A Ray of Hope

Frannie's prophecy

2012-02-01T09:04:00.000-06:00

Do you know what I just realized? Frannie's prophecy DID come true! Or rather, it started coming true yesterday in my office. Let me explain.
On New Year's Eve 2006, which was the year that my illness began, we were invited over to our neighbor's home to bring in the new year with fellow believers. At one point, Frannie (now deceased) revealed to me that she had just heard an evangalist speak at a church in Bismarck. She shared that he had shared with those present that God had revealed to him that He was beginning a new healing work on the planet.
This man of God had been inspired to say, "Within 5 years, many people from all over the country will start coming to North Dakota and the people of God will have a great opportunity to wittness to them and to begin healing them."
I remember getting excited at these words as I could sense their significance. Frannie sat quietly for a few moments and then looked at me wide-eyed and said, "God just said to tell you that you and I will be a part of it." How I got tingles then. Frannie and I gazed at each other, both sensing the presence of God near to us and we prayed together then that the Lord would use us to accomplish His purposes for the lost and hurting world all around us.
During my long illness, I thought of that special hour many times. I'd use Frannie's prophecy to pull me through the days that I just wanted to lay down and die. I'd remind myself, "God told Frannie that we'd be a part of helping to heal not only North Dakota but those who came to it." This thought would help me to keep fighting for my life and later, to keep doing the BodyTalk sessions which eventually healed me.
When Frannie died less than a year later, I thought of that moment. I was sad that she didn't get to be a part of the healing work that God had told her about--a work which was to begin 5 years later. Later, as I used her prophecy to pull me through the dark days of shingles on my brain, I realized that God HAD indeed included her in the work. Like He revealed things to the prophets in the Bible, who never got to see them fullfilled on Earth, so had He used Frannie to tell me of things to come.
Everyone knows that many people have come to North Dakota in the past few years as a result of the oil boom in the Western part of our huge state. Many people are aware of the difficulties to the small communities from such a large influx of folks. Many families are split up as the men come for work and leave their families behind. Many folks are finding that easy money has it's price tag too.
Indeed, the church DOES have a huge opportunitiy to help in the difficulties which have developed as a result. I'm including the video which I received this morning to make my point. While some folks look at the joys of an increased state treasury, the reality is that all of this has damaged the small towns that once were quiet, peaceful abodes.

Now, about my part of the prophecy come true. While I haven't worked with anyone involved in the booming oil industry, I have become involved in the Ron Paul campaign because I can't imagine a better President than Dr. Paul who is a staunch Constitutionalist.
Anyway, politics draws people to an area too so yesterday I was priviliaged to work with 2 people from Virginia. Now, who would have thought 5 years ago, as I sat with Frannie on her farm near Kintyre, that in 5 years time I would be able to help improve the health of people from Virginia? or Minnesota? or Georgia? or Nebraska? or Arizona? or perhaps YOUR state?
GOD KNOWS THE FUTURE AND HE DOES REVEAL IT AT TIMES TO HIS PEOPLE!!! If you doubt this, then dig out your Bible and start reading. He keeps His word and you can bank on that!
To the work,
Dawn

NPSAS unites folks

2012-01-29T11:40:00.001-06:00

I everyone--I'm home again. WOW--was it ever a fantastic weekend! The children managed the farm while Robert and I went to Aberdeen, SD for the organic convention. The name of the educational organization for organic farmers, in our part of the world, is called Northern Plains Sustainable Agricultural Society. I can' even count how many years we've been a member of this organization but we'd be so lost without them.

Farmers tend to stay home a lot as their farms ARE their lives. This can lead to isolation and a sense of despondency. Truly many farmers are depressed and some have committed suicide. A big part of the annual convention, then, is to touch base with other organic farmers so that we know that we're not alone out there in the struggle against the chemicals that surround all of us. I have heard it said that we're adrift on a sea of chemicals and that THIS, plus all of our stress, is what's killing us. When I'm with other organic farmers, I am the strongest, as these are the folks who fight the same battles that we do every day. It was VERY uplifting and I came home strengthened.

Here are a few pictures that I took while at the convention. I was pretty busy with soaking up all of the information that I possibly could, OR visiting with friends, so I didn't think much of taking pictures.

This was a special moment though that I had to capture with my iPod. Every year the organization votes for one of it's members to receive the "Steward of the Year" award. This family is one who puts forth great effort to help preserve the Earth from the surrounding vultures. This year Dennis and Dianne Shill, from up by the Canadian border, won the award. That's Dennis in the yellow shirt but I'm not sure why Dianne wasn't able to be with us. I sure did miss visiting with this sweet woman of the soil.

We were sitting at the table with the Jacobsons. who are dear friends of the Shill's. when the award was announced. You would have thought they had received the award themselves as they clapped with gusto for their friends. Janet Jacobson is seen in the red jacket. Janet and her husband, Terri, have led NPSAS for many years through all sorts of trials.

Robert and I were pleased to meet these 2 old buddies. We had lunch with them both days and we really enjoyed visiting with them. These man had hand shakes like the ones that I used to get in church as a child from those old German farmers. I mean that, when they shook your hands, you knew that you had been greeted by a REAL man.
How do I know that they're good buddies. Well, Kevin with the black hat, shared that David with the green hat, milks his cow for him when he wants to go away. Then David said that he milks her in the stock trailer because she's so mild that she doesn't mind him getting in close to her. You can tell how mild mannered a man is by how mild mannered his cow is. These 2 men added such delight to the conference for both of us!

In many ways, the best part of the conference was the fund-raiser auction sale. People donated items and then other members bought them. The best seller was a gorgeous triangle dinner bell that Dennis Shill had created in his shop and then donated to the cause.
The bidding was stiff and I thought that our friends, the Hoffmans, might get it but they stopped bidding at $625. That's right, that dinner bell sold for $650!!!!!!!!! Emily S. paid $350 for 10 pounds of garlic which Steve Zwinger had donated so she was the second highest bidder of the night. Her son, Ben, added a lot with a pair of socks made from the wool from his sheep. That pair of socks brought $220 to the organization. One other big sale for the group was 20 straws of semen from a bull that this guy has and that sale was $700. We talked to Steve (who is an old friend of ours and was one of the auctioneers) right before we left and he estimated that the sale made NPSAS $4,000. WOW!
Although all of that bidding was too rich for my blood, I very happily paid $75 for a cute old-fashioned wash tub full of organic produce. Then, too, there was the book DEEPLY ROOTED which tells the story of the Podell family of North Dakota. My only regret about the weekend is that I never got a picture of Theresa and myself as we go way back through many hard times. I love her so!
One special part for me was when I bought this basket, the auctioneer said, "Sold to the lovely lady who has been bidding on all of the baskets tonight." I just laughed. It made my day to be thought of as a "Lovely lady!"

After the sale, we headed for our room as it was a VERY long day and we were VERY, VERY tired. Here Robert is checking out the schedule for the following day.
Have I ever talked about not sitting on the comforters in hotel rooms? They say that they are one of the very largest collectors of all kinds of pathogens. All kinds of people sit on them in all stages of dress so, do yourself a favor and do NOT sit on the bedspreads in the hotel rooms that you stay in. It's also a good idea to keep your socks on for the same reasons.

I guess I should have opened the door to get this picture but I really didn't want to as there were lots of people out by the pool. How we got a pool side room, I'm not sure, but we did. I'll just say that it's a good thing that we were really tired as people were out there making lots of noise until very late and then, early the next morning, they were cleaning with something that sounded like a loud vacuum cleaner.
Anyway, Cora would have loved this pool as they have a huge frog slide. Little people can climb through the back end of the frog and then slide down it's tongue into the shallow end of the pool. You can see his big pink tongue in the background. Closer to our room was this round green tube which squirt water on you. On top were these 2 huge frog eyes staring at you. I think you can make them out here. It was very cute.

I guess you can see what's next on my reading list.

Truly the most remarkable thing about the weekend, came after the convention. I believe that I've shared that I've had people praying for and doing sessions for my dad and my relationship. Well, when I woke up Friday morning, this thought went through my head, "Maybe you would like to go and see your dad on the way home from the convention."
I talked to Robert about it, on the way to Aberdeen, and he said that he would go along with me if that was what I wanted to do. I prayed a lot about it all weekend and felt led to take this step towards a relationship with dad. I'm glad that I did it but I don't want you to get your hopes up.
Robert and I agreed that Dad is still the same jerk that he's always been. After he got over his shock that I would actually come to see him, he said to me, "WHEN DID YOU GET GREY HAIR?" That's my dad--always doing his best to help me feel good about myself.
Dad never greeted us and didn't say a word to Robert--his only son-in-law. I did learn from him that my younger brother, Rick, is planning on getting married this Summer. His speech was very slow but his brain was right there once he worked through what he wanted to say. I kept doing cortices for him (in my mind) so that he could collect his thoughts better.
The only thing that seemed important to him was for us to meet his girlfriend. I had heard, through a text from Duard, that he has a girlfriend. It must not be too serious, though, as he couldn't remember her name. I guess she pushes him around in his wheelchair when he wants her too. Robert said on the way home, "Even in his old age he's a taker!"
I did ask the CNA if we could meet his girlfriend for dad's sake. She went and checked and found that the girlfriend, whom we learned is named, "Alice" , had gone to sleep already so Harvey didn't get his wish. All in all, we stayed about 20 minutes with the man who is my biological father. He, pure and simple, is an old, wretched man who was so pathetic that I couldn't help but lean over and kiss his forehead when we were leaving.
HOWEVER, I told Robert as we left the nursing home, "So many times I have wished that I could work on those old heads that Cora takes care of in the Napoleon nursing home. I am going to pray and see if God wants me to start working on MY old father's head."
Robert sent me a warning glance which I knew meant not to get my hopes up of ever receiving Harvey Delzer's love when no such love exists.
Still, I have seen BodyTalk do all kinds of miracles. PLEASE URGENTLY PRAY THAT I HAVE PEACE ABOUT WORKING ON MY DAD OR NOT WORKING ON MY DAD! All prayers are appreciated.
Best get lunch ready now. Thanks, once again, for listening.
Dawn

Milking the cow

2012-01-25T18:58:00.001-06:00

How many of you are going out tonight to milk the cow? I just called Robert to see if the guys will be home in time for chores. He said, "It would be nice if you would milk the cow." I said, "OK," so I am heading there now.

It made me curious, though. I am wondering how many of my readers could, "Go out and milk the cow?" If you could milk the cow, on the drop of the hat, you win! With all of the stupidity going around calling it a crime to sell one of nature's finest foods, you win if you can go out in your own back yard and get the milk from your own cow or goat! YOU WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just recieved an email from a NDSU Extension Weed specialist stating that they are now going to be using Roundup in cancer care. HOW CRAZY IS THAT?????????? I swear, every day the world gets stupider and stupider. YES I DO KNOW THAT STUPIDER IS NOT A WORD!!

Want some raw milk? Go out and milk the cow!!!!!!!!!!!
Dawn

A new work week

2012-01-22T23:20:00.000-06:00

What would you say if you recieved an email like the one that I recieved first thing this morning? Here's what it said?

Dear Dawn

Thank you for the beautiful letter of things going on in your life. I need your help. I have had two bad mammograms and then a bad ultra sound of my left breast. There is something in my left breast and I am to see a surgeon this Wednesday to see when to do a biopsy. I am so afraid of cancer and do not know what to do. Can you help me?

This is what I wrote in reply to my friend's request for help. I decided to share it in case any of you find yourselves in the same unhappy position that my friend is in. I realize that it may be filled with information that you may not have been exposed to before so I will pray that you will search out the truth for yourselves. Remember what God says in His word, "The truth will set you free."

Yours for freedom,

Dawn

PS. I used the x's to protect my friend's identity.

Dear XXXXXXX,

I’m so sorry to hear your news this morning! However, I would urge you not to go the medical route with this thing. I’ve had lumps growing on my body many times, that BodyTalk revealed to be cancer, but I got rid of them naturally. YOU CAN TOO!

First of all, stop thinking about cancer!!! The more you think about cancer, the more energy you give to it. Every time that you are afraid, instead of thinking about cancer think, ‘I LOVE YOU, XXXXXXXX!” Think “I love you, XXXXXXX” over and over and over until the fear goes away. Sometimes you may have to say to yourself, “I’m sorry for all of the time that I spent thinking about cancer but now I am going to love myself instead.” The power of love (from others OR self) is awesome. If it helps any, I love you, XXXXXXX! Think about that—think about all of the people who love you NOT the people who will feel sorry for you if you go the medical route and have them cut your breast off!

Secondly, do castor oil packs whenever you have any pain in your breast. Spread castor oil very thickly on the breast. Run a washcloth under hot water and ring it out. Put this on top of the breast and cover with a towel to keep the warmth inside. Leave this on for 20 minutes and it will miraculously draw out much of the infection. Do this every time that you have any pain anywhere. I learned this from a naturopath who has healed many cancer patients with it.

Thirdly, I would go to the Health Food store and buy either Noni juice or Essiac and start drinking LOTS of it. Both of these have healed me and others of cancer.

Also I would buy THE CURE FOR ALL CANCERS and go to their site. Many cancers are caused by parasites and you’ll need to zap them away daily if you have cancer in your family. I do this almost every day and certainly when I have any pain instead of waiting to find out that it MIGHT be cancer. Dr. Clark’s website has a nice assortment of zappers that you can buy:

Also, do not put anything on your body or IN your body with PROP in it. This can be in the form of isoPROPal alcohol or PROPalene glycol or many other forms. If you see the 4 letters PROP together in an ingredient, do NOT use that product. It’s in many personal care products and now also in sour cream, ice cream........... SEARCH for PROP and avoid it like the plague. This is what I do constantly and will do so for the rest of my life if I want to have a life.

Now, you took Access class, correct? Well, your body is saying that it wants you to do Access 3 times a day for 4 days. Then twice a day for 6 days then once a day indefinitely. Also, it is imperative that you come and see me. My only opening this week is at 10:00 on Tuesday morning. I’ve taken all of the required BT classes now so I can help you at the same level that YYYYYYYY can. You need more BodyTalk now than before so let’s get to work.

I will share that Dr. Leonard Coldwell has done research that proves that almost all illness is the result of stress. He does a stress relief program that I listen to several times a day. 20 minutes is like 8 hours of sleep and I just love it. You can buy it for $100 at: www.instinctbasedmedicine.com Get the Christian version as it is a prayer to God for healing and totally awesome. If you come in to see me, I’ll let you listen to it while I do your session.

Dr. Coldwell has healed many people of cancer with his cancer program. He healed ALL of them who did not let doctors treat them first. Some of those who saw doctors first, he was NOT able to save. Please pray seriously about NOT letting the doctors do anything further with you. The only reason they do testing is to get you into chemo and radiation which make them rich. These techniques are ones that were used in WAR to kill off the enemy and it is CRIMINAL for these doctors to be putting these poisons into people’s bodies! I WILL PRAY FOR YOU TO HAVE PEACE IN THIS!!! I’ve recovered from cancer over 20 times and not once did a doctor touch me. I’m almost positive that I’d not be here at all if I had.

This is what I’ve learned in my battle to stay alive. I pray that you will act in your best interests and stop reacting in fear. 2 Timothy 1:7 says FOR GOD HATH NOT GIVEN US THE SPIRIT OF FEAR; BUT OF POWER, AND OF LOVE, AND OF A SOUND MIND!!! Fear is NOT from God! It IS what the medical system uses to make themselves rich while folks drop like flies from their cancer treatments. There’s something wrong here!!!! Trust in the Lord, XXXXXXX! Trust His natural ways to heal you without drugs; without surgery; and without radiation!!!!

Your friend,

Dawn Bornemann

A Promotion?

2012-01-19T09:51:00.000-06:00

Promotion: the act or fact of being raised in position or rank: preferment
OR the act of furthering the growth or development of something; especially the furtherance of the acceptance and sale of merchandise through advertising, publicity, or discounting.
So, if you're NOT being paid to do something is it a promotion when you are put forward--shown preferment? I guess it doesn't matter but I'm curious as to what you all think about this.
Whether it's a promotion or not, I am VERY excited about what fell into my lap yesterday. You see, the John Birch Society field coordinator had asked me to call him when I had some time to "Chat." I thought it was concerning the meetings that I'm scheduling for him here and in Bismarck. Although it was about this as well, there was a big "Bonus" for me in the conversation as well.
In case you haven't noticed yet, I LOVE to write. By the way, we ARE still working on our New Year's letter. Anyway, Mr. Stevens called to ask if I would be the editor for the John Birch Society during the legislative session!
He said that he is in the process of choosing 6 to 12 legislative watchdogs who will need to be at the capitol when bills that concern freedom are being discussed. They will then email me the information and I will write impassioned emails to folks to let them know how to inform their Senators and Representatives what they expect them to do about the legislation.
I warned Mr. Stevens that I am NOT politically correct and that I will NOT hold back when I am strongly concerned about our eroding freedoms. He must have been smiling as he warmly said, "That's what we want!" So was that a promotion or a con job? ;)

I'm thrilled because I want to do SOMETHING to help the cause of liberty. However, I see clients every day (except on the Sabbath) and I know that my main purpose in being here (other than being a wife and mother) is to offer BodyTalk sessions to the public. Now, writing emails is something that I can quickly do in between clients, schooling, or chores.
"But you're a good writer yourself," I protested yesterday to Mr. Stevens.
"I do ok," he admitted, "but it is drudgery to me and you actually LIKE to do it," so I relented.
Now, there's no pay for this service; no gold watch at the end; probably not even any "You did a great job," so IS it a promotion?
John 13:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
JOYFULLY I SERVE MY LORD TODAY IN ALL THINGS THAT HE LAYS BEFORE ME! AMEN?
Tonight we need your prayers as we go to our redistricting meeting and see what the Lord would have us do for Him there.
For the King I humbly submit my life to go where ever He sends me. I pray that all who read this will do likewise. Isn't the concept of "Promotion" worldly anyway?
Dawn

Unforgettable weekend

2012-01-17T21:07:00.000-06:00

Some unforgettable young men;

and unforgettable young ladies;

Some unforgettable dads;

and unforgettable moms

and totally unforgettable children EVERYWHERE;

all met at Crystal Springs Baptist Camp last weekend and we were there too!

Mr. Kevin Swanson was the speaker and he, too, was unforgettable. How he encouraged us parents to keep our nose to the grindstone of parenting with ETERNAL results always in our minds.

This is a view of the lake.

This is where we stayed.

There was outside fun,

and in-door fellowship,

and lots of wonderful places to explore.

The campground has changed a LOT in the 20 years since we camped there last but it is still a hallowed spot where God is felt in the stillness and the quiet beauty of the countryside. I loved my time there with my family--it was just PERFECT!

I wonder if we'll ever go again? ;)

No matter how small

2012-01-08T14:17:00.000-06:00

Yesterday was a GREAT day! I loved going out to chores and helping Robert to feed the newly weaned calves. It wasn't too cool to find that the dogs had spooked the calves in the night and the fence was knocked down and some had escaped. Still, it was such a beautiful morning and I was very excited about what lay ahead.

After showers, we had a quick church service and headed for Steele. We met Chris Stevens there and our trip to Bismarck was filled with political talk. It was great to prime the pump in that way as we jumped into politics quickly over pizza--which I avoided alltogehter. YEA ME!!!

Jeff Greenspan, who had given the delegate training in Fargo that Andrew and I attended last year, was giving his same great presentation to folks who are commited Ron Paul delagates. It was an awesome experience and all three of us are pursuing becoming Ron Paul delegates but also Paul Sorem delegates. Paul, a home school dad, is running for Governor and Cora said, "He even looks like a Governor!"

In the whole big political process, one can begin to feel pretty small and unimportant. Listening to Jeff, though, changed my thinking on that. "Politics is a numbers game," he kept repeating and I started getting excited about being a part of the majority who truly do love our country and want to see it thrive for generations to come.

While visiting during break, someone said that we really ARE important. That was when I recalled this awesome story, HORTON HEARS A WHO. I hope that you'll listen to this cool little video and start your "Save our country" juices flowing.

All 3 of us, Cora, Andrew, and myself, are needing people to step forward and vote for us so that we can become delegates so that we can vote for Ron Paul in the Republican convention coming up at the end of March.

If you are a member of the Republican party; are willing to drive with us to Linton for the meeting; and are willing to vote for us so that we can become delegates, PLEASE send me an email at: linkstohealing@gmail.com.

Why does it matter that you add your voice to all of the rest who are saying, "Down with ObamaCare type politics?" Watch this cartoon and you'll see why. If you absolutely aren't willing to give your country that much time, then I'll summarize Horton's thoughts for you here.

A PERSON'S A PERSON NO MATTER HOW SMALL! YOU MATTER, FOLKS!!!

Yours for freedom,

Dawn

The reason why

2012-01-07T10:16:00.001-06:00

Happy Sabbath everyone!

If you've been reading here for long, you know that I have decided to do all that I can to get Ron Paul elected as our next President of these United States. Today in fact, Cora, Andrew, and I are going to the delegate training which is being sponsored by the North Dakota Ron Paul campaign headquarters. By the way, it's being held in a church because there are too many folks attending to fit into the campaign headquarters office. We think that it's so awesome that the meeting was switched from the office to the church--PRAISE THE LORD!

Recently I found this statement of faith on the, "Ron Paul for President" site. I urge you to take a few moments to read this statement and decide for yourself if this man isn't a much better choice for President of the United States than the one that we currently have.

Is Ron Paul perfect? NO--but neither is anyone else. Is he a man of God? I believe that you will see that he is by reading through his words here. I urge you to do so and then become involved in the race for a true man of God. "I have fought the fight, I have run the race.........." At the very least, my prayer is that you will begin to pray for this man daily as he has shown his devotion to our country with his 100% voting in line with the Constitution over decades.

Be blessed,

Dawn

Statement of Faith

“I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, and I endeavor every day to follow Him in all I do and in every position I advocate.”
-Ron Paul
My faith is a deeply private issue to me, and I don’t speak on it in great detail during my speeches because I want to avoid any appearance of exploiting it for political gain. Let me be very clear here: I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, and I endeavor every day to follow Him in all I do and in every position I advocate.
It is God Who gave us life. As He is free, so are those He created in His image. Our rights to life and liberty are inalienable.
I’m running for President of the United States because I believe that our traditions and way of life are under attack from an out-of-control federal government and reckless politicians who show no regard for what our Founders entrusted to our protection.
America became the greatest nation in human history because a dedicated band of Patriots believed their God-given rights were worth fighting for, even if it meant challenging the world’s most powerful nation in what many deemed a “hopeless” cause.
Being free meant so much to our forefathers that they put everything on the line – and thousands sacrificed their lives – to give the promise of liberty to not only their children and grandchildren, but to generations they knew they would never even meet.
Their courage and determination guaranteed they would defy the odds and achieve victory.
In this critical election, you and I must decide if the principles of limited government and personal freedom are worth fighting for once again.
Since I’m asking for your vote and your trust to lead this nation, let me tell you a little bit about my background and beliefs.
My parents raised my four brothers and me on a dairy near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where they set clear examples for each of us about faith, honest living, and individual responsibility. Their Christian values helped inspire two of my brothers to eventually enter the ministry, and provided me with the foundation I needed to practice medicine and one day become a U.S. Representative.
In addition to my time in Congress, I am proud to have delivered over 4,000 babies as a country doctor in Texas. As I trained to practice medicine, I became convinced without a doubt that life begins at the moment of conception. I never performed an abortion, and I never once found an abortion necessary to save the life of the mother. In fact, I successfully helped women struggling with their pregnancies to seek other options, including adoption.
I am running to Restore America Now, and by that I mean that it’s time to protect and promote the basic God-given rights inherent in the promise of America.
We must pass on our heritage of liberty to the next generation – not tens of trillions of dollars in debt and liabilities.
We must stand for life – not allow millions of innocent children to continue to be slaughtered with the government’s approval.
We must follow the Biblical mandate of using honest weights and measures – not printing money out of thin air in almost complete secrecy and then handing it over to oppressive dictators.
We must only send our men and women to fight for our country when the mission is clear, every necessary tool needed to win is provided, and we respect the Constitution by declaring war.
Once war is declared, it must be waged according to Just War principles. We should only fight when it’s in our national security interest, and we should no longer do the corrupt United Nation’s bidding by policing the world.
In Congress, I never vote for any piece of legislation that violates the Constitution’s strict limits on government power. I also do not participate in the congressional pension system.
As President, I give you my word that I will only exercise my authority within the confines of the Constitution, and I will work every day to rein in a runaway federal government by binding it with the chains of that document.
For my stands and beliefs, I am told that my efforts are “hopeless.” Like those who were proud to stand up for what they knew was right to create our nation, however, I firmly believe that now is a better time than ever before to reclaim our liberties. No situation is hopeless for those who receive their strength from their faith, family, and freedom.

