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This blog is where I express myself to the world or at least to those who might stop by to read what I post 
. Maybe God will use what I post (I am a Christian and this blog will have a most decidedly Christian bent to it) to good effect in the lives of my readers.
I may turn some of my posts into a book. I may cease blogging here altogether. Who knows. But for now..I am content to post away in this, my own little corner of the world.
Rather than reading through my now lengthy list of posts you may wish to read what I consider to be my very best posts or you can just read the posts that deal with a single subject category that might interest you.
Please know that I am open to any input on any topic I write about. If you have something to say about anything you see written here please....feel free to speak up in the form of leaving a comment or sending me a PM (private message).
And if you are in San Diego and wish to meet the one and only Carlos (that's me)...drop me a private message. I always enjoy meeting one of my readers!
Thanks.
Carlos
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. Maybe God will use what I post (I am a Christian and this blog will have a most decidedly Christian bent to it) to good effect in the lives of my readers. I may turn some of my posts into a book. I may cease blogging here altogether. Who knows. But for now..I am content to post away in this, my own little corner of the world.
Rather than reading through my now lengthy list of posts you may wish to read what I consider to be my very best posts or you can just read the posts that deal with a single subject category that might interest you.
Please know that I am open to any input on any topic I write about. If you have something to say about anything you see written here please....feel free to speak up in the form of leaving a comment or sending me a PM (private message).
And if you are in San Diego and wish to meet the one and only Carlos (that's me
)...drop me a private message. I always enjoy meeting one of my readers!Thanks.
Carlos
PS. If you want to follow my blog such that you will get an email when I write new posts you can subscribe to my blog.
I get my $400 then...well...my computer stops working!
Just wanted to update anyone still following my saga .
First the good news...
Yesterday I got my $400!! PRAISE GOD!
I was able to pay my rent, bring my one bank account back into the black (they forgave $65 in NSF charges - see previous posts for an explanation why I started getting those in the first place), paid my web hosting bill, and still have another $100 left over!
I've also eaten very well these last two days.
I almost started crying when I got to Hometown Buffet yesterday for the first time in a long time.
It was as though nothing had happened these last few months and I was right back to talking to strangers, enjoying the warmth of San Diego weather...well...such as it was yesterday LOL, and otherwise.
I ate steak, and mashed potatoes, desserts of all kinds, coke, coleslaw, more steak and mashed potatoes and all manner of other things.
And la Soup Plantation has been real good for my stomach too (I went there the day before yesterday and today).
You know it's really odd, well...perhaps not odd but rather interesting in the timing but a Christian prayed for me that I would receive a blessing yesterday and...I DID! And they did not know of the money that was coming to me at all! They told me afterwards that God by His Spirit had laid it on their hearts to tell me that I would be blessed yesterday!
The other job I have been doing has been moved up to $250.00 from $200. A job which I hope to finish tonight or tomorrow morning.
Now the bad news...at least until just a few minutes ago.
My computer screen went caput!! It became completely unworkable and unusable. I took it to the meeting where I got my $400 and when I got home it started acting up culminating in it completely going bonkers on me today. Nothing I did would make it start working. I tried and tried everything. I even started shaking it, hitting it (lightly mind you), bending it, moving the strong clips that have been working all over, pressing it on it with my thumbs as hard as I could, taking the screen apart...nothing! It just wouldn't stay on enough to have me work with it.
Then while trying to see what was on the screen through all these lines and haze I called a fellow Christian and we discussed something unrelated. This Christian is into demon deliverance and such and while we were talking my screen came on!!
It's been on ever since. Just weird!
It's like there was a demon in it or something just trying to destroy what progress I was making and when I started talking on the phone with this Christian who sometimes casts out demons...it hightailed it out of my screen!
Now I am not saying that this is what happened exactly but it does strike me as rather odd. I mean I had been working with my computer for 2 or 3 hours. Pinching it here and pinching it there, taking it apart, you name it and nothing.
I talk with this Christian for all of maybe 10 minutes and the screen starts working and stays working!
Maybe I will have a chance to finish my work tonight such that I can get paid tomorrow. That extra $250 sure would be nice.
I think I will call that Christian more often to keep my computer in good shape. Never thought about the possibility that demons might be all over my computer trying to keep me from being able to use it.
Not that every computer problem is demon related mind you. Most probably aren't. But I wouldn't put it past them to try and disrupt the blessings of God coming to me through my computer. Wouldn't put it past them at all.
Carlos
UPDATE...
I wish I had my camera out of the pawnshop and could take a photo of my computer. It's almost hilarious! I finally figured out how to keep it working now that any potential demons were scared out of it by my conversation with a fellow Christian....(not sure if demons were actually hanging on to it and trying to break it on me but that's possible I guess...).
I took the screws off the screen (I have a laptop) and the plastic casing off. On the right I now have a little notebook behind the screen pushing it away from the back. On the left I have the clip from a suspender belt holding that side tightly together.
