D-DAY = A LIBERATING MILITARY MILESTONE

Today is D-Day Remembrance Day... on June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched Operation Overlord - the massive amphibious invasion of Nazi-occupied France along the beaches of Normandy. It became one of the largest and most consequential military operations of World War II, involving thousands of ships, aircraft, and ground troops across multiple nations.

The operation marked a turning point in the war in Europe, eventually leading to the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control. The fighting on the beaches - Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, and Sword - came at a heavy cost, with thousands of soldiers killed or wounded on the first day alone.

Today, D-Day is remembered not just as a military milestone, but as a moment defined by sacrifice, coordination, and courage from ordinary people placed in extraordinary circumstances.

It remains one of the most studied and honored events of the 20th century.

A day to remember those who never made it home.

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And NOW … obamanite demonrats elect Nazi-leaning AND AVOWED nazi's to become congressional members, senate members, and civil servants to reside over American people - including the Jewish population in America.

The holocaust denying demonrat party has recently been caught on open mic SAYING, "We know so-and-so is a horrible person with a stink problem … but we're just gonna hold our nose and vote for so-and-so because the alternative is worse" (aka President Trump, Christian values, & Jewish allies).

The people screaming the loudest that President Trump is a nazi (ludicrous claim since his daughter Ivanka married a Jew and he has 1/2 Jewish grandchildren), that Christians are nazis, and that Jews are nazi's (what the actual Hell???) - yeah, those people screaming clueless nonsense ARE VOTING FOR ACTUAL NAZIS!

It's insanity running amok.

MY HEART'S DESIRE; Castle Rock-WA

The Homespun Wife - 'Writing My Obituary': 

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhyziYflwwQ)

Living our obituary - what is your Life saying about you & what impact will your physical death have to say about you?

I can so identify with Sherry's expectation of arriving Home & finally getting to meet all those that have gone on before us.

I get emotional too when saying to my husband that I want to SEE Yeshua - I want to touch him, walk with Him, dance with Him, talk with Him - face to face, laugh with Him; to hear Him sing over me, as I kneel before Him and adore Him with all the love I can lavish on Him. My heart's desire is to be with Him, where he is; & where He has provided me a place to LIVE on, long after my earthen vessel has served it's purpose.

I loved my first husband Bob. He was every earthly delight I could imagine. BUT, I longed to be with Yeshua. I talked about Yeshua so much that Bob actually told me one time, early in our marriage, "I'm jealous of God, because He gets all of your attention." I laughed, and said, "Yes - but I have some to spare for you, too." Then when Bob got saved, he understood. Bob and I discussed meeting the Lord - we both lived with the hovering Grim Reaper & knew that at any moment, what we were discussing could very well be a very real possibility at any given moment. For Bob, that moment came the winter of 2018. And now - I'm jealous because he is living, in real time, what we discussed & could only imagine.

I love my new husband & the life we are living together … but I yearn to be with my Lord: my true soul-mate-Lover, Who knows me better than anyone else - Who answers my heart's cry before a word is even uttered, or a look is passed between us: pure love there are no human words for. My soul burns with the yearning.

I am thankful for the blessings I enjoyed in the past, & I am happy with the blessings I am enjoying in the moment; Elohim has been graciously faithful to bless me abundantly in riches of heart affairs. And I will walk beside my new man for the rest of my time here on Earth. But I do not hang onto life here, on Earth, with a death grip. When my time comes to let go - I will let go with no regrets. 

I am thankful Elohim blessed me twice with 2 good men to love & love on me. But my heart's desire is to be WITH Yeshua.

And I'm thinking, at 69 years of age, it's not far off 😉

MOD CROCHET FREEDOM 250 POT COVER~Simple Design; Castle Rock-WA

MOD Crochet Freedom 250 Pot Cover; Castle Rock-WA

America's 250th date of existence is coming up & I'm "all in".

I'm an American, and proud of it: we're aiming to celebrate America's 250th Year, this July 4th: and looking forward to celebrating her 251st.

Materials: 1 ct. 45-oz. Butter container (empty & clean); Plastic shopping bags (I used 2); ruler; packaging tape;  #G crochet hook; worsted yarn in color of choice (I used Red, White, & Blue); Scissors; 1 Ziploc Baggie (I used Qt.-size); Tapestry Needle

I wanted a different pot cover to look at - but I also wanted the bottom edge of it to be waterproof since the plant sits on the kitchen island, next to the sink.

