Desolate Land

 Kerrie here. I have been absent too long Dear Ones from this blog. I have much to say about my journey since my last check in as well as our dear Nation has been caught in a whirlwind. I find that I cant say what I feel. It is too Big.

But as always, if we turn to the Bible, we find the words that guide our feet and strengthen our heart. This passage from Jeremiah will speak for me for now

[7] Were not these the words that the LORD proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous, with her cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?'"

[8] And the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying, [9] "Thus says the LORD of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, [10] do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart." [11] But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear. [12] They made their hearts diamond-hard lest they should hear the law and the words that the LORD of hosts had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of hosts. [13] "As I called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear," says the LORD of hosts, [14] "and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known. Thus the land they left was desolate, so that no one went to and fro, and the pleasant land was made desolate."

Have we turned a stubborn shoulder to the will of God? It feels like it must be so our Nation which was so very Blessed is becoming poor.

Los Angeles

 Hello, Faithfull Friends!

 

I am scared of what is happening in Los Angeles! My friend Kitty lives in the area. She went to a gathering in Hollywood - or should I say HOLY-wood a couple week's ago of Believers. They closed the block down right by our dear President Trump's star on the sidewalk!  She said that the police was there to block of the streets and that they were protecting them from any weirdos who wanted to stop it. 

 

She told me that they were gathered in the street to spread the word of Jesus and to inform people of those horrible pedophile rings. In fact, some of you may have gotten one of our flyers from her leading you here.

 

Here is what it looked like. Not Kitty's video, tho. So exciting!!! I wished I could of been there.

 

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Anyway, that was a couple weeks ago. Now Los Angles looks much different!!! Their are a bunch of people protesting the ICE officers arresting illegals. But....!!!

 

Kitty said that what is shown on the TV news is not the whole picture of the protests, and that there hasn't been much violence. She even said that there was dancing and music! She should know. She lives there!!! She is scared of the military troop's coming in too the city. She said that it is even scarier now that the troop's are there.

 

I don't think President Trump should send in the miliary troop's!!! It makes me very scared for Kitty and all of the Faithfull People that were there in the streets. I dont want any body to get hurt!!!

 

 I really hate to say that I agree with some of those leftists but I don't think this helps. The police officers are trained to keep the people under control and the miliary is supposed to be fighting overseas! Not in America!!!!

 

I dont know what to do. If your in the Los Angeles area and got one of our flyers or even if your not, please let us know what you think. This is scary!!!

 

Love and safety from Helena 

 

 

 

Schoooools out!!! Let summer begin!

 It it always feels so good to end each school chapter and have a lazy summer stretching out ahead!

What are everyone's plans? Anyone lucky enough to be going to the parade for the 250th birthday of our glorious Army? I wish! Is everyone planning on watching? Are we making food and having friends and family over? Hit me with recipes! I have time to cook. 

Now, it is confession time, for me. I lost a big bet. But I am not mad. Let me tell you what happened:

I was in the workroom a couple weeks ago and a couple of my colleagues were talking about politics. They are both Austin liberals. If you know, you know! Anyway I decided to chime in because I hate to see people I have worked with for YEARS being victims of lib propaganda. Anyway, they both jumped on me with a "Google it if you don't believe us." They googled it and lo and behold. I was wrong about the point.

One of them- I lady who is known as our "School Mom.", said that she is worried that I only get information from my own bubble. She said she never sees me actually listen to President Trump,  I just listed to the news telling me what he said . I said I didn't think so. I do just fine and besides I have so much to do to keep up with lesson plans and grading and then everything at home. She then said "lets have a contest. Let's see who can eat the most of Brad's jalapenos." (Brad is our principal). "Whoever loses has to spend a month only listening and interacting to the news sources and social media platforms of the winner's choosing."

Ladies, those little suckers are HOT! so that is how I found myself registered to "Bluesky" which is like Twitter (or X or whatever they call it. I never got on there either). I don't watch TV news, so she is making me read news from The Guardian.

Here is why I am not mad. The Guardian seems to have "news news" from all over the world. They are not from here (the US) and seem to just say what happened and not tell me what to think about it- which is good. I was going to have a hard time with some media people just beating me up with their agenda. The Guardian is free too.  Anyway I know for dead sure, I wasn't getting all this from where I usually get my news. How many of us know what is going on in Malaysia or Chile for example.

 I think Bluesky is interesting too. There are people posting beautiful picture of birds and stars. I never get tired of seeing God's creations. There are a lot of posts on current happenings and politics. I am definitely getting an eyeful of what the other side thinks.  

I have done some painful self-reflection after dipping my toes in there, and I realize that our School Mom is right. I have been somewhat blinded by the way I consume news right now. I don't do enough to look deeper into things. 

I need to honor myself better to do better.  I am a mathematician. Most people think that numbers are just straightforward and don't try to trick you into believing things. But if you know a little more, you understand that all of the concepts we use in math have gone through "proofs" to show WHY they are true and WHY we can trust a formula or idea. 

I am not saying I automatically trust those anonymous people's fact or opinions on Bluesky, but I owe it to myself to look at what they are saying and what I think is the truth. 

I also just realized how much I am vibing with with what Helena posted a few weeks ago about learning. Thank you Helena for shining a light for me!

So I will dabble my toes in a little deeper over there, and I will report back. It is only a month! 

If anyone wants to go on this journey with me, my name over on Bluesky is algebraamber.  If you are there, I won't feel quite so alone.

Let's go! Last one in is a rotten egg! And cheers to the start of Summer!