And like those Patriots, I have no doubt that liberty will prevail.
I invite you to join me and millions of other Americans in taking our stand to honor our forefathers’ sacrifices and Restore America Now.
For Liberty,

Ron Paul

Just like yesterday

2012-01-02T15:09:00.000-06:00

I need to get to work on my New Year's letter, but I so love poetry. When I saw this one, I saw how much it ties in with what I wrote about yesterday. No matter what we do, it is only by surrdenering our lives to God that we will ever win the war against the sins that keep us prisoners.

To the ultimate freedom--salvation.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Christian New Year’s Resolutions
How can I use the New Year
To better serve my Lord?
I’ll read my Bible every day,
And be more in accord.
I’ll find new ways to serve others;
I’ll love my neighbor, too.
I’ll focus on "give" instead of "get"
In everything I do.
I’ll forgive the people I’m mad at;
Angry feelings I’ll discard;
I’ll try to love my enemies,
Even though it’s hard.
In the new year, I’ll lift people up,
Instead of putting them down.
I’ll fill my heart with love and joy,
And never wear a frown.
I’ll let go of my worries;
I’ll put it all in His hands;
I’ll repent and try to sin less,
And obey all His commands.
These new year’s resolutions
Are difficult, at best,
But there’s something I can do each day
That will put my soul at rest:
I’ll love my Lord with all my heart,
With all my mind and soul,
And if I do that essential thing,
All the rest will be in control.
By Joanna Fuchs

Happy New Year EVERYONE

2012-01-01T15:50:00.001-06:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!
I realize that not everyone wants to see everyone happy, which is so incomprehensible to me, but to those people I wish a happy new year too. In so doing, this ought to make them happy, as they like to be miserable, so my wishing them happiness will make them miserable which will make them happy. How do you like that warped thinking? Still, I have become aware that some of you out there truly do think this way.
We just finished watching the 8 hour version of Nicholas Nichelby which the Royal Shakespearean Theatre produced. It is ABSOLUTELY the most incredible acting that I have ever seen!! The uncle demonstrated this principle quite clearly--the more people that he could make miserable, the happier that he was.
I am certain that I must know some people like this and, truly, I pity them. How wretched these are who desire the demise of others--particularly when it is their own flesh and blood. How soon they will reap what they have sown, no one can tell, but they DO reap sooner or later, as we all must.
This may be gloom and doom but I say, if the shoe fits, then I am writing for your benefit with the hopes that you will repent. Turn to God while there is yet time; confess your sins before Him; ask His forgiveness for them all; and enter into the family of the living children of God.

If you lack inspiration to do so, I am including the following video for your consideration. For the rest of you who already know the truth inside this video, REJOICE! Those who have walked in darkness have seen a great light.
I pray that this will move you to let God live within you every single moment. LIFE IS THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL--WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOURS? WHAT ARE THE FRUITS THAT YOU ARE GROWING IN THE ORCHARD OF YOUR LIFE? WHEN WILL YOU FIND TRUE PEACE AND JOY BY SERVING GOD THROUGH SERVING YOUR FELLOW MAN? WHEN WILL YOU GIVE UP AND LET GOD TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE?

Peace,

Dawn

Wussification

2011-12-27T19:48:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone,
How many of you have heard of Brad Stein? Cora gave the boys Brad's DVD for their birthdays called, "Wussification." If you have ever heard this DVD, you will know that Mr. Stein does NOT hold back with his opinions. In my opinion, this makes him a real live hero in this day of "Political correctness."

It was great to hear feminism very firmly vilified and Christian manhood elevated to it's rightful place--at the head of the family. Since that time, I've been listening to Brad's clips on You Tube and found this one tonight.

I'm currently working on getting a John Birch Society meeting set up in Bismarck for next week so these kinds of thoughts are very inspiring to me. It is my prayer that you will listen to Mr. Stein and let his words seep into your heart. Then go to JBS.org and learn about an organization that truly IS doing something to preserve our precious freedoms.

Oh for courage like this!

Dawn

Forver young

2011-12-25T15:21:00.003-06:00

Guess who is focusing on being forever young today? Yes, it IS my birthday but I am feeling so much younger having peeled off many of the layers that kept me bogged down in the past.

They had a party for me yesterday, seeing as Cora is working at the nursing home today, and the guys have much work that needs doing in the shop. It was a lovely day for me, as it was the Sabbath, and we were all lazy together.

In the morning, we showered and had our church. We watched the 5th of a series on Preterism and it answered even more of the remaining questions that we had about the second coming of Christ to the Earth. Our hymn sing was mostly Christmas songs so that was nice. Even though we no longer observe Christmas in the ways that the world does, I still love the songs about Christ coming to Earth to be our Savior.

After lunch, Cora directed me to the living room where I saw a pile of birthday presents waiting to be opened. The first one was a bottle of wasabi paste to heat up my life--now THAT was a surprise. Then Jacob gave me a cute little flashlight for my purse to light up my life. It had 2 Samuel 22:29 inscribed which reads, "The Lord turns my darkness into light." AMEN

Next there were 2 packages from Cora which proved to be enough snowmen place mats for us all plus a snowman table runner. I was so excited as you can see in this photo. ;)

Cora also gave me a set of lovely cutting boards. Ours are in terrible shape and these are so lovely. Has anyone seen cutting boards with pictures? These gave me hope that Winter won't last forever.

That's my exercise ball but everyone likes to use it for a chair, stool, or coffee table. These 2 have always been very close which brings me great joy! Perhaps you can see that large teddy bear near Cora and Andrew?

Well, one year when they were very small and we were nearly penniless, God had me win him in the drawing in Bismarck. We named him Trevor and that was the biggest present these 2 had ever seen. Trevor has been leaned on; layed on; stepped on...... for 20 years and he was very dirty. He's been in my closet for a few years now but last week I decided to see if I could get him cleaned up. I was so pleased to see the improvement and he's back in the living room again. Everyone is so glad to have him back with us again.

Here Jacob is bracing himself for the hug that I gave him. He gave me the cutest kitchen timer in the world. There's a pasture and barn on the base and this sweet Holstein on the top which you turn to set the clock. There are even some daisies in the grass and a butter churn beside the cow. It is SOOOO cute!

I received a variety of awesome DVDs for our family entertainment. Because we all love THE GIFT OF THE MAGI, it came in a collection of 5 of O.Henry's short stories.

Last year we met Mrs. Miracle in the first Mrs. Miracle story and yesterday I received the second one. Although I liked the actors better in the first one, this one touched on the plight of military families which was just awesome. Mrs. Miracle seemed a little more pushy in this episode but then, I'm starting to realize, sometimes love DOES need a little push to get the ball rolling.

I received this lovely card from my mother-in-law on Friday when we were up in Mandan celebrating with them. You can tell that my primary love language is WORDS OF AFFIRMATION as this card is worth tons more than the crisp $20 bill that was included. Isn't it beautiful?

On the outside it reads, "Just for you, Daughter-in-law on your birthday and always."
On the inside it reads, "Having a daughter-in-law like you makes life a lot easier. Thanks for being there so often, so willingly, so lovingly. Thanks for being you. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" These words mean a lot to me today as I once again grieve an absent father.

My children are incredible though. I had been thinking of buying a skull and/or a skeleton. In classes, the instructor often holds up the skull or the skeleton to point out which bone we're dealing with.

Cora and Jacob gave me this set of 4 "Puzzles" to put together and then share with my clients. So many times I have wished that I had a visual to show where in the body we're workings. Now I do!!!

This is a picture of Robert and Cora. He must have been camera shy yesterday.

Today has been a wonderful day too although I didn't sleep in. I got up planning to start my birthday with a BodyTalk session for myself. I've been meaning to do this ever since I got home from Calgary and "Just haven't had the time." TODAY IS THE DAY! I still haven't done it yet, though, as there was a kitchen to clean up and lots of other things to do to return the house to normal after our wild and crazy party here yesterday. ;) It IS next on my agenda though.

Anyway, my day started with a phone call from my precious sister-in-the-Lord and heroine, Elizabeth Hanson. She called to wish my a happy birthday which totally made my day. Later in the morning I had a phone call from Robert's aunt who has been close to us since we lived in Bismarck. She wished us all a Merry Christmas and me a happy birthday. Then my brother, Russell, called for the same reason. We talked almost an hour and it was so wonderful to have at least one family member who cares about me. He really does and it means so much to me!

Then we had lunch; Cora went to work after we played a few piano duets; the guys headed out to the shop; and I am writing to all of you. I must share with you about John now. I met John in AnimaltalkMissoula this Summer and at Module 9 in Calgary a few weeks ago again. In fact, John also wished me a happy birthday in an email this morning. I checked my emails on my iPod first thing and found a birthday greeting from this new friend.

You know how Russell is my biological brother? Well, I have brothers in the Lord too and they're just awesome. Well, John is a BodyTalk brother--in other words, we speak the same language. It is soooo nice to be able to talk to a man about family matrixes or cellular repair or active memories............. We don't have any men BodyTalkers in North Dakota and I praise God that He gave me John as BodyTalk brother. Actually I praise God for EVERYONE that He brings into my life and that includes YOU!

Well, it's my birthday and I'll do what I want to (how selfish, but then it only comes once a year) so I'm off to give myself that long awaited BodyTalk session. Then I think I'll take a long soak in the whirlpool with the newly painted walls; fix us up some supper; and settle in with the guys to watch Irving Belin's WHITE CHRISTMAS which I also received for my birthday. Oh, I forgot to say that the other movie I received for my birthday was FRIENDLY PERSUASION which was just awesome about a Quaker family. What does thou think of this?

I WISH THEE A MERRY CHRISTMAS................

Dawn

Meet Sylvia

2011-12-21T17:17:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone,

Robert said to me once, "I think that you put natural healers up on a pedestal." I was pretty surprised but, as I thought about it some more, I could see his point. Of course, as I have grown more and more into what people call a healer, I see how ridiculous this was of me.

God put within us the ability to heal ourselves. In BodyTalk, we call this the innate wisdom of the body. In my desire to share Sylvia with you, I was led to this set of video clips from an interview that she did in Australia in 2006.

Here Sylvia does an excellent job of explaining the innate wisdom of the body and how we can get ill even though we have this wonderful wisdom right inside of our bodies. She also explains how a BodyTalk session gets the brain in touch with the body's innate wisdom. Once the brain can see the problem, it can repair anything--even itself as I have experienced first hand.

I hope that you'll enjoy the beautiful background as you take a quick trip to Australia and listen to Sylvia's wisdom. By the way, BodyTalk was born in Australia in the mind of Dr. John Veltheim. I am so very thankful that he shared it with all of us!

Enjoying life!

Dawn

To Calgary and Back

2011-12-18T16:11:00.002-06:00

Last week at this time I was talking to my family from Calgary, in Canada, via Andrew and my iPods. I was a bit homesick, to be honest, but also wonderfully excited to be able to take Module 9 of the BodyTalk system. Indeed, I was in very good hands as you will soon see. I'll do my best to capture the delights of the trip and, seeing as it was ALL delightful, I am hoping that this post will delight you as well.

I got up at 5:00 on Friday the 9th of December. Actually I had slept very well with my BETAR sleep unit not yet packed. As soon as the sleep was out of my eyes, I packed it in my suitcase as I knew better than try to sleep without it. Being Robert went out and started the car for me, it was easy to grab an energy bar; my suitcase; check my purse for my passport and boarding passes, and head out into the frigid morning air.

I arrived at the airport around 7:30 to an empty terminal. Just as I arrived, this awesome couple came who were such a blessing to me later on. We went through security together which was easier than I had anticipated. I wasn't sure when I would go through customs, so I had been nervous about that, but it didn't happen until I arrived in Calgary hours later.

We visited about our destinations and then I got something for breakfast. I have learned that my digestive system takes being on airplanes better when there is something in it. It was nice to relax for a bit and then I got the itch to take a walk. Wouldn't you know it that when I was on the far side of the gate from where the Minneapolis jet would leave, I heard announced, "Would Dawn Bornemann please come to the Minneapolis desk."

That was a bit disconcerting but they only had to scan my passport because I hadn't been able to get the scanner to do it downstairs. The couple who had adopted me said that sometimes it hadn't scanned theirs too. Slowly the airport filled up and I was shocked to see one young man with SHORTS on as the temperature was 13 degrees BELOW zero when I had left home.

I also bought a small gift for my host and hostess from the airport shop in appreciation for letting me stay with them. It was a refrigerator note pad with this guy sticking his tongue to a sign. There was a thermometer with the state's "Motto" on the bottom. It reads, 40 below, IT KEEPS OUT THE RIFF RAFF! I'll tell you more about this later. Maybe you can see BISMARCK and FARGO on the post.

The small jet was CRAMMED full of people and I sat with a young man named Tom who was a Captain in the National Guard. Tom was telling me about flying into Iraq and how nothing can even compare to the "Excitement" of being in a plane that is dodging bullets and then suddenly drops out of the sky--BOOM. Another interesting story he shared is what the Missouri looked like from the air this Spring when it was flooding and also about helping in Minot with that flooding situation.

That hour was quickly over and we found ourselves in the Minneapolis airport. Here's a picture out the window of our jet.

I was so thankful for the awesome couple that I'd met, Neil and Beth, as we had to wait 20 minutes for them to bring a loading gate to our plane. This left me about 45 minutes to find my plane for Calgary and I don't know my way around that monstrous building. Their flight for Florida wasn't leaving until 3:00 so they took me over to my gate. It had to be at least half a mile that we walked but it was fun to walk on the floor escalators (or whatever they're called) and it felt good to stretch my legs.

I was none to soon as, by the time I got to my gate, they were starting to board the first class passengers which I was not amongst. I just had time to dig out my boarding pass when we could board and soon I was on my way to Calgary.

This was a HUGE jet with only about 50 people so I had the whole row to myself. I had fun looking out and watching the pilot control the ailerons. It was super cool when he used the flaps to land. This was a pleasant trip and I listened part of the time to my Chinese Energetics course that Andrew put on my iPod for me and slept the rest of the way. I was surprised that I could relax enough to sleep but I told myself, "I sleep all the time in the car, when someone else is driving, so what's the difference?"

The landings usually make me the most nervous but I had great pilots the whole trip. Everything was so smooth that it made me wonder why I have worried about this all of my life. HMMMMMMMMM

Now, customs is certainly something I have never heard anyone even talk about, except Elizabeth. One of her experiences was a little nerve racking, so that made me a bit nervous. However the stewardess handed out the form on the plane that we needed to fill out to go through customs so I felt a bit prepared.

When we got off the plane, there were large arrows pointing towards customs which I followed along with the rest of the folks on that flight. After going down and around and around and around and through and around, we came to a very large room.

"My" customs officer was a man of Asian descent and was friendly enough when he asked me why I was in Canada. I handed him the letter from Vilnis (the instructor's husband) and said, "I'm here to take a class."

I told him that I came from a farm but was not going to a farm. There was a question on the form about coming from a farm and going to a farm. He asked in a concerned voice, "You have come from a farm?" I told him again that, although I had come from my own farm, I was NOT going to a farm. He smiled then and said something that I couldn't understand. I smiled and said, "Pardon." He spoke more slowly then and said, "NO WORRIES," and gestured for me to move on towards the baggage area. That was when I realized that I had just been admitted into Canada and I thanked him.

A few moments later, I found myself warmly welcomed to Canada by an elderly gentleman who reminded me of someone from back home. Vilnis had asked me to wait for him at the International gate, so I asked the gentleman if I was now at the International Gate. He said, "Yes, maam, and you may find your ride over by those comfortable chairs."

After I thanked him I headed in the direction that he had pointed. I didn't see anyone who looked like the picture that Vilnis had sent to me so I went to exploring and found this......... It was a remarkable statue of a group of about 10 horses and it was just stunning. I tried to find someone to take my picture in front of it, but everyone was in a hurry to get somewhere.

Then I found the comfortable chairs right in front of a row of Christmas trees. Although we don't keep Christmas anymore, it sure does make the world bright and cheerful. I decided to take my own picture in front of these lovely specimens.

I went back to studying CHINESE ENERGETICS for about an hour. Then I called the number that Vilnis had given me and got Sylvia instead. She said, "Are you by the horses?" I said, "Yes" and then she added, "Just sit tight, Vilnis was a little bit late heading for the airport but he'll be there soon."

About 20 minutes later, Vilnis himself stood in front of me and welcomed me to Canada. He had picked up John at a different gate and we were waiting for Joyce. John I recognized at once as we had both taken, "BodyTalk for Animals" in Missoula this past Summer.

Soon Joyce's plane emptied out and I met her too. We all headed for the grocery store. I was so thankful to be able to buy the things that I needed to stay on the GAPS diet and soon I found myself in Sylvia's kitchen. Here she is.

Vilnis and I had both bought a roasted chicken, which was tantalizing to us hungry travelers, so we cut them up. We put our veggies together into a tasty salad and hungrily ate our first meal together. Here is Vilnis in the red shirt; John by his laptop; and Joyce. John and Joyce were fellow students of Sylvia's and Vilnis, as her manager, was an absolutely wonderful host.

After we cleared away the remains of our supper, Sylvia took us downstairs to their incredible TV room. WOW--you're talking fancy! She offered us our choice of movies and then left to go to finish things up for class. It was so warm and comfortable and I was very much at home with my fellow BodyTalkers.

Early the next morning, we had our individual breakfasts and headed over to the hotel where our class would be held. Isn't Sylvia beautiful? It was a spacious room with the massage tables around the outside of the room and the class tables in the middle. My only regret at that point was that I had forgotten to take along a box of my favorite tea but there were lots of others to choose from.

There were 22 of us in the class--21 students and one fantastic instructor. We had come from all over Canada; 2 from Colorado; myself from North Dakota; and one special woman from Texas. It didn't take long for Gabi to worm her way into my heart as Robert would say.

Joyce, who had taken Module 9 before, sat in the second row to leave room up front for us newbies. I sat beside John right up front center and I recorded the whole class. The energies in the room were fantastic as many healers joined together to learn more to better help our clients.

This is the lobby of the hotel. I thought that the wood was so lovely.

On Saturday for lunch, many of us walked to a restaurant which was called Y2K. The food was wonderful but it cost me $13 so the second day I packed a lunch of my leftover veggies and chicken which was great. Many of my classmates had also packed lunches and some had picked up food nearby. At any rate, we all found ourselves gathered together around these tables which is just below our classroom which you can see the doors too up above. The group had pushed together about 6 tables and we were all of one accord as we shared ideas of how to better help others to regain their health.

This lovely fireplace was glowing warmly all throughout the class time,

and these cute snowmen greeted us as we came and went from the hotel.

John, Joyce, and I helped Vilnis and Sylvia to pack up their many massage tables, Sylvia's teaching materials; and the snack supplies. It was less than an hour until we were down in the lobby with everything and loading it into their vehicles. My Grandma Elizabeth used to say, "Many hands make light work," and she was right.

When we got back to the house that night after class was over, the bushes outside were covered with snow. It had snowed all day and I was trying not to get nervous about our flights the next morning. We had a wonderful supper together, though, and I relaxed. Vilnis then helped me to print my boarding passes which really calmed me down so, after talking to my family, I watched a movie with everyone. It ended at 1:00 AM and by that time, I was too tired to be nervous about customs, flights..

We all slept as long as possible and had our last meal together. I asked Sylvia for a picture with her for the local newspaper and she complied. Here we are in their lovely home in front of the steps I used to get to their "Sparest of spare rooms". :) It really was a lovely room filled with books but I was either too tired; in too much of a hurry; or talking to my family to get a picture of it. Silly me.

After hugging Sylvia for about the 3rd time, we left with Vilnis who was once again our chauffeur. I was so thankful for Joyce as she led me through the steps of going through customs the other way around. There is a big table where everyone fills out the form for passing through borders and I just had to ask John if he was over the $10,000 limit. He said, and I chuckle as I recall it, "UM, I'll have to check."

This room was very similar to the customs room entering Canada. Vilnis had said that there are 3 cities large enough in Canada to have American customs agents right at the airport and one of them is Calgary. Did I mention that 1.2 MILLION people live in Calgary which is MORE THAN THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA!

These customs agents were also in bullet-proof cubicles which amazed me. Who would want to shoot at them? There were only a few questions here that I answered to their satisfaction and then the officer smiled at me and said, "Welcome home." Those words were so wonderful although I knew that I still was 1,600 miles from home. Still, it was so nice to be able to put customs behind me.

Joyce and I found our gates, with just a little help from an airport official. Joyce seemed surprised that he was willing to help me find mine but I seem to have a way of looking pathetic at just the right moment. Perhaps it's because I really AM terrified at those moments?

After that, I realized that my breakfast had been very skimpy and that I wouldn't get anything to eat until 4:00 if I didn't grab some lunch there. Joyce sat with me until her flight was ready to board. She was such a wonderful "Mother" figure for me and I rejoiced that the Lord had provided her for me.

After I saw her off, I headed over to my gate and saw the most enormous Christmas tree that I have ever seen. I mean it's diameter had to have been at least 15 feet and it towered up at least 20 feet. I headed over to my gate to let them know that I was there and commented about the tree to the gate attendant. He said that there are 2 of them that size in the Calgary airport and that it takes 4 days to put them up. I then quickly went back to take a picture of it and returned to my gate just as boarding had begun.

The takeoff was great and soon I saw this out of my window. This flight was just glorious as the Rockies towered along the edges of Calgary and the sun shone warmly on my face. "My goodness, your world is a lovely place," I contentedly prayed.

This photo can't begin to capture that glorious moment, but those are the clouds. AAAAH

I arrived safely in the Minneapolis airport and asked for directions. The woman said in broken English, "You go down that hallway; take a left; take a right at .......... then take the tram to............ then .......... then make a left at................. My head was spinning.

OR you can catch a ride most of the way in that golf cart over there. "How much does that cost?" I asked.

"Nothing," she replied, and I was off. I would have to spend a LOT of time there before I would ever know my way around. However, my driver knew and he got me within about 2 city blocks of my gate and the rest was no problem. PRAISE THE LORD.