I designed the last one out of left-over marine cord I had stored … but that is gone now, so I got to thinking of what else I could use that would give me what I wanted; all the way around.

I remembered something I had tried out around the 2008 timeframe of my life, then: PLARN. It would be perfect!

Plarn is a homemade plastic yarn - the materials are readily at hand, and it is pretty easy to make by repurposing plastic shopping bags. I usually hoard my plastic bags for other purposes around the house, since plastic bags are hard to come by since the obamanite insanity gripped America. But, I thought I could spare one today for this particular purpose.

Plarn is not smooth: it is somewhat stiff, & doesn't easily roll into a yarn ball … but, it makes for a sturdy medium, washes easily, & dries fairly quickly. I was thankful for that memory prod.

There are several ways for making plarn, and I’m going to share the one I used for this little project; making plarn this way is time consuming, but it does make a nice worsted mimic. And you can make it at your own speed for what you need.

I made mine all at once (prep, cutting, folding, and ready for use), and I estimate it took about 5-1/2 hours to make the little needed.

Be sure to make a some extra because plarn stretches when worked with - if you have to pull out a bit an rework, the plarn will be considerably stretched: usable still, but not as smoothly as when you started with it.

1) Select your preferred bag - in my case, I used an Albertson's grocery shopping bag, cutting a sliver of plastic off across the bottom to open it up.

2) Then, I cut cross the strap tops to open that end up.

3) I cut up one side of the bag, to make the bag as flat as possible; then, I started marking off the size strips I wanted. Since the main body of my work would be done in worsted weight yarn, I marked off 1/4" strips & cut them into strips (I preferred to cut from bottom edge to top edge).

I used the back of the bag for these strips because I didn't want any coloration on my strips. The dye used on the bags will bleed off over time - I don't want my kitchen island countertop to get stained.

Shopping Bag - mark off 1.4 strips; cut into strips.

4) When I had the strips I wanted, I then folded each strip in half, pressing the folded edge tightly to mimic worsted yarn: plastic is thinner that fiber, but that's okay.

I also cut thin slivers (not too thin) off packaging tape, & snipped into pieces needed to connect the folded plarn edges. Plastic is slippery & I wanted to work smoothly without struggling to keep the plarn where I wanted it.

Fold each strip over & press edge tight. With a sliver of tape, connect pressed edges together to form plastic 'yarn'. Fold each strip over & press edge tight.

Plarn.

5) Decide on the design you want to use your plastic yarn for, and start designing.

I chose a rectangular sc pattern, making a 3 sc increase in each corner - and working subsequent inc's in the 2nd st of each rows' corner increases. When I was satisfied with the rectangular piece, I ended off and tucked the loose end securely under as I would do using worsted yarn.

Begin to work a sc dimension to fit your pot cover's bottom.

6) Then I worked 1 row of plarn sc in the back loop of each st, for 1 row of siding & ended off.

Sc Bottom & 1 rnd. of sc Siding.

I am now ready to work with worsted yarn for the main design, which is a variation of the afghan stitch.

7) Work 1 row of sc around the plarn base - decreasing 3 sts at each corner.

8) Because Afghan stitches require you to pull loops up through existing stitches, you need to start with a foundation row: make a count of 11 chain sts. Insert your hook in the second chain (ch) from the hook; yarn over (yo) the hook and draw your yarn through the chain stitch. Insert your hook in the next chain and repeat the preceding step in each chain across the foundation chain. Your hook is now loaded up with loops. This is known as drawing up the loops. You should have 11 loops - one for each chain stitch in your foundation chain.

Make a count of 11 chain sts & draw a loop up on EA ch - keep these sts on hook.

Sl st into the next st. Yarn over the hook and draw your yarn through the sl st & 1 loop on the hook (yarn drawn through 2 sts). Yarn over (yo) the hook and draw your yarn through each remaining loop on the hook. One loop will remain on your hook - and that st counts as the first stitch of the next row.

Sl st into the next st. Yarn over the hook and draw your yarn through the sl st & 1 loop on the hook.

The first half of your foundation pattern row, is complete.

