Well if she went to college and had nervy roomate(s) I can see why she wanted to lock up her things. Most of the years in college they packed us in with 4 to a room. We had a sink in the room with a towel drying racks and one time I caught one roommate using someone else’s towel because she was doing laundry and hers were either still in the washing machine or dryer. I had another roommate that loved to open up my cabinet and eat my cookies I stored in a plastic container. I offered cookies to everyone in the past but I didn’t expect anyone to keep helping themselves with emptying it out all the time. So I placed a message in the container … “Thou Shalt Not Steal - remember Jesus is watching.” And low and below I didn’t have a problem any longer. B-) As far as the chip girl locking her gift wrapping things .. she could be annoyed that her kids would take her scissors or scotch tape and not place them back? :unsure: Looks like the chip girl entertains and perhaps has guests staying overnight doesn’t want the crowd going thru her personal things? She probably has designated towels for the guests vs. her exclusive special towels. Some guests can be very nervy including Christians and family members. Here is an example, one youth group leader and his wife needed a place to stay … they didn’t own a home yet since they were still in college and would work in our church on the weekends before graduating and was hired full time and was working at our church … so we offered our home for them for a week while we were vacationing in California. He had the nerve to go thru my bedroom and found my softball glove on the top shelf in my closet and I kept an official Yankee baseball in the glove that had signatures. He used THAT ball on the ball field and scuff it up. The ball became worthless. I was very upset when I later saw the condition it was in. It ruined the memory of going to the ballpark early during batting practice and getting the free ball from a player and then having a few famous Yankee players sign it. Now I would say who cares everything is going to burn but back then, I was 17 yrs old so it was heartbreaking at the time. Family members can be nervy too. My sister loved to snoop thru my personal papers and she found one of a kind pictures from college days (that I don’t have negative to since my friends took those pictures) and she kept them. I asked her for them back or for her to snap shoot them and email me the pictures but she claims she can’t because she is divorced and claims her husband has everything. Anyway … there are rude and nervy people out there so I’m sure this chip gurl has her reasons to lock her things up. NTEB Ministries Sending In Food, Water, Clothing And Cases Of King James Bibles And Gospel Tracts To Hurricane Ian Victims Through Local Area Churches Please pray for these on fire men of God who are personally driving the vehicles load with food, water and King James Bibles to the victims of Hurricane Ian in southwest Florida. In the photo at the top of this article, you see me with a smiling, bearded brother named Robert Day, he contacted us on Friday through our Google listing and told us he was working with Calvary Church to take down much-needed emergency supplies to the west coast of Florida. He came to the bookstore this morning, attends Calvary Church, and left with the back of his car filled with about 100 King James Bibles and about 5,000 NTEB gospel tracts, provided to him at no cost through your giving. See the happy, smiling brother in the circle? That’s Stu, and I met him through ministering down at the St. Lucie County Jail last month. He has already personally driven 6 truckloads of supplies to Hurricane Ian victims, and as write this, he is loading up truck number 7. NTEB has donated $5,000.00 to him through Orange Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Pierce to help keep those trucks carrying food, water and personal items flowing, and we will also be sending King James Bibles. “Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea: Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.” Acts 11:29,30 Dwight Moody believed in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to every creature, and where possible, to attend to their personal needs as much as you can. That’s what we’re doing as well. I am so excited to be partnering with men like Stu and Robert, men on fire for Jesus Christ, and personally driving the vehicles to bring much-needed relief to the victims of Hurricane Ian. Last week, if you recall, we also donated $2,500 to Victory Baptist Church in Milton for supplies on their relief trucks as well. I want you, as you read this now, to pray the Lord will bless what we are doing, the Bibles we’re sending, and that many will be saved in the process. The need in southwest Florida is overwhelming, so many people who have lost so much, pray for all the churches and their workers who are volunteering their time and treasure to minister down there. - Fair Use - African children forced to eat worms and termites as part of UK gov’t-backed experiment: Poor African kids are the subject of an experiment to determine whether regular bug consumption can improve their nutrition, without consideration of potential “inflammatory” effects from insects. The UK government is funding an experiment to assess the effect of eating “insect-based porridge foods” on the nutritional status of children in Zimbabwe, a practice being pushed by environmentalists as a “sustainable” diet choice. The United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI)-backed project is feeding poor elementary school children mopane worms and soldier termite flour on a daily basis for a year. The study will examine the effects of the insect supplementation on the children’s height, weight, and micronutrient status, as well as their cognitive function, as determined by their school performance. The project summary notes that the insect foods are “culturally acceptable” in the African region, since soldier termite and mopane worm powders have been traditionally used by some Zimbabwean rural communities to avoid malnutrition during drought and poor harvests. The experimental nature of the study is underscored by the project description’s statement that “the mechanistic link between insect consumption and health is missing,” despite its assertion that edible insects are “a valuable source of nutrients including essential amino acids, mineral content and essential fatty acids.” The project description does not mention any potential negative health effects of regular insect consumption, which have been warned against by Dr. Joseph Mercola. He has pointed out that insects contain chitin, which, according to studies, is a “highly inflammatory and allergy-inducing compound.” Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who is considered the largest private owner of farmland in the United States, in 2019 invested $100,000 into an insect-farming start-up, according to the WEF, which has asserted that bugs have “scope to feed the world.” BREAKING – SABOTAGE! Two Communications Lines (GSM-R) Cut in Germany – Rail Services in Northern Germany Suspended: Two communication cables were cut at two different locations in Germany on Saturday. Sabotage is likely. The radio system GSM-R has been disabled. This forced long-distance rail services to be suspended entirely on Saturday in northern Germany. The attack came after the Russian Nord Stream Pipelines, 1 and 2, were damaged last week in a massive explosion, that shut down the gas pipelines to Germany and Europe. So far, no one has taken responsibility for the attack. The blasts put Germany’s economy in further turmoil as winter approaches and gas supplies are limited. Obviously, someone is trying to draw Germany into a war with Russia. Federal Judge Declares Mandated Workplace Pronouns, Unisex Bathrooms Unlawful: A federal judge in Texas has issued a ruling that prevents federal mandates from imposing pronouns and unisex bathrooms on employers. “Kacsmaryk’s ruling stops the EEOC from imposing pronouns and forced acceptance of co-gender bathrooms on all employers that don’t want it, and the fact is most employers don’t want it,” said Jeff Younger whose 10-year-old son has been at the center of legal proceedings that allow his ex-wife to socialize him as a girl. “The opinion allows employers to provide these accommodations if they want to, but the government can’t impose it.”