I was early this time so I called home and got the grocery list from Cora. I called Robert to tell him that I was doing fine and I called Elizabeth but learned that she had just made a "Quick trip to Canada."

I was relaxing a bit when this lady came and sat beside me. Now who do you think she reminded me of? Yes, she talked and moved her head just like you, Kimberly! I learned that the man in her life is named, "Robert" and then we talked like old friends.

I was so happy when we got off the plane at Bismarck, that her Robert had come with his parents to pick her up as she had told me that she had a 4 hour drive home yet that night. I really came to quickly enjoy this lady named Faith.

When I got back to my car, I needed to add a little air to my tire and then it was out the toll booth. After picking up those groceries, I was on my way home. The trip was over in a blink as I relived all of the wonderful times together up in Calgary with other BodyTalkers who are at my level.

Cora was at work but the guys greeted me warmly and helped me carry all of my trip things and the groceries into the house. As I ate my supper, I told the guys all about my trip and I kept getting sleepier and sleepier. Soon I could hardly keep my eyes open anymore, which I'm sorry to say, was a bit of a disappointment to Cora when she returned just as I was heading to bed.

HOWEVER, the following morning I was able to see her "Project" that she told me that she was working on when I was sitting in the Minneapolis airport. If you follow her blog, you already know how the wonderful girl painted my wretchedly ugly hydrotherapy room. Here are some pictures of the remarkable transformation.

She even washed the curtains,

and bought a new rug,

and painted the trim around the window. What a remarkable daughter I have!!!

Here she is!

On closer inspection, I saw that she had hung these lovely little stars all around the house. There's 2 by the stove,

3 by my herbs, and 3 on the mantel. It's amazing how something so little can brighten the spirits.

This marvelous idea is so simple that it's embarrassing that I didn't think of it sooner. Instead of the table sitting there with everything scattered all over the world, she set it up providing another layer for our grains and veggies. Pretty cool, Cora!

Well, was it worth it? ABSOLUTELY! As I recall, every session that I did last week had at least one matrix issue involved in it. I just did a session for Cora that had 2 and it is so exciting to see how the shifts are much larger when group dynamics are taken into account.

As mentioned, I have a new friend named Gabi, since class. We worked on each other a week ago and WOW--the results have been awesome. Her marriage is better already and she formed an energetic bond from my father to me and one to me from my father. I have never felt this before in my entire life and I am eager to see what will come of it!

It seemed like the whole class was geared to encouraging me to consider having a relationship with my father should he ever decide that he wants one. The session that John did on me was geared at helping me with men too, so I am excited about the healing that came my way during class! God is so incredible to bring people together who can help each other in ways that nobody else can at JUST THE RIGHT TIME!

Speaking of time, I need to go do another session, but I thank each one of you who read through this entire narrative. I pray that you were blessed in some way to seek your healing in the areas that God leads you to--even BodyTalk if that holds the answers that you are seeking at this time.

Have a great week everybody!

Love always,

Dawn

HOME

2011-12-12T22:59:00.000-06:00

I'm safely home and I'm sooooooooo excited about what I learned to help people and I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo very, very tired having traveled over 1,600 miles today.

Pictures to follow soon,

Dawn

Rising expectations

2011-12-07T17:43:00.000-06:00

Well, I finally decided to share with you all and I'm so glad--thanks for the nudge, Tamera! You see, I've been dreaming of taking Module 9 for 4 1/2 years now. Ever since my illness began, when Elizabeth would do matrixes, I dreamed of being able to help people like she was helping me and my family. Now the Lord has worked it out for me to take the class and I am so excited!!!!!!!!!

What is a matrix? Well, to my understanding, it's a group of people who have an energetic link to each other. For instance, I am a part of the Harvey and Erdie Delzer matrix as these are the people that I grew up with. I'm also a part of the Earl and Marly Bornemann matrix as that is the family that I married into. Also, I am a part of the Robert and Dawn Bornemann matrix as that is the family that I have helped to mold and shape. I am also part of the matrix of the IBA; Sabbath keepers; home schoolers; goat owners; organic farmers; John Birchers; Sweet Adelines............................

What's so cool about Module 9, as I understand it, is that when I help my client on the table and a matrix that they belong to comes up, EVERYONE IN THAT MATRIX RECEIVES HELP FOR THE PROBLEM! Is that cool or what?

Anyway, this is the first time that I'll be flying alone and fear has woken me up a few times but always the Lord is there. It is also the first class that I will take where I don't know any of the other students. I simply cannot imagine taking a class without Elizabeth in it!

So the thoughts of traveling alone, kept me too fearful to post about my upcoming solitary trip. I had pretty much decided to keep the trip to myself until my safe return. However, when I needed another paint roller this morning, the Lord sent me over to my neighbor's house. Tamera encouraged me to share my needs with you and so I am--once again.

Please pray for safety on the journey. Please pray that I can stay on the GAPS diet while away from home as it takes some doing. Please pray that my mind will be able to absorb all of the information. Please pray that I will be a wonderful houseguest in the home to which I have been invited to stay. Please pray that I'll forget all of the problems and have the time of my life being with other BodyTalkers who are in business working with the public--not too many of them around here you know. :)

To all of this Cora said, "You make friends easily, Mom," and I smiled. How silly of me to ponder the negative possabilites of this glorious opportunity. On the other hand, this is all easy to say while sitting here in the safety of my own home. It's quite another when the plane takes off and I fly quickly away from my beloved family and home.

Well, I decided to see if You Tube has any pictures of airplanes for this post. When I found this wonderful video, I started to get excited--a little bit. But really, the flying machines that man have made ARE truly awesome. I hope that you enjoy these pictures as much as I did. Soon I'll be in one of these big birds, but one step at a time. Now it's time to make supper.........................

Love to all,

Dawn

Feeling silly

2011-12-04T14:46:00.000-06:00

I found myself feeling silly recently. You see, on the morning we worked the cattle, I had asked Elizabeth to send some Reiki. Three years ago, I had gotten knocked down by a large calf that day and I was sore for weeks afterwards. Since then I have always felt better when folks are praying, and/or sending positive energy, to us on cattle working day.

When Elizabeth wrote back asking what, "Cattle working day" means, I felt silly. Of course, people who have never done something cannot grasp the magnitude of tasks involved in it. All I can say to you, Eli, is that it's like our free clinic day with hundreds of things to attend to, only a lot more dangerous in that the "Clients" all weigh between 500 to 1,200 pounds.

I decided to do a detailed post on the subject for all of my readers who have never had the "Joy" of cattle working day. Perhaps people avoid sharing the details of this day because some parts are rather gory, but these are the facts of life for ranchers.

The first thing to do is to tie up the dogs. Some people have taken countless hours training their dogs to work well with cattle, but nobody here has had that much time. Past experience with these 2 has taught us that they are MOST useful when they are tied up and not running around chasing cattle in all kinds of directions. Of course, every time that I went to the house for something, these 2 would beg mercilessly to be let off, but I knew better.

Well, in our main herd there were 161 large animals. Some of these were bulls or slaughter animals but most of them were mamas. We had 120 calves out of these, revealing our high death loss this Spring in all of the mud and slop.

We ran all of the animals (except the ones in with Sally which we did at the end) into the corralling. This means that about 300 animals were in an area the size of a large restaurant. This means that they are in close and anxious as they do NOT like being cooped up.

Jerome, the children, and I started sorting off the cows while Robert fed them out in the pasture. The trick was to keep the calves in the corral while letting everyone else out. Have I mentioned that these animals are large with the bulls (male breeding animals) being VERY large. Which brings me to an important point for those who seriously know NOTHING about ranching.

Bulls are the daddies of the group and I believe that we have 7 of them. These animals are bought from breeders who specialize in breeding up the animals to their maximum potential. Bulls can cost anywhere for $1,000 to $30,000+. Cows are the breeding mothers. Calves are the babies that were born this Spring to the cows. Now, bulls that have been castrated (having had their testicles removed) are called Steers and they are kept for butchering whenever we get enough orders.

So, being we were going to work the calves, everyone else had to be sorted off. Usually the older animals know that they are to leave and, seeing as they were hungry, they headed for the open gate. However, being the calves are used to walking beside mama all their life, they headed there too. Our job was to encourage all of the older animals to leave while convincing the calves that they were to stay whether they liked it or not. Did I mention that the calves are the most jumpy of them all--ready to kick at any provocation.

I don't have any picture of the corral when all of the animals were inside of it because I was too busy staying alive just then to take pictures. One has to have eyes on the back of your head, or loving family members, to keep body and soul together. Once, Cora almost got it so I yelled at her to turn around and she saved herself from an unpleasant encounter with a small group of swirling hooves.

In this picture, we finally had all of the cows, bulls, and steers removed from the pen and were ready to begin. It was 10:30 AM and not very warm outside.

Cora is our bookkeeper so she got ready to take the records. We need to know the ear tag number of each calf; it's sex; it's color; if it has horns; and anything unusual about it that needs to be remembered for the future when the calves will either be mamas or steers for the freezer.

Robert's cousin, Jerome, loves to work cattle so he's become a permanent part of our crew. He gave 2 shots on his side of the shoot while I gave 1 and a goodly dose of Eucalyptus oil down the spine of each calf. These are shots that are approved under organic standards and are NOT implants or hormones. We eat this beef and raise it under the very highest standards.

Now, I can hear someone asking, "But how do you give a shot?" Well, there are 2 main types of shots--subcutaneous (which means under the skin usually in the neck) or in the muscle which is usually done in the rump.

This is a look down the alley way through the shoot as we wait for another calf.

Here Robert went back to fetch the next, "Victim." As you can see, we have a small corral within the big corral. We put about 20 calves in there at a time so that we don't have to go running so far all the time.

Andrew's job is to catch the calf at just the right moment. The calf comes running, or is being pushed by Robert, into the chute with a high degree of agitation. Andrew slams the chute shut on the calf's neck and the action begins.

As soon as Andrew has the calf caught, he puts his hand over the calf's eyes. This calms the calf down almost instantly. Then Jerome gave one injection from his side; I gave my one injection; Jerome had picked up his other syringe while I was giving mine and he gave his second injection; and then I dropped between 10 to 30 drops of eucalyptus oil on the calf's spine depending on how chipper he was looking. If they came in dragging a bit, they got more, and one even got some in his nose which really gets the healing energy flowing to the bloodstream fast.

The heifer calves (the females) were finished at this point unless they had horns. Very few of our calves have horns but about 5 of them did. Are you ready now? You're not eating are you?

Well, there is a handy little device that you put over the horn of the calf to de-horn the animal. It takes a lot of muscles, so this is Robert's job. When the man squeezes down on the horn, while squeezing the de-horner together, it cuts into the calf's head and cuts the horn off. Of course, there is blood so you need to put the worst smelling blood stop powder on the spot where the blood vessel was attached to the horn. This is AWFUL smelling stuff and I did it once just to quit being such a coward. After that, either Jerome or Andrew took the bottle from me when I went over there while Robert washed the hair and blood off of the de-horner.

Now, for what I did behind the shoot. When the calf is a bull calf, it must be banded to keep it from breeding. We have always banded our bull calves in the Fall of the year so that they grow to their greatest potential as full males. However, the day of reckoning comes when the banding must be done.

Well, Robert puts his hand through the bander and reaches down around the scrotum. He slips the large band over the scrotum making certain that both of the testicles are down in the scrotum at the time. Jacob held the tail up tight so that there is no pain while Robert checked that there were no hairs inside the band--OUCH.

When Robert tightened the bander, it squeezed the band tightly around the scrotum. There was usually a little flinch then but there is not much pain involved. You can use this same tool to band fully grown bulls, so it's not as hard on an animal to be cut with a knife and have the testicles dug out with blood everywhere like we did when I was a girl. We all prefer this much better.

Next Jacob handed Robert the tool to cut the band off with and that was done. I went behind Robert at the back of the shoot to make sure that none of the animals in the holding pen were coming up behind him. I caught them at it every so often so Robert was thankful to have someone watching his backside.

Some of the calves that were born up in the pasture also needed to have ear tags put into their ears so that we can match them to their mothers and determine who is the owner before we sell them. This was either Cora or Jacob's job.

Lastly, Andrew opened the shoot and out jumped the calf. This was one of Jacob's with the orange tag. He moved too fast so that I couldn't get the Orange tag but I still thought that this was a cool picture. As you can see, all 4 feet are off the ground as he exited the chute, so it is a bit of a rodeo. YEEHAW!

Three calves were pretty little so we knew that we'd have to do something different. The first one we took out of the chute but he proved to be more of a handful than we had thought. The other 2 babies, we held in the chute and did their shots quickly and then pushed them out the front--no leaping with them.

Jerome, Andrew, and Jacob have worked together so many years that they just know what to do and the feeling of camaraderie is the only grand part of the day.

Some of the bigger bull calves, feel it quite a bit as that band begins cutting off the blood supply to the scrotum. For as long as I can remember, one of my jobs was to walk amongst the herd and see that nobody was reacting to any of the meds in combination with the banding. Of course, now that I'm a BodyTalker, I gave everyone cortices while they were in the shoot. Some of these more miserable steers also got short BodyTalk sessions too. Our animals really have got it good. :)

Well, after we finished working on the main herd, we turned all of the calves out with their mothers. Next, we brought in the group of about 30 animals who are in with our milk cow in the small pasture here by the farm. These are young breeding stock for next year and several cows who had too young babies to make it up to the pasture this Spring. This was the only time that I was really nervous.

I have no idea what got into them but they were snorting and bellering and even our calm, sweet Sally started pawing the dirt. I decided to crawl into the trough and I started doing some relaxing breathing for them all. I started the calming Reiki too and stayed real still hoping that nobody would notice me there.

Finally they calmed down; we sorted them off; worked the few calves in the bunch; and turned everyone out of the corral. It was a long day and I was very stiff and sore but we had only 2 minor accidents between us 6.

Just as things quieted down, I gazed up into the Heavens to praise my God who gave us such a lovely day at the end of November in North Dakota to work our calves. I decided to take this picture as a tribute to Him who preserved one lovely day for us. The very next day it started snowing and it's been MUCH colder since then, but we are rejoicing that the calves are all worked for the year.

Now, we've begun insulating the shop so the guys can work out there when it's colder still. I'm needed out there at this very moment, but I wanted to take this time to pay tribute to God who has made us organic farmer/ranchers and to the incredible people that I live with. Oh, what a wonderful life we have!!!

Here's to you, oh God, maker of Heaven and earth!

Dawn

My incredible blessings

2011-11-27T15:44:00.001-06:00

Hi everyone,

Being I find myself alone this afternoon, I decided to post a nice, long narrative of the things that I'm most thankful for. Cora has been doing this every day this month, which is a lovely thought, but it's been impossible for me to accomplish.

I'm starting with Thanksgiving day which began very early for me. Cora had to work in the afternoon which meant that the 15 pound turkey had to be tender by noon. I am humbled to admit that I used Stove Top Stuffing as Robert and I had made a late trip to Bismarck the night before to pick up building materials for the shop.

When we had entered Dans, I said to Robert, "I'm not even sure if we have any bread at home to make stuffing with." Being I don't eat bread any more, I don't pay that much attention to it nowadays. "Better buy some Stove Top Stuffing," he had said, so I did.

It smelled wonderful as I forked through it after the 5 minutes of it setting in the boiling buttered water. I stuffed the turkey in the usual places; buttered the breast with salt and pepper added; protected the wings and thighs with tin foil; and slid the whole mass into the oven by 6:30 AM.

Being I was pretty sore from so many sessions last week, I took a wonderful soak in the whirlpool as the rest of the family woke up. Then Cora and I got to work in the kitchen and did we ever have fun!

The staff at the nursing home always has potlucks on holidays and Cora had decided to make a Thanksgiving table cake as her contribution to the day. You can see her turkey here and, if you look closely, you can see that she stuffed hers too--wonder if it was Stove Top Stuffing too! You can see a picture of the completed cake over at her blog. The next day she shared all of the wonderful responses to her cake with the cutest one being, "I ate 2 plates."

Here is a picture of my darling daughter with the cake in the foreground. She made a lovely table runner too.

I'm not much good at cake decorating but, when I saw that Cora had a little bit of red fondant left, I said, "Why not make a big heart out of it." Cora took my suggestion and, when I saw that there was a small bit of green fondant left, I made a great big B out of it and put it on top of the heart. Four Bornemanns shared the fondant treat at lunchtime but I passed as I am trying to minimize sugar too.

When I was out at chores that morning, I took a few pictures of things that I'm thankful for. Here are our 2 dogs, Millie and Lady. After goats, I'd have to say that dogs are my favorite animals.

Jacob said, "What are you taking a picture of, Mom?" "The alfalfa," I answered. Being our small grain crops were poor, we especially appreciate all of the wonderful alfalfa the Lord blessed us with this year. Further, he's opened up doors for our hay to go to Texas and to Oklahoma, so now we have the money to work on our shop! PRAISE THE LORD!

I think everyone has posted about the shop project. We've been wanting to do this ever since we moved here 8 years ago. However, funds are always tight, but it's also a big chunk of work. Now that Andrew is into buying cars that need work; repairing them; and then reselling them, he has a need for a warm shop too, hence the work is going forward with gusto.
Thanksgiving afternoon, Jacob and I painted the side of the wall which will be heated while Robert and Andrew finished putting the chipboard on the other side of the wall. There will be cold storage on the other side of this wall now but this will leave plenty of room to get a tractor and some smaller vehicles in here to work on. It will be nice to have the feeding tractor in a heated area this Winter too.

Those are the only pictures that I have from Thanksgiving Day, but when I looked through the November pictures on my computer, I found these to share with you.

Have you been to Scheels in Bismarck lately? If so, it would be impossible to miss the tribute that they have made to freedom. Jacob and I were so impressed as there were these life-sized statues of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Ronald Reagan.
You know how the ACLU is saying that we can't have the 10 Commandments etc on public property?
Well, this just goes to show that human ingenuity CAN win over bullheadedness. Jacob and I were so thrilled as we read on the placards beside our former presidents various of their quotes. There were statements like, "A nation without God is doomed for failure," "We need the Bible to guide us so that we can please our God who formed this great nation....................
I was so thrilled to see God honored in this way, that I asked Jacob to take my picture beside this statue of one of the greatest minds to ever live. Long have I admired Thomas Jefferson--don't we look good together?

Now we're jumping to Fargo where Andrew and I attended the delegates training workshop. Here we met Robert Brown who is the branch supervisor over our area in the John Birch Society. Mr. Brown did a wonderful workshop on economics and he honored Andrew with a picture.

You must imagine our surprise, when we looked up towards the end of the day, to see Dr. Ron Paul in the room with us. I shook his hand, as did everyone else within reach. When he permitted pictures to be taken with him, Andrew didn't wast much time taking his turn. As I snapped this picture, I remembered the Dick Van Dyke episode where Rob's uncle had his picture taken with Abe Lincoln before Abe was our President. HMMMMMMMMMMM.

Later we went to the Fargo Civic Center and heard Dr. Paul speak about his views of how to save our country. He painted a glum picture, to be sure, but with God's help I know that we CAN turn this country around again. This was such a special day spent with Andrew!

We were so happy to see some "Old" friend there too. This is
Tim and Louisa Stegman and below is Tim's brother, Andrew
with his little cutie, Carrie.

I'm not sure why my computer is being stubborn and won't let me move my pictures back in order but that's how it is sometimes.

I'm very thankful for these young people who are serving the Lord and are building their homes upon the principles of God's word. I'm also thankful that my children plan to do the same when their time comes. As you can see in the picture below, my Andrew is celebrating his 21st birthday by going bar hopping. He laid out a bunch of bars on the ground; asked Cora to come out and take his picture; and then proceeded to jump over the bars. He came into the house laughing and said, "I've always wanted to go bar hopping and now I have."
Praise the Lord for helping us to raise 3 people in the next generation who will not waste their money, and their health, on alcohol!

Here's another one.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future," Jeremiah 29:11. Praise God that He is leading our lives and he's guiding us to raise our children to receive the blessing of God in their lives.

As I looked through some more pictures from the year, my mind was opened to see other blessings that I am thankful for. I dearly love acting in Godly plays and it gives me joy that my children have picked this up from their mother. I'm sure that you all remember Barney from the Andy Griffeth show. Well, we have our very own Barney now. :)

I'm also thankful for the Appleseed Project which is helping folks all around the country learn how to shoot and defend themselves if need be.

I'm very thankful to know how to operate a radionics instrument. I'm also thrilled to know those who make them AND teach others how to use them!

I'm thankful for the annual Prairie Days celebration at the Dagley farm and the friends that we meet there.

I'm thankful to be an organic farmer/rancher and that the cattle are home for the Winter. It always feels so much more homey when they are nearby.

I'm thankful for a husband who can build anything. We were just talking about the huge number of building projects that he's taken up in our 31 years of marriage. Here he is on top of the Quonset on Friday afternoon cutting the hole for the stovepipe.

Here are my 2 sons holding the ladder for their papa. If ever 2 sons were opposites, it's these 2, but I love them both with all my heart! Andrew, so assertive and brave, and Jacob, with such quiet strength, how proud of them I am! How happy I am that they are brothers and that they can help each other through life--each one strong where the other is weak. Isn't that like the Lord--putting us together in families so that we can learn from each other and ALL can become better people IF we are willing to let Him change us.

I guess I could talk all day about how much I love my family and how happy I am that we are Christians, Americans, North Dakotans, Organic farmer/ranchers, Sabbath keepers, home schoolers, Birchers, energy workers, gun owners, dog lovers, gardeners, car restorers..... However, somehow it seems most important to say that I am happy that we are lovers.

Over the years, many folks have had supper at our house and left with lighter hearts. Many have spent the night with us and woke to the sound of our roosters calling, "It's a beautiful morning." Many more have come for tea and found themselves smiling and laughing and, even sometimes, throwing dinner rolls in a food fight. My heart grows happiest at the thoughts of those who have come burdened down with cares of this world, and who have left knowing that SOMEBODY cared about them, and knowing that this somebody was our family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As the love chapter says in I Corinthians, all that we do is for nothing if we do not have love. I'm reminded of the numerous times that we dear friend, Sarah Keister would say, "Your children are so warm, Dawn--indeed, your home is so warm."

Now THAT is what makes me the most thankful of all as I ponder the hatred that I inherited. Only God could reach into such a war-torn heart, and produce a legacy of happy hearts coming out of my home. Praises to the King who has healed my wounded heart and placed there instead a heart of compassion for the sick, wounded, and hurting.

Say there, want to come over for tea?

Eternally thankful for God's love in my life,

Dawn

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

2011-11-24T18:41:00.000-06:00

Today is my favorite day of the year because it's a day that people are MOST likely to thank God for all of the blessings that we take for granted. My happiest childhood memories (and they were few) were memories spent on Thanksgiving Day. It seems that even old grumps are moved by the day to rejoice.

This afternoon I ended up doing something that I wasn't really thrilled about. After spending the morning in the kitchen with Cora, it was a bit of a dud actually. However, the wall in the shop needed painting and everyone is excited about getting the shop insulated so that the guys can work in there when it's cold outside. I must admit that after it was finished, the white wall improved the morale of the place immensely!

While we were painting, the thought came to me, "Why aren't there any really good movies about Thanksgiving?" If there are any, my mind wasn't drawn to them just then. I said to the boys, "We need to make a good Thanksgiving movie. I'll write it; we can all act in it; and Andrew can video it."

