1909 FROM THE STREETS OF CORPUS
TO THE WORLD
We got up early yesterday- had a
couple of the street guys spend the night.
I cooked breakfast and we went to
pick up Andy’s daughter.
For some reason this past week
she had some kind of mental breakdown.
Her name is Rocelle [yeah- not
Rochelle] she is around 38 years old and Andy [her dad] told me she tried to
commit suicide the other day- she has been acting different- a type of mental
breakdown.
So her husband is afraid to leave
her alone when he goes to work- and we went and got her.
She spent most of the day with
us- we drove over to the hospital to see John David.
He would be her uncle- Andy’s
brother.
He just had open heart surgery.
Rocelle liked my yard/study.
It’s funny- I have verses and
stuff all over the place- lots of people think it looks overdone- sort of
‘trailer trash’.
I do joke about it at times.
But Rocelle told Andy- as they
were walking back into the house- that she wanted to just walk around and read
all the verses- she was ‘fascinated’ by it.
I also had another friend- who
just happens to suffer from mental problems- he too loved the yard- just ‘being
there’.
In a way I do think it’s a sort
of prayer garden type experience- these friends sense the presence of God- I
walk the yard early in the mornings and pray- many of the verses are written
out of this prayer time.
So- in a spiritual way- they are entering
into this time.
We went and seen John David- I
posted the pic last night [with Huey his brother by his side].
I haven’t seen David in a few
years- I have written a bunch of posts about him- he was the one who killed his
best buddy years ago in Dallas.
Got off by his mom hiring the lawyer
who represented the guy who killed Lee Harvey Oswald [remember the post?].
Anyway David was an addict for
many years- got clean a few years ago and has been wanting to start a halfway
house.
David and his brothers have told
me that he was a very successful business man years ago- made lots of money
[millions?].
You know- he had a construction business-
a big one.
He eventually blew the money on
drugs and became a street guy.
As we were waiting at the hosp to
see him- we walked passed some guy- dressed nice in a suit and all- and later
he came up to us.
He told Huey ‘do you remember
me’?
Huey said no.
He told Huey he was John John.
Huey told me that John John was a
young boy who used to work for David years ago.
They all hauled concrete and
stuff together.
Huey told me that John John is a
‘big wig’ now in the area- runs a big furniture store- lives in Kings Crossing
[a rich area].
He came to see David.
He said David was his neighbor
years ago.
David lived in the rich section
too.
So we talked with David- I prayed
for him- and I told him I’m gonna try and help him set up the half way house.
I drove by the house he’s looking
at- right in the drug area- perfect spot.
I had Andy drive me by John David’s
apt.
We got out to talk to his
girlfriend- Andy tells me ‘be careful round here- it's a big drug dealer spot-
don’t look at anyone’.
I laughed- I told him I have been
‘hanging out’ on the corners the last few weeks [remember the posts on Terri
and Arnold- and the guy I tried to give a dollar to- he ran away!].
Yeah- it was funny.
We had a good day- Rocelle asked
if we could do this again.
I told her sure- she can come
with us when we get together.
Now- I know that driving around-
we did pray- shared scripture- stopped for snacks- I know from years of
experience- that in a way this can be true fellowship [I have actually written
a few books about this- on the blog].
So- Rocelle was simply enjoying
the fellowship time- she is having a hard time- and instead of being out
hooking up for drugs [I think the reason she has been having this difficult
time- in her mind- is her dad and uncle think she might have done some type of
new drug- maybe Bath Salts- the drug that has caused people to go nuts].
All in all- it was a good day.
I do want to mention the current
situation in the Arab/Persian nations right now.
Yesterday I posted about the
killing at our embassy in Libya- and the protests at our embassy in Egypt.
Over the night they have now
spread to Yemen and Sudan- and maybe more.
The news talk now is about the politics
of the whole thing.
Did Romney criticize too soon?
Did the state dept. [our embassy
in Egypt] jump the gun in a kind of apologetic statement they put out- sort of
‘siding’ with the protestors.
This last year [even this last
week- before this broke out].
I have been saying that the media
have not been truly covering the aftermath of the things we have dome in Libya
and Egypt.
I told a friend that Libya is
highly unstable.
I told him that various militia groups
still roam around- fully armed- and no one is really in control.
My criticisms have been that we sided
with the people in the east [Benghazi] and ‘took out’ the leader in the west
[Gadhaffi- Tripoli].
The problem?
The people of the east- many of
them- are/were anti American- and some of them are indeed Al Qaeda [do you
remember Gadhaffi saying this- over and over again?]
Now- without re-posting
everything.
One of the reasons some in the
eastern part of Libya wanted to remove Gadhaffi- was because he was seen as a ‘puppet’
of the west.
Yes- he decided to work with the
U.S. and this angered some of the radicals in the east.
Okay- what happened yesterday?
These same radical groups- who
are walking around with heavy artillery- Rocket Propelled Grenades- they
basically attacked our embassy- in Benghazi- in the eastern ‘capital’ and
killed 4 Americans.
See?
The newly installed govt. in
Libya has said that they have no control over the country.
They said this a few months ago.
Why does the average person not
know this?
Why have we not been doing more to protect our embassies- we know [I
hope] that Libya cannot provide the security needed- they have said this
publicly for heaven’s sake.
I do think we need to pray- I do
think the initial statement from the state dept. was bad.
And I do think Romney should have
waited- at least a day- before commenting.
But the bigger story is when the
U.S. involves itself militarily- to depose a leader- any leader- we need to
also be aware of the aftermath- the instability that will result when the job
is ‘finished’ [even in Iraq- and right now in Syria- we need to stop saying
that these leaders- any/all of them- are committing ‘crimes against humanity’-
geez- both sides are. We need to stop making it into a soundbite ‘you are on
the wrong side of history’. No- the answer- moving forward- is for all sides to
sit down and talk- Russia is right in what they are saying about Syria].
The statement [or lack thereof]
from the new Egyptian president- Morsi- was dismal.
Last I heard- he still has not condemned
the attacks- and he basically sided with the protestors.
We have no ally in Egypt- the
people we backed in Libya [not all of them] just killed 4 Americans- and it
seems like the violence is spreading.
Pray for world peace- I know it
sounds ‘liberal’ but it is the will of God.
Note- Do me a favor, those who
read/like the posts- re-post them on other sites as well as the site you read
them on. Thanks- John. Don’t forget to scroll down on the timeline [Facebook] -
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