About: Asking for Prayer

Dear blog readers,
Yesterday was a sad day for many. Mainly one family in particular.

One of the most godly men I know, Mr. Don Gilchrist, went home to be with the Lord yesterday unexpectedly. He has been a great encouragement to me in many aspects of my life and will greatly miss him.
Please be praying for his wife, Mrs. Judy, children and grandchildren as they grieve the loss of this dear man.

II Thessalonians 4:13-18
¹³ But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope.
¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.
¹⁵ For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.
¹⁶ For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
¹⁷ Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. ¹⁸ Therefore comfort one another with these words.

About: Sibling/Family Rivalry...

This is what it looks like on facebook.
Brothers from one family versus sisters from another.
You decide for yourself who you think won ;)

Below is Anna's status from yesterday, I believe and the conversation underneath it are comments back and forth, obviously :D
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Wow, I didn't think it was possible, but it happened. I got swiped by 10 different frisbees last night...AT ONE TIME!! >.< style="font-weight: normal;" face="Georgia">

Robert

Seidel family 1
Stone family 0

Anna

No way Robbie.
I remind you that I swiped both you AND Jeff... by myself...without Emily's help. I believe that makes the final score:
Seidel family 1
Stone family 1,000,000
(Because Stone family points are worth WAY more.) >:)

Jeff

I believe I had to risk my life by climbing on top of a building to get ya'lls frisbee back! I'd say thats an epic fail on BOTH you and Emmy/Emily/Emaleigh. My guess is thats a loss of 1,000,000 points for the Stones :)

Seidel family 1
Stone family 0

Anna

Soooooooo doesn't count. That was before the whole "swipe war" anyway...point retained. And besides, when you threw it down, you TOTALLY missed us.
Your bad aim costs you 1,000,000 points.
My brilliant memory though, earns us another million.

Seidel family -999,999
Stone family 2,000,000
>:)

Jeff

If I recall, the "swipe war" began last week! Even if the "war" began yesterday, you swiped me as I was walking in the gate! Pretty sure that was before you threw the frisbee on the roof. You lose infinity+1 points for giving yourself 1,000,000 points for a brilliant memory that was...well a lot off. My "bad aim" was a safe throw due to the ... See Moreinnocent bystanders who were in your direct area. Knowing the Stones' frisbee catching abilities and the wind factor, I figured it safer to throw the frisbee to the middle of the field :) 500,000 points for the safety consideration plus the points you tried to take from us.

Seidel family - 500,001
Stone family - Negative infinity+1

Anna

In response to that last boring comment with all those irrelevant, technical details...I can only respond with this well known fact. A fact which automatically puts us in the lead...period.
We are awesome.

Seidel family - 500,001
Stone family - A number so big you can't wrap your mind around it...then, attach 17 more zeros. We win by default. >:)
*happy dance*

Joshua

*makes mental note not to argue with Anna*

Emaleigh

BAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!
oh my gosh! i laughed SOOOO STINKIN HARD during this whole thing ^_^
so we're all in the red, right? O.o

Emaleigh

wait...

Emaleigh

ok, yeah... i'm lost :P

Jeff

In the red?

Emaleigh

minus something...
negative...
in debt.

Jeff

Way to show those smarts Emmy :)

Emaleigh

^.^
seeeeeeee? they DO exist XD

Anna

Be quiet Emily...so we can stay in the lead!! O.O

Emaleigh

-.-

Jeff

Good call big sis. Are yall coming to frisbee tonight? 5-8?

Josh I need your number again! I had to restore my phone :(

Emaleigh

i don't think so... i didn't even know there was frisbee on thursday nights!

Jeff

This is the first time we've been...we'll see how good it is :)

Emaleigh

well... lemme know how it goes! ^_^

Robert

Jeff- You of all people should know what 'in the red' means.
Anna- You're HILARIOUS!
Em- Don't take that from her!

Emaleigh

hahaha
i was thinking about inserting random comment pertaining to original thought... but didn't ^_^

Robert

Good idea.. Lull the older sibling into a false state of security, then attack! That's how I deal with Jefafa.. I also kick him when he's sleeping.. and place road signs in his bed..

Anna

I pity you your childish antics Robbie. Tsk tsk...