Insert your hook under the first vertical bar of the previous row - repeat this until the end of the row, then sl st in the next st. Yarn over the hook and draw your yarn through the sl st & 1 loop on the hook. Yarn over (yo) the hook and draw your yarn through each remaining loop on the hook, until 1 loop remains on the hook. THIS PROCESS ESTABLISHES THE PATTERN.

Work in pattern around the plarn piece, joining the edges in pattern - so the rows line up evenly. TO JOIN: As you work the pattern upward, also include the bottom edge of the foundation chain - this will close nicely. End with a sl st at the top edge.

9) Drop Red & attach White. Ch 4 & insert your hook in the second chain (ch) from the hook, & in each chain across the foundation chain; sl st into the next st. Yarn over the hook and draw your yarn through the sl st & 1 loop on the hook (yarn drawn through 2 sts). Yarn over (yo) the hook and draw your yarn through each remaining loop on the hook. One loop will remain on your hook - and that st counts as the first stitch of the next row.

Insert your hook under the first vertical bar of the previous row - repeat this until the end of the row, then sl st in the next st. Yarn over the hook and draw your yarn through the sl st & 1 loop on the hook. Yarn over (yo) the hook and draw your yarn through each remaining loop on the hook, until 1 loop remains on the hook.

Work in pattern in the round, joining the edges in pattern, described in row 8, above - so the rows line up evenly.

10) Drop White & attach Blue. Ch 5 & insert your hook in the second chain (ch) from the hook, & in each chain across the foundation chain; sl st into the next st. Yarn over the hook and draw your yarn through the sl st & 1 loop on the hook (yarn drawn through 2 sts). Yarn over (yo) the hook and draw your yarn through each remaining loop on the hook. One loop will remain on your hook - and that st counts as the first stitch of the next row.

Insert your hook under the first vertical bar of the previous row - repeat this until the end of the row, then sl st in the next st. Yarn over the hook and draw your yarn through the sl st & 1 loop on the hook. Yarn over (yo) the hook and draw your yarn through each remaining loop on the hook, until 1 loop remains on the hook.

Work in pattern in the round, joining the edges in pattern - so the rows line up evenly. EO work & weave in loose ends.

11) I line my yarn pot covers with plastic tacked in place. To do this, use a plastic bag that is roughly the size of your chosen plant container … trim the plastic bag, leaving some over-hang for ease.

Fold edges under in a neat line, and loosely tack plastic in place, along the upper edge.

Line the pot cover with plastic - I used a Qt. size Ziploc, trimmed to fit.

Cut edges folded under, & tacked loosely in place.

Slip your plant container in the pot cover - easy peasy!

I sprinkled my little AZ-Quartz pieces around the cactus base; the lrg. quartz is quartz w-silver sparkle bits, I collected at our RV space, in Barstow-CA, last time we were there.

MOD Pot Cover embracing my Thanksgiving Cactus in patriotism colors. Not fancy, but I LIKE!

MOD HOLIDAY CROCHET CHAIN SWAGS

I had left over yarn scraps in patriotic colors … so, I decided to use them in simplistic ways to celebrate America's upcoming celebration.

My door swags are simple crochet chains, designed to fit my inside doors. I put tassels at the ends of them, to add a bit of light weight to keep the crochet lengths from kinking up - as chains can sometimes do.

Tasseled ends.

My door swags are nothing fancy, but they are made with colors that have strong representation in them. And when I glance across the rooms, I am visually comforted  & mentally encouraged by the messages those colors represent.

Materials: Ruler; Worsted weight yarn; #I crochet hook; scissors; tapestry needle.

Process: Decide where you want the tassels to fall along your doorway - measure the length & work your sc chain lengths accordingly, occasionally checking your work against the doorframe. (I made my length's in staggered lengths = see tasseled ends pic, above). If you make a center draw swag, you'll want to figure in extra stitches for the hang on each side of the center draw - you can do this by gauging the length of your crochet chain along the door frame sides where you want your longest tassel to fall, up to the center of your doorway + the swag drape: count the swag drape sts & work opposite side to match: this is easier than it sounds.

Trust me - you can do this!

MOD Swags - thrifty, simple, & light-weight; perfect for a life on the move.

Twisted.

Swagged.

I chose Independence's (our Home's namesake; chose specifically for it's Patriotic meaning) inside swag colors, to represent the purpose of Old Glory - America's famously recognized Flag colors chosen in 1777, sewn by Betsy Ross (our trusty 4x Beast's namesake): we are unapologetic Patriots. We live our lives reflecting America's birth, real purpose, and true intent. Our Home & our vehicle reflects those sentiments.

