Now I am working on tearing down walls.

The church in Salamanca is installing a wheelchair lift. Or should I say that I am installing a lift. We had to rent a truck and drive all the way to Syracuse to get it. It has 2 pieces and one of them weighs over 600 pounds and it takes 6 people to lift it.
Once we got it to the church the next problem is where to store it until we can install it. The only level place big enough is the foyer.


The next problem is that there is a concrete wall in the way. The good news is that there was a window there so the header is already in place. I cut a hole in the wall and removed the old window casing so we could work on the concrete and stone wall.

I rented a chop saw with a 17 inch diamond tipped blade. With it I cut grooves into the stone and concrete wall. It did not cut all of the way through it so we had to use hammers and knock out the blocks one at a time. In the picture pastor Charlie is taking a swing or two at the wall.

Now we are through the concrete and stone wall. Walt brought a shop vacuum cleaner and cleaned up the mess that was left behind. The next step is to remove the platform and stairs. Then we can install the lift to replace the stairs.

Now for the latest update, in this picture the stairs and landing have been removed leaving an open pit. We also stripped or removed the walls and ceiling.



Next is an even more difficult step. We need to put the lift into the hole we have made for it. We did it with about 6 guys. We started at 9 AM on saturday and had it in place by a little after 10 Am! Now to do all of the wireing and make some walls and doorways.

Well now I am working on the walls. The right side is done, the left side is going to be the tricky one.

Update on things

Well it is already July, 2008. I have moved to Olean NY and am still waiting to see what I will do next. The church in Salamanca has purchased a lift (mini elevator) and I will be helping to install it.

The fires in California are continuing to spread, there are now over 1400 fires and California has been declared a disaster area. So much for the millions they are making by promoting Gay marriage! Here are some pictures from California. The first is a satellite picture. Notice how the smoke from the fires is just collecting over the state.


The second picture is of the evacuation areas. Some are optional and some are mandatory evacuations.

California is on fire

Well I hate to say that I told you so, but check out the news from California. As people woke up today they discovered that there are over 800 fires started by lightning and fueled by temperatures that are over 100 degrees. The Word of God says that if you do detestable things then the land will "vomit you out". That may happen by Hurricanes, floods, diseases, fires, earthquakes or any of a dozen other methods, but rest assured it will happen! God will not be mocked, and His Word will not return void.

As people 'come out of the closet' and start bragging on the terrible things that they are doing, judgment will come upon this land like never before. I guess now is not a good time to be buying a home, unless you want to make sure it is insured against everything, including 'acts of God'. At the same time there are people rising up who are calling for revival and for this country to turn back to God.

A cheap way to get better gas mileage

Several years ago I added a magnet to the fuel line of a Geo Prism to get it to run smoother after everything else had failed. To my amazement it worked. The gas mileage improved too. Then I got the idea of using magnets removed from old hard drives. These magnets are many times more powerful. I put one on my Dodge Grand Caravan that had an on board computer that displays the gas mileage. Over about a year it climbed from 18 MPG to 23 MPG!

The government tested adding magnets to the fuel lines back in 1980. Two trucks showed a 6% to 9% improvement but some showed very little improvement. Back then gas was 30 cents a gallon so they concluded that it was not worth it. Today with gas running over $4 a gallon even a 6% improvement would be worth it. However if you use high power magnets and leave them on for a year or more you may well see a 25% to a 30% improvement!

This modification has a long history. Adding magnets to the fuel line has been used since World War 2. They were used on Mustangs planes to get them to run better on the cheap gas. They were used on tanks to get a longer range so they could outrun the enemy. When the enemy tanks ran out of fuel they were sitting ducks.


Here are pictures of the magnets added to the fuel lines of Dodge vans. The first is on a 2.4 liter engine and the second shows 2 magnets on a 3.3 liter engine.

Pray for California at 8 PM today!

