Iowa

A Baptist Preacher & the Iowa Sex Offender Register

Posted by whatyareckon on October 6, 2020
Posted in: Bible, Christ, Christian, Christian Testimony, Christianity, Christians, Iowa, Liberty, Life, Marriage, Politics, Private Schools, Religion, Religious, Religious News & Thoughts, Scripture, Sexual, Sin. Leave a comment

The Association of Baptists for World Evangelism protected an adulterer missionary medical doctor for years until his sights turned to pedophilia https://bangladeshmksspeak.wordpress.com/. I call it the Good Ole Boys Club that protects these sexual deviants!

It does seem this Good Ole Boys Club is in almost every organization and church. Recently this blog mentioned independent Baptist preacher Cameron Giovanelli. Giovanelli was having sex with a 17 year old student in his church school when he was pastor. However, before the fire got too hot he and his family moved to California where ‘he became president of Golden State Baptist College in California under the leadership of Pastor Jack Trieber.’https://baptistaccountability.org/list/cameron-giovanelli/

Nevertheless, your sin will eventually find you out and he had to resign from Golden State Baptist College but as a member of the Good Ole Boys Club there was a position open for him at ‘Immanuel Baptist Church on Normandy Boulevard in Jacksonville, Florida.’https://baptistaccountability.org/list/cameron-giovanelli/

Well, well, well, his day in court finally came and Giovanelli made a ‘…plea agreement’ in 2019 and ‘Giovanelli pleaded guilty to a fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault, both misdemeanors.

Prosecutors dropped other charges, including sexual abuse of a minor, which is a felony.’https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-cr-dundalk-pastor-plea-20191204-u2kkzndzjnh55alihjhh67tgi4-story.html

Giovanelli was sentenced in January, 2020 and moved with his family to Fort Dodge, Iowa where he registered as a sex offender.https://www.iowasexoffender.gov/registrant/23421/CAMERON-GIOVANELLI-IOWA/?changed=today&type=advanced

It seems the Good Ole Boys Club has positions for those with whom they find sweet fellowship and Giovanelli has been seen attending Harvest Baptist Church in Fort Dodge which also has a Bible College. It does make one wonder if there will just happen to be a position open for one of the Good Ole Boys?

God forgives when men seek forgiveness and repent but these men MUST never have a place of leadership in a church or school again!

Bit of Ottumwa, IA History

Posted by whatyareckon on July 14, 2020
Posted in: America, BLM, Death, Education, Freedom, Iowa, Life, News, Uncategorized, USA. Leave a comment

Chief ‘Wapello (1787-1842), for whom the county was named, was a chief of the Foxes, and second in command to Keokuk of the federated tribes of the Sacs and Foxes. He realized the changes that the white man could bring, and tried to lead his people in friendship and peace.
Born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1787, Wapello was one of many Native Americans who were moved farther, and farther west with the signing of each new treaty. He was at Rock Island, Illinois when Fort Armstrong was built shortly after the War of 1812. In 1829 he moved his village to the Muscatine slough on the west side of the Mississippi River. Following the signing of the treaty after the “Black Hawk War” in 1837, over a million acres of land in eastern Iowa was ceded to the U.S. At this time Wapello and his people traveled westward and settled along the banks of the Des Moines River just south of the present town of Ottumwa. Here he became a fast friend of the Indian Agent, General Joseph M. Street, who had
followed a similar geographic pattern to reach Wapello County. The two men worked together to create a peaceful coexistence.
General Street suffered ill health from the time he arrived at the Iowa Agency, and died there in 1840. He was buried at the Agency, and land was given by the Indians to the wife of their dear friend, to sustain her and her family. Wapello expressed the desire to be buried near his friend when he too died. In 1842, Wapello died while on a trip along the Skunk River, and he was laid to rest at the side of his loyal white friend, General Joseph M. Street. Today their graves, and those of Mrs. Street, their children and Major John Beach (son-in-law of Street, and Street’s successor as Indian Agent), have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Chief Wapello Memorial Park just east of Agency, Iowa.’ https://www.cityofottumwa.com/files/ottumwas_historic_treasures.pdf

Black Man of God & Science

Posted by whatyareckon on July 13, 2020
Posted in: America, Bible, Biology, BLM, Christian, Christian Testimony, Christianity, Christians, Common Sense, Creation, Education, Family, Freedom, ICR, Iowa, Liberty, Life, News, Religion, Religious, Religious Freedom, Science. Leave a comment

With all this anarchy and hatred that encompasses BLM it is good to review the life of a man of color and true Christian character. That man is George Washington Carver.