Robert

Whose childish, me or the person who has a profile picture of themselves with a bag over their head.. Another Point for the Seidels. :D

Anna

BAHHAHAHAAAA!!!! Good point!
IT'S A TIE!! :D

Robert

Nope, y'all lost.. You should have countered with something that had to do with my profile picture of me licking a crab.. For your lack of attention to detail, you lose.

Emaleigh

hm... you DO have a point, Robert.

Anna

Poor, confused Robbie. By conceding to a tie, I have merely upped our score by showing great virtue and humility. :)

Jeff

Don't confuse kindness for weakness. Pretty sure it's the latter of the two, older Stone sister

Anna

Never! And you would know that as an older sibling, wouldn't you Jeff?

Robert

Face it, y'all lost.. Even Emaleighereradseafjklea said I had a good point.. That's worth like a number so big you can't wrap your mind around it...then, attach 18 more zeros....

Jeff

Yes I have the responsibility to take care of Robby and make sure he makes the right choices in life. Him putting a street sign in my
Bed for me to blop on while half asleep must have been an idea he got from you. Surely I would not condone such hostile behavior

Anna

Emaleighereradseafjklea...that's awesome!
It's DEFINITELY a tie...no joke. :)

Emaleigh

hmm... older sibling/younger sibling...
is this now becoming a war of sibling rivalry? O.o

Emaleigh

and aahaaaaaaaa
you make me laugh with your confusedness about my name >:)

Anna

YES!! >:)

Emaleigh

well then >:P

Robert

okay >o.o<

Emaleigh

we need to up our game O.o

Jeff

SEIDEL - 6 letters
STONE - 5 letters

Even the alphabet suggest we're ahead by giving us one more letter :)

Anna

Yeah...it's devolving to a game of emoticons. :P

Robert

YES JEFF!!! AHAHAHAHH!!!

Anna

But today is backwards day...so less is more! >:)

Emaleigh

so...
you're guys...
we're females...
ladies first :P
ohoooo!
yeah. -.-

Robert

Backwards day? So, I'm bald, Jeff has hair and Emily is tall.. right?

Anna

Yeah! And I'm short, squatty, and terrible at being awesome. ;)

Robert

and if it is indeed backwards day as Anna as proclaimed, then Emily has just made y'all lose.. again..

Anna

I guess so...BUT JUST FOR TODAY! >:)
You bunch o' girls! :P

Jeff

Lose....and go second. Thanks Emalrufjeiwibfjdy! {=

Emaleigh

^.^
first is the worst..?

Anna

Oooooooooooooo...take that.
*MAN power*

Robert

What, are we rhyming now?

Jeff

If today is indeed backwards day then Anna can now run fast and Emily can catch a frisbee??

Anna

And Jeff is smart, I see.

Robert

Now you're getting it!

Emaleigh

Jeff... you have now officially hurt my poor little self esteem and crushed my feelings. :'(
you loose for making a girl cry :P

Robert

you LOSE for using 'loose' instead of 'lose'. Remember what Anna said earlier about not talking?? ;)

Jeff

Seeing how it's backwards day and all, I'm not falling for your tricks lil sis

Robert

So, you ARE falling for her tricks? This backwards day stuff is getting annoying..

Jeff

I was talking to anna

Anna

We need an official rule book. :-/

Anna

Rule #1:
Anna and Emily win every argument.

Anna

Rule #2:
Never try to argue that you did, in fact, win. You will lose.

Anna

Rule #3:
Anna and Emily write the Rule Book.

Anna

Rule #4:
No need for additional Rules.

Jeff

Rule #2: Honor backwards day (:

Anna

Rule #5:
If you were too late to write Rule #2...it doesn't count.

Robert

#6 Older age always wins..

Anna

Rule #3:
Anna and Emily write the Rule Book. >:)

Anna

We win, we win, WE WIN!!!!!!!!!

Robert

I'm not arguing, just disagreeing.

Emaleigh

soooooooo... is it over?
*comes out from bomb shelter*
and who won?
sibling groups or older/youngers?

Emaleigh

(actually, i was cleaning my room and the computer froze -.- *emily glares at monstrosity before her*)

Robert

Siblings won..

Lol, try hitting i a few times next time.. works for me.

Emaleigh

how on earth did we manage that?! O.o

Robert

Because we're awesome!!!

Emaleigh

backwards day, Robby :P

Robert

:( no fair :(

Emaleigh

>:)