At 8 PM eastern, 5 PM their time, gay marriages become legal, so please pray for California. These things have a very bad history, look at what happened in New Orelans and Florida. California is headed headlong into a huge disaster! May God have mercy on them!

Leviticus 18:24 'Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled. 25 Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants. 26 But you must keep my decrees and my laws. The native-born and the aliens living among you must not do any of these detestable things, 27 for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled. 28 And if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

This is a Prophecy that was given over me!

This all happened during the first week of June 2008.

1. I could not sleep one night as God prophesied through me for hours, then commissioned me, and then gave me a sign that these things will happen.
2. While walking across the Elim bridge God said to me “Pack your bags and move”. He had been telling me for months to be ready to move on very short notice.
3. I wrote my letter of resignation from Elim but could not get the nerve to send it.
4. I went to hear Bob Campbell speak in Olean and then afterwards was prayed for by Kathy and Nate.

Friday June 6 2008
Lord we just thank you for Bob. Lord we just pray that you would even just come, just bathe him in your presence God Bathe him in Your Spirit Lord, pour out your glory upon him pour out your love upon him Lord. We are just pray even for an impartation God, that he would become a changed man, that he would even run hard after You. I just really sense that the Lord is just saying that He is just Imparting something into you even new this day. And I really feel like that even people are not going to recognize you, even that the things that you have done in the past that those things are not even going to matter any more and I really sense that even a new thing is going to be birthed inside of you. I just saw a stirring of a pot and I even sense that he is birthing a new thing within you and don't even resist. I heard the Lord say just come away with Me, come away with Me. I really sense He has an awesome thing for you I heard the word destiny He has an awesome destiny for you. That he is beginning to even birth those things He is beginning to stir those things even this day.

Bob I had this picture of you just tearing through boxes to find something, [I have been living out of boxes over a year] and I hear the Lord saying son you have been looking you have been searching and you have said God there has got to be more there is something more to all of this and Lord I have got to find You in the midst of all of this. And the Lord said I am drawing you closer and closer drawing you closer even to my heart and there are things I have for you. The Lord said you are in the midst of change even significant change. Deep down within you heart you have said God I will go where you want me to go, I will do whatever you want me to do. The Lord said I am taking you even at your word now in this hour. There is going to be a change that will transform even what things look like right now. God said it is going to change and be different. Ones are going to look and say whoa that this is different than I ever thought, but God said that there is something of the future that the Lord said I am unfolding and unveiling for you. I am giving you even a bigger picture of what I have in the days coming.

I hear the Lord saying that you are even one who just wants to know what he wants you to do, what His will is what are the plans that He has. You are one that wants to be in His will. I really sense that the Lord saying that He is going to pour out that revelation, that He is going to open your eyes, He is going to open your mind even to the plans that He has. To the things that He wants to do with you. I really just sense that you are going to even know that you know that you know even what He wants you to do, even the things that He is going to do with you. I saw you just hungry for what do you want me to do what are you doing whats your next move. I sense that the Lord is just bringing that revelation even as you pour out yourself even as you just dig in and say Lord I got to know what it is. I really sense that the Lord is going to bring that revelation He is going to bring that mind change even to where you are going to know the will of the Lord you are going to know the plans He has for you.

Bob I felt like there has been a day when you felt like you were strapped in held in like a ride at a amusement park where the thing comes down and holds your head tight holding you body in place and I saw of of that released, the Lord is releasing you from that thing that has wanted to keep you in one place doing one thing. There is a whole big world out there for you. God said that there is a new release coming to you. You are going to feel it, you are knowing it inside of you. At time you feel like you are being turned upside down and when you are turned upside down I saw the pockets come out and change drop out. That spoke to me that there is significant change coming and things are just going to just be different. There is even going to be a flowing of funds to you. This is going to be bigger than what you ever had in days before. The Lord said that I am going to cause your name to come up. There is going to be a calling forth of your name kind of like people being called into active duty in the military . The Lord said I am calling you now into an active duty. This is different than anything you have walked in. The Lord said I am going to give you fresh ideas, strategies even just some witty ideas that are going to be outside the box and God said that my grace and my favor will be on it.

