Well, Mirancho has been serving up authentic Mexican food to the Bemidji area for a decade now. But how did it come to Bemidji? Reporter Cheryl Moore tells us the story in this week's In Business. For the past decade, Mirancho and Bemidji has been serving fajitas, burritos, and margaritas just like the ones you'd find on a trip to Mexico. The business already had a few restaurants up north, but were looking to expand in different towns. My brother, the owner, David Mendoza, found the town driving downtown looking for a place without Mexican restaurants. The business is 100 percent family-owned and operated. Just recently, they've started expanding their circle. You'll find an environment with family and friends. Everything started with family and friends, and we're kind of keeping it that way. Now, we're also hiring people from town. The recipes the restaurant uses are also passed down through the family, and they're always adding new items. We have the burrito fajita, the ones that are the most popular in the burritos. We also have the burrito grande. The most popular one, it's the parellada. It's kind of like a fajita. It comes out in a hot skillet. Mirancho has been a part of the Bemidji community for 10 years now, and they're always changing things up. You can find different items on their menu, but then you can also find a different atmosphere every year. We try to keep it the same theme every year, and we try to keep it authentic Mexican. It's just, we put new ideas into the restaurants. We go around, let's say, if we travel and then we find something that we like, we apply it to the restaurant. Yeah. For now, the new room that we're doing is we're going to open new windows in the room that used to be the pirate room, so it won't be too equine. More comfortable for customers to sit on. Over the decade, Mirancho has managed to build up a dedicated group of regular customers. They predict the reason people keep coming back is because the staff treats everyone who walks through the doors like family. They love the family environment. They love the food. They like the recipes. They love the meals. We always try to be friendly. Reporting in Bemidji, with this week's In Business, Shramor, Lakeland News. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.


All right, the great search with Digikey and Lady Eda. They're the ones who do this. Thank you, Digikey. Okay. Lady Eda uses all her engineering skills to search the Digikey site. So what is this week's great search, Lady Eda? Okay. I'm designing a board with the new ESP32S2, which is a Wi-Fi chip. And hold on, here we go, schematic checklist. And to this chip, it has native Wi-Fi capabilities. All you have to do is plug in a inductor and two capacitors, and then an antenna to make for very easy Wi-Fi connectivity. People love the ESP32 series. And usually I use a module, but for this design, I have to go wheel small. It has to fit in the size of a coin. It's very tiny, this little board. I think it's like, you know, one inch, like point eight inches by point seven inches. So very small. So don't have space for a module. Instead, I'm gonna put the raw chip on with any passive components and end antenna.  So I thought let's go to Digikey and start that search. So it's Wi-Fi. So we want a Wi-Fi antenna. And basically antennas can be tuned to different frequencies. The frequencies that we want are 2.4-ish gigahertz. Luckily, there's a lot of people making Wi-Fi connected electronics. And so we're not gonna have to search it that hard to find it. If you're doing something with like 110 megahertz or something that's not a standard ISM band, you're gonna have to search a little bit harder or it might actually be easier because there's less options. But for us, let's just search for Wi-Fi antenna. Okay, so all sorts of antennas, modules, accessories, all this stuff. Well, we just want the antennas themselves. Obviously that search will pop up any Wi-Fi module that also has antennas. All right, let's go for active parts. Oh, look, there's us. And let's look for normally stocking and RoHOS compliant, because that's what our minimums are. We want something that comes in a tape and reel, so not a tray or bulk. And that will cut down just so we're looking at components that aren't on a tray because there's some larger antennas that come bulk. We don't want like a duck antenna. We want like a little surface-bound antenna. Okay, next up, there's a lot going on here. There's like so many frequency ranges and I kind of was like, oh my God, what am I doing here? But the first thing you wanna check is like, well, how many bands are you gonna do like Wi-Fi and cellular? Are you doing, like, not different protocols but different bands, like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi and ZigBee and Thread, they're all gonna be 2.4 gigahertz. So you don't have to worry about that, but if you're