Tom Zimmer
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
  Hard Choices - UCOA Message for June


At the ROT rally last week, I spoke with a young man that had recently returned from a tour in Iraq. I learned that he was very disturbed by his experience there. He didn’t go into much detail, but he did say he was having a lot of trouble being around large groups of people, like the ROT rally.  He also said he had been leading a group of men in Iraq, and would be leading again on his next tour.  He was very concerned about being able to make the right decisions, both to accomplish his missions, and also to protect the men he would be leading.  He was clearly aware of the limitations of his human abilities, and the responsibilities he would have.  He said he was a Christian, a Catholic actually, and so I assured him that Christ would always be with him, even in those moments when he wasn’t sure how to make the right decision, and that he need only ask for spiritual guidance to be assured of coming to the right answer to any problem.  I suppose it sounds simplistic, to say that God is always there, waiting for us to ask for help, but that is what the Bible says.  Now, I don’t believe there is anything wrong with making our own decision, after all, we make hundreds of choices everyday, but if you find yourself at the end of your rope, remember, there is always one more place to turn for help.

Tom
 
Sunday, June 14, 2009
  ROT Rally 2009
Here is my web gallery of photos from the ROT Motorcycle Rally.

We had a great time again this year, registering thousands of people, and serving gallons and gallons of coffee, lemonade and ice water from our hospitality tents in the hot weather. Yes, is was around 100 degrees everyday, and we had a thunderstorm Thursday evening that crushed the tent. But, with some repair work, and lots of help it was back up in a couple of hours Friday morning, and we were "back on the road", serving more refreshments and peoples needs. It was hot, hot, hot!

Highlights;

The hospitality tent is first assembled.
Preparations for the big storm.
Thunder storm Thursday evening crushed the tent under the weight of the water.
Janice has a neck pinch, and gets an overly exuberant massage assistant.
The hospitality tent gets rejuvenated, with the assistance of a tube straightener .
Janice discovers a much less painful solution to her pinched nerve.
Lots of fun at registration and at hospitality tent.

Click the link to view the pictures;

http://gallery.me.com/win32forth/100032

Here are the videos of the Sunday Service out at the ROT Rally, first the music, and then the sermon.

Songs;

House of Gold, Calling You, I Saw The Light, Me and Jesus We Got Our Own Thing Going, Were you There

Sermon;

Sermon Part 1, Sermon Part 2, Sermon Part 3


Tom
 
Some of the details of my life, as I allow Christ to live out His life through me.

My Photo
Name:
Location: Austin, Texas, United States

I am a Christian, Debbie is my wonderful wife. She is also a Christian, and my perfect helpmate. I have two adult children Pam & Chip, I have four wonderful grandchildren, granddaughters Chloe & Claire, and grandsons Ezra and Corbin. I am a Biker, I ride a 1999 Harley Davidson Road King, I am a member of the New Life Riders (Austin, TX) chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists Association (CMA), I am Chaplain of the United Clubs Of Austin (UCOA), I am the Author or Co-Author of several Forth computer language development systems including VIC-Forth, ColorForth (for the Radio Shack Color Computer), 64Forth (for the Commodore 64), F-PC (for DOS), Win32Forth (for Windows) and TCOM (a native DOS compiler), I am a Software Engineer for Thermo Fisher Scientific in Austin, TX, where I develop Windows C# applications for analytical instrument data processing and reporting.

ARCHIVES
November 2002
December 2002
January 2003
February 2003
March 2003
April 2003
June 2003
July 2003
September 2003
November 2003
December 2003
January 2004
February 2004
March 2004
April 2004
May 2004
June 2004
July 2004
August 2004
September 2004
October 2004
November 2004
December 2004
January 2005
February 2005
March 2005
April 2005
May 2005
June 2005
July 2005
August 2005
September 2005
October 2005
November 2005
December 2005
January 2006
February 2006
March 2006
April 2006
May 2006
June 2006
July 2006
August 2006
September 2006
October 2006
November 2006
December 2006
January 2007
February 2007
March 2007
May 2007
June 2007
July 2007
September 2007
October 2007
November 2007
December 2007
January 2008
February 2008
March 2008
April 2008
May 2008
June 2008
July 2008
August 2008
September 2008
October 2008
November 2008
January 2009
February 2009
March 2009
April 2009
June 2009
July 2009
August 2009
September 2009
October 2009
November 2009
December 2009
January 2010
February 2010
March 2010
April 2010
May 2010
June 2010
July 2010
August 2010
September 2010
October 2010
November 2010
December 2010
January 2011
February 2011
March 2011
April 2011

Google

Web

TZ

TZ



Powered by Blogger