Red represents courage, bravery, and the willingness to sacrifice for freedom. It also evokes passion, energy, and determination.

White stands for purity, honesty, and peace. It symbolizes unity, hope, and the ideals of a just society.

Blue signifies loyalty, justice, and perseverance. It also conveys calmness, trust, and vigilance.

Together, the colors embody sacrifice for freedom, justice, and hope; core ideals of the United States.

I CAN SEE FOR MILES; Castle Rock-WA

June 4th: There really isn't much to say today - other than it's a busy Day. And another day where the posting with be another day late 📝📅

Holland treated his brother Mark to an In-N-Out Burger 🍔 for his birthday ✔️: Mark had never eaten one of those delicious things, so I'm glad the guys made time to make a Day of it, today.

In-N-Out Burgers, Ridgefield-WA from Toutle River RV Resort, Castle Rock-WA; 34 min (39.1 mi) via I-5 S

I as also glad that Holland would be out of house long enough for me to tackle washing the windows: they really needed it. I always wash my windows at least every Spring - and sometimes in the Fall, too … but, this new life I am living has a new routine 🤔, and things get done as they get done.

Today, the windows got done; as well as the laundry 😁

CLEAN windows - I can see for miles & miles. Whoopie!

The WHO - 'I Can See For Miles' 1968: 

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62ZJn0cTASo&list=RD62ZJn0cTASo&start_radio=1)

The Day was very busy.

The evening was slower, but still productive as I started a new project:

My Lion King  cat-napping ;-)

A new design with a new pattern st.

NOT UP FOR DEBATE~Israel Belongs To The Jews

The Land belongs to the Jews - no debate about it.

This article below is an old one; but it is relevant today.

It is relevant because it is the backbone of the islamic unrest in America, today. muslims pretending to be Christian (barak hussein obama, and his followers comes to mind) are infiltrating America and destroying it from the inside out. Like maggots they multiply to spread the message of hate, first spawned in Heaven by Lucifer, Lord of the Flies.

In their own words, these false teachers and evil speakers, have said, "a big target group for christ at the checkpoint, is evangelical Christians".

Actual Christians, born of the Spirit if Almighty God, will not fall prey to religious vultures.

Israel belongs to the Jews - that fact is not up for debate among actual Christians.

FACT: There are NO legit "Palestinians" - that actual ethic people died out generations ago … the people claiming the title today are shiftless arabs who squatted in Israeli homes during the WW2 era & were mistitled palestinians by Historically ignorant British Troops who had limited control over the region at wars end. It has been a perpetrated lie, that has kept Israel in terrorist muslim crossfire: and the Temple Mount in enemy hands, ever since.

{{Palestinian Christians to Challenge Israel-centric Beliefs Among U.S. Evangelicals in Upcoming Conference

~Religion Unplugged: Kat Moon, May 14, 2018

BETHLEHEM—If Jesus were to suddenly appear at one of the Israeli checkpoints that separates this palestinian area from Israel, what would He think? That is a question that bedeviled the reverend munther isaac, a palestinian christian who is the academic dean at bethlehem bible college. 

“Would Christ discriminate between people based on their ethnicity?” munther isaac asked. “Would Christ promote fear of the other?”

These questions were among those that inspired Isaac, 39, to set up a conference called christ at the checkpoint, an event hosted by bethlehem bible college every two years. The aim of the conference is to teach evangelicals from around the world about the lives of palestinian christians living under Israeli occupation. Hundreds have gathered at each of the four conferences that took place since 2010. The fifth one is happening this month between May 28th and June 1st, with an expected attendance of 450.

isaac, who is the conference director, said that while Christ is the symbol of the Christian faith, the checkpoint is a symbol of the reality for palestinians. Together they form the conference title. Checkpoints are barriers set up in the West Bank by the Israeli Defense Forces to prevent terror attacks that harm civilians. But palestinians who pass through checkpoints—which is often necessary for daily commute to work—must get their identities checked by Israeli authorities and are subject to lengthy questioning. 

The theme of this year’s conference is “Jesus Christ at the Center.” The theme is a challenge to Christian theologies that place Israel at the center. “We believe as evangelical Christians in palestine that Scripture points us to Christ, not to Israel,” isaac explained.