The pressure between the litte notebook pushing it open and toward me and the clip pushing it together on the other side has made it work flawlessly again.
I just won't be able to take it to any more computer meetings is all LOL. I mean it looks ridiculous!
Who would have ever believed that someone with such a computer, with a big hole in one of his shoes (I haven't bought me new one's yet), with only two shirts to my name, who barely has had enough money to eat until a couple of days ago, who lives in a trailer, has no car, and has not been able to afford getting around by bus...would have landed several computer jobs such that I can work from home over the Internet in my pajamas if I want!
Quite amazing! I get up when I want. I go out when I want. I set my own hours. And no one is over me yelling at me or otherwise getting on my case to get this or that done. I live in a great climate in the middle of one of the most expensive cities imaginable and pay only $200 dollars a month in rent for everything (i.e. water, electricity, internet, privacy, kitchen, the works)!
Amazing indeed. The Lord has truly been gracious to me!
. First the good news...
Yesterday I got my $400!! PRAISE GOD!
I was able to pay my rent, bring my one bank account back into the black (they forgave $65 in NSF charges - see previous posts for an explanation why I started getting those in the first place), paid my web hosting bill, and still have another $100 left over!
I've also eaten very well these last two days.
I almost started crying when I got to Hometown Buffet yesterday for the first time in a long time.
It was as though nothing had happened these last few months and I was right back to talking to strangers, enjoying the warmth of San Diego weather...well...such as it was yesterday LOL, and otherwise.
I ate steak, and mashed potatoes, desserts of all kinds, coke, coleslaw, more steak and mashed potatoes and all manner of other things.
And la Soup Plantation has been real good for my stomach too (I went there the day before yesterday and today).
You know it's really odd, well...perhaps not odd but rather interesting in the timing but a Christian prayed for me that I would receive a blessing yesterday and...I DID! And they did not know of the money that was coming to me at all! They told me afterwards that God by His Spirit had laid it on their hearts to tell me that I would be blessed yesterday!
The other job I have been doing has been moved up to $250.00 from $200. A job which I hope to finish tonight or tomorrow morning.
Now the bad news...at least until just a few minutes ago.
My computer screen went caput!! It became completely unworkable and unusable. I took it to the meeting where I got my $400 and when I got home it started acting up culminating in it completely going bonkers on me today. Nothing I did would make it start working. I tried and tried everything. I even started shaking it, hitting it (lightly mind you), bending it, moving the strong clips that have been working all over, pressing it on it with my thumbs as hard as I could, taking the screen apart...nothing! It just wouldn't stay on enough to have me work with it.
Then while trying to see what was on the screen through all these lines and haze I called a fellow Christian and we discussed something unrelated. This Christian is into demon deliverance and such and while we were talking my screen came on!!
It's been on ever since. Just weird!
It's like there was a demon in it or something just trying to destroy what progress I was making and when I started talking on the phone with this Christian who sometimes casts out demons...it hightailed it out of my screen!
Now I am not saying that this is what happened exactly but it does strike me as rather odd. I mean I had been working with my computer for 2 or 3 hours. Pinching it here and pinching it there, taking it apart, you name it and nothing.
I talk with this Christian for all of maybe 10 minutes and the screen starts working and stays working!
Maybe I will have a chance to finish my work tonight such that I can get paid tomorrow. That extra $250 sure would be nice.
I think I will call that Christian more often to keep my computer in good shape
. Never thought about the possibility that demons might be all over my computer trying to keep me from being able to use it. Not that every computer problem is demon related mind you. Most probably aren't. But I wouldn't put it past them to try and disrupt the blessings of God coming to me through my computer. Wouldn't put it past them at all.
Carlos
UPDATE...
I wish I had my camera out of the pawnshop and could take a photo of my computer. It's almost hilarious! I finally figured out how to keep it working now that any potential demons were scared out of it by my conversation with a fellow Christian....(not sure if demons were actually hanging on to it and trying to break it on me but that's possible I guess...).
I took the screws off the screen (I have a laptop) and the plastic casing off. On the right I now have a little notebook behind the screen pushing it away from the back. On the left I have the clip from a suspender belt holding that side tightly together.
The pressure between the litte notebook pushing it open and toward me and the clip pushing it together on the other side has made it work flawlessly again.
I just won't be able to take it to any more computer meetings is all LOL. I mean it looks ridiculous!
Who would have ever believed that someone with such a computer, with a big hole in one of his shoes (I haven't bought me new one's yet), with only two shirts to my name, who barely has had enough money to eat until a couple of days ago, who lives in a trailer, has no car, and has not been able to afford getting around by bus...would have landed several computer jobs such that I can work from home over the Internet in my pajamas if I want!
Quite amazing! I get up when I want. I go out when I want. I set my own hours. And no one is over me yelling at me or otherwise getting on my case to get this or that done. I live in a great climate in the middle of one of the most expensive cities imaginable and pay only $200 dollars a month in rent for everything (i.e. water, electricity, internet, privacy, kitchen, the works)!
