October 20 Farmington, NM

We were just watching the news and weather on TV. Apparently we were blessed in a super BIG way again. Santa Fe had some severe weather problems, from hard winds and heavy rains. Trees were blown over and buildings destroyed. We drove through some rain, but only enough to clean the bugs off the windshield. We could see that Farmington had had heavy rains earlier, but we didn't have to drive through any.

This was our last sale in New Mexico for this year. It was from 4-7:00. The Church knew we were coming, but forgot to put it in their bulletin. Sales were down from last time, but not too much. The church did a telephone tree, calling their members to let them know that we were coming.

I want to share a story that Pastor Blake Jones shared with us. He said that when he first became a Seventh-day Adventist, he started having problems knowing just how important keeping the Sabbath really was. One day he prayed that God would give him a sign to help him understand. About three days later he was in WalMart in the book section. There he saw Mark Finley's book, "The Almost Forgotten Day". At first he was real surprised to see that we sell our books in WalMart. He opened the book and started thumbing through it. This was a much used and well loved book. Page corners were turned down and much was underlined. And of course, that was the only one in the store. Pastor Jones took the book home (with the stores' permission) and read the book. He knew that this was God's answer to his prayer.

Isn't that exciting? God still answers prayer.

And no, Blake Hones is not a relative of mine. Jones seems to be common name.

Norm Carlson came on the Bookmobile tonight. He used to work with us at the Press in Idaho and when the Press was still in California. I found out that he also lived in Kansas City and even worked at Shawnee Mission Hospital with my Dad