The Lord is saying that He is even bringing that change that even, I do not know you, but I just really sense that you are a quiet person but I sense the Lord saying that He is going to be bringing words even just wisdom, and I even sense the Lord saying that if you never open you mouth you are never going to see those things come to pass. It is even a day to open your mouth and to declare the things that He is even put in your heart even just to break out of the mold. I really sense that the Lord is going to pour out a freedom even as you just step out you are not going to be able to recognize yourself, like who the heck is that person? What is going on? The Lord is going to bring break out just a change from even who you are even now. That you are not going to recognize the man you are going to become. The Lord is going to bring freedom and release as you step out saying Lord I do not know what I am doing but I want you God. Even just begin to open your mouth I am sensing that He is going to be faithful to put the words in you mouth.

Bob I have no idea where you are at today but I feel that there is something with this area down here that is going to be significant. There is something about the root system back in here. I do not know what all that is but I feel something in this area for you, weather you came out of here or you are coming . I do not know what is is but there is something about this area [I used to live in and am moving back to Olean] I also felt to that God is going to use you to network some things just networking ideas but also I do not want to say that you are moving into the political realm but there are some things that you are just going to draw the line in the sand and say who's side are you on? I saw you almost being a fore runner with some ideas supporting something or somebody that is out there. There is just going to be a ability to clearly articulate what the thinking is behind something and what the result will be in the end. I felt like the Lord said there is a new grace on you in this hour to be able to hear what it is that you are trying to say that other have not been able to pick up on or fully comprehend or understand but now they are going to be able to understand because there is a grace and favor on you this hour.
The other thing I felt is something about the family. I saw a picture like a scratch come across the family. I felt like the Lord said that He is healing and pulling together what needs to be pulled together with the family there is a strengthening that is happening. The Lord says you can trust me on this one, I will do it, and I will do it beyond what you ever thought I could do or would do for you.

I just heard the words faith and boldness. The Lord is saying you will come to a place where you know what has been spoken over you. You have to have the faith and have the boldness just to step out and not be comfortable where you are. You might be saying how am I going to get to that place, that is not me Lord, I can not do those things. I sense that the Lord is saying you got to have faith, you have to step out in boldness. He is going to pour out a new boldness even upon even to you to where you are going to be able to go out. I saw you speaking in front of people and having a boldness and a spirit of timidity is going to be broken off you and the Lord is going to pour out a new level of faith a new level of boldness upon you. You are going to go out and have that courage and boldness knowing that you are walking in his will and walking is His plan. You are going to walk in amazing boldness.

The last thing I felt is when Nate was just ministering I felt this too and it brought back to my mind when you first sat down I felt like miracles are going to happen around you. There is the miracles of Jesus, the first miracle He turned the water into wine. I felt like there is really some miracles, substantial miracles are going to happen around you. The other thing I felt is that He has given you a mind to invent some things, there are things on the horizon. I felt God saying Just go for it, go for it, take all the restraints off and just run full speed ahead and he will be with you and help you.

So Lord we thank you for Bob Lord we bless where he is at now, and what you are doing in him. We thank you for being with him and helping him. When there are times when he is not able to sleep at night because his mind is running , I pray that you would help him to just relax and to get sleep and rest in his body. I speak into his home I speak life right now I speak the breath of God I speak revival into that family Lord even into the root system where they come from I speak reviving to take place a rekindling of fire of passion for You and for one another.

Avoid going to California starting June 16

If I were you I would not even consider going to California starting June 16. CNN is reporting that gays from all over the country are going there to get married. The CNN article is titled "Gay marriages worth $684 million", and it claims that gay marriages will boost the economy.

Do you remember what happended in Florida? Three hurricanes criss crossed the state two years in arow. Do you remember what happended to New Orleans? The Bible says this kind of behavior will cause the land to "Vomit you out".

