Recital!

Info on our recital can be found here.

Please Pray!

We received another letter from Josh today asking for prayer and encouragement! Down at ALERT, they have a saying regarding the "going gets tough" and as he says, the further they go into Basic, the harder it is becoming. Therefore, I, on behalf of my family and my brothers, am asking for more prayer coverage over each of the guys individually and as a group! :) I cannot completely express to you the importance of this however am trusting and praying that the Lord will show you all.

Also, to all of my brothers great encourager's and friends, if you have a moment, please take the time to email/write the guys. :) I know that they would be thrilled to get something from friends back home for it would be such an encouragement to them as the days go by! Here again is the email address - alertmen@alertacademy.com (in the subject line please write Recruit "First and Last Name") You are more then welcome to send letters:

International ALERT Academy
Recruit (first and last name)
One Academy Blvd.
Big Sandy, TX 75755

Words are not fit enough to express our gratitude to you all for coming alongside of the guys through prayer! We pray the Lord blesses you all richly as each effort is made! :)

Gratefully,
Elisabeth for the Tijerina Family

"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint" Isaiah 40:31

"Fear thou not: for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness" Isaiah 41:10

Bunco

Aw, Bunco...the game where completely normal people turn into raving lunatics just by throwing 3 polk-a-dotted little cubes around. Just take a look at these pictures and you'll understand. =)

'Nuff said.

Who knows what's happening here....

We probably just got one point (which was a rarity)

BUNCO!!!!!!

Sheer Happiness

We're a little happy. (Who wouldn't be? We won 3 out of 12 rounds.)

And again....BUNCO!

Ok, so we're reeeeally happy.

Victory. Sweet Victory.

We need your creativity (2.0)

Thanks so much!!!! In one day we have 160 some suggestions!

Here are a few that I thought were good (just to give you an idea of what we're looking for):

western calamity

rocky ridge

Another Morning

the other side

Beyond The Rainbow

still digging

blueray

tomorrow

the ridge drifters

dusty river

shootin Gold

silver strings

lost ridge

We need your creativity!

My friends and I have started a bluegrass band. WE NEED A NAME. Please comment with your suggestions.

The winner (if we pick one) will be given a BIG SMILE and some exclusive pictures and recordings and a card signed by all the members.

You can list as many suggestions as you want!

Quote from the GOP Debate

During the debate Mitt Romney said:

"What we have today in the world is four major, if you will, strategies at play. One, they're the nations with the energy, like Russia. They're trying to use energy as a way to take over the world.

Then there's China, which is saying we're going to use communism, plus sort of a Wild West form of a free enterprise. We're going to give nuclear weapons -- or nuclear technology to the Iranians, we're going to buy oil from the Sudanese. You've got China.

Then you've got al Qaeda, which says we want to bring everybody down.

And then finally there's us, the only major power in the world that says we believe in free enterprise and freedom for the individual. And this great battle is going on right now, and it's essential for us to strengthen other friends like ourselves, and to confront one by one these other strategies and help turn them towards modernity so that the world our kids inherent does not have to know war."

What do you think?

Roger Clemens

Do you think Roger Clemens is guilty or innocent?

For you who are uneducated, Roger Clemens was accused of using steroids and HGH. I have looked into the issue some and it really fascinates me.


Have Fun,

David