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New Blog Site

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:01:40 GMT

I have started a new blog site on Xanga Christian Blog, Here is the link. I will not be using this one much longer.

http://revhauterrw.revelife.com/weblog/

Monday, May 18, 2009

Mon, 18 May 2009 19:08:54 GMT

Here I am at the church waiting to greet some people. That's Mel feet over there on the right. I like Mel he knows who to scratch my ears in just the right place.

Here I am with one of the nurses on a hospital visit. They like me at the hospital. I know I am not facing the camera but I really love to be petted and these people love it when they per me.

In this next picture is a picture of Walt the patient I visited that day. His wife was there and she petted me quite a lot. I am so happy when I can be of service!

This picture below is me at the foot of Walt's bed. He was happy to see me as well as his wife. That's her hand you see on the edge of the picture.

Bo's Blog Pictures

Sat, 09 May 2009 15:43:17 GMT

Here is my picture. Pastor Bob and I went to visit someone in the nursing home but he was not there. He was out at an appointment or with a family member. More pictures will follow.

Comfort Dog Ministry

Mon, 04 May 2009 15:31:14 GMT

Last week was an interesting week. One of the Pastors I have text study with called me and told me that a Comfort Dog was available and he asked of I was interested, my answer was of course yes. Well after talking with Lutheran Church Charities about what is expected of Saint Paul Lutheran Church and the dog I was convinced I needed to act upon this opportunity. On Friday Pastor Tim and I drove to pick up two dogs, one for him and one for me. And then we brought home the dogs. One dog was named Prince and the other was Bojangles. Well the ride home was interesting. Bojangles wanted to be by me the most of the trip home. Let me put it in the words of Bojangles.

Bojangles here, here is my story.

Friday was a sad yet joyful day for me. Prince and me were at the Vets office in the back. We both missed our former owners soooo much. They were our trainers and care takers. And then one of the workers came and got us. And guess what! They were there. Prince and I were so happy to see him. And they petted us and petted us. When they were standing I jumped up so that I could give them a hug. Oh I had missed them so. And yet seeing them again brought me a happiness I couldn't explain. There were three other people there. Pastor Tim and his wife and Pastor Bob. Prince and I said hello to them but we were more interested in Kimberly and Barry.

After leaving the Vets office a strange thing happened. We were taken to Pastor Tim's van. We got in and the next thing I know we are driving somewhere with Pastor Tim, his wife Kim, and Pastor Bob. I like Pastor Bob. I don't know why but I do. So I went and got on his lap. He petted me. He hugged me. He talked to me. I felt I needed to stay with him. I stayed by him the whole trip. I even tried to sit on his lap! Prince stayed in the back most of the time. And every once in a while he would try to get Pastor Bob to pet him. I then had to stand between him and Prince to let him Prince know that Pastor Bob was mine.

Well we got to Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Portage, IN and there was another dog there. It was Fuerst. He is my cousin and Prince's son. We had a wonderful time running around with Fuerst. And then I could see that Pastor Bob was ready to go. So I got into his car. He drove for what seemed a long time to me. He kept talking about his son Mitch. I couldn't wait to meet him. Well we finally got home and Pastor Bob let me in the house. Mitch was on the phone. I scared him. I thought that was funny. I like Mitch. He wants to throw the ball and have me fetch. He also takes me for walks. My walks are faster with him than with Pastor Bob. I think its because Pastor Bob is older and can't move as fast as Mitch..

Today I am with Pastor Bob in the office. He says he has to work so I am laying underneath his desk. I met the town Vet, Dr. Bob and two police officers already. And I have met a few of the members of Saint Paul. I like it here. Pastor Bob is getting a digital camera and he will be uploading photos in the near future. I will write more later. Bojangles.

Bojangles is a Golden Retriever who is trained to be a Comfort Dog. A Comfort dog is a dog that wants to be petted and brings the compassion and mercy of Christ to those he comes in contact with. He is used in situations where a crisis has occurred. Many people love pets and are comforted by the special love of these dogs. He comes to us by way of Lutheran Church Charities. http://www.lutheranchurchcharities.org/ out of Addison, Illinois. If you are a member of Saint Paul and wish this ministry to start and want to support please see me, Pastor Bob. Bojangles will be able to go to many places with me in the very near future. Bojangles and I look forward to our ministry together.

Freedom of Choice?

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:37:41 GMT

This past weekend I spent time at a Right to Life banquet and a Luncheon. Friday was the banquet. The speaker was excellent and inspiring. It made me think of how little I support the Right to Life. I rarely do anything to defend the unborn baby. I am apathetic or maybe in this case the better word is pathetic. There were two teenagers that gave their oratory speeches for the Right to Life. It was very moving to hear these young women defend the life of the unborn child.

The luncheon was at a pizza place on Sunday and they had the #1 winner for the state of Indiana in the oratory competition on speaking about Right to Life issues. She is 17 years old and had a very fine speech on the evils of abortion. It is inspiring to have young adults speaking this way and even more so defending helpless humans.

The one thing that appalled me was the discussion of making doctors who object to abortion perform them. Thus leaving them no choice but to violate the law of God and conscience or be removed as a doctor by the law of the land. The so called land of the free called the US Government. FOCA - The Freedom of Choice Act that President Obama wants to sign and Mrs Hilary Rodman Clinton is for is about protecting the right of the mother of an unborn child to choose death for that child; it does not protect the right of a doctor to choose life for that same unborn child. It seems to me that there is the double standard. One group of people get to have the freedom to make their choice and another group of people get no freedom of theirs'. And I am not even talking about the unborn child's choice which is never asked for. They are the victim more so then the uniformed mother who is getting the abortion.