"Sure, Mom," said Jacob, and we continued rolling the stinky white paint on the new wall.

Well, after I got the paint off of me and the brushes, I decided to share with you all here. You must imagine my delight when I went to You Tube to see if there was anything worth sharing there on this special day. Here was our future president (that's how I'm praying) talking about God and the Constitution and my heart was happy. Of course, I must add that I had just started to watch the video of our current President discussing Thanksgiving so the contrast in philosophies was quite remarkable. I say, "Started to," because I couldn't stomach watching all the way to the end.

I know that you're probably all busy with family today so I hesitated to post this rather long video. However, after I started listening to it, my heart was so happy that I just HAD to share it. I urge you to take the time in the next few days to listen and I pray that doing so will make you thankful that you're an American too.

If you aren't an American--please join with us in praying for our country to turn around and run away from all it's sin. God is always calling, even nations, to enter into His sweet presence with true THANKSGIVING--and not only today!!!!!!!!!!

Love to all,

Dawn

And the winners are:

2011-11-20T09:28:00.001-06:00

Hi everyone,
What a wonderful day we spent together as a family yesterday. I am continually amazed how refreshing it is to totally rest. I slept in until 10:00; took a shower; and got lunch ready as Cora was working on a cake.
After lunch, and after our sing fest, we dug into our newest Preterist resource hot off the presses. It's put out by the INTERNATIONAL PRETERIST ASSOCIATION, INC (www.preterist.org) and it's simply called: Garrettsville Seminar 2011.
Ed Stevens, who is the president of the IPA, spoke on the beginning of our life on this planet. He said that it's critical to the understanding of the resurrection of Christ. We learned that Adam and Eve, although mortal, had the gift of immortality by eating of the tree of life every day. However, when they sinned, it would have been unbearable to live forever in sinful bodies so they had to be driven from the garden. It made me realize that death actually is a blessing when a person refuses to surrender their life to God and experience His peace on this Earth. This gave a new perspective to things.
After church, I rested and listened to Dr. Coldwell's STRESS RELIEF FOR CHRISTAN'S. I have learned to listen at least once a day so that stress doesn't build up inside of me and the deterioration of sin start to wear me down again. It doesn't matter if it's my sin, or someone who has sinned against me, both of them wear me down. Dr. Coldwell gets me in touch with God again by focusing on the need for me to repent of my sin and to forgive those who sin against me. IT'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!
When I woke up refreshed, the Lord spoke a new thought. "What would it do to your wrist if you would start playing Foosball?"
"WHAT? Boy Lord, you say the strangest things."
However, when I began to ponder this topic I realized that Foosball playing uses my wrist in the opposite way that doing sessions does. I believe that I have shared what problems I've been having with my wrist these past few months. Doing so many sessions, and then writing down the links, has caused a muscle in my arm to get way too tight.
The massage therapist that I got to know in Fundamentals class has worked on it twice and that has helped a lot. She also recommended that I buy a small rubber ball and roll my arm on it between sessions. This has helped quite a bit too but, with all of the sessions that I did last week, my wrist has been very sore.
I shocked my boys yesterday when I came out of my bedroom and said, "Does anybody want to go and play Foosball?"
"WHAT? Mom wants to play Foosball--let's go."
We played 8 games and my wrist felt much more loose than it has in months!!! I have been avoiding playing as looking down, plus the general tension of playing with the professionals around here, usually made my neck and head ache. Can you believe it--8 games?
After that we had supper and, being as I had offered to milk Sally to give Andrew a break, I headed out into the snowy, very crisp air to milk old Sally. She was kind of goofy and couldn't decide if she wanted her BodyTalk session or not.
Finally I got that there was an interference which is that she is afraid that Andrew will sell her. I told her that this had not been decided yet, and that all of her worrying about it isn't doing any good. Then she let me do her AnimalTalk session and she was much happier. I am continually amazed how much stress relief can come out of a session!
After that we watched HOW THE WEST WAS WON! Boy, am I ever glad that we don't live in those days. I like to think that I've got lots of courage but, boy, nobody is trying to take my scalp off of my head--THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lastly I gave consideration to my "Problem." This year 2 ladies have entered my contest for a free session. I just wasn't sure what to do as I love both of these women. Now, if 100 people had entered, then I'd chose one but seeing as 2 have entered, I have decided to give them BOTH a free session. Kimberly and Gwen, please send me an email so that we can set up a time to do your blogiversary sessions and CONGRATULATIONS.
Well, it's a new week. Today we're going to Mandan for Robert's mom's birthday. Tomorrow we have our Constitution meeting in Napoleon; Tuesday is sessions, Wed.................. Please pray with me for a lovely day to work our calves. Things have been so hectic around here that the dastardly deed has been pushed off and last night we had SNOW. It makes me very nervous.
Thanks for listening to my ramblings. Have a great week everyone!
Dawn
PS CONGRATULATIONS KIMBERLY AND GWEN!!!!!!!

My son, Andrew, is officially a man

2011-11-16T20:48:00.000-06:00

*This is a reminder to register for the free BodyTalk session by the 19th by placing a comment on the giveaway post.

I can recall, like yesterday, when Andrew Robert Bornemann was born. He came into the world at 10:54 AM on November 12, 1990 at St. Alexius Hospital in Bismarck, North Dakota.

It was a pretty traumatic experience for me as I had a hostile nurse. My doctor had written in his notes that I had gone through one birth without any anesthesia so he was willing to give it a try a second time. The nurse had another idea and she insisted that I have an IV. I insisted that I would not have one. She insisted more firmly and Robert said that she needed to call our doctor if she wouldn't take our word for it.

A few moments later, the nurse came in again, and started huffing around the room. She started slamming my name labels on all of the items that I would be needing while in the hospital and I do mean SLAMMING. What a spoiled brat she was--GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Anyway, we got through it and I can recall clearly pulling Robert's head next to mine and yelling at him, "WE GOT OUR BOY!" The doctor laughed as he continued his examination of our newborn. It seems hard to believe that this all occurred 21 years ago as I recall it all so vividly.

Well, last Sabbath we celebrated both of our sons births as Jacob's is on the 5th and Andrew's is on the 12th. It was just our family, plus Jerome who is like part of the family, and we had a grand day. We actually did cut the cake after the feast on Friday night as it was plenty big for just us. Here are my birthday boys on Friday. Can you believe that I did not have one single piece of their cake as I am determined to avoid starches.

Here is a picture of their father taken during the party. Since I'm blogging, he's a little bit camera shy. That is my new exercise ball that the massage therapist recommended to help loosen the muscles in my right arm when I'm working.

Robert actually did pose for me a moment later. Here is the proud papa of 3 incredible children PLUS many others up in Heaven.

Leave it to Robert to know what Andrew would LOVE. This is a magnetic tray that can stick to anything metal. You can put screws, nuts, and bolts etc in it so that you don't lose them while you're working. WHAT AN AWESOME IDEA!

Cora is our movie giver. I don't know where she finds them all, but she certainly broadens our horizons. We watched one last night called, FOLLOW THE RIVER. It was too scary for me but I do realize that movies must have some suspense or people will get bored.

Jacob loves hot chocolate so I got him a big variety box of unheard of blends.

Andrew just HAD to have a case of root beer for his 21st. He has never had any desire to drink alcohol but he sure does love a good root beer once in awhile. Isn't he a handsome young man?

Here we are--the proud parents of that handsome young man. Robert is such a goof at times.

Jacob got Andrew good. He put Andrew's gift in one of these little boxes but which one is THE box?

After digging awhile, Andrew found this cute little package from his younger brother.

Can you guess what was inside of it? You are looking at the proud owner of a lighted hockey puck. We've been talking for years of building a hockey rink around the farm here and it looks as though this is the year for it. Now we'll be able to play in the dark too!!!

Robert and I gave the boys new Bibles. We had bought them King James Versions over a decade ago and they were falling apart--literally. I prayed a lot about which kind to get and was very happy with my choice when Jacob and I checked it out. It's called THE EVIDENCE BIBLE: Irrefutable evidence for the thinking mind. There are many tools included to help my boys lead people to Christ. What could be a finer gift for any birthday?

Cora followed our lead and bought both of the boys new Bible covers to protect them. Their old ones were cute about 10 years ago but not too manly. Now, that problem has been rectified and Jacob no longer carries around a big frog with FULLY RELY ON GOD emblazoned on the front. How do like this one?

Andrew's old Bible cover was a cute dog with floppy ears and the words, DEPEND ON GOD, on it. Here is Andrew's new version compliments of his sister.

Cora and Jerome were enjoying the gift opening too. Like I said, Jerome is like a brother to Robert and is almost part of our family.

When Cora and I were looking through the CBD catalog, I decided to buy Andrew a tie for his 21st birthday. I think it's nice when men were suits and ties, at least for funerals, and I wanted to make sure that Andrew would have a good reminder of God's love every time that he wears his.

The verse on his tie is Isaiah 40:31:But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint. What an incredible promise this is to us to stay calm no matter what life throws at us. AMEN?

Cora and I also gave Andrew the expansion to the birthday game that we gave him last year--Agricola. You can see that Andrew is delighted as his incredible mind continually seeks harder and harder games. Goodness, I can't imagine how they can possibly make these games any more complex but he just loves it.

The group decided not to dig into Andrew's new game, though, and ended up playing Jacob's new birthday game which is called AUTOMOBILE. This, too, is a complex game and IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT, I won the first game and Cora the second. HMMMMMMMMMM

Well, that's all folks. It was a great day and now we're going to watch one of Andrew's new birthday movies.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SONS!

Love to all,

Dawn

"A day to honor freedom" giveaway

2011-11-11T08:25:00.002-06:00

I know that many people are spending time honoring our veterans today. This is such an important thing to do seeing as these folks have placed their lives in danger so that we can continue enjoying our freedoms, and way of life, here in this great country. May God bless each service person who is doing so today and may He bring them safely back to their families ASAP!

I am also thankful today for another type of freedom. For now anyway, we are still free to express ourselves through our blogs. I know that there are people tucked away in secret who are reading and listening to all that we do and say. GOOD! That means that every time they come to a believer's blog, they can hear the truth that God loves them and sent His son to die on the cross for them. Even government spies are loved by God, although it seems hard to imagine at times.

This is a special day for me as it is my third blogiversary. It hardly seems possible that 3 years ago, as I made supper for my family, Andrew set up this blog for me so that I could "Speak my mind" when I could no longer hold in my thoughts. I can recall him saying, "You need to start a blog, Mom. When you have something to say, you need to say it so that everyone can hear it." So I did and, yes, I know that this is NOT a complete sentence, but sometimes fragments can say a lot.

Yesterday I worked with a new client who is a fellow BodyTalker. As she paid for her session, I handed her one of my cards and said, "I have a blog where I write about my life and this is the address."

She got a big smile on her face and said, "I know, I've been to your blog."

That's all that she said but it gave me a warm feeling to know that there truly are people out there who are reading what I write and getting some measure of blessing out of it. It was the smile that I tucked into my heart to pull out when gloom sets in.

Now, those of you who have been with me since the beginning of A RAY OF HOPE, may recall that I said, "I will give this thing a whirl and, if there seems to be someone actually reading this, then I will continue." So I will.

In honor of 3 years of sharing here, then, I will again give away one free BodyTalk session. If you are interested in winning this session, just leave a comment here sometime in the next week. I'll pick the winner on the 19th and let you know who it is then. Keep in mind, that I've had the training to do remote sessions so you do not need to be able to come to my office for the session.

Well, tomorrow we are having the boy's birthday party here. Jacob turned 16 last Sabbath and

Andrew is turning 21 tomorrow. The party will be much smaller than in years past but we will celebrate with as much gusto as usual--perhaps more.

God has been faithful to help us raise our sons for Him. At times like this, I think of our many children who are living with God now. I wonder how old they'd be and what their names are and if they ever think of their mother who misses them still. It is good to know that they are happy living with the King over there!

Oh my, how I ramble sometimes. Drop me a note if you want to qualify for the free session in honor of my 3 years of blogging. That's the gist of it. Cora and Jacob both said this morning, "I'm sure that Kimberly will try to win it, Mom!" I wonder who else will have me put their name in the hat............

Happy Sabbath to everyone. If you're in our part of the world tomorrow, feel free to drop in for a piece of birthday cake.

A happy mother,

Dawn

Pick your side

2011-11-09T09:30:00.001-06:00

What an awesome time period we live in, isn't it? While all around us people are wailing, "Death, death" God's people are rising to the occasion and learning ways to bring life to those who are too good for this world.

The others, I'm afraid for. They need to take heed to Christ's words found in Matthew 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were handged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Truly, if you are one of God's children, you need to be turning to His word and learning of His ways. You need to be opening up your mind to see the ways that He is providing for your wellness on all levels. Do you really think that it pleases God when you run to the world's systems for your health care; for your education; for your religious training; for anything????????????????????

I wish that I had more time to write now, but a client will arrive here at any moment. However, I would urge anyone who reads this, to truly ponder the state of your soul. Have you REALLY given your ALL to the Master? If not, what are you waiting for? What part of the world could possibly have any appeal next to the joy of being at peace with your creator?

Pick your side, beloved ones. Heed the warning in Revelation 3:16: So then because thou are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

Now is the time to give yourself ENTIRELY to God who made you; who loves you; and who has a wonderful plan for your life. NOW IS THE TIME TO PICK YOUR SIDE!

Off to the battle,
Dawn

A day with Andrew

2011-11-04T11:09:00.000-05:00

I am so excited as tomorrow I will be spending the day with Andrew. It kind of bothers me, because it will be Jacob's birthday, and I have never been away from one of my children on their birthday. However, Jacob said that it's ok because it's for, "A good cause".

It also helps that I spent all day with Jacob yesterday in Bismarck so I feel a little bit less guilty.   I saw clients, while he studied in my other office room, and then we took care of ourselves. He went to Dr. Faye for a cranio-sacral treatment and I went for another massage with Jessica--can she ever give a massage. I'll share what I learned about feet and shoes from her another time--after I have some good results to share with you.
Anyway, Andrew and I are going to be spending the day in Fargo tomorrow. The North Dakota Home School Association has been encouraging people to take the training over there to become delegates to the Republican convention in Bismarck next March.
Our family has been pretty politically active since 2002 when we had to try to save our organic farm from Monsanto's unwanted GM wheat. However, this will defintely be taking activism one step further. By attending the training, we'll learn how best to influence the political process for God in the choosing of those people who run for office.
The John Birch Society will have a training time as well. Robert B., who is the supervisor over our state, will be speaking on the Consitution. I guess we will get to learn more about how to get our Representatives and Senators to vote according to their oath to uphold the Consitution of our great country.
Then, for the grand finale, we will get to hear Ron Paul speak. Andrew and I heard him in Bismarck when he was running for President last time around. We were so encouraged to hear someone speak about morals as being a priority for the leadership of our country. WHAT A NOVEL IDEA!!!!!
Here are the links for more information if you are feeling led to join Andrew and I tomorrow for this inspiring day.  The Campaign for Liberty people have a 4 hour delegate training, which includes lunch, that costs $15. Then the John Birch Society will have their talk about the Consitution which is free.  Lastly, the North Dakota Policy Council is hosting the Ron Paul talk which can cost anywhere from $35 to $500 depending on how VIPish you are feeling.
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/usa/ND/#cal12601
http://www.policynd.org/
Lastly, I want to pass on this email from the home school office. If you are feeling the nudge to attend the trainings tomorrow, then you will want to take the time to read this as it has vital information for you to ponder. If not, then just skip it.
It would be wonderful, if everyone who is concerned about the direction that our country is going, would take a few moments to pray for the meetings tomorrow. The forecast doesn't sound very good, so please pray for safety on the roads as people travel to and from the meetings. It would be even more wonderful if you could all join us over in Fargo.
HERE'S TO FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dawn

Dear home schoolers,

It is vital toward home education freedom to get pro-home schooling candidates on the ballet, not just candidates that say that they support home schooling, because they all say that they support home schooling.

We need candidates that understand Biblical and constitutional freedom and are willing to fight for both in the context of home education as well as other areas.

Practically speaking, to get such candidates on the ballet means that home schoolers with Biblical and Constitutional convictions need to be the ones selecting the candidates.

There is a training session for you to learn how to become a delegate on November 5^th in Fargo. Please attend if you can, if you can’t, train yourself and be a delegate from your district anyhow. A few of the details are below.

Thanks for seriously considering this important political involvement! Details below…

How do you defend liberty and control government?

Become a Delegate!

How do you ensure the right people are elected to office?

How do you secure the rights of the unborn from an ever growing and powerful government which is controlled more and more by officials who don’t share your beliefs, don’t represent your values and are working against our inalienable right to life?

By voting in the November election? NO, November is too late!

If you want your vote to have the biggest impact; if you want to actually have a part in determining your choice of candidates - you need to be involved in your legislative district and become a delegate to your party’s convention. It is the delegates that determine which candidates name gets on the ballot for the November election:

At the district level:

The candidates for the state legislature are chosen.
The delegates to the state convention are chosen. And it is these delegates that determine which candidates will be elected in the fall by choosing who will be on the ballot.
Becoming a delegate usually involves nothing more than applying and singing a sign-up sheet. If more people apply to be delegates than your districts can accommodate, then there will be a vote. This where you need to be familiar with your district’s by-laws ahead of time to be sure everyone is given a fair opportunity to become a delegate.

What does a Delegate do?

A Delegate to the State Convention represents (in fact, determines) the will of the party, and carries the voice of the grass roots. The Delegate helps direct the path the party takes by deciding who will be the party's candidates in state and federal races. Delegates to the State Conventions choose the Delegates to the National Conventions where the presidential candidates are chosen. All the debates about who is the best candidate and how much support will go to each candidate are all really decided at the district level and then at the State Convention. After that, voting on Election Day is little more than as a rubber stamp for what others have already decided.

How to become a Delegate in 5 easy steps:

1. Find out what Legislative District you live in and who Chairman is for your Legislative District.

Here is the interactive map of North Dakota’s legislative districts: http://web.apps.state.nd.us/hubexplorer/legislativedist/viewer.html

For the ND Republican Party: http://www.northdakotagop.org/about/district-chairs/

2. Attend your Districts Reorganization and Nominating Convention.

Contact the Chairman of your Legislative District. Ask them when they will be holding their Reorganization Meeting (district officers will be elected during you reorganization meeting – you must be there for this one-time meeting) and their Nominating Convention. Mark these dates on your calendar and attend.

3. Read and understand your State Party and Legislative District by-laws.

These bylaws will determine how candidates and delegates will be chosen. You need to make sure that you have complied with those rules in order to become a Delegate.

The ND Republican Party by-laws are here: http://www.northdakotagop.org/rules-and-mode/

Your Legislative Districts will also have their own version of these by-laws. You need to get a copy of your Legislative District’s by-laws from your district chair.

4. Actively participate in your District Nominating Convention.

It cannot be emphasized enough: Attendance at these meetings is vital! There is no substitute for your attendance. There is no other opportunity to have your voice heard. Once decisions are made at the District Convention, it’s final.

Choosing Delegates to the State Convention: It is only at your district nominating convention that delegates to the State Convention are chosen. The process for choosing Delegates depends on:

The District's bylaws
The number of people who attend this meeting
The number of delegates your district is allowed
The leadership style of the District Chairman.

5. Attend the State Convention

The State GOP state convention will be March 31 and April 1, 2012 in Bismarck at the Bismarck Convention Center. Almost all of the significant voting will occur on Saturday, March 31^st.

NOVEMBER 5^th Delegate Training

Pro-life supporters and homeschoolers, ask yourself, honestly, how much of a difference do you think you've been able to make in our state government? Do you have enough legislators who address your concerns, who support your position? How many times has your legislation been stalled, amended, killed? Do you feel like you are swimming upstream and what little progress you make comes at great cost? Do you think we have candidates who will promote and protect freedom?

The problem isn't your issue or your passion for that issue. The problem is, you are playing by the wrong rules! You are playing by the rules they taught you in High School. But the reality, politics has a whole different rule book that they want to keep hidden.

If you want to be effective, you need to learn how to play by the real rule book. Armed with the real rule book, you can become a force for change. You can literally change the political landscape OVERNIGHT. Don't wait for 2014 or 2016. Don't work on a 4-year or 10-year plan. Make changes NOW, today.

Come listen to special guest speaker and successful activist Jeff Greenspan, who will teach us how to bring the Republican Party back to its conservative roots and become the activists that will restore freedom.

Training will begin at 10:00am and go until 2:00pm, with a break for lunch. It will be held at the Radisson Hotel, 201 5th St. N in Fargo, right across the street from the Civic Center where the NDPC event will be held later that evening. The cost is only $15, which includes lunch and all materials.

Jeff knows how the political system works and what it takes to change it. He will give us some great schooling on how to be effective activists. Jeff has been an activist since 1988. He was a precinct committeeman, county delegate and state delegate in the Utah Republican Party. Jeff was a precinct committeeman, state committeeman and state delegate in the Arizona Republican Party, serving as Vice Chairman for the Maricopa County Republican Committee, the 5th largest county Republican party in America, from 2007-2009. Jeff worked for the Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign as the southwestern United States campaign director. Since then he has been state coordinator for the Arizona Campaign for Liberty. Jeff is a political activist who has changed the direction of the GOP in Arizona.

The training will cover these topics:
     Principles of Liberty
        What We Are Up against
        Nature of Political Power
        Mechanics of Local Political Involvement

You do not want to miss this training.

This is a great deal for anyone who wants to see North Dakota politics change. Even better, college students who take the training will receive a free ticket to the Free Market Forum with Congressman Ron Paul and conservative commentator Jack Hunter that evening.

Don’t miss the Delegate Training and the Free Market Forum on November 5th, and look for additional news regarding other events on that day.

Are they starting to get it?

2011-10-28T10:38:00.001-05:00

This blog is called A RAY OF HOPE because sometimes that's all we have-that's the bad news. The good news is that, sometimes, that's all we need. That's how I felt this morning when I read this short clip in the email from the Organic Consumer's Association (http://www.organicconsumers.org/). My day yesterday was so fantastic, as I worked with 5 clients in my Bismarck office, that this little bit of good news has pushed me over into WONDERFUL mood!
If you are concerned at all about the quality of food available for your family in the grocery store, then I highly recommend you become a regular reader of OCA. You can also get on their email list and learn of events in the organic food world on a regular basis.
This made my day and I hope that the last comment will encourage all of you. Many of us feel like we're the Lone Ranger, but we're NOT! A lot of individuals working together can take back the world for GOD! I hope that this will pick up your "What can I do about this massive problem?" spirits.

Monsanto Exec Admits that Nature Is Smarter Than Biotech

"You don't need [biotech] for something that nature has already figured out."
- Consuelo Madre, vice president of Monsanto's global vegetable group, explaining why the company was using conventional breeding rather than genetic engineering to produce its vegetable seeds, in "Sprouting a New Line of Produce Seeds," by P.J. Huffstutter, Los Angeles Times, October 20, 2011.

Huffstutter also points out that using traditional techniques allows Monsanto to "avoid the financial and consumer hurdles that would inevitably come with rolling out genetically engineered produce for a grocery store."

