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September 4,2008 Thank You for blessing me with one hour of prayer from 2:12 to 3:15 this morning. Father, at that time You impressed on me that You might want us to stay here (at the Drahner Rd apartments) for the year and let Steve and Robin come to Semloh. Allow me to know for sure that this is Your will by some spiritual fruit soon.  Jeremiah 24:8 to 10 The naughty figs (KJV)  The BAD I wills - make them a horror - the word horror is used just 29 times in the Old Testament and 17 times in Jeremiah! - Make them to be a reproach  - Make them to be a byword - Make them to be a taunt  - Make them to be a curse (a scattered curse at that)  - Send the sword upon them  - Send famine upon them  - Send pestilence upon them. Until they are utterly destroyed from the land that I gave to their fathers.  God (Jehovah) had given them the land He had promised to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, etc.. But they had abused the privilege and thus, after nearly a millenia ...

September 4, 2008 Thank You for blessing me with one hour of prayer from 2:12 to 3:15 this morning. Father, at that time You impressed on me that You might want us to stay here (at the Drahner Rd apartments) for the year and let Steve and Robin come to Semloh. Allow me to know for sure that this is Your will by some spiritual fruit soon.  Jeremiah 24:8 to 10 The naughty figs (KJV)  The BAD I wills - make them a horror - the word horror is used just 29 times in the Old Testament and 17 times in Jeremiah! - Make them to be a reproach  - Make them to be a byword - Make them to be a taunt  - Make them to be a curse (a scattered curse at that)  - Send the sword upon them  - Send famine upon them  - Send pestilence upon them. Until they are utterly destroyed from the land that I gave to their fathers.  God (Jehovah) had given them the land He had promised to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, etc.. But they had abused the privilege and thus, after nearly a millenia...

Wednesday September 3, 2008 At Pontiac, no make that Drahner Road apartments. Still in a bit of jet lag. Its 8:50 so I'm really late. But, Father, I need and want (because You let me want) Your direction for this day and the beginning of this year home.  My head is spinning. I know that there are many things that I need to be doing. And there are many things that will vie for my attention. My tendency is to allow the fog to take over my thinking.  9:35 later after several distractions!!  Wow! But it is early in my tenure here and there are many things that will take time to resolve. Thank You Father for being with me in and through them all.  Jeremiah 24:1-7 Jeremiah sees a vision of two baskets of figs: good and bad. The good are representing the exiles whom God has taken to Babylon. They are good in the fact that God has "rescued" them by taking them captive. "The LORD God of Israel" is the name God uses to speak to Jeremiah.  Jehovah, the God of Israel is My ...

I haven't written about this in two years and actually just this morning discovered that I had jotted down my thoughts over a period of several blog posts. Since that last post, Dawn and I have invested in six other properties. We currently have a total of ten single-family homes, one of which is our primary residence. Of the ten, six are owned outright and four have low percentage 30-year fixed-rate mortgages. So, how on earth does one come to own even more than one home? Let alone TEN! I've recounted some of my journey in the past posts and want to continue that story here. I have made some big blunders along the way, but I've also discovered that blunders are a part of the learning process. What blunders did you make, Mike? One of my first mistakes was that I didn't insist on raising rent on the house we rented while in Brazil. It is customary for a landlord to raise rent on a regular basis, especially over a period of 25 years. In my inexperience, I felt like I was ...