We had a tremendous time with the AmeriKids in O'Fallon, MO.  Some friends of ours there have a Christian Day Care, AmeriKids, and they invited us in to do a concert.  It was in a high school auditorium,and there were nearly all ages of children, who sang two songs before we presented our concert.  It was precious.  Mike, the owner, had told us that a young boy named Dakota's seventh birthday was that day, and would we sing Happy Birthday to him.  It worked out that we could, so while he was still on the stage from having sung with the group, we had the whole crowd sing to him.  He broke down in tears and just sobbed!  He had been having a lot of problems at home - his mom and dad had separated, another man came into the picture, then his dad died in April.  Heartaches a child of six had to experience.  I think the attention was too much for him, but we both just loved on him while he was still on the stage.  It was an experience we'll never forget.

Last month we told you about a pastor who took some pictures we had autographed in to the prison with him, and all ten of the men with pictures got saved.  Here is a follow-up:  The inmates are still talking about those pictures they were blessed with.  Some have served their time and have been released, some keep the picture of you and Phyllis in their cell.  While others keep them in their Bible, the testimony is these black and white pictures remind them that God loves them and so do others, even Christians who are known for their music, past and present.  God Bless You!!!!!! 

BLESSINGS-WISE - All glory to our Heavenly Father!  What they're saying.

***I knew it [our concert] was going to be good, but you surpassed anything that I could ever have imagined!

*** First off I have to tell you what a wonderful blessing I received from seeing you both and getting to say a few words to you, when you came to Waynesville, Missouri.  You are the kind of people I wish I could live next to.  Not that the neighbors I have aren't wonderful, but I felt a closeness to you both I haven't felt in a long time.  I was so very blessed.

***I don't know when I've enjoyed a concert so much.

***Man, that was just great!  That was super!  (a pastor)

***Thank you so much for the wonderful concert last night.  Everyone enjoyed it immensely...We hope to have you come and minister to us again sometime in the future.  God's richest blessings on your ministry and on both of you.  (a pastor)

KJV-WISE  - I've heard it said that the Bible calls Jonah's entombment, "a big fish," that it doesn't say "whale" and the new versions confirm this.  Jesus is speaking in Matthew 12:40 in the following:

NASB - for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster...

NCV - Jonah was in the stomach of the big fish...

CEV - He was in the stomach of a big fish...

NIV - For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish...

NL - For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish...

NKJV - For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish...

The Message - Like Jonah, three days and nights in the fish's belly...

However, note this.  The King James identifies the "big fish" as a whale.  Jesus was speaking in Matthew 12:40,  when he said,

KJV - "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; ...

Obviously Jesus wanted the clarification so He spoke it.  I find it interesting that not one of the above versions, except the KJV, identifies the fish as a whale.  So unless you are reading the King James, you won't know that the "big fish" really was a whale.  Wonder why they didn't want the clarification?  Guess I can't answer that one.

HEALTH-WISE - "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest...be in health..." III John 2

Cancer today is at an all-time high.  We just recently lost another friend to cancer, and we have many requests on our Daily Prayer List for healings from cancer.

Here are some statements regarding some of the known causes of cancer:

***"Oxygen deprivation can also lead to life-threatening disease, such as  cancer.  Cancer and most other infections or disease cannot live in an oxygen-rich environment.  Dr. Otto Warburg, two-time Nobel Laureate for cancer research, stated:

"Cancer has only one prime cause.  It is the replacement of normal oxygen respiration of the body's cells by an anaerobic (i.e., oxygen deficient) cell respiration." (The Prime Cause and Prevention of Cancer by Dr. Otto Warburg in The Oxygen Answer for Health and Healing by Tonita d'Raye, p. 10)  Translation:  cancer cells replace the body's good cells.

***A diet high in processed foods and "junk foods" requires tremendous amounts of oxygen in order to be metabolized...Our body has to use precious oxygen needed for other essential metabolic functions in order to process oxygen-deficient food.  (Ibid, p. 11)

***Leading biochemists and medical physiologists say that aging and many diseases (including cancer) result from the accumulation of acid waste products in body cells and tissues.  (Ibid, p. 12, 13)

***Low levels of oxygen result in increased free-radical production.  A deficiency in cellular oxygen will also prevent our body from utilizing antioxidants and other nutrients effectively...Regardless of the health-promoting potential any nutrient may have, very little metabolic value can be experienced from it if our body is oxygen deficient.  (Ibid, p. 14)

***People with candida and other immune suppressive diseases such as AIDS, Epstien Barr, chronic fatigue syndrome, and fibryomyalgia all have one thing in common--a lack of oxygen available to the bloodstream.  Numerous researchers conclude that increased oxygenation in the bloodstream will definitely enhance, and possibly even restore, health.  (Ibid, p. 22)

***The result of oxygen deprivation to the brain is memory loss, dementia, and possibly even Alzheimer's....Heart attacks strike when blood flow is restricted completely, and the heart dies of oxygen deprivation.  (Ibid, p. 23)

One of the best ways you can add oxygen to your diet is through a product called stabilized oxygen.  It is a liquid, and you start out by adding a few drops of it in the water you drink.  You gradually add more drops as you go on.

***Take stabilized oxygen every day, just as you do your vitamin, mineral, and other nutritional supplements to promote health in every way.  (Ibid, p. 23)

Do a Google search on stabilized oxygen for more information regarding this amazing supplement. 

We purchased ours at www.liquid-stabilized-oxygen.com and found this particular product to be the best, and least expensive of all that we researched.  From that web site -

Liquid Stabilized Oxygen is considered by some to be one of the most important developments in dietary supplements of the last 50 years!