Another option to consider is joining the John Birch Society. You can learn about their good work at: JBS.org. Jacob and I attended our first meeting last week and already I am encouraged to learn that we are NOT alone here. Next month our state's leader will be starting a series of 3 monthly meetings on the US Constitution and how we can use it to save our country. THERE IS HOPE FOR OUR COUNTRY, FOLKS, AND IT COMES IN BUILDING COMMUNITIES ONE STEP AT A TIME AND TOGETHER MAKING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS STICK TO THE CONSTITUTION!!!!!!!!
Happy Sabbath to all of you out there. If you've never kept the Sabbath that God began at creation, I urge you to just do no work tomorrow (starting after dark tonight). Be still and see the miracles that God has in store for you! Every week, God shows Himself to our family in new and exciting ways when we pause from our labors and focus on His beautiful character on the day that HE rested from His labors of creating the Earth.
My love to you,
Dawn

Theme song

2011-10-18T09:02:00.000-05:00

You know how, when you're in school, the whole class votes for a motto; class colors; class hymn; class flowers; and then finally a theme song to represent your thoughts on life? Well, you may have noticed that I put my theme verse at the top of this blog a while back. It's the verse that God gave me when I got into doing energy work as I noticed how a simple thought was wrecking a person's life.

Well, awhile back, Andrew introduced me to the Booth Brothers. I have all of Andrew's musical favorites on my iPod and I started enjoying the Booth Brothers music. Now, I'm not into Southern Gospel music because of the typical slurring problems, but I REALLY like the Booth Brothers.

One of the songs on their CD, "Carry on" has just grabbed my heart. Almost every morning I begin my conscious thinking by listening to this awesome song, "Passing the Faith Along." This morning I got to wondering if, perhaps, they had put this favorite of mine on You Tube. When I looked, though, I saw that they did not.

HOWEVER, I found a version by The Gaither Vocal Band that is so incredible that I decided to share it so that you can start to grasp the message in this awesome song. I guess this is the group of people who have ever sung in the band as there's a whole bunch of them. Being my folks watched the Gaithers a lot, I recognize some of the faces.

Watch how the message in this song unites the group. Even though this is somewhat repetative, I just LOVE this song and pray that it will start to inspire you every day as it does me. I especially like the line about giving people hope as that is what this blog is all about.

I'm sure that, once you grasp the message here, you'll understand why I have decided to claim this song as my theme song for life and for my ministry--Links to Healing! ENJOY!!!

Dawn

Off to class again

2011-10-13T06:59:00.000-05:00

I praise God for Melanie B who is the best instructor that I have ever had--can she ever teach! Last week on our way to class, my friend who took 1 & 2 with me said, "I can see you as a BodyTalk teacher some day." WOW--that really blew my mind but in a nice way! After that, I paid even closer attention to how Melanie handles things in class as I want to learn all that I can while she is in ND.

Now today I'm starting 4/7 again. I took it last year and was thrilled to learn all the awesome techniques for relieving pain. These are chiropractic techniques (as Dr. Veltheim is a chiropractor) but we do them energetically on top of the body. In other words, we focus our intention in the area that needs help and team up with their bodies' intelligence to shift the energy in the area. I just LOVE doing this work!!!!!

I've been doing tons of sessions since class because I'll be in this class for 4 more days when, obviously, I won't be doing any paid sessions. This has been a year full of classes, and I love it, but it's been hard on the pocketbook. Here's a BIG thank you to those who have shown your support of my work and keep all of those wonderful checks coming in the mail.

I just opened one from a mother who has a timid child and a rather strong child who is the older one. I did the session on the timid child and it came up that her brother really was controlling her quite a bit. Her spirit needed some beefing up, which we did through the session. I'm pretty sure that the mother wouldn't mind my sharing her note here. It read:

Dear Dawn,

Just wanted to let you know that XXXX (daughter's name) has really been standing up to YYYYYY
(son's name). He has been out of sorts all week. Here's payment.

Thank you!

Love,

ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Is that cool or what? I suppose now we'll need to do another session for the son to be able to shift into, "Less bossy" mode so that he can keep up with the changes that his sister is making in her life. It's possible, though, that the daughter shifting will help him to shift naturally. We'll have to see how they work it out.

Well, I'd best get my lunch packed and make out my deposit slip for Cora to take to the bank for me when she goes in to work this afternoon. Yesterday the children and I picked apples at 2 neighbors places which was just wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, how I love my children. Did I tell you how they surprised me for our anniversary? Well, you'll either have to wait until I have time to write again or go over to Cora's blog and check it out. IT WAS SO AWESOME!

Off to class--AGAIN!

Dawn

PS. Please keep the class in your prayers as it is grueling brain work to focus so intently for 4 days straight. Still, like Melanie says, "It's good physical therapy for the brain." Can you tell that she used to be a physical therapist?

Facelift and hope

2011-10-03T19:08:00.000-05:00

As you can see, I have yielded to the social pressures of my blogging family to change my blog look. Jacob said, "It's down right boring, Mom, to keep it that way for so long." Of course, he's been saying that for months and I finally decided to change it on Sabbath just in time for Fall. How do you like the leaves?

This morning I was greatly encouraged by Dr. Mercola's article on genetically modified foods. It just goes to show the power of a lot of "Little" people banding together. Here's the post and I hope that you are as encouraged as I was as you read it. Please pray about how God would want you to get involved in this battle. Yes, it DOES involve you if you buy any food from a grocery store and eat it!

Dawn

The Label Even Monsanto Considers a 'Skull and Crossbones'...

Posted By Dr. Mercola | October 03

By: Ronnie Cummins
Organic Consumers Association

"If you put a label on genetically engineered food you might as well put a skull and crossbones on it." - Norman Braksick, president of Asgrow Seed Co., a subsidiary of Monsanto, quoted in the Kansas City Star, March 7, 1994
Monsanto and Food Inc.'s stranglehold over the nation's food and farming system is about to be challenged in a food fight that will largely determine the future of American agriculture.
A growing corps of organic food and health activists in California—supported by consumers and farmers across the nation—are boldly standing up to Monsanto and its minions, taking the first steps to expose the widespread contamination of non-organic grocery store foods with Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), and moving to implement mandatory GMO labeling through a grassroots-powered Citizens Ballot Initiative process.
Dr. Mercola Recommends...
Every "Like" Helps Support This Cause
This week, lawyers representing a broad and unprecedented health, environmental, and consumer coalition, including the Organic Consumers Association, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap, Center for Food Safety, Mercola.com, Nature's Path, Natural News.com, LabelGMOs.org, Food Democracy Now, and the Institute for Responsible Technology, filed papers with the California Attorney General's office to place a Citizens Initiative on the Ballot in November, 2012 that would require mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods and food ingredients.
If California voters pass this ballot initiative in 2012, it will likely be the beginning of the end for Monsanto and genetically engineered food in the U.S. According to Zuri Starr, a Southern California field organizer for the Organic Consumers Association:
"The California Ballot Initiative is perhaps our last chance to stop the Biotech Express, to overthrow Biotechnology's dictatorial regime and build a safe and sustainable food and farming system based upon the ethical principles of consumer choice and BioDemocracy."

Moving the Battleground

After 20 years of biotech bullying and force-feeding unlabeled and hazardous genetically modified (GM) foods to animals and humans—aided and abetted by the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations— a critical mass of food and health activists have decided it's time to move beyond small skirmishes and losing battles and go on the offensive.
It's time to move the food fight over labeling GM food from the unfavorable terrain of Washington D.C. and Capitol Hill, where Monsanto and Food Inc. exercise control, to California, the heartland of organic food and farming and anti-GMO sentiment, where 80-85 percent of the body politic, according to recent polls, support mandatory labeling.
The trillion-dollar biotech, supermarket, and food industry are acutely conscious of the fact that North American consumers, like their European counterparts, are wary and suspicious of genetically engineered food.
Consumers understand you don't want your food safety or environmental sustainability decisions to be made by out-of-control chemical and biotech companies like Monsanto, Dow, or DuPont--the same people who brought us toxic pesticides and industrial chemicals, Agent Orange, carcinogenic food additives, and PCBs. Biotech, food, and grocery corporations are alarmed by the fact that every poll over the last 20 years has shown that 85-95 percent of American consumers want mandatory labels on genetically modified foods.

Europe Shows Labels Drive GMOs off the Market

Why are there basically no genetically engineered foods or crops anywhere in Europe, while 75 percent of U.S. supermarket foods—including many so-called "natural" foods—are GE tainted?
The answer is simple. In Europe genetically modified foods and ingredients have to be labeled. In the U.S. they do not. Up until now, in North America, Monsanto and the Biotechnocrats have enjoyed free reign to secretly lace non-organic foods with gene-spliced viruses, bacteria, antibiotic-resistant marker genes, and foreign DNA—mutant "Frankenfoods" shown to severely damage the health of animals, plants, and other living organisms in numerous scientific studies.
Monsanto and their allies understand the threat that truth-in-labeling poses for GMOs.
As soon as genetically modified foods start to be labeled in the U.S., millions of consumers will start to read these labels and react. They'll complain to grocery store managers and companies, they'll talk to their family and friends. They'll start switching to foods that are organic or at least GMO-free. Once enough consumers start complaining about GM foods and food ingredients; stores will eventually stop selling them; and farmers will stop planting them.
Genetically engineered foods have absolutely no benefit for consumers or the environment, only hazards.
This is why Monsanto and their friends in the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations have prevented consumer GMO
Passing mandatory GMO labeling in just one large state, California, where there is tremendous opposition to GM foods as well as a multi-billion dollar organic food industry, will ultimately have the same impact as a national labeling law.
If California food and health activists succeed in putting a GMO labeling initiative on the ballot in 2012 and the voters pass it, the biotech and food industry will face an intractable dilemma. Will they dare put labels on their branded food products in just one state, California, admitting these products contain or may contain genetically engineered ingredients, while withholding this ingredient label information in the other states? Will they allow their organic and non-GMO competitors to drive down their GMO-tainted brand market share? The answer to both of these questions is likely no. What most of them will do is start to shift to organic and non-GMO ingredients, so as to avoid what the Monsanto executive 16 years ago aptly described as the "skull and crossbones" label.

California Label Laws Have National Impact: Proposition 65

A clear indication of the impact of warning labels on consumer products was established in California in 1986 when voters passed, over the strenuous opposition of industry, a ballot initiative called Proposition 65, which required consumer products with potential cancer-causing ingredients to bear warning labels. Rather than label their products sold in California as likely carcinogenic, most companies reformulated their product ingredients so as to avoid warning labels altogether, and they did this on a national scale, not just in California.
This same scenario will likely unfold again in California in 2012. Can you imagine Kellogg's selling its Corn Flakes breakfast cereal in California with a label that admits it contains or may contain genetically engineered corn? How about Kraft Boca Burgers admitting that their soybean ingredients are genetically modified?
How about the entire non-organic food industry (including many so-called "natural" brands) admitting that 75 percent of their products are GE-tainted? Once food manufacturers and supermarkets are forced to come clean and label genetically engineered products, they will likely remove all GM ingredients, to avoid the "skull and crossbones" effect, just like the food industry in the EU has done. In the wake of this development American farmers will convert millions of acres of GM crops to non-GMO or organic varieties.
Finally consumers will be able to tell the difference between organic food (labeled as "organic" and thereby GMO-free); natural food (which will not have a GMO label), and bogus "natural" food (which will be required to display the label "contains or may contain GMOs").

What Now? OCA Needs Volunteers and Money

Since we don't have a couple of million dollars to spare like Monsanto does, we're going to have to rely on an army of volunteers to gather signatures. These volunteers can be trained and coordinated by our small but highly dedicated and experienced paid campaign staff and consultants, but for the most part we must drive this campaign forward with volunteer labor.

Please, Join Us and Take Action NOW!

Among other tasks over the next month, our staff and volunteer coordinators will be organizing several hundred short training sessions in local communities across California. These short and relatively simple training sessions--a couple of hours or less--will train our volunteers on what to do, where to go, and how to be effective in gathering signatures of registered voters to put the GE labeling measure on the ballot.
These training meetings, a number of which have already been successfully organized, will also enable volunteers to meet and get to know other volunteers in their local area.
We need to recruit, train and deploy a grassroots network of 2000+ California volunteers (each gathering 250 or more petition signatures over the 105 day period) and district coordinators in order to gather the 500,000-700,000 signatures of California registered voters over the 15-week period that extends between the first week of November 2011 and mid-March 2012.
These volunteers must be recruited, trained by our campaign staff in a meeting in their local area, and deployed in teams of 2 to 4 people in front of natural food stores and high volume pedestrian locations across California starting early in November.
In order to hit the ground running in early November we need your help now. We not only need petition gathering volunteers, we need money. OCA and our allied lobbying organization, the Organic Consumers Fund, estimate that we need to raise at least $80,000 over the next month in order to effectively pay our staff, consultants, and other campaign expenses.
If you live in California and are willing to attend a training session and then start collecting petition signatures (you will be part of a team of 2-4 people) in early November, sign up here
Whether you live in California or not, please make a donation to further this historic effort
The future of our food supply literally depends upon the success of this campaign. Join us now!

Sabbath at home

2011-09-30T21:14:00.000-05:00

I love this video about keeping the Sabbath at home. As much as I love singing in the choir or teaching children about the Lord or being convicted in my spirit about some new concept that the Lord laid on the pastor's heart, keeping the Sabbath at home with my family is oh so wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope that you can begin to grasp how much this means to me by listening to these deep thoughts.

HAPPY SABBATH TO ALL!

Dawn

Late notice

2011-09-29T21:54:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone,
I've never posted from my iPod before so this definitel will be short. It's just that time has slipped away from me. I
said to the boys at supper that it's probably too late for this but they said that they disagreed.
Anyway, our friend Chris is hosting an Appleseed at his place this weekend.
The boys decided to stay home because the Keister family is leaving us early next week. We're having a farewell party for them on Sabbath. We all think that the Appleseed project is great but we cannot have our friends leave us without one more day together! It
Makes my heart ache to think of
No more tea parties with Sarah!
Well, if you'd like to get in on the last Appleseed shoot of the year in ND, you'll need to register at the site which is listed on my sidebar. This is a great program which teaches us the value of freedom and how to preserve it! If you can't attend, then please keep the shoot in your prayers. Please keep the Keister family in your prayers and us too as we learn to let them go!
OH HELP!

A wonderful trip

2011-09-27T21:54:00.002-05:00

Canada was beautiful this time of year. The leaves were just lovely everywhere and it felt much like home to me until I saw this gas station sign,

and this highway sign with Canada on top. All of the speed limit signs are in the metric system which surprised me the first time that I saw the speed limit was 100.

Many of the stores have names like KING, QUEEN, PRINCE, and PRINCESS as I captured in this "Princess Auto" sign.

Elizabeth just loved this rounded building in Winnipeg.

Here is my dear friend with her daughter and grandson in our classroom. When it was all over I realized that I did not take any other pictures of our classroom for some odd reason. It was a nice hotel and everyone was very friendly and helpful.

On Sunday at break, Elizabeth came in all excited to show me a picture. She had taken an up-close photo of this sign which you can see says, "Kintyre Street." We knew that our hotel was located on Portage Avenue but did not realize that it's intersecting street was Kintyre Street.

We just HAD to get a picture of me under the pole. I said to Elizabeth, "That just goes to show that, no matter where you are, you can always be at home." When she ended the AT HOME with me, I teared up with joy.

The class was fantastic--that's all I can say. As the instructor spoke, and explained the new techniques, I kept thinking of different people whom I work with that this could help--including me. You may recall that the reason I went into BodyTalk in the first place was to save my life and my never-ending pursuit of good health will never leave me I am sure. That's why it's so exciting to keep gaining in my knowledge of how the human body works.
I'll speak more on the different techniques as I learn them better. Suffice it to say that most of the class was lecture time. I kept hoping that we'd get time to practice the techniques, like we do in the earlier modules, but there was just so much to cover. After all, I have the rest of my life to perfect my use of the new techniques.
On Sunday night, after eating out of my cooler for 3 days, I was eager to get out and eat a warm meal. The class coordinator recommended the restaurant that we went to and I was so glad. I can honestly say that I have never had a finer waiter--we all just loved him!!!!!!!
Several of the ladies ordered ribs--the house speciality. When Willy came with the ribs, he asked the ladies if they wanted bibs and they thought he was joking but he was NOT. I asked him if he minded my taking a picture of him tying on Sandra's bib, but he didn't, hence this shot. I truly think that this was the most pleasant meal of my life, even though I stuck to GAPS. I had a wonderful Ceaser salad with sliced chicken breasts and said, "Hold the croutons" which they did.

Melissa and Sandra were my 2 roommates and we got along fabulously.

Here are Elizabeth and Esther with their bibs on. If you look closely, you can see baby Joseph too.

After supper, Elizabeth showed us a wonderful wool hat that she treated herself to. Being she was a monitor (one who had taken the class before), she spent some of her time in shopping for little Joseph and she found this wonderful, "Dream-come-true" hat. I was so happy with her as she has "Always wanted" a wool hat and finally she got her wish.

This is what our hotel looked like when we got back to it after our fabulous meal after class was over.

Early the next morning, we packed up the vans and headed out of Winnipeg. I caught a few pictures of it's loveliness.

There were hanging basket s of petunias EVERYWHERE! I wondered how they kept them from freezing.

Here's my chauffeur. :)

There was a sweet little town that we went through called, Holland. This real windmill was on it's outskirts.

How would you like to do your shopping in THE GROCERY BOX? Eli and I both thought that this was such a cute name for a grocery store.

This is the last photo that I have of Canada. It was so lovely with it's Fall colors. Driving in the hills all decked out for a gay party reminded me of that drive 5 years ago through the Turtle Mountains with our mutual friend, Paulette. My how time flies.

It was a treat to visit my dear friend, Carol B after we left the Hansons in Rolla. Then I dropped Melissa off at her house north of Rugby; got gas in Rugby; and made the roughly 3 hour journey with ease. I was so excited to have learned so much that can help so many people and I was floating on a cloud.

It's been fascinating to have these new links come up in my sessions. I am so thankful to my family to cover things for me here while I was away! Thanks guys!!!

Dawn

PS. I'll write about our border crossings later as I am tired and I have an early client tomorrow morning.

Module 6

2011-09-23T07:04:00.000-05:00

Well I'm off for Winnipeg this morning. Please keep me in your prayers as I travel and learn new information. Did you ever notice how learning is HARD WORK? Also please cover the class with your prayers as we have had some opposition to it already.

I banged up my finger yesterday trying to fix the disc. Let's put it this way, the disc still is NOT fixed and neither is my finger. I am a little disappointed that I didn't get the field finished but God always has a reason.

I'm excited to say that I noticed this morning that my waistline is definitely shrinking and I'm not even on the full GAPS program yet. I urge everyone to listen to the posts of Dr. McBride's wonderful GAPS program. I am taking along my broth, lots of protein foods, and some frozen goat's milk. I think I'll be OK as Elizabeth said last night that she and Esther are taking their food along too.

Best get everything packed up and in the car. OH I AM SOOO EXCITED to be able to spend 3 days with BodyTalkers again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To those whom I'll miss seeing at Harvest of Thanks tomorrow, I truly regret missing the day. However, God has called me to take this class so here's a hug for all of you that I will miss seeing.

Love to all God's people!

Dawn

PS. Elizabeth told me last night that there are 33 people taking the class so it will be a big one!

Link that could change your life

2011-09-21T17:51:00.000-05:00

Here's the link to learn more about the GAPS diet: http://gaps.me/. I decided to post it separately so it's more noticeable.

Hope it helps!

Dawn

Dr. Mercola interviews Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride Part 6

2011-09-21T17:43:00.000-05:00

Here it is, folks! This is the conclusion of the interview which has changed many lives already. Once again, if you're joining me late, please go back a few posts until you find the beginning of this very important interview.

I have decided to plunge into GAPS when I get back from class next week. In the meantime, I've been slowly changing my thinking about grains being "Indispensable" or even "Wonderful." What is wonderful about a nearly 54 year upset stomach?

At noon I ate a bowl of beef broth as taught in the GAPS diet. I also ate about a cup and a half of our small zucchini and crookneck squash sauteed in butter. For desert I had a couple of the coconut balls that we found the recipe for in INTERNAL BLISS. It is sooooooo wonderful to have less churning and I KNOW that I'm on the right track. PLEASE consider making a study of the GAPS diet if you, or someone you love, has chronic stomach upset AND brain dysfunction of any type. It's amazing how the 2 are linked.

Well, I have much to do but I am happy to say that I started packing as my clean things came out of the laundry. I do believe that this is the earliest I have ever packed so maybe the GAPS diet is already helping my thinking too? I just can't stand that feeling of not being able to decide what to do.

Well, I can tell that it's time to make supper. I had 2 clients today, one brand new one. Tomorrow I'm getting a brand new dog client so life is very busy and I just LOVE it!!!!!!!! Early Friday morning, I'll be heading for the Scott and Elizabeth H. home and then I'll jump into their van and we'll be off for Winnipeg together for Module 6 or the BodyTalk protocol system!!!!

As always, I appreciate your prayers for safety for myself and my family as we do the work of the Lord. Not everybody is actually excited about the work that we're doing but then, WE ALL GET OUR REWARDS IN DUE SEASON!

May God bless the faithful,

Dawn

Dr. Mercola interviews Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride Part 5

2011-09-18T10:44:00.000-05:00

Hang on folks--there are only 2 more parts to this interview. I hope, though, that you are finding this as captivating as I am. I am so greatly encouraged, as I read in GUT AND PSYCHOLOGY SYNDROME, that my constant upset stomach will someday be a thing of the past.

Please be in prayer for us. Last week, when I was really mad at the goats for breaking down the electric fence AGAIN, I told the children, "I am selling ALL of the goats."

I reasoned that, now that I have the GAPS diet, I no longer need the goat's milk to help calm my digestive system. "I can get along fine with cow's milk," I told Jacob and he, who has never been a great goat lover said, "GOOD!"

Then, last night when I brought it up to the entire family that I am thinking of selling all of the goats and start drinking Sally's milk, Andrew snickered.

I asked, "What's so funny?"

Robert chuckled then and said, "He was just telling me that he is thinking about selling Sally."

"OH NO," I groaned, "we can't be entirely without milk."

As I just listened to part 4 of this interview, I became absolutely CERTAIN that we will not be selling all of our milk producing animals around here. My goodness, lacto-fermented dairy products are some of the BEST things to help heal a sick gut. Now, which ones to keep and which ones to sell? THAT IS THE QUESTION!

Love to all of you truth seekers out there,

Dawn

PS. Have I told you how heavy my heart is to be loosing my friend, Sarah K? They have accepted the call to a church in South Carolina where there are more home schooling families in the church. Although I'm happy for them, I will soooooooooooooo miss Sarah. Why did I think of this now, you might ask? Because it is Sarah who told me about GAPS. What a wonderful gift to share with a friend--thank you Sarah dear!

Dr. Mercola interviews Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride Part 4

2011-09-16T19:27:00.000-05:00

Have any of you gotten to thinking about your gut and/or your children's guts by what you've heard so far? This is really SOOOOOOOOO very important so I hope that you'll invest the hour to listen to this interview. Remember to go back a few posts to see the beginning of the interview if you're joining me today.

Yesterday I saw clients in my Bismarck office. In between sessions, I started reading GUT AND PSYCHOLOGY SYNDROME. To be honest it is quite shocking to realize how many mental/emotional problems start in the digestive system.

