Boojoyful

Historic Tour of The Homestead Resort Companies like "Resort Leaders" are "international talent sourcing platforms which connect with hospitality students around the globe" and place them in resorts on 6 or 12 month contracts.  Have you hit the ski slopes in the winter or lounged by a beautiful resort pool and found the majority of the employees to be young, energetic and cautiously maneuvering English as its their second language?  They are hospitality students! On a recent resort stay our waiter was from India.  The check in personnel were from Hungary and Spain. A coffee shop worker was Japanese. And the young man clearing tea cups from afternoon tea had a name 15 letters long and couldn't understand a word this southern girl said, so I'm clueless as to his nationality.  Without pulling out a cell phone in these situations, what is the greatest translator?  It's a SMILE!  Add the words "Thank you" and they appear to be understood.   Above al...

Praying all of you are safe and warm after this winter storm.  We won't be going anywhere the next few days.  We live down at the bottom of a 1/2 mile country road. My husband just attempted to get the car out and it spun and slid. That's not happening and we have no one to plow, so we will be content.  Here are the 4 Praying Harpist Episodes starting with today's #4 and the others below. Season 2 Episode 4 Philippians 2:1-11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrJOEZDcozE Season 2 Episode 3 Philippians 1:18B- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fy6HUs63mw         Season 2 Episode 2 Philippians 1:12-18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-WR3TzW8Q4&t=14s Season 2 Episode 1 Philippians 1:11-18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5-RL9u_ZBo&t=44s

A storm may be coming, but we will still praise the Lord along with all creation. I know many of you, like us, are in storm preparation and we are praying for your safety.  The possibility of losing power for days is a very real threat, so take 9 minutes today and treat yourself to an amazing video by Louie Giglio referencing Psalm 148 and think about all creation singing. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights above. Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his heavenly hosts.  Praise him son and moon; praise him, all you shining stars.  Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies.  Let them praise the name of the Lord, for at his command they were created, and he established them for ever and ever- he issued a decree that will never pass away.  Praise the Lord from earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths, lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding, you mountains ...

We've had big ones before! Whew!  The forecast for what 2026 Winter Storm "Fern" could bring to the US is daunting. Tuesday the retirees here at Smith Mt Lake started and have continued storming our one grocery store in preparation. One neighbor is packing up her grandchildren and heading to Disney. Sunday is supposed to be 86 in Orlando.  We are prepared to be stuck at Shiloh. Our 1/2 long tree lined driveway usually loses trees in this kind of storm. The prayer is that no trees fall on our house. Bubba came and filled our propane tank yesterday! We will fill our two bathtubs with water so we can flush our toilets (life on a well system) and with way below freezing temps on the way we can set our perishable food on our screened porch in coolers. If we lose power we can cook on the grill. and I'll hunker down with my main squeeze for whatever comes our way. There are a lot of people needing wisdom ! If you listen to the weather channels it is a very complicated storm ...

  While working to set up for a funeral at church a young girl wandered inside. Her father was working outside to take down the church's giant Christmas tree.  She walked up to me and just stood there. I noticed a bulge in her jacket.  "What do you have? I inquired. Unzipping the jacket I could see a bit of black fur. Curiously I asked, "Is that a bunny?"  She explained, "No it's a day old baby goat and its mama has rejected it.  I'm going to try to bottle feed it, otherwise it will die." I laid my hands on the head of this pathetic little creature, which looked very close to death and prayed. The little girl went home and told her mother about our encounter. Three days later the mother texted me this picture of these sibling goats who were thriving. She asked if I would like one. It was tempting, but my husband quickly eyeballed me giving me a firm "No, not going to happen." Rejection-" the act of refusing to accept, use, or believe ...

Joy comes when you win "Wrestler of the Week! Music lifts me up and soothes me when I need to slow down. God seems to send me the right song, right out of the blue, at just the right time.  I'm still old school and leave the song selection up to the radio, YouTube or Pandora.  This one, has me bopping along as I start my day. The basis for these lyrics is most likely Psalm 30:5. Your anger lasts a little while, but your kindness lasts for a lifetime.  At night we may cry, but when morning comes we will celebrate. Click on the link below and sing along. Chorus And there will be joy in the morning. There will be joy in the morning.  If its not good then He's not done, not He's not done with it yet. There will be joy in the morning. Verse 1  Everything happens for a reason, but you don't know what you don't know and you'll never have peace if you don't let go of tomorrow, cause it ain't even faith till you plan falls apart, but you still choose to foll...