SHABBAT EVE~Quartzsite-AZ

The day dawned beautifully; warm and peaceful.

We basked in the soothing morning temperature as we drank our morning coffees, looked over an informative brochure, and talked about driving into Blythe-CA to grocery shop later, when the sun's rays weren't so intense.

Around noon, we drove the length and width of Quartzsite to get the feel of our new surroundings.

Town Mascot - camels are e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e.

Camels Are Part of Arizona History:

(https://kjzz.org/content/3185/camels-are-part-arizona-history)

As we drove northside, I saw what looked like a trading post, and asked Holland to "please pull over, so I can check it out."

WOW - the prices were staggering: lowest pricing was $40 … highest was $1,000.00: and this was not a Neiman Marcus setting. This was also not a trading post environment even though the storefront proclaimed such; it was a financial fleecing :-(

I love turquoise, and was hoping to buy a bit.

The jewelry was beautiful - most was chunky and heavy with silver adornment (not my taste at all), but there were some simple pieces too. Sadly, all of the eye candy was seriously out of monetary reach for the working class folk. So, I exited the luring establishment with nothing more than pictures.

Very SPENDY trinket Shop; about $100 just to walk thru the door!

HUGE hunk of raw turquoise.

Pretty … it's simplicity appealed to me, but rich or poor I couldn't mentally justify the price tag.

Payday Wednesday Date treat; something to look forward to …

We were driving the La Posa LTVA site towards our new digs (https://www.blm.gov/visit/midland-long-term-visitor-area#:~:text=LTVA%20permits%20are%20required%20from,days%20from%20date%20of%20purchase.), when I got a text from my granddaughter. I miss my grandchildren - it's complicated, so I always enjoy hearing from them when I do; and it's balm to my heart knowing at least one of them is "keeping tabs" on my whereabouts :-)

Granddaughter text ;-)

We waited until 7 P.M. to drive across the AZ-CA border to grocery shop; the sun was setting, and the evening was cooler … not that much cooler, but there was a nice warm breeze on the cooler side of the day's temperatures blowing across the desert region. I had not been to Blythe before, but Holland and his relative have. It was a nice drive, and another peek into my new husband's lifescape.

When we got back home, the males in my small family circle relaxed by watching TV (so typically male ;-)); and I settled in to enjoy a relaxing Shabbat.

7:30 PM; Street music at Albertson's in Blythe-CA

Bleu watching TV with Daddy. LOL

The Lord Bless You And Keep You - Aaronic Blessing: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-eHCxMM3PI)

Today was a good day in every way :-)

BREAKTHROUGH FOR THE GOSPEAL~Tree of Life/Israel

Tree of Life Ministry:

(https://www.treeoflifeisrael.org/en-c/government-persecution-leads-to-salvation?fbclid=IwAR1H19_meJA4_VYAh6x9OGcXIBDy5uuZq4Et0UvlInP6oIPL5KW1sh1Y9dE)

Breakthroughs for the Gospel

So how, you might ask, is this part of an answer to prayer?

First of all, “the Word of God is not chained” (2 Timothy 2:9b), and in spite of the opposition, there were many Israelis who stopped and spoke with us in depth, listened intently as we shared the Gospel, and asked questions out of a genuine desire to find the truth.

God opened up the doors to share with people from all different backgrounds – Orthodox Jews, Arab gang members, Jewish people in the New Age, secular and atheistic Jews, Muslim and nominal Christian Arabs, etc.

We then said, “On this very feast, when Yeshua was here on earth, He stood up and proclaimed, ‘“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water”’” (John 7:37b-38).

We explained, “Once we repent of our sins and believe in Yeshua who died for our sins and rose again, He cleanses us on the inside and fills us with His Holy Spirit. Then you never have to be dry spiritually again, because you have a relationship with the living God and His Spirit is like a river of life inside you! And even if you fall, you can repent and immediately receive His forgiveness and joy again. Or if you have tough circumstances you can remember how Yeshua showed the greatest love possible toward you and saved your soul, and you’ll be refilled with joy.”

This news excites me! 😁

I was saved when I was 8 years old, water baptized when I was 9 years old … and baptized in the Ruach HaKo'desh when I was 21 years old. I have been a Christian pretty much all of my life; and Elohim planted a love for Israel so deep in my heart that it has become a physical love as well as a spiritual love. I am seriously connected to Israel 🥰

In the 1980's I watched with happy tears flowing, as Jews around the world heeded the spirit's call and boarded ships to make aliyah (immigration to Israel): this is End Time Scriptural Prophecy unfolding in our lifetime … AND YET NO AMERICAN CHURCH had ever made mention of it. 🤨😔😟

But I mention it all the time. People need to know that things are heating up - and wrapping up. They need to be ready when that heavenly trumpet sounds.

It makes my heart happy to know there are Jewish Messianic believing Missionaries ministering to their fellow Jews in the streets of Israel 😃😘

End Time Prophecy unfolding!

