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Discussion in '2004 Archive' started by Lori, Nov 19, 2004.

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  1. moeowo2

    moeowo2 New Member

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    You must have been to west TX or way south. Go to San Antonio, Austin, Houston or Dallas/FT Worth. All of those are green and kinda pretty (San Antonio's the Prettiest...but I'm prejudice living here and all [​IMG] )

     
    #21 moeowo2, Nov 20, 2004
  2. James_Newman

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    This is how a Texan would peg you for a foriegner. We don't get on the 287, we get on 287.
    ;)
     
    #22 James_Newman, Nov 20, 2004
  3. av1611jim

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    Texas;
    My grandfather was born there. Good godly man.
    My grandmother loved it. She was in Coleman. Don't know where that is.
    My wife spent her early years in Spring Lake. Near Amarillo.
    I've been to both Amarillo and El Paso. Liked the mountains in El Paso, although they do not compare to the mountains in my home state of Idaho.
    One place that I absolutely loved was the "Grand Canyon of Texas". Palo Verde Canyon in the panhandle. Beautiful place. While camping there one year we got totally washed out in a rain storm. I had never experienced a flash flood. Man alive! What a trip! Thank goodness for a 24 hour Walmart,(in Amarillo) all our clothes were destroyed in the flood!
    That's all I have seen of Texas. Would like to visit McCallen(sp) down on the Gulf.
    In His service;
    Jim
     
    #23 av1611jim, Nov 20, 2004
  4. baptistk

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    I LOVE Texas! [​IMG] I have been in northern Texas. I liked all the wildflowers. It is not so muggy there as it is here in Missouri. And lots less bugs! The people are friendly, and the roads are well kept up. Texas is a nice and clean state from what I have seen. I have my heart set on visiting again if not moving there sometime.
     
    #24 baptistk, Nov 20, 2004
  5. Ed Edwards

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    A person of Hawaii was showing a braggin' Texan a
    volcano. The sparks were spurting
    into the air out and the
    lava was flowing down the hillside.

    Hawaiian: "bet you got nothing like that in Texas"

    Texan: "Yep! we got nothing like that in Texas
    We DID have something like that though.
    The Houston fire department put it out in under
    four hours!"
     
    #25 Ed Edwards, Nov 20, 2004
  6. Roy

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    I could say a lot about Texas, but it would bore everyone. I spent a lot of time at Ft. Bliss and El Paso while in the Army. In 75, I drove from Arizona to Arkansas to get married, and the the lion's share of that drive was through Texas (from El Paso to Texarkana). The trip was nice except for going through Dallas on the return trip. It was a hassle being caught in the middle of several lanes of traffic and not being able to change lanes to make my exit.

    In 79, I spent time on a Coast Guard Cutter in Galveston. Today, I have a brother and a nephew and niece living in Fr. Worth.

    Roy
     
    #26 Roy, Nov 20, 2004
  7. Dr. Bob

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    We lived in Lewisville, 30 miles up the Stemmons (I35E) from Dallas. Went to church at FBC downtown. We would come down the Stemmons in left of 4 lanes and hit the LBJ (I-635) in the left of 8 lanes going east. We had to get off at the first exit, 1/2 mile.

    So I would have my 15 & 13 year old in the back window "clear me" to move across lane after lane after lane. Sometimes we'd hit a gap and swing across all 6 lanes at once. Boys STILL remember that adventure each week.

    Oh, why did we have to get off there and not downtown? Can you say PANCHOS? The only redeeming thing about Dallas other than having my family sit under W A Criswell . . .
     
    #27 Dr. Bob, Nov 20, 2004
  8. Mark Bishop

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    Dude..
    That's an easy one.. provided, of course, you did
    some time driving in Houston to prepare... [​IMG]

    Makes Dallas look downright tame sometimes. [​IMG]
    Checked into FBC.. briefly..
    Happily, God had other plans for us and sent us
    to Temple Baptist instead.. [​IMG]

    I'm SOOOooo... glad to be back in Texas..

    mark
    &lt;&gt;&lt;
     
    #28 Mark Bishop, Nov 20, 2004
  9. TaterTot

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    We just got home from Texas this morning! Went to San Antonio. It was great. Wonderful food, nice folks, and great sights. I was surprised at how big Houston and San Antonio are. I knew they were big, but man, they are BBBIIIGGGG.

