|
______________________________________
______________________________________ If you enjoy this email service, I encourage Be sure to check out our inspirational list just for teenagers!
Visit the link below to preview the book! Personalized autographed copies are available at no extra charge and we pay the shipping for you! An E-book version is also available for just $3.25! http://www.hearttouchers.com/books Be sure to let us know who you would like it autographed for and then allow about two weeks for us to sign it and send it on its way to you.Credit card, PayPal, Checks, and Money orders accepted! The book is also available through Amazon.com, Borders.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and Booklocker.com _____________________________________
by Mark Crider
After a week there at the freshwater lake we were moving to another lodge on a coastal lake or bayou to fish for snook, my favorite salt water table fish. We all wondered about the menu and asked about the bananas; no one knew what they would serve. About an hour on our way we spotted an elderly lady with two little girls walking on the side of the narrow road, she was bent over carrying a stalk of the baby bananas. My wife, of course, shouted, "stop, stop, we need to see if she'll sell us some." We pulled over and backed up near her, her eyes suspiciously gazing at us. Our guide from Florida knew a little Spanish, but not near what I knew being from near the Mexican border all my life. There was a language barrier since they have a Portuguese highlight, but enough intertwined Spanish to converse in simple Spanish terms. I asked how much, "quantos questa" for a few bananas and got a "diez" (ten) out of her. All seven of us took our knives out and divided the stalk then each of us handed her ten dollars, American. She started a verbal staccato we couldn't understand. I finally got her to slow down and got from her the whole stalk was ten cents. I looked at my wife who was looking at the tire tread sandals they were wearing. I got the answer from her I knew I would, "Forget it, load up, we're going fishing." We could see the old woman out the back window of the van kneeling. She was hugging the two little girls as we drove off. Mark Crider © 2006 Mark & Sandra live in Corpus Christi, Texas on their bird sanctuary.
Thought For The Day: "The strength of a person consists in finding out the way God is going and going that way."
"I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." John 8:12
"Hot lunch sounds better than it tastes."
"Children miss nothing in sizing up their parents. If you are only half convinced of your beliefs, they will quickly discern that fact."
"Work without vision is slavery. A vision without work is a dream. But vision with work is a success story."
"Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on the canvas that the reader sees. Writing is more like a sculpture where you remove, you eliminate in order to make the work visible. Even those pages you remove somehow remain." --Elie Wiesel
"I lost twenty pounds. Unfortunately, I was in England at the time."
Inspired Audio is a brand new offshoot of HeartTouchers.com. Every week we will offer a different audio message that you can listen to right on your computer as you are surfing the net or just getting things done around the house. Be sure to come back and visit each week! This Week: "" by Jeff Williams
Over 90,000 people have listened to popular Chicken Soup Author Michael T. Powers' free inspirational message entitled: "Breathing Life into Others". If you aren't one of them just visit: http://www.HeartTouchers.com and click on the link to listen to the free streaming audio message! __________________________________________
Dear Michael, I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for the beautiful video you made for me! It was so special to see both of my parents in tears as they watched their children grow up in pictures before their eyes! I loved the way you made Estania's part set aside from the rest--that was the part that really got them! The music was beautiful. My mom kept blubbering, "What song is that?" I don't know how you did such a beautiful job with the video in such a short time. I really appreciate your doing it so quickly. You have a wonderful gift, and I thank God that you are using it to create such sentimental memories. I hope that I can find my niche like that in an area that I love. Your video gave us one of our most lasting Christmas memories! I hope yours was filled with moments to be treasured forever! Let me make you a video from your photos! __________________________________________
|
 |
|
Touching Lives - One E-mail at a Time! Author Michael T. Powers - HeartTouchers @ aol.com
|