It Takes Time

Dear Friends.

Let me just say that I never dreamed it would take this much time to get out some video of FHL 2008. It has been quite and adventure.

My poor home computer was bogged down already and then I’ve been working it even harder. Time out for some reorganization. At last, I rearranged software programs and made way for offloading video. Now, where to put it so that all of you can see it? An external harddrive for the offloaded video. So do I just post the “clips” or is it better to create “movies”?

Before I could do either I had to offload from dv tape to the computer. Then cut apart the different clips and catalog. Labeling was even more difficult since I was not provided with individual names or affiliations.

So I am going to post some parts on the Youtube and it will show up in the viewer below. I will get more creative with movies as I get more detailed information on the clips so that I can accurately credit them.

Thank you all for your patience. I promise I have spent hours, all-nighters and days trying to get this together for you.

With the limitations as to software and advanced editing equipment, it just takes time and LOTS of it. I hope that you will find it worth the wait.

Since “Patience” is one of the fruits of the Spirit… I cannot wait for the harvest (pun was intended).

Blessings, Ellen5e

Gardening: A part of the Miracle

I really do enjoy gardening.

I would rather spend all day out there than do laundry, wash dishes, vacuum or grocery shop. There is just something about digging into the dirt, breaking up the tough crust of the earth and pulling out the weeds that is therapeutic. The feel of the worked soil and the actual smell of the earth and fresh plants adds to the sense of feeling like I’m a part of creation.

Since my shoulder injury at the beginning of July, I am really missing the time that I used to spend gardening. Even mowing the grass was “gardening” to me. Plus, I would be getting fresh air and exercise. Alas, my bum right shoulder is severely painful and limits what I can do.

This past Friday, I received the bad news that I would need to cut physical therapy short and go back to my family doctor for more diagnostic tests (probably an MRI). I simply am NOT getting better even with what PT I can do. In fact I’m getting worse. The therapist thought I should be further in recovery if nothing worse was wrong… so… back to the doctor I will go. UUUGH>- -<

This is bad news for my gardening urges. I have managed to stay on top of critical issues like watering, feeding; dead-heading and harvesting. However… here in Indy we have had quite a bit of rain and the weather is fabulous so vegetation is getting the density of a jungle. And this shoulder makes it extremely difficult to pull weeds. Hoeing/// Forget about it! Running the mower or weed-eater… No Way!

So I must watch in dismay as my garden looks so much more scraggly than it should. I must ask for help from my husband to do things that I would normally do. Humble pie just does not taste as good as the cherry kind.

“Whatever things are true, honest, righteous, pure, lovely, of good repute, excellent or worthy of praise let your mind dwell on these things. . .” Phillipians 4:8,9

Click here to view To snap out of these bummed shoulder blues… I decided to finally post the many photos I have taken of my garden and flowers so far this year. I hope you all enjoy them.

We Are Messengers: Pass it On.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ —

You were and are blessings to Indianapolis. Word could not express my sincere gratitude and honor working with you. The hungry were fed, the oppressed were given hope, people accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior and God’s unconditional love spread throughout the metro Indy.

There are many testimonies and stories yet to come. Check out this passage from Psalm 78:4b-7,

4 We will not hide them from their children;
we will tell the next generation
the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD,
his power, and the wonders he has done.

5 He decreed statutes for Jacob
and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our forefathers
to teach their children,

6 so the next generation would know them,
even the children yet to be born,
and they in turn would tell their children.

7 Then they would put their trust in God
and would not forget his deeds
but would keep his commands.

Please continue to send me your testimonies. You and I are conduits of God’s dominion to our city. As Bill Johnson say on his Book, When Heaven Invades Earth, “Encounters with the Almighty God become a unifying factor for generations”.

God revealed himself as Jehovah Nissi, THE LORD IS MY BANNER at a great battle after the Hebrews crossed the Red Sea and while they were wandering in the desert. In Exodus 17:8-16 Moses ordered Joshua, to lead the Israelites into battle while he stood on top of a hill to pray.

They won and God told Moses to write down what had happened and read it in Joshua’s hearing. God knows the time when Moses would be gone and Joshua would be called upon to take over leadership of God’s chosen people. Joshua crossed the Jordan River into Canaan (the Promised Land) and defeat Jericho. Joshua had many battles ahead of him and God wanted him to remember back to this one and the victory God had given them.

You and I are God’s message to the community and God’s glory need to be told.

“Don’t just ask for a miracle; Be the miracle for others and for our city!”

God bless,

Merlin