Days 8, 9, and 10

Day 8 was Sabbath which was a blessing.  One does not have as much energy on the cleanse and I keep pushing pretty hard.  Like I said before, I know that I could not be pushing this hard if it weren't for Dr. Mercol's wonderful whey protein powders which I take when I get weak.

Day 9 was an exciting day as it was the house meeting in Napoleon which had gotten postponed in January.  9 ladies came and we had a ball.  I got 2 ladies to book sessions and sold 3 sleep machines.  The best part about the day, though, came when Shawn told me that Jackie had told her, "I just came from Dawn's house and she's loosing so much weight.  I'm afraid that we're loosing OUR Dawn."  I laughed so hard.  THEY NOTICED!

Yesterday was the first rough day.  It seemed odd that it didn't come sooner but it was very interesting.  Being I know how to do biofeedback I did what Cora keeps advising me to do, "ASK YOURSELF." 

When I tuned in to my body, I got an answer that I had not been expecting.  I've wondered why I don't loose weight on the cleans (or any time) like other people do.  I end up feeling better but it took me 4 cleanses to loose 40 pounds.  Cora lost 16 in one and many people loose 20 or more on it so this has been a source of discouragement to me.

What was revealed to me is that all the years of swallowing my buble gum has plugged up the works.  I mean I swallowed a LOT of bubble gum.  It's taken all of the former cleanses to get down to the level where we can work on this and now it has begun.  I'd say, "YEAH" except that I felt like I had the worse flue yesterday and wasn't too excited about that.  I REALLY felt awful--so I babied myself.

I only had one session and that was with my best friend who prayed for me and we visited again as long, so that helped.  The rest of the time I slept, soaked, or sat in the bathroom--it was BAD!

I kept praying, "HELP ME LORD, I HAVE A FULL DAY TOMORROW!"  He did, I feel lots better today and so I press on.  I had decided to do 12 days this time as I'm up against the home school convention.  I'm still not positive if I'm supposed to go through that or not so I'm praying about it.  I'd kind of like to get 15 days in now that this OLD bubblegum has started to move out.

I'd appreciate your prayers today.  It's going to be full with 5 clients; a BETAR meeting tonight; plus I keep looking for a cabinet for my office.  It needs to be large enough to house my health library which I plan on sharing with my clients; the BETAR units; our farm's organic wheat; and what ever else comes along.  It has to be nice looking but inexpensive; large enough but not taking up too much space.........  you get the picture, it has to be just right.

Gotta get going but I thought that I'd bring you up to date.  I covet your prayers as I finish out the cleanse!!

Keep warm,

Dawn

PS.  I forgot to say that Andrew helped me design my new business cards yesterday.  They have my new Bismarck office address; my new email address; my picture; the BodyTalk logo, PLUS a place on the back to write down the next session time.  We finally got around to doing it on the day that VISTA PRINT sent out an email saying that they were having 90% off of Premium business cards.  I'll be getting 1,500 of them so that should last for awhile and they said they will arrive before we leave for class.  No why do you suppose that I'd want them before we leave for class?  ;)

Day 7 included a Gentleman

I love to watch how the Lord brings people into my life--each day is so unique.  Yesterday, which was day 7 of my 5th Master Cleanse He brought a gentleman into my day.

Fridays are always so very busy for us that I rarely go to town on Fridays. We have much to do on Preparation Day to get things ready for our day of rest to be as peaceful and pleasant as possible.  With cleaning and cooking and finishing up laundry there's just not much time for anything extra. 

However yesterday I was unpleasantly surprised to learn, when I went to the net teller, that I was overdrawn.  How can that be?  When I had gotten home late on Thursday night, I checked my balance.  Seeing that it was overdrawn, I transferred enough money to cover it, and went to bed.  "Now, how come I'm overdrawn?" I growled.

Knowing that I needed to get my checks put into the bank, I asked if anyone needed anything else done in Napoleon.  Robert said to call the car dealer that we bought our new wheels at and see if they could put in the struts that were weak on the hatch.