Indeed, a big target group for christ at the checkpoint is evangelical Christians in the U.S. sami awad, a speaker at this year’s conference and the director of a palestinian peacemaking nonprofit Holy Land Trust, said that Christian Zionism - support for Jews to return to the Holy Land based on the promises made to Israel in the Bible - is a strong movement in the States.

“Most evangelical and Pentecostal Christians have support for Israel no matter what happens,” said awad, who travels to the U.S. four or five times a year to meet with churches, “They say if politicians don’t support Israel, the country will be cursed.”

In a 2016 study by Pew Research Center, 79 percent of white evangelical Protestants said they sympathize more with Israel than with palestinians, while 5 percent said they sympathize more with palestinians. The report says that opinion is less one-sided in other denominations. Nevertheless, in groups like mainline Protestants and white Catholics, only 14 percent said they side more with palestinians. Overall, most Christians overwhelmingly favor Israel.

“Many evangelical Christians will come and say, God gave this land to the Jewish people and it’s theirs,” isaac said, “And we say, what does that mean on the ground? Should we pack, should we accept to live as second-class citizens all under occupation just because of that promise?”

“It’s these kind of questions that we want to challenge evangelicals to consider,” he said. 

Besides challenging the beliefs of evangelicals, the conference will highlight the palestinian perspective - a perspective that is often not heard in Christian circles. 

“I once met a woman who for 50 years, prayed for the peace of Jerusalem - every day, that’s what she told me. And she said she has never mentioned palestinians, she didn’t know we exist,” isaac described, “We’re living in an age when you would think, with social media, people would know. But still they don’t know.”

Within the Holy Land, palestinians who are christian are even more invisible. According to The World Factbook published by the Central Intelligence Agency, christians make up between 1 to 2.5 percent of the population in the West Bank, and less than one percent of the population in Gaza. The christian population in the two regions used to be 15 percent in 1950, and it continues to dwindle.

“palestinian christian voices get almost zero presence within mainstream media because they do not fit neatly into either a Conservative or a Liberal American political narrative,” said james-michael smith, the founder of a Christian nonprofit in Charlotte, North Carolina. Smith, traveled to Bethlehem for Christ at the Checkpoint four years ago and will participate in this year’s conference.

david azar, is a palestinian christian who moved from Gaza to the West Bank. He studied Theology at bethlehem bible college, and went to the conference in 2012, 2014, and 2016. azar told me about participants he met at past conferences. “Some people, they didn’t know that there are christians in palestine,” he said, “They were thinking that palestine is an islamic country. But through Christ at the Checkpoint and a conference like that, they will see the living stories of palestinian christians.”

mariam geraisy, a recent graduate of bethlehem bible college, has similar thoughts. “The world does not care about the feeling of palestinian christians,” said geraisy, 23, “For me, this conference is a good way to make our voice heard as christians for the whole world.”

She attended the conference in 2016 as a Theology student. geraisy grew up in Beit Sahour, a town east of Bethlehem, and said that living in the West Bank presented many challenges.

“This is represented by the political and religious situation in palestine,” geraisy explained, “Some examples of this are the wars between the two peoples, the existing violence, the physical humiliation and the psychological humiliation of anyone trying to visit the Holy Places in Jerusalem or any other area.”

palestinians who travel from Bethlehem to Jerusalem have to apply for a permit. A palestinian christian woman, who asked to be anonymous, said the hardest part is the fear that hits her while she’s crossing the checkpoint. “If I’m in the line, if I see a soldier, I’m scared and I walk like a robot, not like a normal person,” she explained, “You can’t put your hands in pockets.” 

Having encounters with Israeli soldiers is one of the many realities of life in the West Bank. isaac, who is also the pastor of a lutheran church in Bethlehem, said that after learning about these realities, evangelical Christians still often do not give their support. 

“We’re living in a time when it’s still difficult and costly to many evangelical Christians to publicly support palestinians or to publicly say something sympathetic to palestinians,” Isaac explained, “It’s almost like a taboo to support palestinians.” 

Nevertheless, isaac said he hopes that evangelicals from the West will attend the conference and hear from their christian brothers and sisters in Bethlehem.  

