Hungry?

Breakfasts:

• French Toast (make sure you grease the pan or it will burn....how do you think I know!)
• Omlettes
• Cold Cereal
• Scrambled Eggs
• Rice tortilla Wraps
• Broccoli Casserole
• Fluff Pankcakes (like popovers....delicious with fruit sauce!!!)
• Muffins
• Chunky Potatoes with creole seasoning
• Hash Browns and Eggs
• Pancakes
• Cinnamon Rolls
• Noodles....can use Raman Noodles and add fresh or frozen vegetables
• Toast and fried eggs
• Mixed Fruit
• Potato Pancakes & Sausage

Lunches:

• BLT's make a really nice and filling lunch
• I like to make enough supper that I can use the leftovers for lunch the next day
• One of my personal favorites is a bowl of granola in cold milk

Suppers:

• Meatballs & Mashed Potatoes
• Spaghetti, Garlic Bread, Fruit Salad
• Broccoli Soup, French Bread
• Homemade Rolls, Corn on the Cobb, Stew
• Fried Fish, Rice, Salad
• Egg Curry & Chapati (look up Indian recipies online)
• Taco Hotdish, Strawberry Shakes
• Chili & Cornbread
• Stir Fries and rice or noodles
• Tereaki Chicken and vegetable rice
• Shish-Kababs (if you don't have a grill, just put them in the oven on broil for about 15 minutes)
• BLTs, Home-made tomatoe soup, fried Zucchini

On Prayer

We have a plaque hanging on our wall that states : "Prayer Changes Things." Prayer is important. Prayer is critical. And prayer is a blessing and that plaque is a good daily reminder to me to make time to pray. But I also need to remember that it isn't the fact that I'M praying that changes things, but GOD behind the prayer. It is GOD who changes things, God's power that makes the impossible possible. Here are some helpful verses about prayer:

• God Hears Us When We Pray
  Jeremiah 33:3
  Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
  
  Psalm 4:3b The Lord listens when I call to Him.
  
• As a Christian We Are Called to Pray
  Colossians 4:2
  Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
  
  Philippians 4:6
  Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
  
  1 Thessalonians 5:17
  Pray without ceasing.
  
  Ephesians 6:18-20
  And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel…pray that I may declare it fearlessly as I should.

• Reasons to Pray
  Matthew 26:41
  Watch and pray so that you do not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.
  
  Proverbs 3:16
  Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.
  
  Colossians 3:17
  Whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord giving thanks to God the Father through him.
  
  Hebrews 4:16
  Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
  
  James 1:5
  But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who give to all men generously and without reproach, and it shall be given him.
  
  
• What to Pray For
  Philippians 1:9-11
  And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ – to the glory and praise of God.
  
  Ephesians 3:17-19
  And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saint, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
  
  Ephesians 1:18-19
  I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe.
  
  Psalm 19:14
  May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in your sight O Lord my Rock and my Redeemer.
  
  Colossians 1:9-12
  For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying about you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.
  
• How to Pray
  ~ Intelligently
  Ecclesiasties 5:2
  Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.
  
  ~ Sincerely
  Matthew 7:7-8
  Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks find; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
  
  ~Confidently
  Hebrews 4:16
  Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
  
  ~ Humbly
  Isaiah 59:1-2
  Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
  
  ~ Always
  1 Thessalonians 5:17
  Pray without ceasing.
  
  ~Faithfully
  Romans 12:12
  Rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer. (NAS)
  Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. (NIV)
  
  ~ Thankfully
  Philippians 4:6
  Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Actual Newspaper Headlines

Dentist receives plaque
Girl becomes Methodist after delicate operation
Cemetary allows people to be buried by their pets
Local high school dropouts cut in half
Father of nine fined $100 for failing to stop
Kids make nutritious snacks
Hospital sued by seven foot doctors
Obesity study looks for larger test group

(Taken from "Who put my life on fast-forward?" Phil Callaway)

Travel Tips

• Save space in your suitcase by stuffing boots and shoes with socks and small items.
• Organize the small items in your suitcase with a small shoe box.
• Bring an extra pillowcase for your dirty laundry, and an extra plastic grochery bag.
• Pack dryer sheets in your suitcase and in your dirty laundry bag to keep down the smell.
• Baby powder absorbs sweat on you when there is no time for a shower.
• On tent camping trips, you can pack you clothes and pillow in a gallon tote or tub. It keeps stuff from getting wet.
• Bring a hat, extra pair of socks, and mittens when tent camping in the fall.
• Bring an extra pair of flip-flops for use in the shower