‘Who:  George Washington Carver
What: Father of Modern Agriculture
When: 1864 or 1865 – January 5, 1943
Where: Diamond Grove, Missouri

Probably no other scientist has had to face as many social barriers as George Washington Carver, the black American botanist noted for revolutionizing agriculture in the southern United States. He was born towards the end of the Civil War to a slave family on the farm of Moses Carver. As an infant, he and his mother and sister were kidnapped by Kentucky night raiders.

It’s unclear what happened to his mother and sister, but George was rescued and returned to the Carvers, who raised him and his brother James. He grew up in a deeply segregated world, and very few black schools were available in the South. But his desire for learning prompted him to persevere, and he earned his diploma from Minneapolis High School in Minneapolis, Kansas.

Entering college was even more difficult, but he was eventually accepted at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, to study art. In 1891, he transferred to Iowa State Agriculture College in Ames (now Iowa State University) to study botany, where he was the first black student and later the first black faculty member. While there, he adopted the middle name “Washington” to distinguish himself from another George Carver. He received his undergraduate degree in 1894 and his masters in 1896, and became a nationally recognized botanist for his work in plant pathology and mycology. After receiving his masters, he joined Booker T. Washington at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (later Tuskegee University) in Alabama to teach former slaves how to farm for self-sufficiency.

Carver revolutionized agricultural science with his cultivation of soil-enriching crops, such as peanuts and soybeans, to revive earth that had been depleted of nutrients from cotton farming. He discovered over 100 uses for the sweet potato and 300 uses for the peanut, including beverages, cosmetics, dyes and paints, medicines, and food products. He conducted numerous research projects that also contributed to medicine and other fields, and used his influence to champion the relief of racial tensions.

He was offered many honors and substantial wealth from patents, but Carver chose not to patent his discoveries: “One reason I never patent my products is that if I did it would take so much time, I would get nothing else done. But mainly I don’t want my discoveries to benefit specific favored persons.”1

Frugal in finance and humble in character, Carver was undoubtedly a deeply devoted Christian. He attributed inspiration of his work to God,2 and his studies of nature convinced him of the existence and benevolence of the Creator: “Never since have I been without this consciousness of the Creator speaking to me….The out of doors has been to me more and more a great cathedral in which God could be continuously spoken to and heard from.”3

Carver died January 5, 1943 of complications from injuries he incurred in a bad fall. His life savings of 60,000 dollars was donated to the museum and foundation bearing his name. The epitaph on his grave on the Tuskegee University campus summarizes the life and character of this former slave, man of science, and man of God: “He could have added fortune to fame, but caring for neither, he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world.”’ https://www.icr.org/article/science-man-god-george-washington-carver

References

  1. Carver Quotes. Posted on the George Washington Carver National Monument website at www.nps.gov/gwca.
  2. Carver is quoted as saying, “I never have to grope for methods. The method is revealed at the moment I am inspired to create something new. Without God to draw aside the curtain I would be helpless.” Federer, W. J. 1994. America’s God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations. Coppell, TX: FAME Publishing, 96.
  3. Ibid, 97.

* Ms. Dao is Assistant Editor.

Cite this article: Dao, C. 2008. Man of Science, Man of God: George Washington Carver. Act & Facts. 37 (12): 8.

Riots, Iowa & the Rule of Law

Posted by whatyareckon on June 3, 2020
Posted in: America, Christianity, Common Sense, Constitution, Iowa, Laws, Uncategorized. Leave a comment

I was born and reared in Iowa. My days there were pretty good and thankfully we did not have social media like young people do today. News took a lot longer to get around. For instance, when something occurred in another state you may NEVER hear about it. Not so today. It is known almost instantly.

Nevertheless, (back in those days) when a crime was committed there was normally an investigation and justice was eventually done according to the law. The key there is ‘according to the law’! Well, have times changed! Today, a coloured man is killed by a policeman in Minneapolis and the news is spread not only within Minneapolis and Minnesota but the USA and around the world in a matter minutes.

