Granny's gone and done it again

Well, it is supposed to work by scraping the exoskeletons of bugs and they dehydrate. So it would take a while. Same as borax. Not going to kill like RAID.
Doesn't work long term either, unless dozens of people here are outright lying.
 
Regarding church:

My dad felt the call to ministry when I was three years old. He's still preaching, Methodist. He had vocational certificates and left a good job in natural gas to go to college (when I was 10) and seminary (when I was 14) and live hand-to-mouth to serve the church. So I've seen hypocrites and I've seen miracles. I've been an unbeliever, and a skeptic. I've hated the church, and I've sacrificed my last $5 for a tithe (and ate food I pulled out of the trash for a week).

DH is not a preacher, but we live in ministry. We try our best to live by the Acts 2:42 model of the church: 42 The believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the community, to their shared meals, and to their prayers. 43 A sense of awe came over everyone. God performed many wonders and signs through the apostles. 44 All the believers were united and shared everything. 45 They would sell pieces of property and possessions and distribute the proceeds to everyone who needed them.46 Every day, they met together in the temple and ate in their homes. They shared food with gladness and simplicity. 47 They praised God and demonstrated God’s goodness to everyone. The Lord added daily to the community those who were being saved.

So that's why we always have people living with us. Why I'm always cooking. Why I'd rather give things away than make the money I should. It's our calling to care for and tend the community.

We've been to cold, heartless churches. Sometimes it's taken years to find the right one. Right now we have two good ones we love, each with sincere and loving pastors. The congregations are full of broken, humble, caring people. Some are rich and some aren't. Some wear designer clothes and salon hairstyles, some wear blue jean shorts with home cuts. Doesn't matter, because we are all the same community. The churches we currently attend work in partnership with the schools, promoting literacy in the low socio-economic schools. They work with the scouts, and they support the camp. I am in awe of their wisdom and compassion.

I understand that what I believe isn't the same as everyone else. That's ok, I'm not in the business of conversion. I've been called to love. That's it. But I do urge those of you with bad church experiences to try again. I can help find you a place. I have a friend in Georgia with a giant beard and tattoos on every inch of his body. He'd been burned by churches, but wanted to try. So I called a few in his area and got personal assurances that he'd be treated well on his visits. It's what community does.
Good on you Camp I couldn't have said it better !
 

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom