The "un-derailable" thread!

[gurneyhalleck1]

IM all us guys pictures! ROFL!!!!

I should post a picture of my cousin. She's never left the country - and she's gorgeous. Married, with two babies - and just beautiful. Can handle a shotgun, goes fishing, hunting, big ole hound dogs in the yard, charming Southern country accent. So yes, kind of like Daisy Duke.

But she doesn't dress in quite as short shorts. I think everyone would be scandalized. Pretty much everyone up there does go to church, after all.

 

[~Anastasia~]

IM all us guys pictures! ROFL!!!!

Lol!

Didn't you see the part about married with two babies? I don't think her husband would appreciate it.

And didn't you see the part about her being able to handle a shotgun? She's liable to come after me ... (J/k)

 

[~Anastasia~]

Actually she has photos floating around FB - some kind of contest by a local photographer. But no - I'm just here to testify as to the existence of beautiful country girls. Not get myself in trouble!

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

Well things can get boring around here you know! LOL

Lol!

Didn't you see the part about married with two babies? I don't think her husband would appreciate it.

And didn't you see the part about her being able to handle a shotgun? She's liable to come after me ... (J/k)

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

 

[prodromos]

It's all in the reflexes

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

May the wings of liberty never lose a feather....

It's all in the reflexes

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

 

[ArmyMatt]

haha, nice gurney

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

 

[prodromos]

Seinfeld fan art. Best way to kill a thread ever

 

[prodromos]

BTW, does anybody else teach their kids that the ice cream van only plays music when he has run out of ice cream?

 

[Soma Seer]

I should post a picture of my cousin. She's never left the country - and she's gorgeous. Married, with two babies - and just beautiful. Can handle a shotgun, goes fishing, hunting, big ole hound dogs in the yard, charming Southern country accent. So yes, kind of like Daisy Duke.

But she doesn't dress in quite as short shorts. I think everyone would be scandalized. Pretty much everyone up there does go to church, after all.

Purely a curiosity question: is your cousin also EO? I ask because I imagine that most rural areas don't have an EO church, though I'm open to surprises.

 

[gzt]

The best, Jerry! The best!

 

[~Anastasia~]

Purely a curiosity question: is your cousin also EO? I ask because I imagine that most rural areas don't have an EO church, though I'm open to surprises.

Oh no. No, there is no EO Church near her, and I seriously doubt she's ever heard of it. No, dyed-in-the-wool Baptist, and not particularly aware that there IS any other kind of Church. But a deep and abiding love for and trust in God.

Praying for her little wee one right now, less than a month old and with a nasty virus. Lord have mercy.

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

 

[prodromos]

Isn't that Elton John?

 

[Soma Seer]

Oh no. No, there is no EO Church near her, and I seriously doubt she's ever heard of it. No, dyed-in-the-wool Baptist, and not particularly aware that there IS any other kind of Church. But a deep and abiding love for and trust in God.

If you'd said, "Yeah, there's an EO parish in the middle of a cornfield," my mouth would've dropped open. In all seriousness, though, I think that her love for and trust in God carry more weight than any religious label. Seems like she's in a good place, both materially- and spiritually-speaking.

Praying for her little wee one right now, less than a month old and with a nasty virus. Lord have mercy.

Adding my prayers for swift and complete healing of her little one.

 

[~Anastasia~]

If you'd said, "Yeah, there's an EO parish in the middle of a cornfield," my mouth would've dropped open. In all seriousness, though, I think that her love for and trust in God carry more weight than any religious label. Seems like she's in a good place, both materially- and spiritually-speaking.



Adding my prayers for swift and complete healing of her little one.

Thank you for your prayers.

Yes, I appreciate your sentiments. My family was all Baptist on my mother's side. My great-grandmother was very devout. I remember staying overnight with her and she included me in her nightly prayers ... it seemed she prayed forever! And when I finally understood that ALL people sin, I used to sit and look at her and think about that. I could not imagine her sinning in any way (in my child's mind). The "worst" thing I ever saw her do was to tell me that she could possibly get angry. Even that shocked me (she never did). She was a farmer's wife, getting the family to the little Baptist church several miles away in a horse-drawn wagon every Sunday, raising godly children. She gave birth to ten - a few died in childhood or young adulthood, but the rest became teachers, nurses, and missionaries. Most of those who were not full-time missionaries went for periods of time to serve.

None of them probably ever heard of the Orthodox Church, but I cannot believe that a lifetime of loving God and living to serve Him, and others for His sake - meant nothing. There were gaps in our family in terms of faith, and prodigals. Faith wasn't wholly passed down as it should have been (especially to my branch) - and yet every one of them at some point came back to Christ (with the possible exception of one cousin but I expect I'll hear the same about him). I think it was probably the prayers of my great-grandmother that accomplished this. The others didn't spend time with her in childhood as I did, but I'm sure her prayers were with them. Those forever-lasting prayers at night were usually for her many descendants.

Lord have mercy on her. No one prayed for the rest (repose) of anyone in our family, since as Baptists we were told that was forbidden. But I pray for her and the others now. And yes, I think my cousin is a Christian, in spite of never having heard of the Church. I'm waiting to see how things will go with my recently-converted brother, who goes to a very progressive fellowship (it barely calls itself a church, and I can't bring myself to do so) ... but he updates his Facebook with devotional messages daily, and they have a decidedly promising flavor to them. So I comment on the really good parts. I believe he is in a good place spiritually too.

Sorry for the ramble. I like to look at where I've come from sometimes.

 

[ArmyMatt]

for any of you out there that drink tea, Madagascar Vanilla is awesome