Now, rather than allowing the justice system to work riots take place all across the country including the corn state of Iowa. So, because one coloured man in Minneapolis is killed by a policeman, in Davenport, Iowa a protest occurs and a girl cry’s out ‘“I lost my sister because you’re so mad at the police you’re hurting everyone else, you’re so mad at the police you killed my sister”.

“Now I’ve got to bury the only person I had in my life, the person that took care of me”.

An Associated Press report names the victim as 22-year-old Italia Marie Kelly, who was killed as she was leaving a protest in Davenport.

“Kelly, who is biracial and went by the last name Impinto, and a friend were getting in a vehicle to leave around midnight because the protest outside a Walmart had turned unruly, Hale said,” according to the report.

“That’s when she was struck in the back by a bullet that went through her shoulder and chest, likely killing her instantly, Hale said. Attempts to resuscitate her were not successful, and Kelly was pronounced dead at a hospital.”’ https://summit.news/2020/06/02/one-of-you-shot-my-sister-protester-killed-by-another-protester-in-iowa/

There is something to learn from all this and that is actions have consequences. Matthew Henry (1662-1714) commenting on 1 Corinthians 15:33 gave some good advice when he wrote ‘Those who would keep their innocence must keep good company. Error and vice are infectious: and, if we would avoid the contagion, we must keep clear of those who have taken it. He that walketh with wise men shall be wise; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed, Pr 13:20.’

LESSONS FROM A HOUSE

Posted by whatyareckon on February 10, 2020
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Ecclesiastes 10:18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

‘The house at 513 N. Court was built in the early 1880s for W.R. Daum President of the Electric Street Railway Company.  The house is a contributing structure to the Court Hill Daum House yesteryear 513-n-court-survey-photoHistoric District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The home is a unique example of brick Italianate style with segmented arches of cream-colored brick, cream-colored brick quoins and decorative cornice brackets.’

 

As the years pass. daum-house-513-n-court1966 Lemberger Collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then ‘As the result of fire damage and neglect, the property is currently placarded by the Health Department as unfit for human habitation. The property has been placarded by the Health Department numerous times in the past and the current case was opened following a fire in October 2018. Even before the fire, the property had been poorly Daum House 2018perhapsimg_20191119_091726converted from a single-family residence into an 8-unit multi-family building. Features of the most recent deficiency list include: damaged floors, ceilings, walls and windows; smoke and fire damage; deficient plumbing, electrical and mechanical systems; and broken windows, doors, soffit, fascia and deficient structural elements.’

 

Then many years later ‘As this property remains vacant, its condition continues to deteriorate and the owner has shown little interest in making repairs and maintaining the property. It has been a Daum House 513 N Court Ottumwa IowaEditedmagnet for looters, squatters and vandals increasing the fire threat. Nuisance issues including tall grass and litter are persistent. In addition, in its present condition the property continues to have a negative catalytic effect on the rest of the historic district.’ https://ottumwapost.wordpress.com/2020/02/07/historic-ottumwa-house-included-among-2020-most-endangered-properties/

You know, houses and humans are much the same. Both MUST have maintenance! For the human it is more than physical it is also spiritual. The Lord Jesus said in  Luke 12:23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

Yes, there is more to life than food and clothing for Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away James  4:14. How have you been in preparing for the day when the physical vanisheth away? Have you been diligent or slothful?

The answer is John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him and  Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

There are LESSONS to be learned even from a house!

 

 

How to make Uncle Joe’s Iowa audience look larger than it is!

Posted by whatyareckon on December 23, 2019
Posted in: Democrat, Iowa, Political, Uncategorized. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

If you are a conservative you MUST always search far and wide for the truth for there are those out there seeking to distort facts. The media, written and visual, will lie to you and with a straight face. Yes, they will lie to you and they will even seek to hide the truth from you. President Trump is correct in calling out most of the media as FAKE NEWS.