doing, you know, there's some here that are like, oh, they do GPS or cellular plus Wi-Fi, then you'd want a multi-band antenna. In our case, one band is enough. Okay, cool, so we're actually pretty much, you know, we've really dropped down to only 79 options or so, which is good. So, you know, here's where you can go for like the gain, right, you know, the highest gain possible, but the problem is that we're constrained by space and the larger the antenna in general, the better the gain you're gonna get. You just have, you know, more space to work with when it's small, you have to do like funky tricks to get it to resonate at the frequency that you want to transmit at. Okay, so let's also go for the centerband frequency. So we want the centerband about 2.4 gigahertz. Do you remember there's also five gigahertz Wi-Fi? We're not doing that. Okay, so far so good. Okay, so let's look at some of the options we have here. So here's some cool things. So there's like pillar antennas.  I can't unfortunately use these. There's also a lot of like these little, like you can see there's like a multi-layer, like there's some sort of like multi-layer fractal antenna thing going on here, just pretty cool. I'm probably gonna pick up a couple different antennas to try out. We know if I look at ones like these, I can kind of tell they're probably not gonna fit. These are longer ones. But anything that looks long, I don't think I'm gonna be able to fit because I need kind of something short and squat. But there's antennas like this. And one thing I did, you know, my favorite thing is I searched by reverse stock number to see the most popular ones. These are the, you know, I've seen these antenna, these bent metal antennas on U-Blocks modules. They're apparently quite good.  So you get nice 3D radiation. I saw a couple designs with these fractus antennas. So, you know, the question is like, well, which antenna? Also these like, these are super cool, like cyberpunk, like 3D Molex antennas. I've seen these, I think, I think like the small, I don't remember like the teeny tronics, somebody who makes a very small electronics and they use these antennas. But the antenna that I'm actually gonna use is, oh, it's interesting. It's not, why didn't it come up? Hold on, it is the, cause I actually used this part. This is the AT-40, I wonder if I, where do I need to go? So this is the antenna that I used on the circuit playground blue fruit. So let me show that off. So if you see this little antenna here, this is the same antenna. It's a little tall, but what I like is it's very compact. It's like about the same size as a 1206 resistor. So this is the antenna that I'm probably gonna pick up just because I already have these. And again, they're like, they're really inexpensive. They're only about 25 cents a piece. However, I also want to try out like these practice antennas and this bolex antenna because this looks cool. Like this is very compact and it sticks up. And especially if the price isn't too bad, so let me put down 1,000. And you can see like, for 25 cents, there's a lot of like 20, oh here it is. So for like 25 or 30 cents, there's a lot of little nubby antennas that I can try out. So the good news is that you don't have the exact right package on your layout. So I'm probably just gonna use like the Johansson, you know, kind of sort of standard little nub antenna footprint and then I'm trying to probably solder in different ones. And then I can use a spectrum analyzer. I have a little Latini one. Or what I've also done is just a distance test. Like I just have, I just see how far away I can get from the router before it stops working or I can measure the RSSI and just say like, okay, of these four boards I made, which one has the lowest RSSI? And that tells me which one the antenna is working out for. So there's a lot of options, try them all. One thing that was, you do have to watch out for, it's not a big deal, but there's only the height, the size isn't mentioned. So you're going to have to use the photos and dig into the datasheet to find the dimensions of the antenna and then, you know, any layout recommendations. There's also like these gigantic patch antennas. I mean, if you want something with just like really great gain, like these are awesome, but they're gonna be expensive. Okay, so the one I ended up saying I'm gonna go for is this one, 2450-18V100. There's another couple that are very similar, but they're thinner. This one is a little bit bigger, but I've used it really successfully with all sorts of Bluetooth projects. So I think it'll probably work out for this Wi-Fi project as well. But if people have suggestions for a Wi-Fi antenna that is really small, let me know because I've never had to make such a small Wi-Fi board before, but we'll come back on another Jessica Ladiata and see how this antenna fared. That's great search. Where is it?