“We’ve met, sometimes, pastors who say they’ve come to the Holy Land many times with groups but never came to this side here,” isaac said of christians who make their first visit to the palestinian territories for christ at the checkpoint. 

“The biggest effect is, they leave saying: ‘We didn’t know.’"}}

Bottom Line: the entire argument is moot because it is all based on a lie. While the fight is very real … the concept is fantastical bullshit fed to the rebellious sector of society to keep the populace unbalanced as political agendas are rushed forward in power grabs; like obama's 150+ "sexual identities", like socialism & communism, like AI, like false religion ideologies, ect. Fantasy is not reality & it causes a lot of pain, heartache, and damage trying to prove it's legality.

munther isaac can ‘believe’ whatever he wants to believe – BUT, IF he is going to think for Yeshua, he is being a tool in the hands of Lucifer, who ALSO THINKS he knows Elohei better than Elohei knows Himself.

Yeshua SAYS HE IS THE WAY … THE ONLY WAY… to Elohim; THERE IS NO MISTAKING WHAT HE MEANS. There is no room for opinion. And believing oneself smarter than Elohei, is treading dangerous ground.

The Gospel is being misrepresented. Yeshua was CLEAR ON WHAT HE MEANT; and those who KNOW HIM understand the clarity and steer away from {thinking} they know HIS MIND better than He does!

munther isaacson is a deluded lemming leading other delusional people off the proverbial cliff …

And we are seeing that trend take root here, in America - in our homes, schools - including 'higher education' (teachers, professors, titled speakers), streets, worldly-minded 'churches', public offices (Mayors, Governors, Curcuit Courts), and high seats of power (including Congress, White House, & Supreme Court) across this great nation.

We are living in the Last Days, foretold in ancient times; where people with itching ears and wicked hearts, will be swayed by gilded tongues preaching deception for personal gain.

It is vital that actual Christians READ the WORD for themselves instead of becoming hypnotized by luciferin parrots drafted into hellish political propaganda.

Israel BELONGS TO THE JEWS. Jerusalem is Israeli territory and muslims are terrorist trespassers, aggressively doing the work of Lucifer.

IF there are any real Christians in the non-existent "palestine" - they are not being represented by munther issac and his ilk. Real Christians understand who Christ is, why He is, and recognize the legality of Israel in the Land promised to them forever = forever means non negotiable. Personal feelings do not cancel reality. Zionism is a code word used by sneering ambassadors of hatred, intent on stealing what does not belong to them.

If so-called-palestinians want to "live in peace" … they should behave like it and stop fighting against the God they claim to love to steal the Land their neighbors own.

Israel belongs to the Jews - that fact is not up for debate among actual Christians. 

LIFE TESTIMONY

'I Love The Lord': 

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNPTHEy9CB8&list=RDeNPTHEy9CB8&start_radio=1)

Even though I am remarried, I will never stop sharing Bob's Salvation Testimony - because he never did.

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I had been listening to Lamb since 1979 - long before Bob; Bob did not get saved until 1981: it literally was a death experience salvation.

Bob was working away from home, living in a a pickup-bed camper he'd borrowed from his parents, in the back yard of friends in Toutle. One night, he went to their son's football game with them, and sat down to Supper with them when they got back. According to the story I was told later that night, he just killed over in his potatoes - no reason. One minute he was eating and laughing with the family … and the next minute, Bill hauled him out of his chair and onto the floor giving CPR while Punkie called the ambulance. 2 ambulances responded because the boundary line cutting between 2 counties was on Bill and Punkie's property. The EMT's worked on him for 24 minutes before calling the hospital to ask what they should do now - the reply they got was, "Call the mortuary; there s nothing else you can do." So while the 2 ambulance crews are fighting over who gets Bob's corpse, HE SITS UP AND SAYS, "Wow. I think God means business this time." Scared everyone out of their wits! The Cowlitz County ambulance decided he was going with them … so they slapped him back down on the gurney and rushed him to Longview's St. John's Hospital (Peace Health now), where doctors there ran tests on him for a full 72 hours straight to find out why what happened with Bob happened: they never did find out; all tests were inconclusive. But one thing was for sure, after those words Bob spoke when he was resurrected, he did not speak again for 6 months - and then, only haltingly and sparingly. When I was driven to the hospital to bring Bob home, I was told, "Your husband was dead for 25 minutes Mrs. Hargand, you need to look for a Nursing Home. He will never regain cognitive abilities. He is brain damaged." Well, I looked at the doctors, and said, "Thank you for your care and diagnosis, but I am taking my husband home. And God will heal him." Bob was 31 years old. I was NOT putting him in Nursing Home! Other than not speaking, he was functioning as usual. I could see by the way his eyes responded that he could hear just fine, and he wanted to speak. Desperately. So we went home and I loved on him … and waited for him to heal. He wasn't an idiot, he just could not speak. He was driving. He was physically able to take care of himself. After about 6 months, he started to speak a little bit. Haltingly. His brain was working; he knew what he wanted to say, but the connection between brain and tongue was sketchy. Sometimes, he would be talking in a stuttering conversation, and then - he would just stop. Like the plug had been pulled. This went on for a while before he started talking smoothly and fluently.