I am not saying what will happen in California, I will leave that for the bigger prophets, but I do expect some real shaking to take place. It will cause a mass exodus from the state just like what happened in Florida and New orleans. My advice is to get out now and avoid the rush!

Forget global warming, declare war on mercury!

First of all the people complaining about global warming believe there were as many as a dozen ice ages. What happened between those ice ages? Lets stop wasting our money on nonsense and fight a real critical problem. One in 160 children have autism and autism has been linked to mercury in 2 unrelated studies just in the last week or two.

One study on monkeys showed that monkeys that were vaccinated with the same vaccinations that our children get develop autism and other neurological diseases. There was a control group that did not get vaccinations and that did not develop the diseases. This study clearly proves the link between the vaccinations and autism.

Another study came from the state of Texas. They studied the rate of autism and the location of sources of mercury. For every 10 miles further from a source of mercury your chances of autism goes down by 1 percent. The number one source of mercury is coal burning power plants.

We need to ban the use of mercury in lights, and yes I know that a law requiring those lights has just been signed into effect by the global warming people! They are using a made up problem to create a much greater problem. Old lights were inefficient in that they give off heat. Well if you live in the northern 1/2 of the USA extra heat is not a problem! Imagine how much colder it would be if it were not for global warming?

We need to require mercury scrubbers on all power plants that burn coal. This stuff cannot just be released into the air. Have you ever seen the smoke coming from some of those power plants?
We need to ban the use of mercury in all vaccinations. Currently it is banned in vaccinations that are used only in children. That law needs to be greatly expanded.

Laws limiting the use of mercury fillings need to be expanded to make it possible to get those fillings removed. I have about 2 left and most dentists will not remove them until they are clearly leaking.

We need immediate research into removing mercury from our bodies. Two possibilities for removing mercury are chlorella and detox foot pads. What methods work the best? Can the autism be reversed?

Like the ban on Lead leading to the removal of lead from our gas and our paints, Mercury needs to be banned. Places to turn in mercury filled thermometers and thermostats need to be set up so they can be safely collected.

LETS FIGHT A REAL PROBLEM, FIGHT MERCURY!

Recycling old TV's

I just read on CNN about a program that is being set up to recycle old refrigerators. They need to do the same thing for old TV's. This fall and into next year everyone will be switching to digital TV's. What do you do with all of the millions of old analog TV's? The government needs to set up a TV recycling program. The old analog TV's will probably work on cable where a cable box does the conversion as well as in other countries that still use the old NTSC standard. If enough people complain maybe they will see the need and set something up to prevent millions of working TV's from going to the junk yard.

Revival

Most everybody has heard of the Florida revival going on and available for viewing at http://www.god.tv/. Up here in New York we just finished the biggest Leadership conference ever with about 1,000 pastors, leaders, and missionaries in attendance. Jack Hayford was the guest speaker. I will be uploading pictures and video soon at http://www.elimfellowship.org/. I thought I would share some thoughts on what is happening.

I have been a Christian for over 40 years, I know I do not look that old but... I remember back in the 70's listening to CBN radio out of Ithica NY. Sometimes the Scott Ross show would have Phil Keaggy, Peter York, and Ted Sanquist in 'concert' at Love in, now called Greater Love Ministries. I made several recordings of the show on my Reel to Reel recorder. Years later I converted them to Cassette and I still have 2 tapes of the show. Those recordings sound a lot like what is happening today.

Back in the 70's there were two cultural roadblocks. God could never use someone with long hair and ragged jeans with holes in them were definitely of the devil. I remember how repugnant those hippies looked. Why did they not know that you have to look your best to go to church? But God did use them though matter how much we were repulsed by their appearance. Now I see people with tattoos and piercings. Don't they know that those piercings open them up to a high risk of infections? Once again we need to realize that these things are only cultural and do not affect their salvation or the message that God is speaking through them.