Picture the hard-hearted food critic in the movie Ratatouille, when that dish of, well, Ratatouille is set before him in Remy's restaurant. As soon as he takes a bite, he's transported to his childhood home, and we see him as a kid being served the same dish by his mother. That's a flashback. All stories have some kind of chronology. This happened, then this happened, then this happened. A sequence of events. A flashback interrupts that chronological sequence, the front line action or present line of the story, to show readers a scene that unfolded in the past. Often, a flashback is caused by a trigger, some sort of tangible thing that a character encounters in the story, the dish of Ratatouille in, well, Ratatouille, that sparks a specific memory. So a flashback interrupts the present to show us something meaningful from the past. The keyword there is meaningful. When we flashback, what we see must reveal something important about the characters, something that adds depth to how we understand the story in the present line. Take the short story, Bullet in the Brain, by Tobias Wolff. We meet jaded book critic Anders in line at a bank. He can't help criticizing everything, from the friendly woman in line behind him, to the quality of the Greek mythological scene depicted in the bank's painted ceiling. When two masked men with guns enter the scene, you'd think his demeanor might change, but it doesn't. He makes fun of the cliched lingo the robbers use from stick em up to capiche.  It's this brash snobbery that causes the robber to pull the trigger. Between that moment and Anders' inevitable death, the present line of the story is broken and we flashback into his past. After listing several things that Anders doesn't remember, Wolff takes us to the critical scene of what Anders does remember in the moments before his death. Heat, Wolff writes, a baseball field. Young Anders isn't entranced by the game he's playing or the warmth of the summer sun. Instead, it's something another player says about playing shortstop that delights him. Short's the best position they is. That's it, that's the line, and those two words, they is, hold young Anders in a kind of rapture. It's not because they're grammatically incorrect. He knows better then than to point that out, something that would have served him well to remember as a grown man. Instead, it's their pure unexpectedness, Wolff writes, their music. It's a moment that shows us a kernel of something genuine in Anders, an authentic love of language that gets twisted and masked as the years go by. The whole story is made by the flashback, as is our understanding of Anders in the past that transforms how we see him in the present. But he isn't wholly redeemed, where before he was a cliche himself, the cranky critic, now he's a rounded person who was a kid once, who came alive in the presence of words, who loved something, and let that love get lost along the way.  With it, he's human. That's the kind of heavy lifting that a meaningful flashback can do.


Abstract background whitefly, Bemizia tibachi, is a major agricultural pest that causes significant economic losses to crops around the world. This paper presents a novel approach for de novo transcriptome assembly from short-read sequencing technology, allowing for the identification of thousands of genes involved in development, insecticide resistance, host-range plasticity and virus transmission. The resulting dataset provides a valuable resource for further research into this important agricultural pest.


All right, we have Susan and Coach Dave Charmaux, Senior Anika Schwartz, and Junior Mariah Savage, Coach Charmaux, just to open statement about the match today. I thought that we really came out on fire. We've been practicing hard. It's very difficult to practice five or six days in a row at the end of your season. And I thought we did a good job of that. And what we were able to do this year is get that number two seed, which really helped us as far as the opponent. I mean, I really believed that Hunter played well. We were very prepared to play a hundred and nine, so I was very pleased with the way we played. Talk about obviously it's probably important to get off to a good start, especially from a big crowd, and you're able to do that in a quick start all three sets and leave little doubts to the outcome. I really feel like our team embraces that. They love the crowd. They live for those kind of moments. And I think the bigger the crowd, the better they play. And they just want to give the crowd something to cheer about so they'll come back. Dr. Moriah, you can talk about that as well. Just obviously having a big crowd tonight and the support that you've got all season. We definitely love it. We have so many friends and so many family members that just come and love us and support us. People have been here all season, not just like tonight, but have been to all of our home games, just like cheering us on. We asked for it. Like Coach said, we love it. We love the spotlight. We love people cheering us on and really psyching out the other team. That's a really big advantage. So it just gets us more hype and it gets them a little more on their heels. And on a different note, we are a very competitive team. So when the other team brings people, that gets us even more hyped up. We love taking that energy, that negative energy that they put on us and turning it into positive energy. It's just makes it something that our team thrives on. Right. This is Coach, if you want to talk about this person and one of the players, just the balance you have. Look at the stats tonight, total swings. You know, on a coach's portion at 16, you know, Mariah at 21, Lauren at 21, Katie at 20. Just that balance that you bring to the table every night, how important that is for you guys. And it is important. They don't know who's going to hit. And everybody was on tonight, fortunately. It doesn't happen too often. But the balance, and it's just like the setters aren't standing there counting. Well, Annika's got the ball this many and Mariah's got the ball this many. But that's just kind of the way it works out. You know, as we move the ball around and run different routes at the net. And fortunately everybody was on tonight. Annika, Mariah, if you want to address that one. Sure. I think it works in our favor that we have such a talented team. Because it makes the other team not able to predict what we're going to do. And I feel like our setter has confidence in each and every one of us. So it definitely helps us that we have a balanced front row. I think we're definitely fortunate to have a deep team. Yeah. And then just final thoughts. Just tomorrow night, Johns Hopkins, you've obviously already seen them once. Coach Annika, you once talked about playing them. Obviously very intense match the first time you played here about a month ago. Talk about what it's going to take to be competitive in that match. Hopefully, I don't know. That's going to take a lot of courage and a lot of trust with each other. That one of the things we really worked on this year was our team culture. And how to pull together and be a united front. Hopkins has changed their offense. They've changed some of the things they do. I think that might have reflected upon the match that we played against them. They're a very, very talented team. So it's going to be a fantastic match tomorrow night. I think we're all really excited. We love playing them.  And people who really push us. So we love playing them. And we're excited to see, like Coach said, their new lineup and see what it does for them. But I think with the crowd last time, Johns Hopkins got a little shook up. So I think this time they might be a little more ready for it. So it'll be an even better game. But I think we're all pumped and excited. Great. Thank you very much. Thank you.