‘Joe Biden may be the national frontrunner, but it doesn’t seem as though he’s inspired excitement amongst Iowans, at least according to the photo below of a town hall meeting in Ottumwa, IA…’

However, ‘The Des Moines Register published dozens of photos from the event but, all are tightly composed, making assessing the attendance impossible. The photo published on Twitter was taken from the media section in back, and clearly shows the entirety of the room’s occupants.’

‘The American Mirror estimates from the photo that only 98 people turned out for the town hall event featuring the former vice president.’ https://pjmedia.com/election/watch-only-98-turn-out-for-biden-town-hall-in-iowa-protester-takes-microphone/?utm_source=pjmedia&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=08b5a1e2f2263b83e918fb56d7a12a3e&recip=26169367

 

Biden in Ottumwa Iowa

                                    Joe Biden’s Ottumwa, Iowa Town Hall Meeting December 22, 2019.                                                            Photo by Des Moines Register reporter Stephen Gruber-Miller:

Iowa Madness: An Ames Iowa Man Sentenced to 16 Years for Burning a Sodomite Flag

Posted by whatyareckon on December 21, 2019
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I grew up in Iowa and haven’t been ashamed of that fact until now.

‘An incredible story out of Iowa, where an Ames man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for burning an LGBTQ rainbow flag.

Adolfo Martinez stole a gay pride flag flying outside a church and torched it in front of a men’s strip club. NBCNews reports he was sentenced “to 15 years for the hate crime of arson and given a year for reckless use of explosives or fire and 30 days for harassment.” His sentence was enhanced by the fact that he was a “habitual offender.”

So why 16 years? A local pastor explains.

KCCI:

Ames Church of Christ Minister Eileen Gebbie said the sentencing was both heartbreaking and justified.

“Nobody got shot (and) nobody was sexually assaulted,” Gebbie said. “It was a banner. How much does that hurt? But I had to reflect on the fear it created in our sanctuary. People became afraid to go to church. We had to continue to talk about how to prepare for an active shooter and we learned from the trial Mr. Martinez had been watching our church for some time.”

So “fear”= 15 years? I always thought Lady Justice was supposed to be blind, and that “justice” was a concept that was defined by reason, balance, and fairness. But this is madness. This is vengeful.

The prosecutor believes the sentence was fair.

“I believe him to be very dangerous,” Story County Attorney Jessica Reynolds said. “That’s why my office recommended the maximum sentence.”

Reynolds said the judge agreed to the 17-year sentence because Martinez has a long history of harassment and is a habitual offender and never showed any remorse.

“The defendant stated that there was nothing the judge could to stop him from continuing this behavior and that he would continue to do this no matter what,” she said.

He’s not threatening people. He’s threatening flags. The fact that he’s a habitual offender matters some, but this isn’t  Minority Report and we don’t have a “pre-crime bureau.” We can’t predict future crimes he will commit and then sentence him for something he hasn’t done yet.

It is apparently not a “hate crime” to burn an American flag. It’s hardly a “crime” at all. In fact, it’s seen by many as an act of courage — “speaking truth to power” and all that. But we can only punish certain kinds of “hate” — the “right kinds” of hate that are smiled upon by the arbiters of social justice. Interestingly, the number of “hate crimes” seems to be growing all the time and the impulse to punish it is also expanding.

It makes a mockery of the concept of “justice” and “fairness.”‘ https://pjmedia.com/trending/man-sentenced-to-16-years-in-prison-for-burning-an-lgbtq-flag/?utm_source=pjmedia&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=08b5a1e2f2263b83e918fb56d7a12a3e&recip=26169367

IOWA BACK ROADS, MOTORCYCLES & MEMORIES

Posted by whatyareckon on February 11, 2017
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I was reared just north of Ottumwa, Iowaottumwa off 63 but have lived well over half my life overseas. Nevertheless, I often think back with fond memories to those days spent as a boy in rural Iowa. When a teenager I had a Triumph Cub 1960 TRIUMPH CUB T20which took me far and wide down many a back road. There are some stories to be told concerning those rides but they will have to wait unti another time. The main purpose of this present post is to tell you a “little” about the community  of Dahlonega, not far from where I grew up. Here is a small part of Dahlonega’s story. I trust you enjoy it.

