{"id":1128,"date":"2011-05-17T16:03:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T16:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voteforjoe.com\/wheresjoe\/?p=601"},"modified":"2011-05-17T16:03:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T16:03:10","slug":"baptist-relief-an-amazing-story-and-sound-math","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=1128","title":{"rendered":"Baptist Relief, an amazing story, and sound “math”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Florida Panhandle Tour<\/em> \u00a0 continues… \u00a0 Last week in the Panhandle, I talked with two men heading back to Ocala, Florida, after spending \u00a0more than a week \u00a0helping tornado victims in Alabama. \u00a0 They are part of the Florida Baptist Relief Organization<\/strong>. \u00a0 The men said they spent most of the time sawing trees off of houses in the aftermath of an F-5 force tornado that hit in a small town north of Birmingham. \u00a0 While they were there, they said they heard one amazing story of a 10-year-old boy who, while running for a shelter, was lifted up in the tornado — and dropped 30 miles away (alive and, while unhurt, was a bit “dazed”). \u00a0 The men said they had also helped in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. \u00a0 And what they saw in Alabama was “just as bad.” \u00a0 (Both chose anonymity during the interview because they said their Christian faith calls them to do things in an unsung way.) \u00a0 Note:<\/strong> \u00a0 USA Today<\/em> \u00a0reported that yesterday the U.S. Government reached it’s “debt ceiling” at $14.3 trillion. \u00a0 Last night in the motor home, I was helping our Jonathan, 8, with his math. \u00a0 He was doing a series of additions. \u00a0 14 + 7 = 21; \u00a0 20 + 8 = 28; 42 + 13 = 55… and so on. \u00a0 Jonathan got them all right — and might well be our new Treasury Secretary when we get to D.C. \u00a0 I mean, all we need is someone who can add right, I once told the Delphos News<\/em> in Ohio. \u00a0 Then after you’ve added up how much revenue you have, say, in a given year: \u00a0 you don’t spend any more than you’ve got!<\/em> \u00a0 Common sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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