Perhaps we should change FOCA to FOCAFTSF - Freedom of Choice Act for the Select Few. The select few are really those who choose fun and pleasure over responsibility for helpless humans who need them. Again it is a choice of death. We really need to wake up and fight this culture of death. WE MUST PROTECT THE UNBORN.

Why go to Church?

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:03:08 GMT

I have been thinking a lot about what is going on in the church. Church is important to me. It is where I go to hear the comforting words of God forgiving me for my sins. It is where I go to be strengthened in my faith that ebbs and flows every day. I need to know that I am forgiven of the things I purposely chose not to do as well as the things I did do that ended up hurting my neighbor and thus also hurting God.

But church is not all about me. As a matter of fact it is about others and God and Jesus and the Father and the Holy Spirit. The church has been sent by Jesus Christ to go into all the world and baptize people in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. And to teach them to obey the commandments that Jesus taught to his Apostles. If I read this correctly then I have to see it as me taking what I have learned outside the church to the people who don't hear these words. Will everybody listen to these words with interest? No! We already know they won't. But does that mean we stop there? No! We may not be able to tell the person who rejects the Gospel of Jesus but we keep going because it is not about us.

Now here is something that I think I and other adults are failing to do. We are not telling the children of our churches and especially the 16 - 22 year olds the importance of the mission of the church. We need to let them know why we come to church. We need them to know that it's about the Gospel, not the individual. And the strange thing (contrary to us adults belief) is they want to know "why do we go." Why is this important? And if we can teach them what we know they are more likely to come and help in the church. They will be more likely to stay or even come back. They will see the importance of church in their lives. When we adults care about them they will see church as important in their lives.

But there is one more thing we need to do as a church. We need to show that our church time is valuable by giving of our time to do they mission work of the church. This is not about money it is about serving the community. It's about serving others. I have some things in mind for our church. I would like us to get involved in some kind mission work in the near future. Let's talk about it.

Chicago Professional Sports Teams Step Out of Character

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:45:12 GMT

This week has been an amazing week in Chicago professional sports. A talented quarterback, Jay Cutler was available for a trade. The experts (ESPN) were talking about who needs a quarterback they were saying that the front runners were the Tampa Buccaneers and the Washington Redskins. They did mention the Bears but felt they probably wouldn't give up what Denver was asking for Jay Cutler. I remember thinking they were right. On Wednesday the trade was made. Now think about this Bears' fans, the Bears traded for a quarterback who is talented. Good quarterbacks on the Bears is a rare commodity. The Bears usually have a good backup quarterback for their starter. Yet, they traded away their current starting quarterback and a couple of first round draft picks along with a third rounder. Wow! Maybe the Bears can start playing some football and start shoring up a defense that needs players who are not oft injured. We will see what next year will bring. I agree with the guy on the Score WSCR 670 AM Sports Radio, "The Bears are a better team today then they were before the trade."

The other good thing that happened in Chicago professional sports was the Blackhawks making the playoffs for the first time since 2002. Yesterday's 3 - 1 over the Nashville Predators clinched a spot in the playoffs and also guaranteed the 6th best record. A win tomorrow over Columbus will clinch the 5th best spot. Now if they could figure out a way to beat San Jose and Detroit, I doubt it, they could make the Stanley Cup Finals.

Where have I been?

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:00:36 GMT

I know it has been a quite awhile since I have written a blog. My excuse this week is that I have made this week an "appointment a day" week. And I have quite a bit of things to do. Some of which I have to stop putting off. The appointments: yesterday was text study, today was a Revitalization meeting, tomorrow is a meeting with Father Vamos in Crown Point. And tonight is Midweek Lenten Service. I will be up at Saint Peter in Portage. There really hasn't been much time to do some other things that I should do.

I will try to do some things tonight after I get back from Saint Peter. And then next week my son is on Spring Break. There is a lot of things to do and a 24 hour day is just not long enough to get them done in. Although I am convinced if the day was 48 hours long I would still find time to put things off. Anyway I hope to get a few things down over the next few days so that I can shorten my list of things that must get done.

Freedom of Choice

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:09:25 GMT

Since I am a pastor don't think that I endorse abortion. I wish that an unborn child could tell us her choice. I honestly believe that she would say, "I want to live!" So I have a News Bulletin from LCMS World Relief Human and Care that has a a web site from the AUL, Americans United for Life where you can sign a petition against the Freedom of Choice Act, FOCA. www.fightfoca.com. Please link and sign our politicians need to know we won't stand for the killing of our children.

Cough Cough Cough

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:50:15 GMT

Well I am still getting tired. Of course last night didn't help when it seemed like I was tired but couldn't fall asleep. So I finally got up at midnight and turned on the NHL station (215) on DirecTV and watched it for about a half an hour and finally fell asleep, then I woke up and went to bed about 1:00a.

Anyway I am still coughing at the most inopportune times. It is usually when I am talking to somebody and the tickle gets stronger and then the cough just comes. I hate this cough and this illness. I can't control it it has a mind of its own. I do have these cough drops that also numb the tongue and throat. They work for awhile. I will use them at tonight's service. My mom had something similar to this and her cough lasted six weeks. If I am going through the same thing that means I still have three weeks left of this, Ugh!