“This historic one-room school house sits two miles northeast of Ottumwa in the center of dahlonega_schoolthe the unincorporated community of Dahlonega. Built in 1921, the 1,100-square-feet building served area students through the 1958-59 school year. Although it’s been vacant since that time, it served as the township polling place through 1986, and time and money has recently been invested to revitalize the building with a new roof, new paint, and improved interior.

Dahlonega was once a thriving hamlet and in 1843, was one vote short of becoming the Wapello County seat. Legend says the one vote loss was due to Lewis Clapp, an early settler who owned an apple orchard on the west edge of Dahlonega who was concerned a county seat designation would cause the community to grow so much that mischievous boys would steal his fruit.

Despite the election results, Dahlonega experienced growth in the following years and decades. A post office was established within the general store in June 1844, while the first church and school were built in 1846. By 1850, the town population had risen to 150; that number doubled by 1856. By that time, Dahlonega was home to three general stores, a tavern, a blacksmith shop, two meat-packing houses, a public hall, a pottery shop and hotel.

By 1900, the town’s population had diminished and stores and businesses shuttered. The Dahlonega Post Office was officially discontinued November 30, 1907.” http://iowabackroads.com/category/schools/page/2/

71 AND COUNTING

Posted by whatyareckon on April 13, 2016
Posted in: Bible, Christ, Christian, Christian Testimony, Christianity, Death, Iowa, Religion, Religious, Uncategorized. Tagged: , , , , . Leave a comment

Before I get too far into this journal, today isn’t actually my birthday. What, you say? You see I live in Australia which is one day ahead of where I was born in the states. So as we celebrate my birthday today in Australia we can actually celebrate it again tomorrow as that is the actual day I was born into this world back in the states. Not bad is it?

Now that your confused I will get on with the main topic of this journal. I had cataract surgery one week ago today and all has been well. In fact, the eye that had the cataract removed has 20/20 vision according to the doctor. So now it is a waiting game for one to two months and then an eye examination to determine the strength of my new glasses. Yes, the reality of it all is I am 71 and not only counting but deteriorating due to sin.

Anyway, now I will really get on with my main purpose for writing this journal. SANYO DIGITAL CAMERAI am now only four years shy of my mother’s age when she entered eternity. She along with my father, grandmother and grandfather are all buried in the cemetery not far from where we resided when I was a boy.

That cemetery brings back some memories. One memory is when I was in 4H. We had  a hay rack ride one Halloween and stopped at this cemetery. I don’t remember a lot of what occurred there but I do remember walking among those tomb stones on that bright crisp autumn Iowa night. That has stuck with me all these years.

As a boy of 16 I remember riding my Triumph motorcycle1960 TRIUMPH CUB T20 past that cemetery quite often on warm Iowa evenings enjoying the breeze and having June bugs hitting my forehead. Those June bugs could really hurt! Anyway, I didn’t really think much of what that cemetery was all about until 1961 when my grandfather passed away.

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He was my dad’s father and lived on the farm about one mile from where we lived. I enjoyed many hours with grandpa. Often I could be found riding that old 48n Ford tractor with grandpa ploughing a field or mowing hay. I loved helping put up hay. Frank was a neighbour who lived on another farm near-by. He would come with his baler and I and a few others would pick up the bales and throw them on a hay rack. Then when the hay rack was loaded we would take it to the barn and put the hay in the haymow. Those were the days before the huge bales like they have today. These were bales you could pick up and pick them up we did. Putting them in the haymow was done via a fork similar to thisHay fork which was hooked to a rope which was hooked to a tractor. The tractor would pull the rope and the hay would be lifted up into the haymow and when we had the hay in the place where we wanted it we hollered “Drop it!”.  Then we stacked the bales and another load would ascend into the haymow and we did it all over again. At noon grandma would have lunch for us and we would gather around the table and talk and listen to the news on WHO. Grandma often made doughnuts for a treat but grandpa liked bread and jam for his dessert. Yes, when grandpa was placed in that cemetery it took on a whole new meaning.

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I was saved some years before grandpa died but his passing had a great influence on me and my life. The Bible tells us “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” 2Peter 3:9. God desires for you, the reader of this journal, to personally know Him. John said “He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life” 1John 5:12. Yes, I am 71 and counting but unless the Lord returns my body will someday lie where grandpa, grandma and my parents lie. I am ready, are you?