    Plan on going back some day.
     
    #29 TaterTot, Nov 20, 2004
  10. Dr. Bob

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    Temple Baptist in Lewisville (Wallace is pastor) or another in the area? Had LOTS of friends at Temple (about half the ACE staff attended there and I often visited - heard Tim Lee and many others there)

    We were at Grace Fundamental as college pastor under Lewis Bridges (now Grace Baptist) 84-87, then went for some healing to FBC and it was a blessed place to be ministered to.
     
    #30 Dr. Bob, Nov 20, 2004
  11. BillyMac

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    This is how a Texan would peg you for a foriegner. We don't get on the 287, we get on 287.
    ;)     </font>[/QUOTE]I hate ta disappoint ya, pardner, but I have lotsa kin in Texas. Waxahatchie was founded by one of my last name and then I got kin in Houston and Stephenville. In fact, there was a song that mentioned me some years ago. One line of it said that I was a detective down in Texas. :eek:
     
    #31 BillyMac, Nov 20, 2004
  12. Mark Bishop

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    yep.... cept we moved to Flower Mound last year.
    (Lewisville decided they wanted the property..)

    Bro Wallace is still here. [​IMG] Still preachin it
    straight up.. [​IMG]

    ttfn,
    mark
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    #32 Mark Bishop, Nov 20, 2004
  13. KenH

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    Born in Sinton, Texas. Moved to Bay City, Texas when I was a junior in high school. I thought I would go back to Texas after graduating from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, but the Lord had other plans for me.
     
    #33 KenH, Nov 20, 2004
  14. Dr. Bob

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    Huh? They were in a woods by themselves, away from the subdivisions on a really nice location. Did they make a PARK there or something?

    I lived on campus in the dean's residence at the International Institute (on the 100-acre ACE property) just a couple miles south of Temple Baptist and Grace Church was there too. Understood that THEY moved to Flower Mound. You BOTH out there?
     
    #34 Dr. Bob, Nov 20, 2004
  15. Plain Old Bill

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    Well I have kin in Texas.I know some real nice people down that way. But I still have to keep reminding my brother-in-law a yawl is a boat about 12 feet long.
     
    #35 Plain Old Bill, Nov 20, 2004
  16. Roy

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    You must be a smart man then. I know that when I lived in Arkansas, Harding accepted only high school grads with a high grade point average.

    Roy
     
    #36 Roy, Nov 21, 2004
  17. Mark Bishop

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    Huh? They were in a woods by themselves, away from the subdivisions on a really nice location. Did they make a PARK there or something?

    I lived on campus in the dean's residence at the International Institute (on the 100-acre ACE property) just a couple miles south of Temple Baptist and Grace Church was there too. Understood that THEY moved to Flower Mound. You BOTH out there?     </font>[/QUOTE]heheh...
    by the time I got here the church was meeting in
    Oldtown Lewisville on main.. I think it was the
    old First Baptist location..
    Lewisville decided they wanted to revitalize
    Oldtown and I think they are putting up a Civic
    center of some kind there. [​IMG]

    You are probably thinking about the Bellaire
    property.. we have a school there now. [​IMG]

    mark
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    #37 Mark Bishop, Nov 21, 2004
  18. Dr. Bob

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    Yep that was the "church" (but really a glorified gym) I remember. And preached at the big SBC church downtown by the library.

    Hey, that whole area was going down hill in the late 80's. How far west into Flower Mound did the church move?
     
    #38 Dr. Bob, Nov 21, 2004
  19. Mark Bishop

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    pretty far in..

    Corner of 2499 and North Shore Blvd..
    About 15 minutes from the airport.

    mark
     
    #39 Mark Bishop, Nov 21, 2004
  20. Servent

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    30 Miles north of Houston myself,I love it, It's home.
     
    #40 Servent, Nov 22, 2004
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