Being it was only the week before that we'd bought the vehicle, the owner knew me when I called to ask if that would work for them.  He said, "I'll hold my man over if you'll come right away."  Quickly putting my deposit together, I headed for town and got there around 2:30.

I asked the fellows, "How long will this take?"  They both assured me that it would only take 10 to 15 minutes.  Handing the employee the keys I said, "Ok, I'm going to walk up to the bank while you're fixing it.  I can't wait that long."

When the owner heard that he offered me a ride.  Seeing as I was in a hurry, I accepted.  On the way to the bank, we talked about our first week with the Pacifica.  As we neared the bank, he said, "I'll pick you up when you're done.  Just give me a call."

Well, I've never been one to enjoy bothering others, I declined saying that it wasn't that far to walk.  He persisted,  "But it's 3 degrees below zero with a breeze."

I insisted, "I'm used to being out in the cold as I got out to do chores every day."

Then he got serious and said, "PLEASE LET ME COME BACK TO PICK YOU UP!"

Wow--what do you say to that?  So I laughed and said that it would be nice and got out of the SUV.  "Give me a few minutes to get the struts in before you call me to get you," he said and was gone.

To make a long story short, inside the bank I learned that the policy had changed last year about when the cutoff time is for deposits.  One of the things that we had liked about this bank was that they had an outside deposit box.  If you had the deposit into that box (or transferred online) before 8:00 the following basis day that you overdrew, then you'd be fine.

HOWEVER, I learned that that policy had changed so that the cutoff time is now 4:00 PM.  That is why I was overdrawn even though I had transferred the needed funds into my account before I went to bed.  I'm sharing this for anyone in our area who has not realized this so that you might be spared the agony and embarrassment of an overdraft.

So, after I was defeated in the bank, I asked if they'd call the car dealer for me as I'd forgotten my cell phone at home.  When the teller dialed the number and handed me the phone, I was amazed.  A few minutes later the vehicle pulled up in front of the bank and I hopped in.

When I told my family this story later on, they all were as amazed as I was and said, "only in a small town."  It truly was a joy to ride in a warm vehicle with a gentleman instead of freezing my legs walking the 5 or 6 blocks down there.  So that's my big news from yesterday--I learned that gentlemen still exist on this planet.  YIPEE!!!

We quickly finished cleaning the house when I returned home and everyone enjoyed their feast while I enjoyed some more of Dr. Mercola's wonderful whey protein powder.  Then we watched a fantastic movie which Cora had ordered for us called, "Faith like potatoes".  Now there's a fantastic movie for you about how God can change a life completely around.  PRAISE HIS NAME FOREVER!!!!

Happy Sabbath all,

Dawn

Day 5 and 6

Day 5 was the first day that I saw any "REAL" cleansing, meaning that it showed on the scale that I had lost 4 pounds.  It was a great day around here too as the hostess, who has so graciously opened her home up to me, and I made the final arrangements for her house meeting on Sunday.  This is the email that I received from her that night.
 Dawn,

Well, my homework is done.  Invites are out with extra emails sent
too.  I hope many can attend.

Thank you Dawn for all you do for me. 
I really do love you!

About an hour later I received this email from a client whom I had just worked on that afternoon here at my home.

Thank you so much for my session today!!!  You are an angel and I am so thankful
for you!  Have a great evening with your family.

WOW--talk about feeling blessed, but that's not all.

That day in the mail I had received a check for a distance session that I'd done for a friend.  In with her check was the cutest note that I've ever received full of squigglies and packed with love.  As best as I can remember, this is what it said.

Hey Sweetie,

Thanks so much for the session.  It was such a blessing.................

You are a good person--remember that.


