Conference yukon::christian_v7

 That is great news, Gil!  Good luck and God bless.






 Jim

    Ol McBernier had a farm, E-I E-I OH.

    God Bless Gil. I'm sure it will work out for you. 

    BTW, what are you gonna farm ?

    Jim

God to hear from you, Gil - and how the LORD is leading you on after your 
hearts desire, in accordance with His will...

May you know much blessing, and His clear leading in the days to come...

								Andrew

    God bless you, Gil.  Git out there and raise some godly children! :-)
    
    Kind of reminds me of a song I remember hearing (on secular) radio a
    few (well, probably many by this time) years back.  The chorus went
    something along the lines of:
    
      Blow up the TV,
       Turn off the radio,
      Move to the country,
       Build a home.
      Have lots of children,
       Raise them on peaches,
      Let them find Jesus   } Aside from these last two lines, I like
       On their own.        } the concept!
    
    
    Mark L.

    Gil,
    
    You dog you... I am JEALOUS!!!! :-)  But a Godly jealousy at that.  If
    I send you my home address offline, can you tell me whether or not a
    single woman could do this? :-) :-)
    
    With love and Hugs,
    Nancy_who_grew_up_slopping_hogs :-) [REALLY!]

RE:            <<< Note 177.4 by CHTP00::CHTP05::LOVIK "Mark Lovik" >>>

       
   . Kind of reminds me of a song I remember hearing (on secular) radio a
   . few (well, probably many by this time) years back.  The chorus went
   . something along the lines of:
    
    
     Its a tune by John Prine (I can play it on my geetar :-)
     (and of course you know I'm gonna make some corrections in your lyrics
     cuz I can sing it too :-)


       Blow up the TV,
       Turn off the radio,
       (throw away the papers)

      Move to the country,
       Build a home.
      Have lots of children,
       Raise them on peaches,
       (feed 'em all peaches)
      

       Let them find Jesus   } Aside from these last two lines, I like
       On their own.        } the concept!
    
    
    Extra credit if you know the name of the tune :-)




   Mr Detail

    Thanks, Jimbo.  I knew I could count on you to supply the corrections. 
    Of course you noted that I said "something along the lines of", as it
    seems that some of my memory bits formerly allocated to such songs have
    been reallocated to store more important things in recent years. :-)
    
    Mark L

Gil,

I'm going to miss you very much. Thanks for all that you've
contributed here over the years.

Now, you get to work out your old "Patient Farmer" moniker. May the
L_RD bless you as you move forward in His will.

Get an MCI account!

8^{)

Brian

.    Thanks, Jimbo.  I knew I could count on you to supply the corrections. 
.    Of course you noted that I said "something along the lines of", as it
.    seems that some of my memory bits formerly allocated to such songs have
.    been reallocated to store more important things in recent years. :-)
    
 
     I had it archived to tape :-)

    Gil
    
    You don't know me at all since I'm usally read-only, and not even
    that lately due to a job change as well. But when I saw what your plans
    were, I just had to repsond.  My husband also just "got it" in the
    current round of lay-offs, and guess what's up on our mantle at
    home!  A map of New York State!  I don't know what the Lord is up
    to there, but indeed the "calling" is strong!  We have to get our
    house "saleable" since we are in the middle of some remodeling, and
    then (hopefully) it's off the central or western New York for us
    as well!  So if you get some new neighbors that still have Mass.
    license plates, say hi, it might just be someone who travelled 
    the same path as you!
    
    May the Lord provide you with a safe move, and may you enjoy all
    that you find there!!! 

Bummer, former-co-ex-mod-friend.  We never got to meet!

Can I come to your farm someday?  Your six plus my four,and us'ns will make
quite a group.  And I promise not to argue. Um, ah, well, I'll try.
I got a sister-in-law Faith[less] near Saratoga Springs.
Close enough?

And yes, what will you be farming?   Produce or livestock?  Moooo!

	Well Farmer Gil,

	I can't say I'll be happy to see you go, though I am delighted
	that you're getting your hearts desire.

	I'll be offering up prayers for you, Michelle, and the kids.  

	The Lord has taught me much through you, and given me much to consider.
	Thank you for being an instrument for Him!

	Love,
	Karen

    You folks are great!
    
Jim (.2) and Markem (.11)

 Perhaps farming is not the best word for it. We prefer to call it homesteading.
We plan on having goats, chickens, turkeys, a couple of hogs and maybe raise a
beef calf (I plan to do my own slaughtering - ooh icky!! :-} .) We will 
definately have a BIG garden and some fruit trees, with the goal of being food 
self-sufficient eventually. I do not plan on making $$ doing this. I just want 
to provide for my families needs (yes, I know hat God is really the One who 
provides) and be able to pay my taxes.

