This is a fantastic little speaker to use with any portable device that plays audio and has an earphone jack! It has very good sound for sharing your audio with the folks around you. I purchased mine for under $25 and use it with my sony PCM-M10 to review my recordings and also with my iaudio 5 mp3 player!
Very handy and inexpensive device!
I recently discovered a recording of C.S.Lewis on www.archive.org and it is no wonder the man has made such a mark on this world.
The subject of the chat was personality and the impact that Jesus has on the personalities of believers who take Him at his word. Lewis masterfully describes the continuing process of losing self. The terrifying idea that we lose who we are when we are in pursuit of Christ and are in fact designed to do so by our Creator. The realization that it is only terrifying to the mind that is in darkness and as we journey in the light the loss of self is our greatest freedom and joy.
Recording an audio book will drive you crazy but as with most difficult and time consuming projects the rewards are more than equal to the task!
I chose the book Gutta Percha Willie by a favorite author of mine George MacDonald. It was very frustrating but today all that is behind me and the audio is live on the web for the world to hear. Gutta Percha Willie is an excellent book for inspiring greatness in boys. If a boy takes the lessons in this book to heart it will have a profoundly positive impact on his life. If you have girls The Wise Woman is equally inspiring.
Any audio from www.archive.org is easily downloaded and listened to on any mp3 player.
Our Chinese Tallow has begun to loose it’s leaves and Winter had been upon us for several days already.
We had our annual party for Jesus and the little ones had a sweet time. If you are not fellowshipping at a church that will love you and speak the Truth by all means humble yourself and find one. It can be the richest source of encouragement in this very short life we who currently are riding on the planet can experience!
South Tampa Fellowship Church’s student ministry had an ugly Christmas sweater snow ball fight this evening and everyone was thrilled!
Rob Flint the Student pastor.
Steve Holland student pastor.
Yup it was fun!
Here is someone else's fine photos
Someone I know makes a mighty good Pumpkin Bread! I like to eat it with dark chocolate chips and whipped cream. If I run out of whipped cream which has happened I warm it and spread some butter on it!
It is December 2010 and Awana at South Tampa Fellowship is winding down for the year. What a great year is has been speaking God’s Word. These little people like all little people are amazing and are the focus of our Lord Jesus!
The women of South Tampa Fellowship had a Christmas gathering last night with special guest Jill Briscoe. They had a fine dinner and Mrs. Briscoe spoke the Truth in love. Listen to the words spoken in due season below.
There it lay dead. Yet another seagull of the seemingly millions, and that just on the beach you happen to find yourself. I was on this little beach to snap photos of a large family group. I was acquainted with a couple of the wives and had only slightly more knowledge of a few of the children . I was excited to meet the fathers of the children because these little ones had the signs of little ones who were loved lavishly.
As I was snapping a photo of part of the group the call went out proclaiming the discovery of a dead bird on the shore line. I continued pushing the shutter release button to get just the right image of the current scene and resisted the temptation to investigate right away. Minutes later I was following after the one mobile little fellow in the bunch to get some candid images of him running in the water. Back and forth we went for several minutes. I soon noticed that one of the children, a slightly older one and one I know to have some wisdom about things, was squatted down next to what must have been the lifeless remains of the bird.
I jogged over to find a newly dead seagull. The little one was transfixed. After the fact I began to ponder the experience..... Knowing God, is knowing the truth about that dead bird. Not one of them falls from the sky that our Father in heaven does not know about it and He knew that we would come across this one. While countless of the creatures God has placed on this planet to maintain the delicate balance that sustains us all die without our ever having knowledge of it. This bird died for us, to give us a remembrance, and now that you know this bird has died it's death is for you as well so that you can know the one who has victory over death and sin and the grave. Jesus loves you!
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. (Isa 25:8)
I just received an update about a few brothers and a sister I met in Ecuador during the Ankuash trip!
Merry Christmas! We wish you a blessed season of remembering Christ’s birth. Here is what’s up-
CEMIM Seminary has its first 15 graduates! After 2 years + of study and 66 credits at the college level, the first 15 students graduated in November. Another 30-35 are well into the process & since CEMIM is a circle-style program, new students can jump onboard during any session. (for more info & pix see our Facebook albums search dmwolfram@gmail.com)
Just a little about each graduate: (I’m so proud of each of them; I could go on and on and - - - !)
Octavio: (33) A Shuar tribal chief, school teacher, pastor, natural leader, seminary grad!
Jorge: (48) A mountain Quichua businessman, pastor, gentle & humble, but strong.