I would like to encourage all of you to order the gaps cookbook, INTERNAL BLISS. You can get it on Amazon.com for about $12. The best way to start working into GAPS is to start eating a few GAPS items each day. Then go to one complete GAPS meal a day. Then make 2 of your meals each day be made up of GAPS foods. Soon you're at all 3 meals GAPS foods and you're feeling better--at least that's what everyone tells of in the books.

So far we've made the apple and walnut desert. Jacob was gobbling it up and I said, "Did you realize that that's a "GAPS" dessert?"

He said, "Nope, but if all GAPS food is this good, I'm for it."

For supper tonight Cora made the biscuits and it was hard to sample only one before the feast. I will just say that I am greatly encouraged by what I've read. It helps me understand why I have been so weak and sickly all my life with the standard German diet being bread 3 times a day plus potatoes twice a day. NO WONDER I WAS SO WEAK AND SICKLY!!!

I wish you all a blessed Sabbath rest as I bundle up to go and milk Sally. BRRRRRR--it's cold outside today. We even have our electric heater running today.

Love to all,

Dawn.

PS. Oh, I remember what else I was going to tell you. Today I went to the bank and bought some of the Canadian funds that I'll need for the trip. I'll need to get the rest of it in Bismarck before I leave ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! My bank didn't have enough for what I'll need for Module 6 in Winnipeg. The money is so pretty that I'll try to post pictures of it tomorrow.

Dr. Mercola interviews Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride Part 3

2011-09-14T19:35:00.000-05:00

I'm alone for chores again tonight so I don't have much time. I just listened to part 3 as I ate my chef salad for supper. Once again, I find myself amazed that an unhealthy digestive system can cause so many serious health problems for people. Praise God for this answer which is rather simple to implement. Dr. McBride says that thousands of people buy her book; heal their families; and write to thank her without ever needing her professional services. I call that God-given.

My prayer is that if you have a child with autism, dyspraxia; ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, depression, schizophrenia and numerous other "Mild" problems like diabetes, epilepsy....., that you will take the time to listen to this interview along with me. Then buy Dr. McBride's book, GUT AND PSYCHOLOGY SYNDROME and start to heal your family too.

Out to the pasture to fetch Sally,

Dawn

I'm appalled

2011-09-14T14:12:00.001-05:00

Truly, it takes a lot to totally disgust me, but I am appalled. Years ago, when I learned that creative spelling was being introduced into the South Dakota school system, I wondered what would be the outcome.
Over the years, I've seen signs of it's making head ways into our written language. Usually my children and I just shake our heads and laugh over some of the poor writing on billboards, or in advertisements, and especially in the superintendent's reports in our local newspaper.
I have tried to become less critical over the years, but this is just too much! I received this email in my inbox this morning. Andrew usually has some of his revamped computers for sale and I usually can read the replies that come in response to his ads. However, this one was the worst--so far.
It especially hit me hard in light of Cora's recent post where the young man demonstrated how far our daily English usage has swerved from the written word. Now, I THINK I know what he is trying to say, but let's see if you can figure it out.
Any guesses?
Dawn

aight i can do that... iam give ya a call in a lil while.

Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride Part 2

2011-09-13T19:16:00.001-05:00

Hi everyone,

The more that I read and listen to Dr. McBride, the more I understand why I was sickly all my life. The things I ate or didn't eat, made my gut sickly and hence I was sickly all my life. I pray that all who are to find their way to GAPS, will do so at their own time and pace. I'm just planting seeds for you all to ponder. With that in mind, here's part 2 of Dr. Mercola's interview with Dr. McBride.

Dr. Mercola interviews Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride

2011-09-11T12:38:00.000-05:00

Surely you all must know the great respect that I have for Dr. Mercola. Why, I hardly ever buy anything without checking what Dr. Mercola has to say about it first.
Further, you must know by now that I am committed to the pursuit of my total wellness. This seems now to mean that I am going on the GAPS diet. It's only natural for me, then, to see what Dr. Mercola has to say about it. Listen along with me now to see if GAPS is for you too. I pray that all of my readers will commit to changing their unhealthy habits to healthy ones--one step at a time. My highest goal is for all of us to get well together. Then, together, we can and WILL heal our world!
Dawn

Focus on which?

2011-09-10T15:03:00.001-05:00

In the past 2 days I've had a perfectly wonderful experience and a perfectly terrible experience. I decided to start with the terrible one (although it happened after the wonderful one) because I want to leave you with the wonderful experience running through your brain after you leave my little spot in cyberspace. I'm hoping that you'll focus on the wonderful one but the terrible one has it's lessons to learn from too.

I'm sure that by now you are aware that I am pondering switching to the GAPS diet. I haven't read all the information that I have here yet, but I am convinced that this diet WILL heal not only my gut but everything else that remains to be healed. Here is a video from the founder of the GAPS diet. Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride used this diet to heal her son of autism solely through the process of healing his gut. Please take a moment to listen to her thoughts on how the gut gets sick in the first place.

Now, I will say that I have been pretty convinced that this is the way that I want to go with my eating for the next 2 or 3 years until my gut heals.  I already have been avoiding grains/starches for the past month that I was preparing for and then implementing the Master Cleanse. However, the other night I got home from Bismarck around 10:00 and I didn't have time to fix anything grain-less just then. The guys just got home from the field and they were HUNGRY too!

I put a pizza in the oven and thoroughly enjoyed the first wheat I'd had in over a month. I had exactly one piece of pizza plus a forth of my second piece that I cut up and shared with the guys. I know that most of you couldn't care less what I eat, but there are those out there who are pondering going on GAPS too so I share this experience for their sake.

In less than 8 hours I was so miserable that I could hardly get out of bed yesterday morning. I ached as badly as the worst day of tractor driving will produce. Worse still, was the depression that hung over me. I couldn't care less that it was Preparation day with much to be done to prepare for Sabbath. Poor Cora had to drag me out of bed at 9:30 and harp at me all day to keep me realizing that there was work to be done!

Now, in retrospect, here is the most interesting phenomenon which I observed while in the state of wheat intoxication. When I looked in the mirror yesterday morning, my heart just sank. I looked to myself as if I weighed in at 500 pounds. When I weighed myself I had indeed gained 3 pounds over night. However, my perception of my body was as though it had quadrupled from the ingestion of 1 and 1/2 slices of pizza. This was after a couple of weeks of feeling quite pleased with the way my body was slimming down on the Master Cleanse.

There is no doubt in my mind, after this experience, that Dr. McBride IS right. Having an unhealthy gut can deeply affect us not only physically but emotionally as well. In fact here is a list of symptoms that can be caused by an unhealthy gut.

These are the main physical symptoms of gut dysbiosis:Chrohns, colitis, diverticulitis, celiac disease, cystic fibrosis, chronic diarrhea, rheumatoid arthritis, eczema, non-anaphalactic allergies, asthma, gas, bloating, psoriasis, diarrhea, constipation, colic, reflux, vomiting, heartburn, dyspraxia, urinary and fecal incontinence, malnutrition, tummy pains, stool abnormalities, and symptoms of autism.

Emotionally the body responds to grains negatively when having this condition in these ways: depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder; schizophrenia, attention deficit (with or without hyperactivity) disorder; anxiety, night wakings, behavioral problems, learning disabilities, feeding difficulties (including picky eating), and hyperactivity.

The main point to get here is that an imbalance of gut flora can cause any or all of the above. The good news is that, by following the GAPS diet, countless people have had ALL of their symptoms disappear.

Once I could think a little again, I wondered something that you may also be wondering.  Now, I have eaten TONS of wheat all my life. We Germans have wheat at LEAST 3 times a day. In addition, most Germans that I know also have potatoes or rice with their meal which also can throw people off as starches may all be contributors to this unhealthy gut condition which affects so many of us. Now, being I have eaten wheat all of my life, how could one and 1/4 pieces of pizza throw me into such agony, both physically and emotionally, as I suffered from all day yesterday?

I found the answer to that question in the GAPS GUIDE on page 57. The question asked was, "Why after starting GAPS, do I react to foods that I didn't react to pre-GAPS?

The answer was: "More than likely, you were reacting to them previously and just didn't notice. While consuming our trigger foods regularly, our bodies typically display low-grade issues (headache, joint pain, sadness, fatigue...). When we give the body a sufficient break from trigger foods, then reintroduce them, we often experience an INTENSE, obvious, acute reaction (migraine, rashes, depression...). One has actually been reacting all along, but with chronic ingestion, the body is so pummeled it can't even get up the gumption to scream at you anymore."

The good news, then, about how rotten I was feeling yesterday is that I can see that my body IS now strong enough to scream at me, "Don't eat any more wheat/grains/starches until your gut is healed." Believe me, I DID GET THE MESSAGE YESTERDAY!!!!!!!

My prayer, in sharing this with you, is to inspire you to check out the GAPS diet if you hear your story echoing in mine. That's why I decided to share the series of videos that Dr. McBride has on You Tube for you to listen to. If you don't want to wait that long to listen to them all, feel free to search them out for yourself. GO FOR IT AND MORE POWER TO YOU!

Now for the wonderful story that I promised to leave you with. I smile every time I think of how God brought me a new client this past Thursday. I wasn't sure what to do when Denise didn't show up at 5:00; 5:15; or 5:30. Being I had my nose in the GAPS GUIDE, I kept reading and waited another 15 minutes telling myself that I'd leave if she hadn't come by 6:00.

About a quarter to 6:00, a lovely middle aged woman came to the door and I let her in. She apologized for being late stating that her new boss called a meeting that she could not get out of. She had forgotten to write down my cell number and I had forgotten to write down hers, so we were even.

I liked Denise right away. Getting into the session a little further, I realized that Denise is a lot like me in many ways. I wasn't surprised, then, when she shared that she had a childhood very similar to mine.

I was doing Reiki on her shoulder injury when it came out and I said, "I seem to draw women like you to me as it's not something that is intimidating to me to talk about."

Denise said, "I KNOW that I was drawn to you. That door just wouldn't leave me alone." With just a little prodding, Denise told me this story of God's leading in her life.

Being Denise works directly across the street from my office, when she leaves her parking lot she is looking right at my building. I can't recall now how many days she said that her eyes were drawn to the door to my office building. "Finally," she said, "I just knew that I HAD to go in there to check it out."

Denise told me how, one day after work, she excitedly entered the door that had been calling her (of course it was the Lord who had been telling her to go through that door). Denise said, "I paused by the massage therapists door but did not feel that this was where the Lord was leading me."

I got excited as Denise described how she went up the steps to the upper level and was drawn to my door. She said that her heart was beating with excitement knowing that she would get the help that she needed in that room. Denise immediately wrote down my name and number; called me; and had her first session with me on Thursday.

I praised God then (and have every time that I think about it) for leading Denise to me that day? Oh yes, and what were the results of our hour and a half spent together? Denise summarized for me after the session was finished, "Well, my head feels more clear; my back hardly hurts at all; my shoulder hurts about a forth of what it's been hurting me for decades; and the lump in my throat seems to be about half the size it was when I came in here." WOW!

BodyTalk + radionics sessions work miracles and I praise God for bringing them to me. How I long for the whole world to experience this healing for themselves. Now I know, though, that I don't have to do a thing and God Himself will bring folks to me at just the right time for them. Say, do you think that makes Him my secretary? or perhaps my PR man? One thing is sure, I'm glad that He has a sense of humor. ;)

Happy Sabbath everyone. I'm off to read more of the GAPS Guide and then on to the REAL manuscript on the topic: Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride. On the front cover there's a sign post with arrows pointing to dyspraxia, autism, A.D.D, dyslexia, A.D.H.D.,
depression, and schizophrenia.   To think that all of those very serious issues can be caused by what we're eating....

Here's to health at whatever the cost--even no more wheat!

Dawn

A money miracle

2011-09-05T21:11:00.001-05:00

WOW--I was the happy reciepient of a money miracle today! I was just praying about how to pay for Module 6 coming up in 3 weeks. Then I received an email from Ed K. stating that one of our radionics class members just ordered the deluxe version of the WorkStation. Even with the discount she got for being in the class, my commission will be almost $700! PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know that there is never a reason to worry but Robert had just told me that the time has come for me to start discing all of the acres that we planted this year. He is combining and the boys are finishing the haying. Last year I worked almost a month going over the 400 acres as it's a slow process. This morning, then, I had wondered to the Lord, "Now how will I ever get in enough sessions to pay for Module 6?" Literally within seconds of that thought I received the following email from Ed. Ed was excited and I share his words as I feel better about horn tooting if someone else toots mine rather than doing it myself.
Good news! (A fellow class member) got in touch with us last week to place an order for a Workstation instrument with an upgrade to a 6 plate phase array! I am very pleased and proud of this development, and you should be to! This means that all of the folks that completed the class either already owned or decided to buy a Kelly instrument - another example of how our class was a rousing success!
Praise the Lord for this marvelous provision for me! Three cheers for the Lord--hip hip horray; hip hip horray; HIP HIP HORRAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
Back to more sessions,
Dawn

The GAPS diet

2011-09-04T11:12:00.000-05:00

Sarah said last week, "Did you ever think of going on the GAPS diet to help to heal your digestive system?"

I replied, "What's the GAPS diet?"

She said, "You know, I was telling you about it the last time that we spoke."

I questioned, "Do you mean the one that gets rid of autism?"

She wisely answered my question, "Yes, BUT it does so much more than that. There are all sorts of problems that disappear when on the GAPS diet." Sarah then proceeded to quickly explain how the diet works; what can be accomplished with it; and how it helped her digestive system when she was in a crisis a few years back.

It got me thinking and since then I have ordered the book, "Gut and Psychology Syndrome" along with the companion book, "GAPS GUIDE." Since they arrived on Friday, you can be assured that I have my nose in the guide every spare moment.

I know that I have tried, "All sorts of things" to try to get well. Although total wellness has so far eluded me, I am so much stronger than I ever thought I could be after how totally debilitated I was in 2006. Still, even though I have done 6 long Master Cleanses, my abdomen continues to normally look as though I'm 5 months pregnant. When I eat wheat, by nighttime I often look like I'm ready to pop a baby out any minute. It is sooooooooo exasperating.

So, I'm going to try the GAPS diet. What can it hurt? If anyone out there has had any experiences with the GAPS diet, I would appreciate your sharing it with all of us here.

Well, we're off to my in law's anniversary party in Mandan with the whole family. It's been so long since Cora has seen her grandparent's as she's been working here lately when we see them. It will be nice to all be together but I know that they guys are getting antsy to get to combining. Oh well, we have no idea how many anniversaries they will have yet so we will go and join their party.

Have a great week,

Dawn

Three meals a day

2011-08-31T20:50:00.001-05:00

I grew up taking this for granted although I know that there are people in the world who would love to be able to. It's so natural to "Come to the table" three times a day. Being on the Master Cleanse certainly does make one appreciate the opportunity that we have to eat whenever we are hungry. I mean, I was so amazed how full I felt today on my first day back to eating three meals a day. It's been 21 days since I did it and it was quite awesome how much I appreciated my food today!
So what did I eat today? Well, I ate a bowel of our freshly made applesauce with 1/2 tbsp of coconut oil and 1 scoop of Dr. Mercola's peanut butter whey protein powder for breakfast. YUMMMM!
I ate 2 small meatballs with 4 Roma tomatoes for lunch. For dessert at noon I had a slice of pepper jack cheese with a few walnuts.
For supper I ate a bowel of beef and vegetable soup with 2 slices of pepper jack cheese melted into it. I feel so full and contented as though I'd just had a huge Thanksgiving meal. WOW--do you suppose my stomach shrank a little on the cleanse? I'm also going to have some Smooth Move tea tonight just in case the cheese wasn't the best thing to eat on the first day back.
Although I only lost 10 pounds, I still deem the cleanse a success. My memory is better yet; my eyesight is tons better; and my shoulders and neck hardly ached even on the days when I was too busy or weak to exercise. I got rid of some more of that old bubblegum and my spirits are better than they've been in years. The other day I was downright happy. I kept saying to Andrew, "I am sooooo happy." I said it so many times that he actually raised his eyebrows at me--it takes a lot to make Andrew raise his eyebrows. :)
During the cleanse, I also made myself a promise to not ever eat unless things have exited the other end. This is something that I've been wanting to promise myself for a long time but just couldn't bring myself to do as food had such a hold on me. I still like food but I don't see any reason why it should rule my life. :)
Well, other people are wanting this computer so I guess I'll close. Look here soon for a post on the GAPS diet which is the next step in my recovery. I've known for a long time that Dr. Mercola was right to forbid grains in the diet but I wasn't strong enough to do it. Now I feel the time has come and I'm ready. Thanks to Sarah K. for sharing with me about the symptoms that GAPS can help with.
Sleep well and I'm sending love to all those who are truly doing their best to serve Him with strong, healthy bodies!
Dawn

The many beauties of Montana

2011-08-28T22:50:00.000-05:00

As usual my computer has a mind of it's own when it comes to loading pictures. I see that these are mixed up AGAIN but I must assume that it is this way for a reason as GOD is never mixed up. Isn't THAT a comfort? I'll try to tell the story in spite of the order that the pictures are in as it's too stressful to try to get them all moved around.

How can it be a week already since I took BODYTALK FOR ANIMALS? It was a highlight of my life, as was the trip. Actually, I was dreading the trip because I've heard how dry and dead Montana is but Robert reminded me that this is a high rainfall year so perhaps it is more dry and dead on other years. Then, too, irrigation plays a large role in agriculture out there. You can see in this first photo how dry things look without irrigation.

Here is irrigated alfalfa and you can see what a difference the irrigation makes.

Those are some BIG rocks!

I'm amazed that I caught our flag blowing in the wind at 75 MPH down the Interstate. Can you see it?

We went through much of Montana without seeing cattle. When we got past Billings, though, there were lots of cattle and we felt more at home.

This is entering Missoula. For some reason I have always been captivated by tunnels.

Here are 2 Roberts. The "Other" Robert was in class with me. He kept talking about the Good Food Store so we dropped him off there on our way home so he wouldn't have to walk both ways--a distance of about 3/4 of a mile.

This is THE most incredible health food store I have ever seen in my life and, if you're ever in Missoula, you MUST see it. They had about 35 types of rice and they run the store, "Not for profit" with all volunteers!

Here's a picture of our class with our instructor, Ange, and coordinator, Tory, squatting in front. Some folks had already left by then as we had 17 all together in class those 2 1/2 days.

Here's the waiting room at the Red Willow Learning Center where the class was held.

The grounds of the center were just lovely.

I asked Robert to take this of me out by their billboard.

A classmate took this of us.

Here she is with me. This is Nancy from Casselton, ND and I was so happy to meet her as she is a true follower of our Lord. We'll see each other again in Winnipeg next month.

This was Ange's closing screen on Friday night. I thought it was so cool as it truly was God who put man and animal together in the garden. What would man be without our animal friends?

This is what the front of the room looked like and

this was my spot in class. You can see the lemonade by my purse.

Is this gorgeous or what?

OK, went we left here on Thursday, we drove to Bismarck and Robert saw the chiropractor for his back. Then we took off for my brother's house in Sydney, MT which is about 50 miles North of Interstate. They were so happy to have us spend the night with them and Russell told me that it was the first time that I had ever come to visit him. LV told me that it meant a lot to him.

Here LV and I are together--she is really short. She is a seamstress and had just sewn this Hawaiian dress which she begged me (literally) to receive as a love gift from her so that we could match. Of course, we HAD to have our picture taken together.

Here Russell is showing us his pin ball table. I was so glad that the boys weren't there or they'd have been salivating. He offered to let me play but I've never been good at that and my wrist was bothering me.

I thought that this clock was soooooooo cute.

LV is from the Philippines and has some beautiful Asian things in their home. These fan was the most gorgeous in my opinion.

It was hard being there and not eating some of LV's Filipino delicacies but I told her, "I'm sure that I'd get sick if I ate anything now." She understood as she has fasted before too. It sure was hard when the cheesecake came out though. I decided to go for a walk while they had their supper and I enjoyed exploring the lovely homes in their neighborhood.

At 6:30 the next morning we were off for Missoula. We ran into lots of road construction which slowed us down. One time that we stopped I noticed that there were loads of lumber going down the road which is something you definitely do NOT see in ND. You can see the load on the truck that is stopped across from us here.

Basically, then, we left here Thursday at noon and drove 5 hours to Russell's home. We spent the night there and left early Friday morning for Missoula. We drove 11 hours and pulled into the Red Willow Learning Center exactly 15 minutes before we needed to be there. IS THAT COOL OR WHAT?

We followed the Yellowstone River all the way from Russell's house to Missoula and back to Glendive. It kept peeking out at us saying, "I'm still here," and "You better keep moving as there's no time for fishing today." It's beautiful and it's the lifeblood of agriculture in Montana. Where there was no irrigation from the Yellowstone, there was no crop--no life. I praise God for giving us the wonderful gift of water!!!!!!

Best get to sessions. I am sorry that these are so mixed up but hopefully you all enjoyed them anyway.

Have a great week!

Dawn

Last Days

2011-08-27T16:51:00.000-05:00

No, I am NOT referring to the rapture? Actually I meant days 13, 14, and 15 of the cleanse.

Thursday (Day 13) was GREAT! I worked in Bismarck and saw 6 clients. One of these was a horse so it was my first official AnimalTalk session. BIG CAT is a race horse who got injured coming out of the gate in her last race. The vet said, "Put her down," but the owners couldn't. I can see why those with only conventional animal care skills would have been distraught at the condition of that leg but love has kept BIG CAT alive since the accident. I am hoping to help her to heal completely so we'll see if the owners ask for more sessions. I was too excited that day to notice any hunger and I just kept sipping my lemonade.

Yesterday was also busy as we picked up our beef from the locker and did other errands in Napoleon. If anyone is in need of a quarter of some of the finest beef I've ever eaten (one customer termed it, "Premium"), you can let me know here by posting a comment which I will keep confidential.

In the afternoon, we cleaned and cooked for Sabbath and I worked quite a bit on Cora who is down with a cold. Also, I began radionics for a very handsome bull of another client who is very down with a sore leg so he is my second "Official" animal client.

Now, today is the Sabbath for which I am very grateful. It's my 15th and last day of the cleanse. I'm not sure why it was necessary for me to feel so terribly achy, with an upset stomach, on the last day but I guess it is. Please cover me with your prayers, if you're so inclined, as I so despise feeling wretched on the Sabbath.

Church was wonderful, though. We had a hymn sing complete with a vocal lesson for Hristiyan to begin to grasp singing in parts. I was so pleased with my children, as they did the lesson, and it was fun to watch.

Then we watched a Pastor Davis video on acceptance and rejection. He shared about a teacher who touched her student's lives by having them all write something nice about each other. She then compiled a sheet for each student with all of their classmate's kind remarks attached. Years later she learned that this had been a turning point in their lives.

We decided to do it too and spent the next half hour blessing each other. It's private, of course, but I was so encouraged with concepts like faithful; kind; concerned for others; brave to stand for truth no matter what; a good energy worker; and honest applied to me. I put all the scraps of paper on a recipe card and dated it. Then I put the card in my treasure chest to pull out on doubtful days. I can highly recommend this for any families where there have been rejection issues in the past. WOW--it sure felt good! The Lord knew that I needed a picker upper today.

