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My Two Front Teeth

Where did the term “patience of Job” come from? It has to do with Job’s refusal to condemn God when Satan was allowed to destroy his family and his livestock. But, what if the livestock are trying to do the destroying? Remember the old song, “All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth”? Well, It took that old 1400-pound Holstein bull 54 years to get his revenge. He was long ago turned into Bologna, but he got even. On Memorial Day 1960, I went out into the 35-acre pasture to round up the cows for milking. One of them had …  

Thank You!

It is November, the month for the American Holiday called, “Thanksgiving”. It was set up as a time to thank God for His provision. We would like to say, “Thank You!” You may have seen this before, but it always brings a tear to my eye. We are thankful for you! Be blessed! Ted (Pa Thom) and Sou (Mak Sou) Olbrich And those who do all the work, Our Staff  

Miracles Do Happen

Forty-two years ago, very few gave us any chance of success, but I had decided to marry Sou.  The Illinois Farm Boy and the Laotian Princess had “zero chance” according to the hundreds of experts that offered counsel. The most memorable was that of my Grandmother, “Teddy, you simply can’t marry that girl. Why it’s like a pig marrying a cow!” We’ve hit our share of speed bumps on this road of life, but I just realized how out of my league I was when we ran into this old piece of currency used in Indochina in the late 1940’s. …