Here We Go!

Sam Yoder + April (Winebarger) Yoder = Yoderbarger Family!

So I have never done a blog before but I always read Crystal's blog. In fact, she's really the only other person I know that has a blog besides Camp Manatawny Int. II and Kara. I hate writing in a journal but I am ALWAYS on the computer checking my Facebook so why not just blog?! It makes sense to me.

I'm sitting here as I write this, listening to live coverage online of the Election 2008 and Obama is in the lead with 207 electoral votes with McCain trailing behind with 135 electoral votes. For months now, it has not been a question in my mind that Obama will win but it definitely makes me nervous. With Sam being in the military, we take direct orders from our Commander-In-Chief (aka the President or in military jargon...CinC) so it truly matters who is running the country! But I also know that God is going to work everything out the way it should be so whenever I think about that, I am comforted.


Sam and I voted for Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party for President. Although a Third Party candidate hasn't won since the 1800s (I think 1860 to be precise) I still feel that I have to stand before God and be held accountable for who I voted for and I can't in good conscience stand before God and vote for Obama or McCain, both who I feel are corrupt, will lead our country to socialism, and will continue down the current path of unconstitutional presidential behavior. Did you know that during George W. Bush's time in office, the constitution was violated over 500 times? I can't even imagine what our founding fathers would think! The good thing about today though is that the ads, media craze, hype, news reports, campaigning, etc etc etc WILL BE OVER! YAY!!

On to other things...Sam and I do not have cable. We have a TV but the only things we can watch are DVDs or VHS tapes. This has definitely been a change for me but after much discussion, Sam and I decided we didn't want to pay for cable and not be able to handpick each channel that our money would get for us. We have trouble thinking that any of our money would go towards channels like MTV or others that we absolutely do not support. Sam has certainly been a blessing in my life to really look at things that I do and to ask myself if I could stand before God and justify to HIM why I chose to do certain things. Obviously, I am going to mess this up over and over again and so is Sam but to try and start having that mindset in our lives is very cool! To always try and have my mind on God and what He would want me to do in today's society really keeps me focused on my heavenly priorities, and shows me that I indeed am not "of this world" and my true citizenship is in Heaven! In addition to not having cable, we have been using the money that we would have spent on monthly cable bills to purchase DVDs that are either movies based off a true story or documentary type things (like Planet Earth, Discovery Channel DVDs, etc) I do still watch some TV shows like House, The Biggest Loser, Bones (which is based off a true story!), Extreme Makeover Home Edition, and Army Wives but I watch everything over the internet. I honestly never realized I could watch all those shows over the internet! God has really blessed our technological capabilities. I love this Army Wives logo that has the camo diamond ring!

Well this post is getting pretty long and is about a million different topics so I think I will go ahead and stop for now. I have no idea who will even read this thing but it will be a nice journal of sorts to have for future to look back on! Happy Reading!