Yesterday (Day 6) was great too.  I saw 6 clients; sold 2 BETAR units; came home with $600 in my pocket driving our new wheels.  WOW.
Then when I got home I learned that the cattle prices were VERY good at the sale and it looks like we'll be able to pay all of our bills on time!!!!!!!!  YEAH!!!!!!!!  PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!
On top of all of that, I stood on the scale this morning and saw that I have lost 6 pounds since I started.  Now, I know that some people loose lots more than I do on the cleanse, but I'm not giving up hope yet of wearing that cute red and black checked dress at the home school convention.  It seems to take me a long time to get the ball rolling and I have another week yet. 
I rejoice that, even though I'm cleansing, I'm able to work all day like before.  I KNOW that the difference is because of Dr. Mercola's whey protein powder giving me the extra energy I need.  I realize that this may mean that I actually end up loosing less weight, but I must keep my work schedule up.  I can't just tell people, "Sorry no sessions for half a month as I'm on the Master Cleanse."
I continue to need your prayers and words of encouragement.  If you have been blessed by my work in any way, I'd appreciate your dropping me a note to add to my LINKS TO HEALING blog to encourage others to open their minds to all that BodyTalk has to offer.
Blessings for a peaceful Sabbath tomorrow.
Love you all,
Dawn

MC 5--Day 4/Amended version

Day 4 was FULL of excitement.  First of all, we're trying to decide which radionics machine to purchase for Robert to use in the upcoming class--and thereafter.  I got no less than 4 emails from Ed at KRT so that was a thrill!
If ever I had a loving brother, it would be somebody like Ed.  He is so understanding, and supportive, and encouraging--surely this is the role that a real live brother would play in his sister's life in a loving family!  PRAISE THE LORD--HE FOUND A WAY TO GIVE ME BROTHERS THROUGH HIS NETWORK OF AWESOME PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then, the day went well as far as hunger pangs went.  I was happy to note that the worst is behind me as those first 3 days can be kind of grueling when you watch your family sitting here eating.  Yesterday and this morning, though, I found myself thinking, "I'm on a roll now and I KNOW that I WILL live without food for another week!"  In fact, I wondered yesterday if I am meant to go all the way through the home school convention and into the next week.  I certainly am willing to do whatever is meant for me to do.  Perhaps the home school convention is needing fasting, along with prayer, this year for some reason.
There was a box that came for me from Mercola.com too.  All right, it's confession time.  I have been doing something a little bit different this time around.  I fell in love with Dr. Mercola's whey protein powder.  He had a great deal on if you bought 6 containers of this delicacy, so I did. 
Truly, there were times on the first 4 cleanses (three 15 day ones and one 10 day one) when I was literally weak.  At those times, I'd allow my body the rest that it needed as it cleans out deeply junk that has built up in me over the past 5 decades. 
The trouble now is that I have a business where people depend on me to help them to get well.  I can't just lie around detoxifying and say, "Sorry that I can't help you for half a month but I'm doing the Master Cleanse, you see."
So, leave it to the Lord, He sent me Dr. Mercola's whey protein powder.  Yes, I am adding that to this master cleanse whenever I feel weak.  Within minutes I'm ready to go back to work and my brain just loves the stuff. 
Part of me feels like this isn't, "Perfect" because it's not sticking to the lemonade and herbal teas only.  However, I have made my peace over it and I understand that the perfect one, my loving Heavenly Father, knows exactly what I need to do every day.  Now that I'm resolved to this, I am loving THIS cleanse like none before it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now for the most exciting part of our day yesterday.  We got an email from Gail B., who is with our home school association, stating that the House of Representatives was going to vote on the home school bill TODAY.  She said, "PLEASE write to your representatives and ask them to support the bill IMMEDIATELY--so we did.

It was so funny to hear Cora in on her laptop typing away and Andrew in his bedroom typing away as I frantically typed out here in the dining room asking our Representatives to, "VOTE YES".    After that, we rushed through lunch (for me that meant lemonade) and listened to the House meeting in the boy's room.  I'll never know how Andrew figures out how to go to all of these places, but it sure is interesting living with him.  At first we were watching it but it couldn't bring it in that fast so we just listened.

As we sat on the edge of our seats, we heard the call for the vote and I prayed madly as this was a VERY important vote.  When the announcement came that they voted "YES" by a large majority, we were all grinning from ear to ear.  There is just something about being a part of the political process that is so fulfilling--especially when we win!

Of course, the battle is only half over as we'll need to go through all of the this again when our bill gets to the Senate side.  However, if the House had voted, "No" that would be the end of things.  We'd go back to the dark ages of home schooling in North Dakota. 