God will also use people in this revival that have criminal records or even a history that includes divorce. Remember Joseph had a criminal record.

Strange Dream

I have a lot of strange dreams. One that I wrote down in 1997 predicted 9/11 with incredible accuracy. I have a habit of writing them down, and usually I know what they mean. I have learned that you cannot let them change what you do, but you can look back after things happen and say that God was in it. So anyway I had this dream and do not know what exactly it means.

04/17/08 - Corn on fire

I dreamed that someone was hosing down some corn. They showed me how some of the corn had caught on fire. Just the tops of the corn plants had been burnt. So I joined them in hosing down the corn. Then the little pump station was burned up. We resorted to using buckets and cups to stop the fires. I was going to take the elevator or stairs to another floor of the building. Then I saw a table full of people and explained the problem to them.

Notes;

You could not easily see the fire, it was almost invisible.
It was spontaneous combustion, the fires started on their own.
It was happening inside of a building, like maybe a hospital.

The war rages on....

We techies are waging a war on three fronts. There is the war on spam, the war on viruses and the war on Internet attacks. Every time we make a move to block these criminals they make a counter move. It is a race to keep up with the techniques to stop these people.

If you are still not using Nmap to scan your network for infected computers with unusual open ports, I can almost guarantee that you have an infected computer. There is a new Windows version so forget the excuse of needing to use the cumbersome command prompt to run Nmap. The Windows version is called Nmap-Zenmap. Don't just run a network scan but also save a print out what is normal. Every time you run it you will find new open ports on some computer. Then when you notice someone's computer has port 6670 open for the first time you can go to the computer and ask the operator what they have installed. They will claim ignorance but be sure they are infected. If nothing can fix the problem just replace their hard drive. If you are like me you will have a box or 2 of used hard drives. I keep them for months and keep running virus scans, etc to no avail.

What I am saying is that Antivirus, Rootkit detectors, and Malicious Software removal tool are all next to worthless. They might find a problem around 25% of the time if you are lucky. The rest of the time it is up to you to find the infection. They are also not very good at removing the infections either.

You may ask why I disabled posting comments to my blog? Well some turkey posted a comment that was a virus and infected my laptop hard drive. So now it has a new hard drive and once again I cannot find the infection on the old one. AVG did give a virus warning a few days after the infection but that was too late.

On the Internet attacks, tighten up your firewall rules! Sonic Wall for example allows any computer inside of the fire wall to access anything outside of the firewall. So they send someone a virus infected email that is not detected for several days. In the mean time the virus has reached out and connected to someone and downloaded who knows what. Just block everything except for ports 80 and 443. Of course you know that they will write the virus to communicate on those ports sooner or later.

This was an awesome weekend

This was an awesome weekend. The highlight was Sunday when Teddy got saved. To make a long story short I took his grandson over to see him at the Buffalo VA hospital a couple of weeks ago. It was fun sitting there talking with all of these fellow Veterans. Last Friday Teddy got to go home from the hospital and Sunday he wanted to come to church. He is over 70 but he finally got right with God. It is never to late. There were some other things going on as well and maybe I will get to them in future posts.

Another highlight of the weekend was the wonderful weather. Fred, Mary Louise, and I went bike riding along the Allegheny river in Olean. I was planning on getting some work done at the church but instead spent the afternoon helping Fred clean up his back storage room.

House Fire South 2nd St Olean NY

Last night a house just down the street had a fire and was about 50% consumed. The Fire department was there most of the night and left at 7:30 AM. More pictures are on Facebook under bobdavis321.

Thyroid Synthroid and medical problems

First of all this is NOT intended to be medical advice.

I have been on Synthroid since around 2003. Back then I had changed doctors 3 times and they all said to see a shrink. My shrink admitted that my fingers were blue but he said I was causing it out of my felt need to be sick. They sent me to a heart specialist who said there was nothing wrong with my heart but my fingers were blue. Then a blood test revealed that my TSH was real high so they put me on synthroid. My temperature jumped from 96 to 98 degrees and 15 years of constipation was finally resolved.