Hi, and welcome to the session. Let us discuss the following question. The question says find x, such that the four points a having coordinates 3 to 1, b having coordinates 4x5, c, 4, 2, minus 2, and b, 6, 5, minus 1 are coplanar. Before solving this question, we should know that the points a, b, c, and d are coplanar if the vectors vector a, b, vector a, c, and vector a, d are coplanar. We know that three vectors are coplanar if their scalar triple product is equal to 0. So vector a, b, vector a, c, and a, d are coplanar if their scalar triple product is equal to 0. This is our key idea in this question. Let's now begin with the solution. The given points are a having coordinates 3 to 1, b having coordinates 4x5, c having coordinates 4, 2, minus 2, and d having coordinates 6, 5, minus 1. Let the origin of these points be o. We can write the position vectors of the four points with respect to the origin as vector oa is equal to 3i cap plus 2j cap plus k cap. Vector ob as 4i cap plus xj cap plus 5k cap. Vector oc as 4i cap plus 2j cap minus 2k cap. And vector od as 6i cap plus 5j cap minus k cap. Now we have to find vector a, b, vector a, c, and vector a, d. Now vector ab is equal to vector ob minus vector oa. Vector ob is equal to 4i cap plus xj cap plus 5k cap. And vector oa is equal to 3i cap plus 2j cap plus k cap. And this is equal to 4 minus 3 is 1.  Now we will find vector ac. Vector ac is equal to vector oc minus vector oa. And this is equal to i cap minus 3k cap. Now lastly we will find vector ad. Vector ad is equal to vector od minus vector oa. And this is equal to 3i cap plus 3j cap minus 2k cap. Now according to our key idea, the points ab, c, and d are co-planar. If their scalar triple product is 0, that is scalar triple product of vector ab, vector ac, and vector ad is equal to 0. Now this implies determinant of 1x minus 2 for 1, 0 minus 3, 3, 3 minus 2 is equal to 0. And this implies 1 into determinant of 0, 3 minus 3 minus 2, minus x minus 2 into determinant of 1, 3 minus 3 minus 2, plus 4 into determinant of 1, 3, 0, 3 is equal to 0. And this implies 1 into 9 minus x minus 2 into 7, plus 4 into 3 is equal to 0. And this implies 9 minus 7x plus 14 plus 12 is equal to 0. And this implies minus 7x plus 35 is equal to 0. And this implies x is equal to 5. Hence the required value of x is 5. This completes the session. Bye and take care.