Recommended reading on this subject:

O2xygen:  Nature's Most Important Dietary Supplement by Stephen R. Krauss.

The Oxygen Answer for Health and Healing by Tonita D'Raye

MUSIC-WISE -

Who said it?  "I know practically every religious song that's ever been written."

AMAZING FACTS-WISE -  To simulate one-hundredth of a second of the complete processing of even a single nerve cell from the human eye requires several minutes of processing time on a supercomputer.  The human eye has 10 million or more such cells constantly interacting with each other in complex ways.  This means it would take a minimum of 100 years of supercomputing to simulate what takes place in your eye many times every second!  (from Hidden Truth: Amazing Bible Facts Revealed, p. 29)                                  

LAUGH-WISE -   For all those special blondes in your life.

***Two blondes living in Oklahoma were sitting on a bench talking, and one blonde says to the other, "Which do you think is farther away.  Florida or the moon?"  The other blonde turns and says, "Helloooooooooo, can you see Florida????"

***There's this blonde out for a walk.  She comes to a river and sees another blonde on the opposite bank.  "Yoo-hoo!" she shouts.  "How can I get to the other side?"  The second blonde looks up the river then down the river and shouts, "You ARE on the other side."

***A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night.  It was her turn.  She rolled the dice and she landed on Science & Nature.  Her question was, "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your name, can you hear it?"  She thought for a time and then asked, "Is it on or off?"

***A girl was visiting her blonde friend, who had acquired two new dogs, and asked her what their names were.  The blonde responded by saying that one was named Rolex and one was named Timex.  Her friend said, "Whoever heard of someone naming dogs like that?"  "HELLLOOOOOOO..." answered the blond.  "They're watch dogs!"

SIGN-WISE -

***Carpet company:  We are floored to have you as a neighbor.

***Super (Car) Wash:  Bottoms blasted here.

***A billboard:  JESUS.  (This was so refreshing for us as travelers.  Wish more churches would consider such.  No church advertising.  Just JESUS.)

DID-YOU-KNOW-WISE -  Question to Sylvester Stallone:  "What's your tombstone going to say?  And don't mention Planet Hollywood."  His answer:  "Join me!  It's warm down here."  (Details magazine, December 2006)

The U.S. Last year imported $5.3 million worth of American flags manufactured in other countries.  (The Wall Street Journal)

KID-WISE - Bible Stories by Kids, from the book Little Wonders by Mary Hollingsworth.

One of our favorite jobs has been leading junior church.  We try to do more than baby-sit our church's beloved little ankle-biters during their time in our special junior church facility.  We aim to give them a solid background in biblical history.  At the end of each year, we give them pencils and paper and ask them to chronicle what they have learned.  This assignment never fails to elicit some intriguing response.

In case you're a little foggy on your biblical history, let our junior church students help you with this complete overview of the Bible, compiled from their essays:

In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas.  The Bible says, "The Lord thy God is one," but I think He must be a lot older than that.  Anyway, God said, "Give me a light" and someone did.  Then God made the world.

He split the Adam and made Eve.  Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren't embarrassed because mirrors hadn't been invented yet.  Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden.  Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn't have cars.

Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel.

Pretty soon all of the earth people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like a million or something.

One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a ham.  Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it.  He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.

After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast.  Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sport coat.

More next month.

SCHEDULE-WISE - Here is our Itinerary for the present month and the upcoming month, so you can not only keep track of us, but also pray for us. 

Sun, Oct. 14 - 10:30 a.m./6:00 p.m. - Revival/Poteau Church of the Nazarene - Poteau, OK (R) - 918-647-4605

Mon-Wed, Oct. 15-17 - 7:00 p.m. - Revival/Poteau Church of the Nazarene - Poteau, OK  (R) - 918-647-4605

Fri/Sat, Oct. 26/27 - 7:00/6:30 p.m. - Ft. Worth Northwest Seventh Day Adventist Church - Ft. Worth, TX - 817-625-1764

 Sun, Nov. 4 - 6:30 p.m. - Miltonvale Christian Church - Miltonvale, KS - 785-427-3376

Thursday, November 22 - THANKSGIVING DAY

Fri, Nov. 23 - 7:00 p.m. - Pheasant Point Baptist Church - O'Fallon, MO - 636-240-9563

You can see that we have several open dates in both October and November, and December is completely open.  If we have not ministered in your church for a while, perhaps a date in one of these months would work for you.  We also have a nice Christmas program for churches and class parties and other organizations.  Call us or e-mail us a fvpv7@sbcglobal.net if one of these dates would work for you.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT-WISE - From the Desk of Don C. Schneider, North American Division President

Six tribal villages in an isolated location in Asia were visited by a "stranger" who was described as having an aura of bright light around him.  The stranger gave each chief a radio, showed him how to use it, and directed him to the time and frequency of the Adventist World Radio programs.  Then the stranger disappeared.  The villagers began to listen to the broadcasts, accepted Jesus, and are now keeping the Sabbath.  The six villages have had no contact with each other, but the village chiefs all told the same story to the person who met them.  They believe that the stranger was an angel.

 LAST BLAST-WISE - When it comes to forgiveness, it's always your turn.  (Dr. David Jeremiah on Turning Point)

Not forgiving someone is like drinking poison and wishing the other person would die.  (Call To Decision Ministries MINUTEMAN NEWS, p. 40)

(Answer to MUSIC-WISE, Who said it?  ELVIS!)