I wish that was the end of the story. However it gets a lot more complicated at this point. Synthroid is T4 and you need T3 and T4 to operate. The theory is that excess T4 is converted to T3. Your brain needs T3 to operate. The amount of T3 and T4 you need varies with the temperature outside and the amount of stress you are under. So after tracking my thyroid status by the constipation I discovered that it actually shows up quicker as depression/paranoia. In fact my brain totally shut down before my fingers turned blue again. Then I took an extra 1/2 dose of synthroid and the depression lifted like magic.

I have long felt that people on synthroid need a better method of tracking their medicine. People with diabetes check their blood sugar three times a day. So I got the idea of tracking my temperature. Over a few days of taking my temperature three times a day, I concluded that it is 96 in the morning, 94 in the afternoon, and 98 in the evening. I have like a "hot flash" almost every evening, and I am a guy! I checked and if it goes below 93 degrees you need medical help. The low reading of 94 corresponds with every muscle aching, being stiff as a board, and being depressed. In fact I sometimes had "panic attacks" that also seem to be from the low temperature. It is like getting on an airplane and remembering that you forgot to pack your suitcase.

What is the solution? I do not know. I think the doctors should keep the TSH real low so that you have excess T4 to convert into T3. Another possibility is to take a Thyroid supplement like Kelp that is a source of natural Iodine, as well as thyrosine, Irish Moss, and some other stuff in it.

Having a low body temperature also leads to chronic illness. This winter I had a cold for 6 weeks before going to Asia. There it quickly resolved. After being back a few weeks it started coming back. The reason you get a fever when you are sick is because raising your temperature kills bacteria. Lowering your temperature allows the bacteria to thrive.

Viewsonic VA800 and VG175 repairs revisited.

My web site has had how to repair these Viewsonic monitors when they have garbage on the screen. You replace C19 with a 1 uf to 4.7 uf at 16 volts capacitor. Now I want to add that if it has a reddish picture with green streaks to the right of the text, you can replace C67. Again use a 1 uf to 4.7 uf at 16 volts capacitor. The capacitors should be available at Radio Shack. I have also encountered one monitor that would not turn on for 5 to 10 minutes. I replaced the capacitor that is just to the right of the C67 labeled IC to fix it. I think it was 22 uf at 16 volts but it might have been 47 uf. I have only encountered that problem once.

What I have learned in the last 2 years.

The last 2 years have been the hardest years of my life. This has been worse that having a critically sick child in the hospital. With the child you sign them over to the doctor's care. With a failing marriage you keep wanting to try another counselor or something to try to save the marriage. No matter what you do, you feel you have not tried hard enough. These are things that I have learned through these trials.

1. I learned to pray three times a day, not just once. I used to get a 1 hour lunch break and instead of taking a nap, it became a new prayer time. Also the importance of praying before going to bed became clear, not just in the morning.

2. I learned to pray on my face on the floor. I was so desperate for God that I spent most of my prayer time on the floor. If every tear is saved then there should be a large tub waiting for me.

3. I have been feeling the presence of God like never before. I have always felt my hair standing on end, now I also feel a cold cloud sensation. I though it was just cold air until I went to India and I still felt it even in the heat. It is a good cold; it is kind of like drinking water when having bad heartburn.

4. I have learned to "Praise Him in the storm". That is a song by Casting Crowns. I have long since learned to praise God even when my car was totaled. Can I praise Him even when my marriage is falling apart? Can I praise Him even when going from having everything paid in full, to broke? Can I praise Him even when my children disown me? For a while it was impossible to praise God, but that has changed now.

5. Look for, think about, and thank God for the positive things that do happen.For instance;
A. My daughter Hannah and I are back in good communication.
B. My van transmission repairs only cost me about $145.
C. Dale is giving me his like new furniture and appliances.
D. I slid off the road in a snow storm but drove back up on the road with no damage.

