of no work, came in to the office today to ask for his check, so I gave it to him no big deal. He looks @ me & tells me he is sorry for getting mad ,& the way he talked to me, & the way he acted. He asked me to forgive him, man it broke my heart I thought he was going to cry, but he made it through, & said what he had to say. So I said it's going to be fine, we will get some work, I said I accepted his apology & he was a man to man up for what he did. He then extended his hand towards me, & we shook hands. And that was that. As he is walking out of the office he asks me if we were cool, so I said "Were Cool". That made my day much better. He said he understood, that I had to do what our boss tells me what to do.huh. Laters. Prayer works, keep praying

Pray for more work

Today @ work I had a young man at work, making comments that I don't put him on the Schedule. He kept mentioning another guys name, that this guy was on the schedule more than he was. He was in front of many workers & making indirect pop shots @ me. So I went to talk to him after he got out of the office, & confronted him & told him if he had anything to say to me not to be a coward, & take indirect shots @ me , because I don't play like that. This kid is about 18, out of school, does whatever he wants, stays out all night drinking, comes to work all hung over. Well first of all, there isn't any work, so pray for work, a bunch of workers are getting mad because they don't have hours for the week. Our work is seasonal, we make all our money over the summer, but after summer work gets really slow. The guys get mad & start murmuring, and they think I am the one not wanting to work them. I have been instructed to give work to certain people who have families first, then the youngsters who have no real bills to pay. I tried to explain this to him, but he got loud, so I just said what I had to say. Then the boss' son heard, & asked what was going on with this guys, so I told him & the next thing I know the boss asked me what was going on as well. This guy is sent home already , but he comes back into the office to talk to the boss about something. That is when it gets loud in his office. I just go about my business. Then this guy walks out of the office teary eyed & at that same moment the warehouseman is asking for help for tomorrow. So I tell him there's this guy, he gives him a look & says OK I guess. After that, my boss told me that he told this guy he needs to respect his authority, that if he was going to have attitude he could go find another job and that we are doing the best we can, we put people on rotation for the hour when there is not enough work. I was all shaking, because this little kid was giving me attitude, & my blood boils real fast. But I did manage to keep my testimony (thank God) because I didn't want to lost it in front of these people. When they put me in the office these guys thought that I was going to be their buddy & that they could do whatever they wanted. I can't be there buddy, I am their supervisor, people didn't like me much before because I wouldn't drink with them. But they respected me for it. I know they say stuff behind my back, but I don't care, I let Jesus take care of that. There is this older man who has been with the company for like 40 years or something, I like to tell him he helped Noah move the ark, or helped Moses move the 10 commandments. GET IT WE'RE A MOVING COMPANY. Anyway I can joke around with this man, he used to give me such a hard time when I first started. You know what? I prayed and prayed for him, & I know God moved his heart, because I got along with him just fine. Even before I started working in the office. Prayer works. So pray for our company for work, which means more tithe, pray for the young man he is lost, pray for me to be a testimony. That is how my day ended today, but you know what, I went to revival @ Central Baptist Church, & it was good, it blessed my heart, and it lifted my spirits. Just when you think you are @ the bottom, Jesus is there to lift you up. Amen. By the way, revival will be going on until Friday. It starts at 6:30, at Central Baptist Church.

Church

Today was an awesome day @ church. I got the teenager more involved with the lesson. Then preacher preached on Daniel & prayer. But before that the ladies(Preachers Wife, Gramma, & Carolina Sweetheart) sang a beautiful song of a wall of prayer. Man that was good. Spirit moving in the service today. After the services preacher wanted the all the children & teenagers to go to the front pews. They all went the adults gathered around them to pray over them, it was nice. Then we went to drop of Johnny @ his house. When we got home mama is washing clothes & I made lunch. (Reheated in micro the leftovers from yesterday.he he). Waiting for the Dallas Cowboys game @ 3, but it is on fox, have to go to my mother in laws house, she has cable. I will show up around 3 tell her I missed her, even though I just saw her @ church. Then go to the living room to watch what is on TV.he he. Laters