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.” ST. LOUIS CRIME: City Officials to Sue Car Manufacturers Because Criminals Are Stealing Cars: The crime situation in St. Louis is out of control. City officials cut the number of police officers over a year ago and the city is still short officers. 911 calls frequently take hours to answer. But rather than deal with the rising crime rates, City Hall is preparing to sue Hyundai and Kia over the rampant car thefts. On a personal note: Last week my older brother and sister-in-law stopped by my home. They needed a place to park their car and a ride to an event in the city. The parking garage tenant said they could not park their Hyundai rental in the parking garage because too many are stolen. Car thefts have skyrocketed in St. Louis in recent months, with city leadership threatening lawsuits against Kia and Hyundai for an alleged defect that makes certain makes of cars easier to steal. Auto thefts in St. Louis have doubled this year, according to KMOV. In July alone, the city averaged about 21 Kia and Hyundai theft incidents each day. That number increased to 23 thefts each day in August, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch previously reported. “With this letter, the city demands that Kia and Hyundai mitigate the defective conditions providing thieves – including teenagers as young as 13 – the instrumentalities by which they are destroying property, endangering city drivers and themselves, and, in some cases, committing violent felonies,” according to the letter written Aug. 19 by City Counselor Sheena Hamilton. From Sean Mitchell on Facebook: (He is the guy who finds Bible Codes): This code is definitive proof that Nibiru, God's judgment system, is responsible for the pole reversal that will cause total devastation unlike anything ever seen before. According to God, the 40-degree mark located in the ocean outside Siberia that researchers have speculated on is 100% correct. According to their research, it is anticipated, based on the current travel speed of the pole, that the mark will be reached in approximately five to seven months (February-April, 2023). Put your trust in Jesus Christ now! Did he say if the all the ice caps in the Arctic will all melt causing the sea levels to rise and the low table land mass like Venice, Italy and Florida, etc. will be covered with ocean water? How about the long cold winters in the northern states … will things flip and they become warm temperatures states most of the year? He mentioned darkness and chaos. Later I will try to research what scientists are saying about a pole shift. Well, there's lots of information on the web. Like this: Flip Flop: Why Variations in Earth's Magnetic Field Aren't Causing Today's Climate Change: Since the forces that generate our magnetic field are constantly changing, the field itself is also in continual flux, its strength waxing and waning over time. This causes the location of Earth’s magnetic north and south poles to gradually shift, and to even completely flip locations every 300,000 years or so. That might be somewhat important if you use a compass, or for certain animals like birds, fish, and sea turtles, whose internal compasses use the magnetic field to navigate. Some people have claimed that variations in Earth’s magnetic field are contributing to current global warming and can cause catastrophic climate change. However, the science doesn’t support that argument. The position of Earth’s magnetic north pole was first precisely located in 1831. Since then, it’s gradually drifted north-northwest by more than 600 miles (1,100 kilometers), and its forward speed has increased from about 10 miles (16 kilometers) per year to about 34 miles (55 kilometers) per year. This gradual shift impacts navigation and must be regularly accounted for. However, there is little scientific evidence of any significant links between Earth’s drifting magnetic poles and climate. During a pole reversal, Earth’s magnetic north and south poles swap locations. While that may sound like a big deal, pole reversals are common in Earth’s geologic history. Paleomagnetic records tell us Earth’s magnetic poles have reversed 183 times in the last 83 million years, and at least several hundred times in the past 160 million years. The time intervals between reversals have fluctuated widely, but average about 300,000 years, with the last one taking place about 780,000 years ago. Plant and animal fossils from the period of the last major pole reversal don’t show any big changes.
By Jim Hoft
By Alan Buis, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