6. It helps to see God. I was praying that if I must go through loosing my wife that I could please see God first. He gave me a dream where I was leaving heaven. We were all singing beautiful songs of praise in every language and tongue, yet in perfect harmony. I wanted to remember the words to the songs but all that I could remember was "It is something ___ to be in the presence of almighty God". I asked about the missing word and was told that there are no words in any language that can even begin to describe what it is like to be in God's presence. It was kind of like when you are in church and someone begins to sing a new song that is wonderful, and they normally cannot sing that well. Everyone there in the dream was filled with so much joy that they could not help but sing the praises of God.

7. Someone told me that it is not over yet. I already knew that. I have wanted to say that 2007 was the worse year of my life, but that 2008 will be great. However I know that it is not over yet. I may be over the crest of the hill but there are many more bumps in the road ahead.

Back from Asia

We are all back from Asia. We had a great time. About 3 of us did get sick but it mostly lasted only a couple of days. The secret is to only eat cooked food and only drink bottled water or tonic water.

Everything went fairly well. Even with a generator and a backup generator power was not reliable. The main generator had a bad transfer switch. The backup generator had bad gas.

With the electricity being off most of the time the traffic lights were also out. Even if they worked they were mostly ignored. If the light was red that means slow down but if there is no traffic keep on going. A two lane road becomes 5 lanes at the intersections, then with the traffic light out it turns into utter chaos.

Another thing is learning how to use the horn. Two short beeps means I am happy, a longer one says get out of my way. If you are walking and they beep at you, ignore it, the beeping says that they see you. If they did not beep then it is too late anyway.

Computers for Pastors in Africa

My brohter Fred sent me pictures of happy pastors in Africa that received used laptops that I refurbished. I will upload the pictures to my facebook account, they might appear here too.

Back in New York

Well I am back in New York where I was greeted by about 2 inches of snow and Ice to chisel off my van. The good news is that the van actually went. It sometimes does not go when you put it in gear, it has a transmission problem. I went to Lima to pick up a firewire card for Fred, then to Hemlock to get Hannah’s guitar amplifier, then to Olean to deliver everything to Hannah to take to Fred in Africa. Except I forgot to get some clean clothes so now I am doing the laundry.

Back in Texas I had a few mishaps, or maybe you would call them bloopers. When I first went to preach the cameramen backed up and covered their eyes. Then someone said “Man you need to get a tan”. I suggested that I take a day off and spend it at the beach. Texas has more sun in the winter than New York has in the summer. Then there was the time when I introduced myself by saying “This is Bob Davis speaking to you from beautiful Laguna Vista California”. I guess I forgot what state I was in! Then when I tried to fix the sound so it was in sync with the picture I made it so there was no sound at all. So when Sara Cliff preached there was no sound. She had a good message and she also makes a good mime.

Update from Texas

Well right now I am in Texas where we are doing test video's in the recording studio that we will be taking to Asia in a couple of weeks. Yesterday I preached on the life of Peter, today I am not sure what I will preach on, likely it will be on "Be strong and courageous" from the book of Joshua. So far besides preaching with an interpreter, I have operated a camera, and run the video mixer in the control room. We are trying to learn all of the positions so we can teach the locals how to operate everything when we get to Asia.

New Washer launcher and coil gun

At the 2007 Rochester hamfest in June I picked up an entire box of capacitors for $65. The 4 old ones in the 900 volt model were rated at 7500 uF at 250 volts. Four in series yielded 1800 uF at 1000 volts. The new ones are 3700 uF at 450 volts. Two in series will give 1900 uF at 900 volts. My cabinet will hold 8 of them for a total of 7500 uF at 900 volts. That is 4 times the uF of the current washer launcher. Also the popularity of my coil gun has lead to me making an adapter so that the coil gun will plug into the 900 volt power supply, not just the 300 volt power supply. I can't wait to see how fast the bolts will fly at 900 volts!