Markel (.4)

>    God bless you, Gil.  Git out there and raise some godly children! :-)

Now that's the kind of encouragement that warms my heart, bro. Thanks!

Re .6, .7 (Jim H and Markel)

>       Blow up the TV,
>       Turn off the radio,
>       (throw away the papers)

I don't even have a TV or subscibe to newspapers

>      Move to the country,
>       Build a home.
>      Have lots of children,
>       Raise them on peaches,
>       (feed 'em all peaches)
      
On my way ...

>       Let them find Jesus   } Aside from these last two lines, I like
>       On their own.        } the concept!
    
3 out of 5 already know Him!! We're praying in the other 2 and any others that
may come along. :-) 
   
Brian (.8)

 I was wondering if anyone remember the "patient Farmer" personal name. You
made me smile by your remembrance.

> Get an MCI account!

  We'll see. There's a small matter of hardware that needs to be taken care of 
first.


CHOWDA::ORR (.10)

 Praise God for His like leading in our lives. I'll try to send word to you 
via this conference when we get settled. Perhaps you can come visit while you
are looking for a place. Oh, and I can relate to you and your husband about
home repairs. Any free time I have is going toward that direction. And our
place is in pretty decent shape, I can't imagine the time/effort needed for
lots of major repairs. Oy!

Markem, (.11)

>Bummer, former-co-ex-mod-friend.  We never got to meet!

Well not yet anyway. We still have lots of family in these parts so I'm sure 
we will be in the area from time to time. I too want to meet you and yours.

>Can I come to your farm someday?  Your six plus my four,and us'ns will make
>quite a group.  And I promise not to argue. Um, ah, well, I'll try.
>I got a sister-in-law Faith[less] near Saratoga Springs.
>Close enough?

 Come on down. You'll always be welcome. BTW we only have 5 young'uns not 6 (so 
far, anyway).




Andrew, Karen, Nancy and anyone else tat I miised here plus all you neat folks
who sent mail,

 Thanks for all the prayers and encouragement! And Nancy, don't be jealous
just stop by on your next trip to the right coast.

Gil

    
    
    	God Bless you and your family!
    
    	Sister in Christ,
    
    	Cynthia
    	
    	(What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong being the
    	 background music to this message)
    
    	:)
    

> We plan on having goats, chickens, turkeys, a couple of hogs....
    
    Gil, Nancy, I've got a great idea.  Gil allows Nancy to be a "squatter"
    on a corner of his farm, err, homestead. :-)  Nancy builds her log
    cabin there, and she takes care of slopping the hogs!
    
    Markel
    
    p.s.  No agency fee payment demanded.  I do this service out of the
          goodness of my heart. :-)

    You know Markel, sloppin' hogs is one of my forte's  [gr].  When I was
    growing up on the mini farm I used to crawl into the pigpen [BTW, if
    you have hogs you'll want them off the ground, and all male hogs have
    to have their maleness taken out, makes better meat]  and all the
    piggies would come nuzzle up against me... they were friendly and sweet
    critters.
    
    And then the chickens... make sure you have trap doors on the henpens
    so that you can reach and get the eggs without a fuss.  And then move
    your henpens around a lot, because underneath the henpens is the
    richest garden soil... :-)  And as far as gardening, you should move
    your garden a lot too... just follow the henpens! :-)
    
    And then theres the garbage separation... and making a compost...
    
    sigh..
    Nancy

    From my limited knowledge of farming, the worst part about raising hogs 
    is having a sufficient source of food for them. Its good if you can get 
    a restaurant to give you their garbage. Otherwise you'll be constantly 
    feeding them grain and then it becomes cheaper to buy pork from the
    market.

    Jim

    -1
    
    Yup.... that's why the garbage separation...
    
    The modern day farm garbage separation
    
    Left-over Food Bin [for hogs]  Aluminum Recycle / Glass Recycle
    
    Burnable trash...     Trash that must be taken to the dump
    
    There you have it... 5 organized but useful garbage categories!
    
    :-)

Greeeen Acres is the place to be.
Faaaarm living is the life for me!
Land spreading out so far and wide.
Keep Manhattan just give me that countryside!

Neeeew York is where I'd rather stay.
Iiii get allergic smelling hay!
Iiii just adore a penthouse view.
Darling, I love you, but give me Park Avenue!

