Pictures of Camp

Here is a cool picture from youth camp, many, many years ago. John (our Youth Pastor now at Central Community) and Tod were so wiped out from the day's activities that in the middle of the night one of them got up to go to the bathroom and got back in the wrong bunk bed. It was a funny morning when all the other campers got up before they did with picture being taken by all the other campers.

A good performace Burrito!

On the boxes of the MRE’S
Military Rations are good performance meals. Food gives you energy. The more energy you burn, the more food you need. You are more active during field training, deployment and combat that in garrison. You need to eat more and drink more water or other fluids in these situations.
When you don’t eat enough to meet your body’s energy needs, you lose weight. This can lead to a loss of body fluids and degrades your performance. In the field you NEED three meals per day. Ready-to eat (MRE) contains 1200 to 1300 calories. Average daily calorie requirements in the field are 2800 to 3600 calories for males and 2000 to 2800 for females.
Tips-- If you can’t eat all the food in the ration….
· Eat some of each component to get a balance of nutrients
· Eat the high carbohydrate items first(crackers, beverage, base, fruit, jelly)
· Save unopened dry snacks items to eat when you’re on the move.
I ate the MRE’S for lunch and I just have to say one thing----If we are serving these (MRE) to our troops in Iraq we better bring them home “NOW”. They need are help and prayers!
How were they on a scale of 1-10 (10 being best)
Black bean and rice Burrito-- # 5-- looked more like tamale than a burrito, plan tasting
Mexican rice—#10 – nice favor, best of all the meal
Soda Crackers---- # 4, no salt on crackers had to add my own.
Beverage Base Powder—Lemon Lime # 1—very weak
Salt and pepper---? on # How do you judge?
Gourmet Instant Coffee and creamer--#6—ok for instant—a question on the Gourmet
Apply Jelly--- # 3, tasted like corn syrup, runny
3-Chocolate Chip cookies--# 8 – I think they were Mothers brand cookies. A little dry! One cookie broken.
Spoon— # 5--White plastic fork which will survive all wars
Napkin—wiping all the stuff off my desk and going to taco bell for a better Lunch!

Better than Taco Bell!

We have a food pantry at church for anyone that comes and ask for food. The people of Central Community drop off food weekly to help people in need. This week we got a few boxes of MRE’S. If you have ever severed in the Military, been in Iraq or Afghanistan or now to Central Community food pantry you know that a MRE’S is Meals Ready to Eat. I don’t know what war they are from --World War 2, Korean War, Vietnam, Gulf War or one of the many that going on today.
The picture below is a Black Bean and rice Burrito. Looks great! I opened the package and here is what you would get in one meal.

1. Black bean and rice Burrito
2. Mexican rice
3. Soda Crackers
4. Beverage Base Powder—Lemon Lime
5. Salt and pepper
6. Gourmet Instant Coffee and creamer
7. Apply Jelly
8. 3-Chocolate Chip cookies
9. Spoon
10. Napkin

It looks good! Since I am the associate pastor here at Central Community I better find out if they will be good for the people we will hand them to this week. So today at some point--when I get the nerve I will eat one for lunch or dinner. Today might be a long day! I will tell you later what has happened to the 3 boxes of MRE’S and the one Black bean Burrito I will eat----today? Looking forward to those Chocolate chip cookies!

Birthdays

Birthdays are different these days!

My son 28Th birthday was on Tuesday. We told him happy b-day but gave him no cake, no ice cream or any presents. With everyone working different times and days than Eric we will come together this Tuesday Oct 21 to sing Happy Birthday, blow out the candles, eat the cake, the ice cream and give gifts on money. One week later than his birthday. Now if that would have happened when I was a kid (28) is still a kid, I would have freaked!

I remember that first day of his life. I was the only one there to see him for the first time. 9:00 PM at night. We were at Kaiser Hospital in Fontana. Tricia had to have a cesarean section and she was still out of it to see him.

I was so lost, did not know what a father needed to do. Could not find the owners manual anywhere! But that first time I saw him, he was my son, I fell in love with him before I knew who is was or would one day be. He has always been a great person, smarter than most of the people around him, even his father. I have always been proud that he is my son.

Tricia saw him about and hour later and I can still see that wonder and that love she had for him that first time she looked at his face. Wow! She held him for over one hour and getting tired she place him in the drawer for the nurse to care for him. That story is for another day and time.

Birthdays are different these days!

The cake will probably be made by a little girl named Leta (she is in the picture above). She made my cake a couple of months ago. Sugar and spice with a little love makes a good cake. The licks makes it taste better than any cake Betty Crocker has ever made!

I turned 53 years old this year and I am still a kid! One day I might grow up and be an adult! But I am having too much fun to do that!
Happy late B-day Eric!

Chicken in every pot!

Everyone needs some chicken soup for the soul --even pandas!
The Wuhan Zoo in central China has been feeding its two panda’s home-cooked chicken soup twice in a month to reduce stress and give them a boost. The pandas called "Hope" and "Greatness" were tired and suffering from all the visitors of the year. What a great name for your next kids or Grandkids --Hope McDaniel--Greatness McDaniel or Hope Cascarrelli –Greatness Cascarrelli.
"They had been getting less sleep, and they had to run around more," he said. "We felt it would be good to give them the soup because they were fatigued and had a bit of a shock."
Hope and Greatness were served 2.2 pounds of soup, in addition to their regular diet of bamboo, milk and buns. It was a hit.
Tonight cook up some home-cooked chicken soup and as you watch the presidential debate sip on it as you listen. Better yet, send some of it to the candidates to sip on before the debate, it will reduce our stress and give us a boost. Everyone needs some chicken soup for the soul --even Americans!

Today I go back to work!

I have had a great time being off in the month of September. Here is a list of things we have done
• Painted my mom’s house
• Painted my sister-in law house
• Put up some fencing for my brother
• Worked around the yard at my house
• Started building a block wall for a carport at my house
• Laid around all day and did “nothing”
• Had my granddaughter come spend a few days with me and we built robots out of blocks
• Spent some time at the lake
• Went to The LA County Fair
• Went to see the play Wicked at the Pantages Theatre
• Went shopping at old town Pasadena and spent the night
• Went four –wheeling
• Went out to dinner a few times
• Went to a few movies
• Rented some movies to watch at home
• Rested
• Had fun
• Now I am looking forward to getting back to work.

Team Hoyt

Here is the video we had at church on Sunday