How Far Is Kpando?

The orphans at HardtHaven in Kpando, Ghana in Africa sent this to us.
We find their town on the globe, but how far away is it?  From Phoenix it's 7,251 miles to Accra. www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/distances.html?n=4  
Check out the HardtHaven website here:  http://www.hardthaven.org   Granddaughter Joy started this orphanage, and it's been a delight to watch the progress.

ABC: Today's Challenge

    Another day is God’s gift to you.

    Begin the day by talking to Him.

    Confess your sins and shortcomings.

    Decide to do better.

    Every day brings you closer to seeing Jesus.

    Fight your foe, the devil, by faith.

    Grow in faith; give by faith.

    Happiness is inside your heart.

Yes, You'll Want to Find Out For Yourself

The words written here may be helpful to you;
You’ll want to find out for yourself what of Christmas is true.

Find a Bible; perhaps you have one on your shelf;
Take a look and find out about Jesus for yourself.

Three hundred prophecies written hundreds of years before
Told about the Messiah the Jewish people were waiting for.

Finding Lots More

        It's been fun to find people who have quoted something I've written on their own websites.  Thanks to Google search it's quick to do, and perhaps you've noticed the total posted over on the right hand side under "About Me."  It was 2898 just a few days ago.  Then,  I got the bright idea to look up other search engines.  I looked up my writings on Bing, Cuil, Dogpile, Lycos, HotBot, Yahoo, Gigablast, AOL, Alta Vista, Ask, Google of India, Google of Russia, Fireball - German, Swiss, and Italian.
        An amazing total of 528 sites have published one or more of my poems, articles, or stories.  The grand total is 3,526 as of 12-5-11.  May each one of these be a blessing to a lot of people!

Of Course . . . Christmas is Coming!

Decorations and colorful lights,
Parades and outstanding sights,
Fanciful stories and fables,
Yummy food upon the tables,

Parties, music, friends and family,
Of course, your special Christmas tree.
Light a candle, go to church possibly?
In the mall there’s so much to see.

Shopping, spending, yes, I know!
Winter games, and maybe snow.
Bundle up to avoid freezing,
Keep your distance from people sneezing.