Well, we're loading calves to sell tomorrow in  Napoleon so I've got to get going.  Please keep us in your prayers--today for safety loading and hauling them and tomorrow for as good a price as possible.  I won't be able to attend the sale this time as I'll be seeing people in my Bismarck office--6 tomorrow.  OH HOW I LOVE BEING BUSY DOING THE WORK OF THE KING!!!
Later,

Dawn

Three days through

Hi everyone,
  As you can see, I have not been able to keep up with my posting during this, my fifth, Master Cleanse.  I had a hard time getting started for some reason and didn't begin when I had written that I was going to.  Something about the time wasn't right, so I'm "Behind" where I had hoped to be by now.

  This has made me accept that I won't get 15 days in before the home school convention.  I've counted that it will work to get 12 in, though, if I come out of it on the end with my first meal of solid food coming on the last day of the convention.  Then, too, I wondered if maybe the Lord wants me to fast all the way through the convention to lend more umph to my prayers that God be glorified in ALL that is said and done there.  Have you ever noticed how you pray more earnestly when on a fast of any length?

Anyway, yesterday was my third day so that means that the worst part is over.  I am happy to say that I haven't had the aches that I had with the earlier cleanses.  I suppose that is because I have gotten rid of those poisons earlier on.  Praise the Lord--that means that each one will most likely be easier than the last.  :)

Here is the latest on the Parental Rights Amendment.  The newest development here is that we will be taking a table at the used book sale, during the home school convention, to try to collect more signatures.  Have YOU signed the petition to try to influence our federal legislators to co-sign the Amendment?  If not, PLEASE take the time to do so by going to the link on the forward below--parentalrights.org

Have a great day and please keep me in your prayers.  There are so many sick people that sometimes it gets me down, but all I can do is work on the people who come to me.  I'm working with a 23 year young man now who almost died from a reaction to a prescription drug.  One of my clients recently buried her 17 year old grandson from a massive heart attack.................  OH HELP!

To the work,

Dawn

~February 10, 2011

Planned Parenthood Attacks the
Parental Rights Amendment

No doubt you’ve heard about
Planned Parenthood in the news lately. They’ve been criticized for covering up
the sex trafficking of minors, and they’ve come under media investigation. Their
dishonorable techniques have once again been exposed by Live Action’s president Lila Rose. They have
counseled an investigator posing as a pimp on how to avoid detection and yet get
abortions and other related services for girls as young as 14 and 15. Of course,
Planned Parenthood is utterly committed to the proposition that parents have no
right to knowledge or consent of the activities of their teenaged daughters when
they walk in the door of these deadly clinics. Even if the girls are being held
as sex slaves, Planned Parenthood wants to keep both parents and government out
of their grisly business.

And, of course, one of the most stalwart and
effective defenders of the rights of Planned Parenthood to secretly perform
abortions on underaged girls is the American Civil Liberties Union.

Lila
Rose, a young woman raised by a fine homeschooling family in California, has
taken on the giant of Planned Parenthood and she is winning. She is the example
of the kind of young person that is sent forth to help America become a better
place when parents are free to train their children in truth and uprightness.


I was at a meeting this week with the Speaker of the House and other top
leaders in Congress and the pinnacle of the talk was on Lila Rose’s activities,
as well as a movement in Congress to defund
Planned Parenthood – they received $363 million in government (tax payer) funds
last year.

I pointed out that Lila Rose had been homeschooled and that we
needed to be sure that the Parental Rights Amendment is passed to ensure that
all parents have the ability to be involved in the crucial decisions for their
children’s future.

There was a good reason that Planned Parenthood and
the ACLU were on my mind during this meeting with the Speaker of the
House.

Last week, when Montana’s Senate Judicial Committee considered a
resolution urging Congress to adopt the Parental Rights Amendment (PRA) and send
it to the States for ratification, Planned Parenthood of Montana, the ACLU, and
the Human Rights Campaign (a “gay rights” organization) spoke against it.