Robert and the older children just drove to Napoleon to pick up supplies for root bear floats and to try out Andrew's "New" car. Not wishing to watch their enjoyment when they return, I am heading for the whirlpool but first I'm going to use my SusSplash. I've been neglecting this part of my self-care, with all of the wonderful sunshine these days, but perhaps it'll help settle this upset stomach. I'm not usually upset in the stomach unless something is upsetting me emotionally. How little we understand ourselves. Now why would I be upset when I just received all of these wonderful affirmations from my family and from Hristiyan? Perhaps I don't think I deserve it??????????????????

As Maria said right before she entered the Captains house, "OH HELP!"

Blessed Sabbath rest,

Dawn

PS. I started looking through trip pictures but my stomach won't let me post right now. Perhaps I'll get to it later today.

Day 11--almost Heaven

2011-08-24T15:05:00.000-05:00

I'm serious. After I made the decision to keep cleansing, yesterday was a fantastic day! I prayed quite a bit about going off the cleanse with Cora but decided to keep on as my right wrist is still having issues. It throbs a lot and aches something terrible for no explanation. I assume that means that there are either some more poisons that need to be gotten rid of or it's emotional and I need to keep doing BT on myself.
When I look at the consciousness of the wrist, I see that they are stomaching life; digestion of life; flexibility; and hanging on to life. These certainly do apply to some of the main issues that I am dealing with now so it makes sense that is screaming like my finger did last year.
Anyway, I was strong yesterday and got lots of laundry done plus drove up to the pasture to do a session on the cattle herd. THAT WAS SO INCREDIBLE! Last night we all watched the movie called, "Walking across Egypt." It was one of the best movies that I have ever watched! Thanks for sharing it, Dorena, if you happen to be reading this.
Today was awesome as we had an incredible session on my elderly lady from Napoleon. Here's the best news of all. We worked out an agreement where I will work out of her assisted living home this Winter when she doesn't want to drive. The more people she brings in for sessions, the greater the discount on her session. I told her that I'll pay her rent if she has more than 4 lined up for me. She leaned over; patted my hand; and said, "I won't be too hard on you." I almost cracked up--what a cutie she is!!!!
Cora told me that there is a man in the nursing home who wants me to work on him but how could he ever get out here? Perhaps they will bring him over to the assisted living unit as they are attached? We'll see but it is so exciting as I have been praying and praying for a way to work in Napoleon without having to set up a second office. Offices are expensive.
Now today's news is that Hristiyan is coming today. He is my cousin's son and he is bringing his grandma and grandpa for supper. I have always been fond of my Uncle David so it will be great to have him here. This means that I'd best get to work on my long list of "Making them feel special" jobs this afternoon. Hristiyan will be with us until Monday so things are sure to be lively around here. :) Thanks for loaning him to us, Kristi and Michaeljon!

Most likely I won't write tonight so this is my Day 11 and Day 12 post. I'm still not sure how long I will go. I can't seem to get a clear answer on that. However, I want you to know that after the first 3 days, things are pretty much clear sailing. Why, I might stay on this the rest of my life. Just kidding.

Much love,

Dawn

Class was GREAT!

2011-08-23T15:49:00.000-05:00

I have a ton of things to do today but, I know that if I don't write quickly about my class, it may not get done for a month, if then. I decided to handle the class and the trip separately.

This is my instructor, Ange, who WROTE the "BodyTalk for Animals" course with Dr. Veltheim. She is a Tellington Touch instructor which is a method to calm animals. I'm going to buy the book about TTouch on Amazon because it's a simple way of calming any animal which is a good way to start sessions. Yes, we did hit it off great as we both love BodyTalk AND animals!

I guess I waited too long to bring up taking a class picture as some of the class members had left by this time. I was surprised that it's not a tradition in Montana BT classes to get a group picture after class as I had just assumed that it would be done. There were 17 of us together for 2 1/2 days and it was GREAT!!!! It's amazing how being an animal lover can be very bonding! These are those who I caught before they headed out for other parts of the country.

It's the only time this year that the class will be taught in the States and it's being taught only 2 other places in the world so I am soooooo very grateful to have had the chance to go. Tory is in the front kneeling and she is the class coordinator. We had 3 practitioners there from ND but the other 2 were from the Fargo area. One for sure I think will be a life-long friend as we both love the Lord so much!

We arrived at the Red Willow Learning Center 15 minutes before we needed to arrive so I'd call that quite amazing on that long of a trip. Robert checked us in to the hotel while I had my first segment of the class on Friday night. This was all lecture as was Saturday.

We learned how to know when animals are getting stressed out and how to calm them. We learned about how to do sessions on animals; how to bring balance to the entire family by working on an animal (really my main reason in wanting to go); and the legal issues involved in working on animals.

On Sunday we worked in groups of 3 on 4 different animal. We had to each do the 3 steps in a session to get familiar with each one in detail and then for the forth one we got to pick which role we wanted. The 3 duties were: get the information about the dog using the intake form; do the session; and watch the animal during the session to look for shifts as they occurred.

It was the most intriguing animal experience of my life! In fact, it's been hard for me not to run up to the cattle herd immediately today but duties have kept me from it so far. It IS on my list for this afternoon, though, as I am aching to apply what I learned to our very own livestock.

Now, listen to what the Lord has lined up for me on Sabbath--we're going to go to the Bismarck ZOO!! OH BOY!!!!!!!!

I'd best get to work but I'll post about my visit with my brother and his wife and the rest of our trip later.

Blessings,

Dawn

I'M HOME!

2011-08-22T21:42:00.000-05:00

Robert and I pulled in here at home around 7:30 tonight after driving roughly 1800 miles in the past 5 days. PRAISE THE LORD FOR A SAFE JOURNEY!

"How did you like the class?" I can hear you ask. Well, I can honestly say that it was my very favorite class that I have ever taken in my entire life!!!!!!!!!!!!! I said to the instructor, "This class combines 2 of my passions--BodyTalk and animals." She feels the same way, of course. I will share the few pictures of the class and the TONS of pictures that I took of Montana ASAP.

I'm tired so this will be short but I wanted you to know that I'm home safe and sound. By the way, I DID stick to the cleanse the whole time and today was day 10. There were moments of temptations, with all of the nourishing snacks all around me during class, but I just kept reminding myself of my goals and how sick I would get if I were to start eating suddenly.

I will share one splurge that I had and that is this WONDERFUL herbal tea from GOOD EARTH. It's called, "Sweet and spicy Herbal tea" and I loooooooooooooooooooooooved it! These are the ingredients: red rooibos, chicory root, natural flavors, rose hips, cinnamon, lemongrass, peppermint (a no-no for my constitution so this will NOT be a habit), papaya, chamomile, panax ginseng, anise seed, dandelion root (another no-no), ginger root, orange oil, orange peel. This tea made life worth living while I watched all 16 of the other class members enjoying snack time. :)

Off to bed,

Dawn

PS. Thanks for all of your prayers for safety!

Day 5/Still alive

2011-08-17T21:40:00.000-05:00

Just kidding--it isn't THAT bad. I have still been pretty achy today mostly in my right wrist. It seems strange as I didn't ever break it or injure it as far as I can recall.

This has to be short as we're leaving tomorrow and I still have tons to do to get ready. I spent the afternoon switching my client's sessions around for when I'm gone. I just made 4 gallons of lemonade and put them in the freezer. I hope that it won't bother it any but it's my only option that I can see.

I'm still not sure who is going to help me drive and enjoy the beauty of MT while I'm in class. It depends on the weather but I am definitely leaving tomorrow. We'll go as far as my brother, Russell's, house in Syndey, MT. They've so graciously invited us to dinner AND to spend the night with them. That will be a blessing as I was nervous about a 3 hour class on top of a 12 hour drive. This will break up the trip on the way out. PTL

God bless the faithful,

Dawn

Day 4--not so great

2011-08-16T20:46:00.000-05:00

That just goes to show how we can get thrown off by our memories. I was sure that day 3 was going to be the worst but I have been aching EVERYWHERE so bad all day. Cora is not having a good day today either so it just shows that one can never tell what life is holding up ahead of us. If I didn't have the Lord to cling to on painful days like this, I just wouldn't make it and that's all that can be said on that subject.

As the poisons are released from the body, they go into the bloodstream and need to be washed out with LOTS of fluids. Another problem that we had involved the fluids. We ran out of maple syrup yesterday and drank the last of our lemonade this morning. Although I only had one client today, I went up to Bismarck to help her and to try to locate some organic grade B Maple syrup.

I finally found some at Terry's Health Food Store so I bought 2 jugs. We have some ordered but it just is not coming. That happened to us last time too but we had waited until it came to start the cleanse. This time we started at the drop of a hat. Now why was that again????????????

Anyway, I have to make a bunch of lemonade to take to MT this weekend. I'm thinking about freezing it and thawing it over there as I need it. Does anybody know if this will destroy any of the nutrients in the lemonade?

The good news is that, when I stood on the scale this morning, I learned that I have lost 5 pounds already. WOW--this is great and I'm wondering if it may have something to do with the iodoral (iodine supplement) that Sarah K. had such great success with.   Cora and I have both been rather disgusted with it up until now, as neither one of us lost any weight on it. When Sarah was here she encouraged us to be patient; to keep using it; and it would kick in at some point. Perhaps it just needed us to go on this cleanse to begin working it's miracles--something about not eating constantly???????????

Anyway, Cora and I are both going to bed early. I thought about soaking in the whirlpool tonight but I felt more led to do a session instead. I'm sure I'll be in there sometime before we leave for Montana, but I'm just too tired right now.

If you read this tonight, Cora and I would both appreciate prayers for strength to continue through the 10 days (although I may go longer).   God bless all of you who uphold our family in your prayers.

Happy to be five pounds lighter,

Dawn

Misoulla, here I come/Day 3

2011-08-15T21:13:00.000-05:00

Can you believe it? The Lord has worked it out for me to go to AnimalTalk after all! Robert said, "I've never seen Montana either." He's going to try to take me but, if work keeps coming in like it has been before then, he'll send Andrew along as my escort. Either way I know that I'll be perfectly safe on the road with one of those 2 mechanics along. The CP (Crysler Pacifica) is almost new but I wouldn't feel safe traveling without a man with me anyway and I know that my neck would not take that much driving. I am so thankful that my family feels that this will be a blessing to our farm to go through so much trouble to let me go to the class at the last minute!

I hope this won't seem tacky, but there IS always the issue of money. Gas is high; the class will cost $750; plus the hotel expense. I've been meaning to do this sometime anyway so this seems like a good a time as any.

You may recall that KRT allowed me to become a BETAR dealer last Winter. Since then I have finally slept through the night. The BETAR sleep units put out the frequency which the brain copies to either dream or go into deep dreamless sleep. I think that I must have been too big of a dreamer (pun intended) as I couldn't go down into the deepest sleep before I started using my BETAR sleep unit. All you have to do is plug it in close to your bed, so that's pretty easy.

There are also BETAR relax units which help you to relax when you are stressed out. These are wonderful anywhere you are tense--including driving in the car with a bunch of children.

I'd like to send you to http://www.betar.com/ if you think that you'd like to purchase one of these units at this time. They cost $150 plus shipping so it would really help me get down the road to Missoula. If I can answer any questions about the units, please let me know. I realize that this is a long shot but, just in case someone out there has been putting off buying a BETAR unit from me, this would be a great time to do so.

Oh yes, day 3 of the Master Cleanse is over and it was ok. Both Cora and I woke up weak this morning so we resorted to taking some of Dr. Mercola's whey protein powder too. She had to go to work and, for me anyway, day 3 has been the hardest in the past, so I urged her to take some protein along with her lemonade to work today. I keep praying for her as the work that she does is very strenuous and this cleanse goes deep.

I started seeing some major cleansing today so I'm happy. However, this is the first time that I've ever taken a class while on the cleanse OR gone on a long trip. It does make me a little bit nervous so I continue to ask for prayers as I make my preparations for AnimalTalk.

God bless you who keep me covered with your prayers,

Dawn

Master Cleanse 6/Day 2

2011-08-14T23:44:00.000-05:00

Thanks for your prayers--it helps so much when people pray for me! It helps me to keep focused although I did have one weepy time this afternoon. It seems like each cleanse goes deeper into the old issues and releases more pain that has been stored there all my life. Eventually it will all be gone and pure joy will fill my entire being--I really believe that! I've done enough of these cleanses to feel the negativity leaving daily and it IS worth it!

Today went well although my tongue is driving me crazy. I'm going to see if I can find one of those tongue cleaners that the young man on the video I posted talked about. When you are cleansing, the tongue gets all coated with white junk but that's good as it shows that the body is cleansing. Still, it is VERY aggravating.

I'm sorry that I don't have a video to post yet as I spent the time that I had with Andrew today on a different purpose than learning how to run his camcorder and post to You-Tube. I did my best to convince him that what he really wants to do is to drive me to Missoula for AnimalTalk this weekend.
It sounds like I may be able to go yet but the fast is helping me to purify my motives and all I want to do is what God wants me to do. I'll let you know when His will becomes clear.

Off to dreamland,

Dawn

Master Cleanse 6/Day 1

2011-08-13T22:45:00.000-05:00

Today was the first full day on the cleanse and it went pretty well. Cora and I drank lemonade (recipe on Cora's blog) all day. It was such a blessing to have her with me especially on the Sabbath when we traditionally feast.

It was a quiet day and I didn't want to bother Andrew to show me how to post to You-Tube, so hence no video post today, but I'll see what I can do about that. He said that it isn't that hard to learn how to put videos on You-Tube but nothing techy IS difficult for him. How I wish I was more like that but I am so thankful that he doesn't mind teaching me as we go along. I can't imagine what I'll ever do without him, when he gets married, but maybe I'll know everything that I need to know about technology by that time. :)

Please keep Cora and I in your prayers as we continue on this cleanse. Also, I would appreciate prayers for wisdom about attending AnimalTalk. Elizabeth and I both have been trying to find another practitioner who wants to go from here. The class coordinator did send me the name of a woman from the Fargo area who wants to share a hotel room. However, when I spoke with my fellow practitioner this morning, she told me that she is flying out so I can't drive with her. I just don't have peace with the thought of not going and I just don't have peace with the thought of going so far by myself. HMMMMM

Well, I'm tired so I will wish you all a wonderful week and say, "Good night," like my Cora does so many times.

Have a great week!

Dawn

Taking Action

2011-08-10T15:16:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone,
Thanks for praying for Robert! He had his tooth removed yesterday and is back to work today. Now I, myself, am asking for prayer. As I drifted off to sleep last night, I felt that there was pressure in my left foot again. First thing this morning I tuned in to what is going on in my body, through muscle testing, and learned that the cancer is active again there. When I asked how long it's been active, the answer was 3 days.

It's amazing how one can stuff things that we don't want to deal with, isn't it? Well, I am fed up with my apathy about this so I told Cora this morning, "I'm going on the Master Cleanse again. I'm tired of messing around with this." That was when she told me that she's been thinking of doing it again too. We decided to begin immediately and she whipped up a batch of lemonade and ordered more maple syrup.
This will be my sixth Master Cleanse and I am so thrilled to have Cora to do with it. Like the other times, I am inviting YOU to come along with me on the journey. We'll be working into it for 3 days and then go at least 10 days and come out with 3 on the other end. Perhaps you'd like to join us for a day or two and get a taste for how wonderful you can feel when on this cleanse.
If you are thinking about joining me, I urge you to go to this website:http://mastercleansesecrets.com/. Raylen has an ebook that I bought which helped me to safely get through the other 5 cleanses that I've been on.
You may recall that, during the other cleanses, I posted every day throughout the fast to share my thoughts while cleansing. I'm pondering doing something different this time seeing as my son, Andrew, has a camcorder.
I found this video online, when I googgled MASTER CLEANSE just now. This young man videod his progress on the cleanse which is pretty quick and easy. If you'd like to hear how he felt while on the Master Cleanse, take a few moments to hear of his progress. I hope that you'll open your mind to join the large number of people who use the Master Cleanse regualarly to purify themselves on the inside.
Getting well,
Dawn

An "Impossible" dream come true

2011-08-06T11:52:00.000-05:00

OH MY--NOW WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO????????????

I've been dreaming of taking Animal Talk for several years but it's just not taught very often. Few people have a financial interest in animals to warrant paying the kind of money that BodyTalk classes cost. Now this morning I just got this email. PLEASE PRAY WITH ME ABOUT THIS!

I just read the email to the children and Cora said, "Are you going to go?" Without even thinking, I said, "YES". However, if you look at the dates you will understand my concerns. Yet, if God wants me to go, I WILL be there.

Blessed Sabbath rest to all!

Dawn

Hello BodyTalk Community!

BodyTalk for Animals - Mod. 8a is going to be taught by Ange Trenga-Anderson in Missoula, MT on Aug. 19th - 21st.

This is the only 8a scheduled in the US and no other classes on the calendar anytime soon. So if you have been waiting to take this class, now is your chance! There are still some spaces available, so please hurry and reserve your space today.

We don't want you to miss out on this amazing opportunity to learn how to use BodyTalk with Animals.

Your Instructor, Ange Trenga-Anderson, is a Certified BodyTalk Practitioner and Instructor, Senior BodyTalk for Animals Instructor and Tellington TTouch Practitioner. Ange blends her educational background in Biology/Zoology, her study of animal communication, behavior and consciousness, and her professional certification in Tellington TTouch with her years of training and professional practice with adults and children. Ange’s training and experience with animals and people offers a unique, holistic approach to strengthening family bonds and better understanding our animal companions. Students complete Ange’s seminars with tremendous levels of skill, understanding and confidence. Ange is the author and developer of the BodyTalk for Animals curriculum.

Student testimonial:

"AnimalTalk was a delight! . We literally watched the animals we worked with shift in very positive ways right before our eyes. Ange is an incredible Instructor who will inspire and empower you to connect with these amazing beings."

More information about what you'll gain from this seminar:

Module 8a of the BodyTalk System is designed to offer theoretical and hands on practical instruction to use of the BodyTalk protocol for domestic animals.

Animals generally have a natural and strong desire to be healthy and well, but domesticated species are easily affected by the stresses of living in human environments. This stress can compromise their physical, mental, emotional and behavioral health.

When an animal is physically not feeling well or is experiencing stress in his environment, he will usually exhibit specific behaviors to communicate these discomforts. These communications, however, are typically misinterpreted as “bad behavior.” Because the BodyTalk System allows us to explore and balance the physical, emotional and environmental experiences of the animal, positive shifts in behavior are commonly observed after a BodyTalk session, as the animal experiences increased well-being on all levels. Module 8a of the BodyTalk System allows the student to work through the entire BodyTalk protocol, discussing the unique experiences of all areas of the protocol for domestic animals.

But there is so much more to the seminar than a simple comparison of human to animal use of protocol. The bonds between humans and the animals with whom they cohabitate are tremendous. Many animals take on physical, emotional and energetic stresses of their human companions. Module 8a offers a unique study of this connection, how to acknowledge and honor the connection, and most importantly, how to balance it. Module 8a focuses heavily on BodyTalk for group dynamics, as it is the entire family matrix that will be balanced in an animal BodyTalk session. Learning how to balance group dynamics will allow you to successfully address issues between animals and owners, conflicts between animals living in the same environment, as well as how to balance pack/herd dynamics.

Students often comment that while they may have been already getting great results using BodyTalk on animals prior to taking Module 8a, their entire understanding and approach to BodyTalk for animals is dramatically changed after sitting the course. And, students often report that after taking the seminar, their work with animals was heightened to an entirely new level. They begin attracting clients with far more complex issues and their results go from great to phenomenal. This course really is a must for any individual interested in using the BodyTalk system with animals.

The course material is presented in a way that allows animal health care professionals as well as lay people to go on working professionally with animals in a safe, effective and legal manner. While the course focuses on domestic animals, the techniques can be used effectively with any animal you are experienced with.

Although Module 8a certainly would seem to be only for individuals interested in working with animals, it is actually is so comprehensive in content that it offers opportunity for all BodyTalk practitioners and students to develop their skills and understanding of BodyTalk in general. No other course within the BodyTalk curriculum offers the same level of practical instruction in how to balance a group matrix with immediate, visual feedback of the effectiveness of your sessions. And, time and time again students share that they only thought they understood Module 3 until taking Module 8a. Because animals demonstrate the connection of mind and body so literally, the opportunity to see consciousness manifest will never present itself so clearly as it will after a weekend working with animals. Finally, practically every tip and approach covered in this seminar can be applied directly towards working with kids. If you are working with children in your clinic, you will gleam so much from Module 8a, allowing your work with children to be more effective and far easier!

This seminar is really for everyone. We hope to see you in Missoula in August!

To register, please sign up on the IBA website: www.bodytalksystems.com

Those teeth

2011-08-04T11:29:00.002-05:00

Please pray for Robert as he has been in terrible pain with an old decayed tooth. He didn't sleep well last night and woke me early this morning to drive him to Bismarck to see the dentist. The doctor didn't recommend taking the tooth out today because of all of the infection. He said that, when there is that much infection in the mouth, the anesthesia doesn't work well and who wants THAT?

Robert is on an antibiotic and a pain killer and next week Tuesday will have the tooth extracted. UGH. I very vividly recall going through that last year. It made me even more determined to keep sugar out of my mouth!!!!!!!!!!!! Is that sweet REALLY worth it when it rots the teeth--not to mention other lovely affects???????

This post is short, although not sweet, so I will close with a hug. Prayers to all who are suffering from teeth issues today.

Dawn

A miasm keeping me fat?

2011-07-31T14:41:00.000-05:00

Anyone who has ever taken a radionics course has received the handout called, "Psychic Attack." This worksheet explains how negative belief systems affect our lives. A psychic attack can come from a parent, sibling, teacher--basically anyone that you look up to and spend a lot of time with when you are young and impressionable.

These belief systems are put on us and we continue abusing ourselves with these harmful thoughts unless someone that we look up to and spend a lot of time with refutes them for us. They differ from physical attacks in that the wounds are on the inside. Never-the-less they are still attacks upon us.

I've seen this one psychic attack called, "Renewing Miasms" listed but have never had it come up before. Today it came up and it made me curious. What in the world is a miasm? So I Goggled the word, "Miasm," as you can do for yourself, and I learned that a miasm is a belief system that is powerful enough to make us ill over a long period of time. The longer the belief system goes uncorrected in one's thinking, the more powerful it becomes.

After I got the basic definition, I went to my Kelly e-rate book and looked up the miasms listed there. I asked, through muscle testing, which one I was supposed to run on myself. I was utterly shocked when I read, "Weight/Fat implant--run rates to clear cell memory," and then the rates were listed.

I let that sink in a little bit and then I began to ask questions. You mean that I have an implant that makes my body store fat? You mean the memory in my cells refuses to let me loose weight? You mean THAT'S why it's so difficult for me to loose weight on things that work for everyone else? You mean that I can run these rates for myself on my radionics machine and I will get rid of this thing which makes it impossible for me to get thin?

Guess what I did after all of that registered? You got it--I'm running the rates RIGHT now. As I felt the energies flow through me, I started to question, "Now where did I ever get a thought like that?" DAH--what is the most frequent thought of my entire life? "YOU'RE SO STUPID, FAT, AND UGLY THAT NO MAN WILL EVER LOVE YOU." These words were drilled into my mind during my abusive childhood. Although I usually focused on the, "No man will ever love you part," I guess I need to realize how powerful the, "You're so Fat" part has affected my life.

