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Guess What I Learned?

I started becoming interested in cooking oil (weird, huh?).

Then I wondered which oil(s) were actually good for consumption.

So I started reading up on the different oils (canola, vegetable...aka...soybean oil, sesame oil, olive oil, coconut oil). And I learned a lot.

I read about hydrogenated oils - ABSOLUTELY bad for us! Here is just one of the websites I read about it on.

Canola oil is REALLY bad for us...from what I've read, the plant that canola is made from, animals won't even eat it!

Vegetable oil...aka soybean oil...not good for us at all. Soy is bad for us all the way around.

Olive oil is good for us but not for frying and at a high temperature. When it reaches a high temperature it changes chemically and becomes bad for us.

Sesame oil has a wealth of benefits. Just google it and you will see some amazing benefits. Two of my kids suffer with a dry, itchy scalp that looks like dandruff. Sesame oil is supposed to help cure that. It also works on athlete's foot (which my husband suffers from). It is good as a moisturizer. And the list goes on and on. As far as cooking with it...very good for us.

Coconut oil is wonderful! It cooks well at a high temperature and doesn't burn or change chemically. I also read that it's very healthy and for those that suffer with high blood pressure, this helps somehow.

So I cleaned out my cupboard of the bad oils and bought some sesame and coconut oil. I made egg rolls last night for dinner and cooked them in the coconut oil. They were the best I've ever made! The flavor was incredible!

There are other oils that are good for us as well like avocado oil, almond oil, and palm kernel oil, just to name a few.

Just wanted to share!

Military Heroes

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I Am Now a Believer in This!

Tyler hasn't felt well since last night. He started running a fever and had an earache. I've learned over the years that when Tyler complains he almost always has an ear infection. And he has a very high tolerance to pain so when he complains, it's pretty bad.

We didn't really have the money to take him to urgent care nor the gas money to go. So I went online and looked up home remedies.

I found a website that had lots of different ones. Some seemed far fetched. Others sounded like they might work.

Here's the one I tried.

Take half of a medium sized onion and grate it. Squeeze the juice into a cup. Take a dropper and put the juice in it. Place 2-3 drops in the ear. Work the juice down into the middle of the ear. Keep head tilted so the juice doesn't run out of the ear. Wait 5-10 minutes. Let drain. Repeat every couple of hours until pain is gone.

IT WORKED!!!!!

Tyler hasn't had an earache since! We only did it one time.

For Your Information

If you ever want to be a blessing to a missionary, get a package of hose washers and send it to them. Trust me, you can't find them in different countries. We tried to find some in Madagascar and there are none. It can be the difference between washing clothes in a washing machine or scrubbing them by hand! And they're only $1.79 for a pack of 10. I think we all can afford that.

Scary

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WE NEED PRAYER!!!!!

I just wanted to give anyone that reads our blog a better idea of what the country of Madagascar is like.

First of all, it's nothing like the movie "Madagascar."

There are approximately 19 million people that live on the island.

It is the 4th largest island in the world. It is 250 miles off the east coast of South Africa.

It has been classified as 1 of 2 fourth world countries. The poverty there is astounding.

The people mainly live on rice and beans for their food. They live in one-room huts. They have no plumbing, no electricity, no stove or oven, no refrigerators, etc. They cook on something that looks like a camping stove outside. The people work and usually only earn enough wage in one day to provide food for their families (around $1 a day).

We will be working with a missionary that our church supports - Ja Pritchard and his family. They have been in the country for 3 years now. They have seen many, many souls saved and continue to give out the Gospel through soulwinning, church services, and other outreach programs. They are discipling them through learning centers that they have established to help teach the people basic education (reading, writing, math, etc.).

There are several missionaries that should be moving to Madagascar within the next year or so. One just recently got to the field to start an orphanage.

While there, we will be teaching the people several classes. Walter will be teaching the men about creation from a biblical perspective and I will be teaching the ladies cleanliness in food preparation as well as some basic recipes (pancakes, etc.). Believe it or not, they don't know what a pancake is! That just blows my mind! I thought everybody knows that! We're not exactly sure what else we will be doing there, but we have been preparing for these classes here at home. I know that we will be kept very busy, though!

One of my prayers has been answered in the last week concerning our trip. Bro. Pritchard has reserved 2 different apartments for us. One with indoor plumbing and one without (yikes!). I really don't want to be in the one with outdoor plumbing and no hot water. I have asked the ladies of the church and some other friends/family to pray that we could get the apartment with indoor plumbing. We found out last weekend that the one with outdoor plumbing and no hot water is already being rented. Praise the Lord! I know He loves me! *gigantic smile*

We really covet all of your prayers as there are many unknowns that we are facing with this trip. But our God is a VERY BIG God and I know that He will answer all of our prayers for this trip. Please pray that He will reveal His will for us concerning becoming missionaries to this country and that He will make it very plain to us. We just want to do what He wants us to do.

Also, if you would remember our children during this. They will be with my sister in Washington. We will be away from them for 4 weeks. That's an incredibly long time and I'm not looking forward to that part.

We are leaving on March 30th.

For a look into Madagascar click here. There are a lot of pictures of different cities on the island. I must tell you that we DO NOT endorse the theory of evolution on this particular website. I put the link in so you can look at the pictures!