Exciting!!

I have my ticket in hand, ready to answer The 'Come Home!' Call: do you?

~Val

WE MADE IT~Quartzsite-AZ

We pulled stakes in wet and rainy WA State, Tuesday afternoon; and headed for the sunshine :-)

Pulling stakes Tuesday afternoon; a novel to read until we travel through new territory.

Clive Cussler; I like reading his books.

We chose the route through Nevada.

Holland hadn't been through most of the route's territory (he always drove freeway when possible), and I hadn't been through this leg of the road trip in 9-1/2 years - at one point of our adventure, I had Holland laughing when I pointed to the garishly painted 'Area 51' building, and told him how shocked I was to realize there was "active business going on in broad daylight" in the pink {cathouse} tacked onto the Area 51 Alien Center, when we (Bob, me, and our granddaughter Alyna) stopped in there to grab a sandwich on our way to see her new baby brother, in Vegas ;-)

But when I'd been this way before with Bob and Alyna, we had driven over the Blue Mountains in Oregon, through a bit of Idaho, and on into Vegas-NV - changing drivers along the way: we made the trip in 18 hours and were dead tired when we arrived.

The route Holland and I took started out & ended differently as we took different highways towards a different destination.

But that alienating pink cathouse was planted in the middle of both routes :-(

Heart-shaped cloud overhead, as we drove through Wilsonville-OR. I love the way Elohim shows me His love for me every step of my new life journey :-)

Crossing a foggy Pass in the Tahoe area.

The NV landscape following the foggy Pass, was covered with blooming sage bushes.

I laughed when I spotted this hill - it looked like a Naturistic bellybutton. LOL!

2:08'noon - we were liking the sunny warmth ;-); there was a fresh dusting of snow along the mountainous ridgeline.

A mining site along the Nevada route, coming into Luning.

Luning-NV elevation.

Luning-NV Info:

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luning,_Nevada)

Strange little dirt 'bowls'.

More snow-dusted mountain tops.

Tonopah Mining Park-NV.Tonopah Mining Park: (https://www.tonopahminingpark.com/)

We decided to 'push through' .. as far down the road as possible before pulling over and catching a few zzz's.

Joshua Trees dotted the landscape …

Joshua Tree Info:

(https://blog.tentree.com/10-facts-about-the-incredible-joshua-tree/)

Amargosa Valley-NV: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amargosa_Valley,_Nevada)

Area 51 Alien Center-cathouse; Amargosa Valley, NV

 Amargosa Valley-NV evening temperature; we slept for 2 hours in a graveled truck lot, kitty-corner a bit from the Area 51 Store-cathouse. 9:06 PM

Quartzsite early morning temperature; we crashed in a graveled lot and slept for 6 hours. 3:10 AM arrival time.

We finally made it!

We were on the road for 26 hours & 1,800 miles … from Washington State to Arizona State, (we took a brief 2 hour siesta in Nevada - mentioned above).

LOVE waking up to sunshine! We all like this site, but we may move along, further towards the mountains.

This adventure has been 8 months in the making, But, we are here now … and Bleu is enjoying his time out of the 4x.

The weather is wonderful!

 We are gonna like this new environment; temperature as I'm shutting down to go to bed tonight.

TIME TO GO

Road Trippin' [Red Hot Chili Peppers - Lyrics]: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EFabG19TT4)

Tonight is our last night here, enjoying the soothing effects of the coastal PNW. I'm not a water person … but Holland is, and David has been kind and generous in allowing us to spend a relaxing month on his beach property - I've known David most of my life in WA State (a 57-year friendship); and it makes me happy that he has also accepted my husband Holland in open-handed friendship :-)

Morning text; I wish spell-check would stop rewriting my script!

All week long we've been getting ready to pull stakes and hit the road: we have two destinations in mind to set up over the winter months - if one place gets too busy with full-time RVr's doing what we are doing (or the weather dips lower in temperature than we want it to be) … we'll hook Liberty to Betsy, and move to the next destination where the temperature will be guaranteed much warmer ;-)

We have pretty much done what needed to get done before heading South for the next 6 months.

This morning, holding tanks were pumped.

Holding tanks were pumped out …

And I've been working on handcraft designs all month, too. I like working with my hands. I like creating with my hands and yarn what I envision in my thoughts. I like sharing some of my designs - one way I like to share, is doing Blog Hops; I've been doing & enjoying the Hops for decades.

I am not doing Craft Bazaars anymore, and this is one way other's can enjoy my designs.

This afternoon, I saw that one of my designs had been featured halfway around the world, on a crafter's Blog :-)

My design was featured on 'Craft Schooling Sunday' Blog.

It's been a relaxing month.

It's been a friendly month.

It's been a creative month.

It's been a rewarding month.

But it's time now to go find the sun ;-)