I don't know if you're getting goosebumps, as you let these concepts penetrate through your brain, but I sure am. What if shedding excess fat is possible with the running of these rates? How many people could be helped? That's not to say that we can eat donuts and drink pop all day, but I haven't ever done that and still I've been fat. Now, I'm wondering if I've been fat JUST BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME THAT I WAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll let that sink in for a few days as I have much to do yet today. Still, I want to share things as they come up so that you all can pray about these things too. Sometime soon I'll let you know what the results of this current development are.

I've been requested to share what of the things that I share here I feel really work. That's on my to-do list but now I want to wait until I can see how dealing with this miasm (old belief system) will affect my waistline. I can say for sure that I love working out with Kathy Smith but even that hasn't given me a body I'm pleased with. It's better but it just feels as though there is always something holding me back from being fit. I've even said, "It feels as though there is something that is actually holding me back from being thin." Now I know that there is--soon it will be that there WAS!

Praise God for His incredible hope!

Dawn

July highlights

2011-07-30T22:42:00.001-05:00

July has been a busy month of haying for the guys and working in town for us girls. In between making lunches for everyone, we've been trying to get caught up with the garden. Cora and I both are disappointed with how it has turned out this year. It looks as though many of the seeds must have rotted in the very wet Spring as many of the rows have spots with nothing growing. We are thankful, though, for the many volunteer tomatoes from last year so at least we ought to have an abundant tomato harvest. The absence of garden pictures in our blogs this Summer indicates our disappointment in how it is producing.

One can't work constantly, though, so I'm thankful for Sabbaths. Today was a lazy day at home but 2 weeks ago we had some excitement in our lives. The little town of Robinson was celebrating it's 100th birthday so we went up to help them celebrate. They had a wonderful parade with something for everyone.

I don't speak of it often but I truly do love horses. I guess the reason that's such a big secret is that in 2002 my favorite horse, Gabe, the one that the children all loved, got West Nile. The vet came and treated our Gabe. He showed Robert how to give the treatments and we all stood out in the dark, after Robert got home at night, holding the lantern for the process. It ended up that all 3 of the children got bit by infected mosquitoes and got West Nile too.

It was a nightmare week for us and it ended with Gabe's death. I remember crying my heart out as Robert loaded Gabe's body in the tractor bucket and hauled him out to the pasture. He dug a big hole for Gabe in the side of a hill and we buried him there. All the way back to the house, I wept and I promised myself that I would never love another horse again as long as I lived. Then I went into the house to my 3 sick children and tried to comfort them somehow.

I've never given my heart to a horse since then but I do love their beauty, the way that they carry themselves, and yes, even the way that they smell. I wonder, if I would do some BT on Gabe's death, could I possibly ever truly love another horse???????????? I know that I love to watch these magnificent creatures work together as a team and I'm very thankful to those who bring them to parades for us to admire!

This little guy was filling his hat with candy that the folks on the floats were throwing out.

Do you recognize these folks? We've been staying away from parades (as far as I'm concerned) because we always got so much candy. Even with using sparingly afterwards, we'd end up with colds 2 weeks later. I never imagined that we'd be collecting any now but Andrew had a bag tucked away in his camcorder bag so we came home with some anyway. I guess larger bodies can handle it better as nobody has had any sniffles yet.

I thought that this couple was so cute together. They had matching shirts and she was riding by her man just as proud as she could be. Oh, how I love being part of the farm community!

This young lady had her pony all dressed up for the parade.

There were lots of family farms who had floats.

The guys liked this cool rig.

After the parade, we took our picnic lunch to the park and watched them set up the bouncing palace for the little people to jump in.

This looked like a good inexpensive idea for fun. It was just a large piece of plastic on the side of the hill. An adult had a garden hose running on it and the children were sliding down with great squeals of delight.

As we ate our picnic lunch, the trucks and tractors started pulling in for the tractor pull.

Cora snapped this of me. I'm going to look at this picture next Winter and remember how roasting it was that day. My goodness was it HOT out!!!!!!!!!!

I got this one of Cora in return. The guys were over looking at the trucks and tractors.

Here they are. These guys are real die-hards as they sat out there almost 5 hours in that wretched heat. I guess that goes to show that you can tune out the heat when you're really interested in something.

When I couldn't handle the heat anymore, I went under the tent. You couldn't see much from there but it sure was a lot cooler. I got a couple of great shots for my newest photo fancy which is catching parents with their children bonding. These 2 were inseparable all afternoon.

These 2 were great buddies too.

At 6:00 Cora and I went over to the rodeo arena and watched the cowboy rodeo. We didn't know anybody but started cheering for this cowboy with the paint because his mother was sitting beside Cora. I'm sorry that all of these photos have the corralling in them, but that's how it was.
This was a ranch rodeo and there were 6 different ranches that supplied teams.

One fun event we've seen at the Mandan rodeo. The team of 4 men has to get the steer in the stock trailer. This one was VERY ornery as you can see he had 3 of the cowboy's ropes on him before they got him in. Man do they ever have brakes when you want them to move.

These pictures got mixed up but here is another team who went through the parade.

Here is one of Jacob's favorite entries in the parade. He sure loves them loud hot rods.

My big purchase for the month was a juicer that Dr. Mercola recommended for getting more greens into my diet!

Here Cora snapped me opening the box.

This is a photo of the pulp that came out the first time I made juice. It was apple/carrot juice and it was wonderful. The children all enjoyed the juice and I took the pulp; added peanut butter and coconut oil; stirred it up; and had it for breakfast! YUM! I've liked all of the juice that I've made so far except broccoli juice. Maybe it'll grow on me.

Here we are after Sabbath feast last week. Cora surprised us by making doughnuts. You know, as much as I love going away for fellowship, the sweetest fellowship is right here at home. How I love my precious family!

The only other bit of news that we have is that we had an unexpected guest for lunch yesterday. Chris S. called us yesterday and said that he was in Napoleon. Seeing as it was lunch time, we invited him to come out and join us for lunch.

You may recall him bringing his family here when the baby goats were small and sharing with us about the John Birch Society? We've been spending some time reading the literature that he left us on Sabbaths and we are very impressed with the organization. Well, when he asked us this time if we'd like to join, we were ready. After lunch, we filled out the paperwork and are now members.

We visited a little bit and before Chris left he said, "You guys have been Birchers all along, you just didn't know it!" OH, SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE!

I'm excited to be part of a network of others who see hope for our country in getting back to the Constitution that our country was founded on. Who knows what kind of wonderful people we're going to meet now. Who knows what kind of interesting meetings we're going to attend...... I know that you all know the answer to those questions. God knows. OH HOW I LOVE KNOWING THAT MY LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER HAS A PLAN FOR MY LIFE. The song that I used to sing when my voice was a wee little girl's voice is ringing through my mind now, "AND ALL I HAVE TO DO IS FOLLOW!"

Have a great week everyone!

Dawn

Our first radionics class

2011-07-23T23:43:00.001-05:00

I believe that I posted this picture once before but, seeing as this is a post about our radionics class last month, I thought that I'd start at the beginning. Ed and his office manager, Cathie, sent up all of these boxes for the class. Some of them were teaching materials; and some were demo materials; and some were the rental machines for the class.

On Sunday, June 26th Jacob and I drove to Bismarck to pick up Ed from the airport. How wonderful it was to see him again. We brought him to the farm to meet the rest of the family and to discuss final arrangements for the class. That evening, Ed took apart some of our instruments and showed our guys the working parts of a wonderful KRT instrument.

Here is our classroom with all of the machines set up. We had 10 students. With Ed as the instructor and myself as the instructor in training, there were 12 us in the class. It was a major thrill for me to have my entire family taking the class from Ed. It was a wonderful 3 days together!
Did I mention that we held the class at the Kelly Inn? I thought that was so awesome how the Lord welcomed Ed Kelly to North Dakota by having us hold the class in the hotel with the same name. I discussed accommodations with Ed after the class and learned that he loved everything there! The staff was very friendly and helpful; the classroom spacious and well lit; the food was great; and his hotel room was nice too. Ed said that he would definitely hold his classes there in the future so I was so thankful that he was happy with the arrangements that I had made for our class!

Here is my wonderful family all studying radionics together. It was so wonderful to have everyone learning the same thing at the same time. Here Andrew is asking Ed a question.

Our wonderful instructor and new friend, Ed Kelly. How can we ever thank you, Ed, for coming all the way from Georgia to teach us? What a great instructor this man is. He listens to our questions and explains everything so patiently. I couldn't ask for a finer man to study under.

Our family had lunch with the group at Minervas the first day of class so that we could get to know the other class members a little better but after that we packed our lunches. What interesting meals these were as we all discussed what we'd been learning and how it can apply to our farm's needs.

Forever a preserver of memories (I think he got this from his mother), here Andrew was catching some shots of class. How I love this awesome young man with his curious nature!

Right before class ended, one of the members treated us all to this birthday cake in honor of her friend. That was soooooooo cool!

Here is a photo of most of us in class. Two of the group members decided that they didn't want to be photographed so they opted out. Notice how my children cosied up to Ed.

This was taken during one of our snack periods. I'll say again how wonderful it was having my family all together during these awesome 3 days!

Right after our class had ended and Ed was making his final sales, I headed over to my office to work on a client. When I was finished, I went back to the Kelly Inn. The children had headed for home to take care of the farm chores and I found Robert and Ed visiting. It was so wonderful to watch these 2 men throughout the class time, from way different backgrounds, learn from each other. Robert gleaned radionics information from Ed and Ed grasped agriculture concepts from Robert. Both have such marvelous minds that I was happy to see them getting to know each other.

Ed, Robert, and the children had everything boxed up that we'd need to return to GA. Thankfully there was only about half the number of boxes that needed to be returned as all of the rental machines were sold to those who used them in class--it was GREAT!!!

We were all 3 tired so we sat and visited for a little while about the class. I was surprised when Ed looked at me and said, "We're partners now." I stuck out my hand and we shook on it. Robert said, "I want to get your picture together before we leave." Here is the result.

Did I mention that Ed offered me the opportunity of becoming a dealer of his incredible KRT instruments? It's kind of a joke in the family as I am the person who has the least bit of technological knowledge and he makes ME the dealer. I know that it's because of my being an energy worker but truly I do view my dealership as a family dealership.
I got Robert and Ed's picture then too.

After we took all of the boxes out to our car, we decided to take the time to eat together at Minerva's. Actually, I was STARVING and the guys said that they were hungry too. We had a wonderful time discussing plans for future classes over our meal and I took this picture of the information board as a remembrance of our wonderful time together.

All 3 of us were tired then and we still had an hour's drive home. Ed needed to get some sleep as he had a long flight home the following day. A part of me has always dreaded departures as the sanguine part of me aches to be with people as much as possible. When you live in North Dakota on a farm, there really are not that many opportunities to spend time with people, so I treasure times with others.

This was when Ed gave me probably the greatest gift that he ever has. How I dreaded seeing him leave and the class that I had worked so very hard for to be over. I could feel the sadness creeping into me as Robert and I moved towards the door and Ed started going towards his room.

I was trying to think of how to say, "Goodbye" to such an incredible person. This was when Ed turned towards us and said with his big booming voice and his big grin on his face, "See you soon."

I could only smile then as I knew that it would be at least a year until we would see Ed again. Still, I saw the wisdom of his closure and I gulped out a returning, "See you soon," and left the hotel with Robert.

I wrote to Ed later and thanked him for this wonderful gift. I meant it, for as I learned from Anne Shirley, true friends are always together in the heart. THANK YOU, ED, FOR ALL OF THE WAYS THAT YOU BLESSED OUR FAMILY!

God bless all who read my ramblings and who bear with my melancholy times. I love you all! Have a great week in the Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dawn

OK--I give

2011-07-15T09:35:00.002-05:00

I can recall my mother snidely asking me about 10 years ago, "How many diets are you going to try?"

I smugly answered, "As many as it takes until I find the one that works!"

Anyone who has read here for any length of time knows how I struggle with getting off this excess weight. Between miscarriages, cancer, and the lenghthy illness with shingles on my brain, I have been forced to be sedentary much of the time this past decade. One still must eat to keep living--that IS the idea you know.

Then, when eating was one of the few things that I did as a child that pleased my mother, I ate to comfort myself as she taught me to do. I know that there are probably people reading this who will snoot me off and say, "Excuses, excuses. All you have to do is eat less and you will lose weight."

Well, I've tried that too. I've fasted and cleansed and lost weight and put it back on again. Every natural thing that I could find, I tried and still there was something that kept me fat. Now, thanks to my dear friend, Sarah, I just may have discovered what that something is.

I called Sarah earlier this week to see if she'd like Cora's help with the children/housework for a few days. Would she! Well, I love talking to Sarah as she is an avid reader who is always searching for the answers to her health challenges just like I do. This time she had some VERY good news to share.

"What's new, Sarah?" I asked.

"Well, I lost 50 pounds since the baby was born," she replied!

Then she had my full attention. Sarah proceeded to tell me about a supplement that supplies the body with iodine for those who are suffering from hypothyroidism. Now, I was tested for that I don't know how many times but, as I learned at the following website, doctor's tests are far from precise enough to detect this problem.

Sarah explained that we live in the goiter belt of the nation. This means that we aren't near enough to the coast to benefit from sea breezes that supply iodine from the salt in the sea water. Goiter is the extreme lack of iodine but many people have health challenges much sooner than the goiter stage.
As Sarah talked about sea breezes wafting in the iodine rich air, I recalled feeling absolutely fantastic when I was breathing the air out in CA last Fall. I told Sarah that the day after our flight, when I thought I'd be recouping from jet lag, we walked 8 miles. I felt so strong in that air that I didn't want to leave the shoreline of the San Francisco Bay. Could it be it was the iodine in the air that was making me so strong?

To summarize, so that I can prepare for Sabbath here, I did order the product that she took which is called, 'Iodoral" and it came quickly. I started taking it 2 days ago and am waiting to feel the affects. I'm assuming that I'm VERY depleted as I haven't felt any difference yet.

You can read about Iodoral at this website:iHerb.com. I decided to stick with this product as it is the one that Sarah lost 50 pounds in 4 months with. However, I was also led to read on this website:
http://www.1-thyroid.com/lowthyroid.htm In fact, I was so encouraged by what I read here that perhaps I truly have found the underlying physical answer (not the emotional ones that I've been working on with BT) to my weight issues. I took their test to see if hypothyroidism is my problem. Goodness, if you score over 70 it's a BIG problem and I had a 137.

I urge everyone to go to the link above and scroll half way down the page. There's a section called, "Am I thyroid deficient?" Click on, "Online analysis," then on, "Low thyroid symptoms." Check off every symptom that you're experiencing and the computer will tally it for you.

So there I spilled the beans. I wasn't going to until I could show you a nice AFTER picture of my new slim body. However, the reason that I have this blog is to share the things I learn so that you can get started ASAP too. Perhaps you will get nice and thin right along with me? WOULDN'T THAT BE WONDERFUL???????????????????

Blessings to all you who keep turning to nature (God) for the answers. Keep searching for them! It may take awhile to find the key to the your particular lock but we read in Scripture, "Ask and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened unto you." Mathew 7:7
God has a unique healing journey for each one of us. I get to witness this every day and it is so fascinating! I just love it! God is trying to teach us things each time we have a health challenge. He is trying to draw us closer to Him through our difficulties of all types. All He wants is to have a relationship with us. CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS? God, who made Heaven and Earth wants to be YOUR friend!!! Is it time for YOU to open the door of your heart and let Him come in and be your best friend ever? He is waiting for you to let Him into your life. Why keep God waiting a second longer??????????????????

Come to the Lord all who are weary and heavy laden and HE will give you rest.

Blessed Sabbath rest to all God's children,

Dawn
PS. I decided to include the questionnaire here for those of who need a little push to take the online test. There's no charge, and it could change your life, so I urge you to go for it! Just a reminder, taking the "Test" here will not get you any feedback from the company. Use the link above for this.
PPS. Did I ever mention that my hair is falling out a lot this past year? How I pray that this is the missing link in my health care regimen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Online Questionnaire for Thyroid Function (Hypothyroidism)

The following are some of the major symptoms and signs associated with an under active thyroid. Some symptoms are more significant than others. Read each line carefully. Click the box next to the symptom if it applies to you. Your score will be tallied up below.

0 – 9 Unlikely you are hypothyroid
10 – 19 Mild hypothyroidism
20 – 29 Moderate hypothyroidism
30 – 49 Profound hypothyroidism
50 – 69 Severe hypothyroidism
70+ Hypothyroidism so bad that blood tests may be abnormal

Busy day tomorrow

2011-07-13T20:57:00.000-05:00

I am weary tonight and am asking for prayer for tomorrow. It's been a busy day of sessions and cooking and laundry and trying to find homes for all of our new possessions that we inherited from our dear neighbor, Gladys. I will always call her my neighbor because she is so dear to my heart even though she now lives in Fargo.
Please pray for me tomorrow as I am seeing 5 clients plus I need to empty the van of all of the items of Glady's that we are moving on for her. I'm going to bed early so I can get an early start tomorrow. I am so thankful for all of you who pray for me! Even though I never had a close family growing up, it is so wonderful to have been a part of the family of God for 42 years! Also I am so very thankful for this awesome family that I get to enjoy these days.

Keep watching here for news about the new iodine supplement that came in the mail today. I am eager to see how it will help to improve my health.

Much love to all those who serve the King--especially those who pray for me! May God bless you with His richest blessings for all of your compassion for me over the years!!!!!!!!!!! I'm especially thankful tonight for my dear cousin who likes to giggle into the wee hours of the morning with me EVERY CHANCE THAT SHE GETS! :)

Have a great week!

Dawn

PS. Just a hint as to the affect I'm hoping for with the iodine supplement--one of them anyway. This can be considered a before picture.

Prairie Days 2011/Saturday

2011-07-11T21:24:00.000-05:00

As you all know, if you've spent any time reading here at all, Prairie Days is one of the highlight's of our family's Summer. This was the welcome people received when they arrived at the Dagley farm.

Like I've said before, this PD was so awesome because my cousin, Kristi, brought her family all the way from WI. Here she is with a dress Cora had sown for a former PD. Kristi's daughter, Rachel, is wearing a dress that Kristi's mom sewed for her when she was a little girl. All of the wonderful old-fashioned dresses are one of my favorite part of Prairie Days.

Music is a big part of Prairie Days which is one of the big reasons that I love it so much! Many families share some of their favorite songs with the group during meals. However, there is also lots of impromptu music springing up from all over the Dagley farm. The campfire, of course, is a favorite place for me as we sang and sang until my throat was sore on Friday night.

This year there was a new feature at PD which was an instrument petting zoo. Everyone was encouraged to bring an instrument to share but, needless to say, my piano is not transportable--too bad for us piano players. I did, however, use my voice (which is also an instrument) to share one of my favorite songs. You can see the video of this down below if you haven't already seen it.

Families are at the heart of Prairie Days. One of my favorite things to do is to watch parents interacting with their children. God's plan for continuing the species is so incredible and I loved it that for 2 days I got to feast my eyes on scenes like this one.

This game is an old favorite at PD. It's so simple to do as all you need is a log cut in half and a rope of some sort. Two people stand across from each other and tug on the rope hoping to catch the other off balance. At just the right moment, a slight tug will land the opponent on the grass which is out. The person left on their log is the winner. The game is very fun and VERY addictive.

Two old friends, Andrew and David D. In fact this is where they met each other 9 years ago at the very first Prairie Days. Have I publicly said, "Thank you" to the Dagley family for all of the hard work that you do every year to give us PD? If not, I am now.

One neat addition this year was the opportunity to dress up and portray some famous person from history. Any guesses who James and Amanda are portraying here?

For my Jacob, the zipline continues to be the main attraction at Prairie Days. I've never seen the creek so full before.

We had a special guest who is a George Washington look alike. They did castings of his face and learned that he really DOES look like our first President. This was fascinating. He even knew what kind of crops were grown at Mount Vernon.

A friend snapped this picture of sweet Cora and I. I'm wearing the dress that she sewed several years ago and she has on her brand new one which she created for the event. My elderly neighbor lady, Gladys, had given me some of her jewelry. In it Cora found a small cluster of yellow daisies. When she saw it, she brought it to me to wear on my dress. Every once in awhile, I feel the Lord urging me to finish my first novel--YELLOW DAISIES. I'm sure the time will be available when I am to finish that immense project!

Here is a picture of everyone who wanted to be on the group picture-- a first time PD tradition.

Can anyone guess who these cute prairie girls were? These are the 2 youngest daughters of the awesome Stevens family who was here last month. I regret that I didn't take the picture of their whole family, minus Pristine, when I had the chance as I never saw them all together again.

Yes, these are Mary and Laura Ingalls from the Little House series which I read when I was about "Mary's" age. One of the books in the series is about life in SD, which was my home state, so I loved the stories. Later on, the series was televised as, LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE.

Horses have always been a part of PD. Every year someone comes and shares how they trained their horse. I imagine that there are as many ways to train a horse as there are to train up a child. I remember telling my mother, when I was a teenager, that I'd marry any man who bought me a horse. Oh, how I loved to ride in those days but now, since my illness, I guard my neck carefully. Who knows, maybe I'll ride again some day.

Cora had a demonstration time to share old fashioned ways to make hair pretty. I am so blessed that she does this here at home as, since the pain in my neck and shoulders in 2006, I haven't been able to do much with my hair. I never had a sister so I love when Cora does my hair and I guess she must too as she likes to work on other's hair too.

Here cousin, Kristi, is pondering purchasing one of President Washington's DVDs. Isn't this an awesome shot?

Here's the campfire where young and old gather together to visit or eat or sing.... This is one of my all time favorite places in the world due to the special time spent around the fire with loved ones.

Dagleys but we had other plans. We look forward to PD for months ahead of time so leaving is a dreaded thing. Looking back over Dagley Park one last time, a certain gloom settles on the heart. When will we see everyone again?

So here we are in Eureka, SD at the 125the birthday celebration of the church that we got baptized in. Wouldn't you know that it was on the same weekend as PD. We wanted to go, though, to see old friends AND to sing in the mass choir. BOY, DID WE RAISE THE RAFTERS!!!!!!

This is one of the sweetest ladies in the world. This is Pat G. who was our choir director during the first years of our marriage. She led the mass choir for the service so it was "Just like old times." We asked someone to take our picture as many years ago, Pat, Robert, and I got baptized together in this church. Did you ever hear the expression, "The best friends are OLD friends?" Well, I think it's true. Singing with Pat was so wonderful--seeing her smile up front brought back so many wonderful memories. It made me realize that I really DID have some happy times in that town.

Last but not least, here is the picture that I took when Robert drove me by my childhood home. There are new owners there now. A new car in the driveway; a new woman working in mom's flowerbed; a new man mowing the lawn. GULP. I was totally surprised that this all had an affect on me at all. With all of the nightmare years that I spent there in fear and self-hatred, I was sure that I would be glad to see it gone. Still, it did make me feel a bit nostalgic.

Thanks everyone for listening to my ramblings. I know that there are a variety of topics all thrown together here, but that weekend was a weekend of great emotions for me. I was still dealing with the cancer then, so I had some pain issues, but any time that I can be with people my heart is lighter. I certainly was with a LOT of people--some of my favorite people in the whole wide world--so I was happy beyond imagination.

I hope that you have enjoyed this picture post. I know that I will come back here from time to time to recall those happy days in Dagley Park. Is it too early to invite you to join us there next year?

Come and visit when you can!

Dawn