During all this time he was listening to my Lamb cassettes and reading my Bible from front to back and back to front (I later bought some Israel's Hope cassettes that Bob listened to, too: he preferred Israel's Hope): by the time he could talk in a comprehensive and coherent manner, he knew the Bible by heart and asked if he could get one of his own. YOU BET! So next time we were in Longview, we came home with a brand new Bible for Bob 😃 10 months after being released from the hospital, he was working full time again - AND MINISTERING TO THE CREW. His speech was still halty, but understandable; and the crew knew him … they had all grown up together, the older ones friends with the family, and the younger ones, school mates. By this time his crew were all living in Glenoma-WA. Including Bob. He met a few log truck drivers who were Christians and they started getting together after work. They were good for each other.

About this time, I started looking for another Church to fellowship with because the Assembly Of God in Cathlamet wasn't very accepting of Bob (he'd been divorced before we married - a big religious "no-no" at that time). I found a little country fellowship in Lexington, and stared going there, and shared Bob's miraculous story with them. I told Bob about the fellowship one weekend he was home and he started going with me. He was invited to go to a Jail Ministry with 2 other fellas one Sunday and he was hesitant because he was embarrassed over his talking abilities. But they encouraged him and he relented and went. The story that relayed to me afterwards, was that when Bob stood up to give his story to the inmates, Ken and Terry (the 2 that talked him into going) stood up too, and prayed with him and for him that he would be able to talk without embarrassment. AND HE DID! They said that when they opened their eyes and started to sit down, they saw Bob's body begin to quiver from the top of his head to his waist and he started speaking clearly and fluently without any trouble at all.

He was healed that day and never had any trouble with speech from that day forward.

Bob always used to laugh and say, "And I was never quiet again." And I always followed that statement up with, "That's okay. I like the sound of your voice."

He even told the doctors at OHSU what I have just relayed in this post.

Until his last day on Earth, Bob told people how Elohei got his attention, and how he got saved. Bob lived his life, from 1981, as a staunch ambassador for Yeshua, without apology or embarrassment like some feel they need to do - Bob NEVER APOLOGIZED for being a Christian, and he NEVER watered the gospel down to make sinners feel comfortable in their sin. So when the pastor of the little Lexington fellowship told us in 2016 to leave "his church" because we were no longer welcome (the pastor there liked to water down the Gospel, single people out for favoritism, & refused to teach the Book of Revelation), Bob felt sad; but he also knew that if the pastor there was willing to allow sin to prosper in {his church} instead of allowing the Gospel to take root and grow in GOD'S HOUSE, it was time to go.

Bob was a solid Christian once he decided it was better to have died, been brought back to life, and to live for God … than to die, KNOW you are on a fast track to Hell and be fearful of death. When Bob's physical body died December 14th, 2018 at OHSU, Bob was not afraid. He KNEW beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was going Home.

And I believe with all my heart, that Yeshua came to take his hand and walk him through the Pearly Gates, and Elohim greeting him, saying, "Welcome Home, Son."

2004~Longview-WA: Bob at a family gathering, in his sister Merry's, livingroom.

2012~Merritt Drive, Kelso-WA: Bob & Dave Hargrove; from 1982 to 1984, Dave lived with us following a serious motorcycle accident that resulted in a head plate & shin plate - the motorcycle was in pieces. He was saved 1983 listening to Bob's testimony & they were fast friends for life. Dave's spirit left Earth on May 24th, 2014 & Bob's followed on December 14th, 2018