Amazing indeed. The Lord has truly been gracious to me!
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Hey Carlos,
I met you over at the Highway (Robert). I wouldn't mind talking over email if you are interested.
PEace,
RobertPosted 06-02-2009 at 08:54 PM by Robertson H. McQuick
Updated 06-03-2009 at 10:42 AM by Robertson H. McQuick -
The devil will always fight you when you are walking in true faith. Many years ago, I began attending a new church whose teaching eventually became the basis of my faith.
On that first Sunday, I got dressed and went to my car and had a flat tire. I called the auto club and they came right away which is unusual. I was wearing a dress that had a sort of a ruffle as the hem. When I walked around the car, my hem caught on the bumper of my car and ripped about 1/2 of the bottom of my dress off. I was still determined to attend those services which were 35 miles from my home. I changed my clothes, got into my car and hit the freeway. about 10 minutes from my destination, I was involved in a 6 car accident. I was right in the middle and not only didn't I hit anyone, but the car behind me did not hit me. Because of that, the police let me leave before the other people involved. I made it to the service with 5 minutes to spare.
The Devil works on us with the language of doubt. Fear, Guilt, and Regret. If we truly reject that and believe that we are in the right place at the right time, God will see us through.
Hope this personal experience inspires you.Posted 06-02-2009 at 09:39 PM by yukiko11
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Hi Robert!! Great to see you here.
You know it's funny but at first I thought to myself...Robert? Huh? He met me on the Highway? What hi-way? I don't know any Robert that I met on no hi-way.
Then it dawned on me who you were! LOL!!!
I'd be happy to talk over email Robert. I'm sending you an email. You may want to delete your email address from your comment though (or let me know and I can delete it for you). Otherwise you may end up with all kinds of weirdo's sending you stuff like spam or some such.
Thanks again for stopping by to say hi. I often forget who all is reading my blog...glad I don't think about it too much or else I might get too intimidated at how my life is becoming so public and might end up shutting up LOL.
On second thought I don't think I could shut up since to express myself through the written word is one of the joys in my life!
CarlosPosted 06-03-2009 at 12:04 AM by carlos123
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Thanks for your encouragement yokiko. That's a wonderful story! What an amazing set of circumstances you went through to get to that Church! Truly amazing.
CarlosPosted 06-03-2009 at 12:08 AM by carlos123
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Carlos, it sounds like you best invest in a new PC when you get your next pay check or it could conceivably be your last pay check...know what I mean. I am very, very happy for you, keep up the great work.
~*~Pink~*~Posted 06-03-2009 at 08:39 PM by Pink flamingo
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When I found my faith at age 30, there were an unbelievable amount of circumsatnces like this that added to my faith. Perhaps I will share some of them with you in the future as they apply to your posts.
The bottom line is, over the last 28 years, I have over and over again experienced God's support of my life to the point where I no longer ask who, why, or, if, when or any other word in the language of doubt. When, I pray, I no longer pray for what I want, but I just ask God to give me strength to do his will. I truly have absolutely no fear of today, tomorrow or the future even when times are tough. I know He will help me get through it or take me home as He sees fit.
I am actually not particularly religious. I sort of consider the bible to be the instruction manual to be a human. But I am absolutely secure in His presence and his concern for me and I never question the tasks I have to take on in His name.
I am not sure, but maybe this is what I am trying to share with you. You are on the path to being there and I cannot even begin to tell you the joy you will experience when you finally reach that point in your own walk of faith.Posted 06-04-2009 at 02:01 AM by yukiko11
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Thanks Pink Flamingo. Unfortunately my next paycheck is pretty much accounted for already. I got another $250 of work that I was given to do today. In addition to the $400 I received on Monday. The $200 job that turned into $250 is now back to $50 (my minimum charge) as it was incredibly complicated and not something I could do any time soon...but, it looks like they will pay me to implement a different, less complicated solution so...that's additional work.
That's $700 of work that has come to me in the last week or will be coming to me for sure. That doesn't even include the additional work that it looks like I will be given tomorrow (have to discuss a better solution with the one company to see if they want me to install a special program on their web host).
But I owe some money and have a whole slew of things I still have to do (like take my camera out of the pawn shop) before I can even consider getting another computer.
In a worst case...if my screen becomes completely and I mean completely unusable I can buy a used cheap one and bypass my laptop screen entirely. So it's not too bad in the sense that there is a workaround.
I just have to remember to turn my computer off whenever I leave my trailer lest the little paper notebook that I have placed behind the screen to put pressure on it at just the right place to keep it going...catches fire in my absence LOL. I've just got to take a photo of this thing before I retire it!
CarlosPosted 06-04-2009 at 03:12 AM by carlos123
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Yukiko...thanks for the encouragement to live a life of faith Yukiko! Much appreciated.
I do wish that I was at the place in my life where I never doubted again but I am not there yet. I don't know if I will ever be there but I am certainly open to growing as the Lord leads me.
CarlosPosted 06-04-2009 at 03:16 AM by carlos123
