A Heart Like Daniel!

Oh for a Heart like Daniel:
1. A Purposeful Heart: Dan.1v8a
"But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the King's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself."(Dan. 1v8 KJV).
2. A Proving Heart: Dan.1v9-16
"Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs." (Dan.1v9 KJV).
3. A Persevering Heart: Dan.10v12
"Then said he unto me, fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words." (God saw Daniel's faithfulness!)
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Garden Grass Snakes Can Be Dangerous!

A couple in Sweetwater, Texas had a lot of potted plants. During a recent cold spell, the wife was bringing a lot of them indoors to protect them from a possible freeze.It turned out that a little green garden grass snake was hidden in one of the plants. When it had warmed up, it slithered out and the wife saw it go under the sofa. She let out a very loud scream.The husband (who was taking a shower) ran out into the living room naked to see what the problem was. She told him there was a snake under the sofa.He got down on the floor on his hands and knees to look for it. About that time the family dog came and cold-nosed him on the behind. He thought the snake had bitten him, so he screamed and fell over on the floor.His wife thought he had had a heart attack, so she covered him up, told him to lie still and called an ambulance.The attendants rushed in, would not listen to his protests, loaded him on the stretcher, and started carrying him out.About that time, the snake came out from under the sofa and the Emergency Medical Technician saw it and dropped his end of the stretcher. That's when the man broke his leg and why he is still in the hospital.The wife still had the problem of the snake in the house, so she called on a neighbor who volunteered to capture the snake. He armed himself with a rolled-up newspaper and began poking under the couch.. Soon he decided it was gone and told the woman, who sat down on the sofa in relief.But while relaxing, her hand dangled in between the cushions, where she felt the snake wriggling around. She screamed and fainted, the snake rushed back under the sofa.The neighbor man, seeing her lying there passed out, tried to use CPR to revive her.The neighbor's wife, who had just returned from shopping at the grocery store, saw her husband's mouth on the woman's mouth and slammed her husband in the back of the head with a bag of canned goods, knocking him out and cutting his scalp to a point where it needed stitches.The noise woke the woman from her dead faint and she saw her neighbor lying on the floor with his wife bending over him, so she assumed that the snake had bitten him. She went to the kitchen and got a small bottle of whiskey, and began pouring it down the man's throat.By now, the police had arrived.Breathe here...They saw the unconscious man, smelled the whiskey, and assumed that a drunken fight had occurred. They were about to arrest them all, when the women tried to explain how it all happened over a little garden snake!The police called an ambulance, which took away the neighbor and his sobbing wife.Now, the little snake again crawled out from under the sofa and one of the policemen drew his gun and fired at it. He missed the snake and hit the leg of the end table. The table fell over, the lamp on it shattered and, as the bulb broke, it started a fire in the drapes.The other policeman tried to beat out the flames, and fell through the window into the yard on top of the family dog who, startled, jumped out and raced into the street, where an oncoming car swerved to avoid it and smashed into the parked police car.Meanwhile, neighbors saw the burning drapes and called in the fire department. The firemen had started raising the fire ladder when they were halfway down the street. The rising ladder tore out the overhead wires, put out the power, and disconnected the telephones in a ten- square city block area (but they did get the house fire out).Time passed! Both men were discharged from the hospital, the house was repaired, the dog came home, the police acquired a new car and all was right with their world.A while later they were watching TV and the weatherman announced a cold snap for that night. The wife asked her husband if he thought they should bring in their plants for the night.And that's when he shot her.

Just updated my website this week. Nothing major, but a much of little updates that were way out of date. Stop by Sethbucknerfamily.org and check us out!

Dear Praying Friends

This year, one goal at the Fellowship Tract League is to print our 4 billionth tract! Who would have thought that God could have accomplished this in such a short time. Thank you for all of your prayers for our family. It has been an exciting beginning to our year.

On January 20th, we began a Thursday evening Bible study in our home in Jefferson, TX. The Lord had been working on my heart about making a difference in our area. We are also broadcasting our Bible study live online, and you can find the link at my website. We have had as many as thirteen in attendance, and as many as fifty-two computers log in during one message.

Since our last letter, I have been in eleven states, traveled 10,000 miles, and have been in some wonderful meetings, and met some great people. It is an honor to be a Fellowship Tract League Representative, and thank you for your faithful support and prayers. We could not do it without churches that are faithful in their Faith Promise and Missions giving.

On March 2nd, my pastor had surgery for pancreatic cancer. Praise the Lord the surgery was very successful, and Pastor Trull is recovering well. During this time, I am working as interim pastor at Twin Cities Baptist Temple until he can get well enough to return to his work. So far, I have not had to miss but one meeting because of it. We have a great assistant pastor who helps me when I am traveling. This has been quite an exciting time and has been very hard on my cell phone minutes! God is amazing though, because last week I got a text from AT&T that they were giving me 1,000 bonus rollover minutes. The church cannot afford to pay us, so please pray for this added strain on our funds. They are helping some with our gas bill, which is wonderful with where gas prices are!

On April 3-9, we will be operating our “Feeding the Five Thousand” ministry in Texarkana. This ministry is where we help the church get 5,000 door hangers out in one week’s time. If you would like for us to come to your church with this outreach, we would love help or be a part. I know of some pastors that are preparing to use this ministry in their churches this year.

Please pray for our camp meeting coming up May 9-12 in Lebanon, Ohio. This meeting highlights the tract ministry. Last year was amazing, and I am looking forward to an even better meeting this year. Visit breadoflifecampmeeting.org for more information.

God bless you as you serve Him!

The Buckners

My Day in Salt Lake City, Utah

Monday was an exciting day. Bro and Mrs. Harris took me downtown to see the sights. Most of the trip was spent on a tour of the LDS Conference Center. Amazing! This building seats 21,000 and is the largest of its kind in the world.

This is a shot of the Mormon Temple

This is where the Mormon Missionaries live

Shot of the conference center

Picture of us on the roof of the conference center.... this building is so large that it has trees and fields of grass growing on the top!

Pictures do not do it justice!

people coming out of the Mormon Temple-- they are carrying their white robes that they must wear to enter.

Shot of the city from a look-out that we went to on Sunday evening.

What a time tonight in Salt Lake City, Utah. Nothing like a misplaced Texan being involved in a mid-April blizzard in the west! With projected snowfall somewhere between 6-10 inches in our area, we decided to go out at about 10:30 PM and play. It was pretty fun. In the mountains it was more like 24-36 inches of snow....glad we are not in the mountains!

Bro Harris and me

Just a little snow!