For all their troubles now, Planned
Parenthood remains a heavy hitter with an annual budget of $1.117
billion – and they have taken aim at the PRA. Not that they succeeded
in this case – the resolution passed out of committee by a vote of 7-5 on Friday, and will now proceed to the Montana
Senate floor.

But Planned Parenthood will not stop
there. Like a cornered beast, they will lash out wherever they can, and
right now that seems to mean our resolutions and Amendment.

We cannot
hope to counter the misinformation campaign of Planned Parenthood unless we all
recommit ourselves to a deeper involvement in this issue. Remember,
Planned Parenthood received $363 million from the federal government
last year; we didn’t receive a dime. We are dependent on concerned
partners like you if we are to keep spreading the truth. Please consider helping
us in the following ways:

1) Please donate today. Advertising isn’t free. Our
website isn’t free. Our staff is very lean and we need to be able to meet our
obligations to them and their family. Our giving this year is down and we simply
cannot lead this effort to victory without your support. We need your support in
this crucial hour. If you can give on an ongoing, monthly basis, please check
the appropriate box on the Donate form. But whatever you can give, please do it now.

2) Track the status of the resolution in your
state and be ready to speak in its favor. Please email Michael
Ramey if you can speak to a committee to support a resolution in your
state. If you live in Montana, call your state senator now and
urge him (her) to support SJ
9 in favor of a federal Parental Rights Amendment. You can identify your
senator and find contact information here.

3) Get ready to fight in Congress. We have been
working behind the scenes in the House to put together a new leadership
coalition to lead our efforts to pass the PRA. Our former champion, Pete
Hoekstra, retired from the House to run for Governor of Michigan. We have
assurances from the GOP leadership in the House that they will help us push the
PRA. I fully expect that we will have hearings, committee votes, and then floor
action in the House this year.

This is our time to push the PRA through
the House of Representatives. We need your help now more than ever. Being
attacked by the likes of the ACLU and Planned Parenthood is a good sign that we
are on the right track and that we are getting close to
victory.

Blessings,

Michael
Farris
President,
ParentalRights.org

Taking the plunge

Well, finally the big day has arrived.  I was going to start my 5th Master Cleanse in January.  However, the maple syrup was on back order until some time in February.  Then, when it came, I was just not "READY," to begin a 15 day cleanse--if you know what I mean. 

However, I certainly want to do another cleanse before the home school convention so that I can fit into my red and black checked dress that Cora dug out of one of the free boxes at, :Digger's Delight" in Bismarck.  I mean, this is one cute dress and the price was just perfect.  It is so "ME," but just a bit too tight to be seen in yet. 

I've been working on this all winter but, as I've gotten more busy with my business, I've had less time to exercise.  ):  Finally last week the maple syrup arrived and I couldn't use that as an excuse any more.  Still, I didn't really "Feel like doing it," so I put off starting.

 Then the other day, somebody mentioned the convention and I thought, "I better find out how many days I have before then."  When I took a look at my calender, I was shocked to realize that I didn't  have enough time to work into it for the 3 days the way it's recommended doing.  Still, I REALLY want to wear that dress at the convention, so I took one day (yesterday) to get ready.

  Today is day one and I'm doing well--so far.  Robert and Cora weren't home for lunch so I read to the boys from the cowboy story Jacob and I are wrapped up in for his school reading.  Did you ever notice that it's hard to eat when you're interested in a good book--particularly when you're the one reading?  Thank God for good books!!!!!!!!

Well, I thought that I'd invite you all again to join me on my journey.  Perhaps you would like to do the Master Cleanse with me for 1 day or 3 days or 10 days?  If you're interested in pondering this super duper way of safely cleansing your body of junk, check out my side bar for the website and blog link for the Master Cleanse.  I'd love to have some company so please, if you do decide to join me, let me know.  If not, please pray for me to be healed even further from all of the traumas that I have endured. 

Anyway, some day I want to look like my friend, Jackie, whom I started home schooling with nearly 2 decades ago.  We met at the capitol last week and she's just as gorgeous as she always was--and that's after FIVE boys!

 Dawn