Fransisco: (68) Colonizer to the Amazon, lost leg due to snake bite, used to teach catechism.
Marco: (55) X-alcoholic, divorcee, but a new believer in Christ! A natural leader, grad!
Abraham: (25) Newly married, comes all the way from the coast to CEMIM, called to ministry
Rafael: (53) X-alcoholic, divorced then remarried to the same woman! Broken man in Jesus
Ana: (53) Mother of 2, abandoned by husband, deep knowledge of the Word, powerful.
Rolando: (30) New first time father, shy but solid, explosive/detonation expert, a heart for God
Jose M: (38) The little giant. Small in stature, but big in God and in Service, great partner!
Enrique: (46) Mr. Military, cut & dry, very direct, incredible native village leader, powerful!
America: (45) Mrs. Organized, she will set it all up, committed student, Sunday school teacher
Miriam: (46) On fire for God, sharing & teaching all she learns in her church, mission mind
Wimar: (29) Quiet, loves soccer, waiting on his calling & still figuring things out, but solid.
Elias: (46) The frowner, very serious, but very interested & committed Achuar tribe native man
Leonardo: (44) A Shuar tribe pastor who suffered some setbacks, but is now back on track, grad!
CEMIM graduating students honor Don with a special plaque for his Commitment and service to the Lord’s work in standing behind these graduating students. (pictured here with Octavio Ankuash - elected spokesperson)
Don just spent some time with the Bible students in their villages. Ramiro formalized his relationship of several years by getting married this weekend. Many of the other students came to support Ramiro in this act of obedience. Don then drove via 4wd into Kumay and then walked into help the students and graduates from Ankuash with their generator, water system, planning a conference and stabilizing some of their food sources.
These are thoughts swimming in my mind this day. I will try to list the ingredients that have made this stew bubble up in my consciousness. Last night at 2:45pm I found myself in a battle with a young raccoon over two chickens who had not been secured in their coop. One was spared attack while the others beak was crushed and may not survive. I did not get back to a restless sleep until 4:45pm.
This Sunday morning things are different. I will not be going between two churches as I have for the last several months. This morning I stayed for both services at one church. I expected to see folks I know but have not seen in months and indeed I did. It was a change back to what was the norm and reminded me that things are never truly the same. Little by little they are always developing into something new. This is because the inescapable presence of the creator is at work in a kingdom that is beyond our ability to comprehend. Through suffering and joy the new is coming.
I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
(Isa 48:3-7)
Suddenly God! That is what happens. I find myself in a place I love with people I believe I love as much as I am capable. I learn from the little one's who live in the now with only the vaguest of expectation the foremost of which is the expectation to be loved unconditionally, sheltered from harm and kept in peace. I learn from the grow ups around me and from my own deceitful heart how far we project our expectations into a future we cannot know and how destructive it is to our lives. We are culturally predisposed to create a fantasy comprised of all our wildest selfish desires as we shoot for the stars and follow our hearts. We busy ourselves about this pursuit of our perfect life and shape a reality that is not founded on Truth. The true state of this sinful fallen world proves itself with some suffering we are sure is undeserved and we fall into a pit of self pity. We cheat ourselves of God's provision. Pro - in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc. Vision - the act or power of anticipating that which will or may come to be.
Today I am affirmed in my convictions about expectation. I have practiced a life of few expectations. I try by the grace of God not to expect anything good of anyone except God. I claim no rights to anything in this world. I have daily witnessed God's provision of greater favor than I would ever be able to win of my own burdensome work. True relationships are built on availability and responsiveness. You cannot know the extent of anothers love without allowing them to love you under their own initiative. Be more a responder than an instigator. Learn to see the difference between polite tolerance and genuine favor. Allow the Holy Spirit to undaunted by your own attempts to charm or buy influence.
Let me try to sum this up. Do not design your own fantasy life and set about fulfilling it. Truth is not fulfilled fantasy, Truth is a life responsive to God our Father. Reality is his will on earth as it is in heaven. Do not be so quick to assert your will here on earth that you miss out on the greater blessing of being an active part of His will. Doubt yourself daily in favor trusting God. If you have the misfortune of building your own kingdom here on earth by asserting your will on the realm you have been given dominion over you will come to the end of yourself and be empty with little time to be a part of His will on earth.
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
(Rev 21:3-6)
One child runs to you and looks up to be lifted into your arms and held. One child sits at a table staring into space and tells you when asked, “what are you thinking about?” The answer, “Nothing.'””How is life for you right now?”, you ask ”Very bad",comes the reply.
Praise God He is making all things new!