The chores!
The stores!
Fresh air!
Times Square!
You are my wife!
Goodbye city life!
Green Acres, we are there!

    God bless you Gil!  I've enjoyed conversing with you!  Be sure and
    keep in touch and give us the address of your patch, when you get it.
    
    jeff

    RE .20
    
    Markem,
    
     You got me really smiling on that one. I used to get a charge out of
    that show as a kid. I think it had a permanent effect on my
    appreciation for the truly bizarre. :-)
    
    Gil 
    
    ps I promise that I will not buy anything from someone named Mr Haynie.

    Yea, but will you have a pig living in your house?
    
    Markel

    Know what Rosanne Barr and the Green Acre's show have in common ?
    

     The both have a pig named Arnold.;)

    Jim

It was the Ziffles.  And it was hillarious (one l or two?) to see the
only two sane people (Mr. Douglas and Mr. Drucker) surrounded by the
rest of the people.  Teach the chilluns to make hot cakes on the spit, 
Gil.  And get yourself enough phone wire to go into the house.

Oh and one more tidbit.  Sam Drucker was also on a few other shows,
so Green Acres isn't far from Petticoat Junction!

Going with Markel's suggestion, that would make Nancy -> Eb the farmhand!

    >Going with Markel's suggestion, that would make Nancy -> Eb the
    >farmhand!
    
    Hey!!! THWACK THWACK...I say, son, I say... you are rather hillaryous!
    
    =:-o

    Now you know why Gil and I have decided to eliminate the televisions
    from our households.  We're trying to put an end to this vicious cycle
    of mental corruption! :-)
    
    Gil may have goats, chickens, turkeys, hogs, and maybe a calf, but one
    thing I'll bet you *won't* find on his farm: rabbit ears! :-)
    
    Markel

Oh, come now, Markel.  That's what VCRs are for: taped reruns!
(Actually, I don't have Green Acres stored anywhere by ma haid.)

Mental corruption comes from writing technical manuals about snarfs.

MM

    
    
    Good Luck to you and your family Gil, if you need any hired hands
    just give us a call :-)
    
    I would love to live on a big farm. I have friends in Pa. who
    have some really nice farms. I go and see them and hate to come
    back. They are all Christians..
    
    God Bless you all and may you follow Gods Will..
    
    Ann
    
    

    
    
     Gil :: Sorry to see you go, but I must say I'm envious of your move.
    God's blessings to you many times over. 
     Homesteading is something I've always kind of yearned to do....like
    I said, I envy you.
    
     In Christ
     Ryan

Hi/Bye Gil,

hope that I'm not too late to wish you all of God's blessings for the future
personally.  It would be all too tempting to "chuck it all" and move off to
a homestead...

See you in "heaven" if we ever decide to visit upstate New York :-)  What...
didn't y'all know that heaven's in New York?!? :-)  Actually it's in Maine,
but I'm assuming it's big enough for both :-)

God bless,

Rob

    God speed, Gil!
    
    Having grown up on a small working farm in Upstate NY, I can testify
    that it is a wonderful place to raise children!  I think it does the
    adults much good, also. ;)
    
    Amazing turns that the Lord takes us, eh?  Whatever awaits you, I know
    that peace will be there in abundance ....oh yea, joy and service and
    heartaches and love and trials and .....the stuff of life and living in
    the Kingdom.  I pray that you will all be blessed abundantly as you go,
    so that you may be a blessing to those new neighbors of yours.
    
    Will miss you around the file (in addition to your great PC help!),
    
    -greta

    Thanks, folks!
    
     Some clearity about my departure date. I gave my required 30-day notice
    but they will waive that if I need to move sooner. So I may be around
    for a little bit. I should be entering a brief note or two before 
    leaving.
    
    Gil

>    I should be entering a brief note or two before 
>    leaving.
    
    You certainly should!  :-)
    
    I know this is an exciting time for you Gil -- talk about a major
    change in lifestyle!
    
    Mark L.

Soooo.....Gil bought the farm.


I'm a little bit envious,'cept for all of that pig slop stuff, but I 
know the Lord has used you in a mighty way in this conference and that 
you'll be missed.


Sandy

Hey, Sandy, pigs are great!  When I was in my teens, I used to help out a
friend who kept pigs..... Some things stand out, like holding the squealers
down while he gave the injections ... burying one that died .. hanging my
coat carelessly just in their reach, so it got eaten...  And that's just
the mentionable ones ;-) 

Gil, enjoy the bit of His creation that the LORD's drawing you close to...
I'd be envious is I wasn't totally inept in such matters ;-)

				God bless you richly
							Andrew