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Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Thursday, December 22nd. It was cold in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of homicide. My partner's Ben Romero, the boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. My name's Friday. I was on the way into work, and it was 3.55 p.m. when I got to room 42. Homicide. Hi, Jill. Ben? Well, here's the file on the Webster case. And the follow-up's been made? Yeah, I get it. Homicide, Friday. This Levinson unit, 113J, got something for you. Yeah, Harry, what's doing? Dordy and I are out here on Commiss Avenue, 4656. Trying to track down a nine-year-old boy. Yeah, what's the story? The kid's missing, suspicion of foul play. How long's he been gone? About two hours. Looks like a job for homicide. How'd he figure? The kid was last seen playing in the backyard of his home. Yeah? We checked over the yard. Did you find anything? Blood stains, lots of them. They looked new. Ben and I left a message for chief of detectives, Thad Brown. Then we went over to the crime lab and picked up Lieutenant Lee Jones and drove out the Arroyo Seco freeway to Collis Avenue. It was an average neighborhood. Number 4656 was a one-story green stucco residence situated on the corner of Collis Avenue in Harrison Drive. Beyond the backyard was attractive, undeveloped land covered with scrub oak. Harry Levinson from Highland Park Juvenile was waiting for us in front of the house. Let's back this way, fellas. Coming, Link. Hey, I got my bag. Who notified you that the boy was missing, Harry? The mother said she went out to do some Christmas shopping by 11 this morning, left the boy home. She came back about two this afternoon, he was gone. What's the name? John Stone. The kid's name is Stanley, nine years old. Was this gate open like this when you got here? Yeah, I haven't touched a thing. You hear the stains over here, Lieutenant Jones, along the edge of the walk. See? Yeah. Let me see. Yeah, quite a few stains, huh? Yeah. Looks like it might have been blood. Try some benzidine on them. See what happens.  Yeah, in the house. Dirty's talking to her. Did you talk to any of the neighbors? People next door are the ones on this side. They couldn't tell us anything. There it is, fellas. Yeah, Lee. These spots I covered with benzidine, they're turning blue. Blood stain's all right.  Do you have to go back to the lab to run it through? Yeah, a biological precipitant test. Hand me one of those glass files for my bag, will you? Yeah, sure. Okay, here you go. Hey. Scrape some flakes off for a test. Yeah, Lee, huh? How soon can you tap the blood for us, Lee? Precipitant tests won't run more than 20 minutes. It'll take three or four hours to run a blood grouping, though. That's it. Anything else you want to check? Levinson? Anything else? Yeah, right here in my handkerchief. Empty shell. That marker over there by the rose bush? That's where I found it. I'm a 22, huh? Yeah, might tie in, might not. Well, I couldn't dump it in this envelope, would you? Mm-hmm. There you go. There you go. Did you get on a missing broadcast on the boy here? Not already. It did about a half an hour ago. Here's a description here. Thank you.  No, we didn't tell her. She's worried enough already. And she has no idea what might have happened to her boy, huh? No more than we do. She checked all her friends and relatives. We're covering the neighborhood and her trace so far. Not much to go on. Blood stains, empty cartridge. Yeah, it could mean a hundred things. Any ideas, Freddie? Just one, and I don't like it. 4.30 p.m. Thursday, December 22nd. The neighborhood search for 9-year-old Stanley Johnstone continued. Lee Jones went back to the crime lab to start the precipitant test in the blood grouping. Levinson and his partner, Dorothy, from Highland Juvenile stood by. We called Chief of Detectives Thad Brown, and he ordered up a special detail to aid in the search for the missing boy. Ben and I questioned the boy's mother, Mrs. Ruth Johnstone, a woman in her early 40s. She seemed fairly calm under the circumstances. Ms.  No, he's not in the habit of wandering off, but he has done it before. Well, when was the last time, Ms. Johnstone? You don't have any children, do you, Sergeant Friday? No, ma'am, I'm not married. Well, there comes a time in every young boy's life when he feels that it's time to leave home, go out on his own. Usually happens somewhere around 8 to 10. I think I know what you mean. I have a boy. Well, then you know how it is. My husband and I schooled as Stanley one afternoon after school, and he was quite put out about it. I saw George and I were unfair. Packed a few of his things and left. Well, how long was he gone? Oh, no time at all, about two hours. I was worried about him, but my husband said to leave him alone. Said every boy had to go through that stage. Well, then you think that he's run away from home again this time? Yes, I think so. He's been gone about four hours now, and I have a funny feeling about it. Did you and his father have some misunderstanding with the boy recently? Well, that's just it. We haven't. I don't mind telling you that now that we're talking about it, but I am getting worried. Well, is there any place around that he might like to visit a hobby shop, playground, someplace he might be? Yes, there's Jensen's model shop, Little Sharon Burroughs, but I've already called there, and he hasn't been seen all day. I've called all his friends, and they have no idea where he is either. Well, we'd like a list of all of his friends and the places that he was known to frequent. Yes, all right. I'll give them to you. Where do you suppose he is? Where's your husband now, Miss Johnson? At work. George works with the city. He's a fireman. What house is he staying at? Engine Company 12. He's working the A-platoon. He'll be home tomorrow morning. I haven't told him. Stanley's gone. Was there any chance that the boy might be down at the firehouse with his father? No. He seldom goes down there anymore. No, I don't think he's there. I'm awfully worried. May I call my husband? Certainly. Go right ahead. I know George will be worried. Engine Company 12, please. Stanley's been gone too long. Hello? May I please speak with George Johnson? This is Mrs. Johnston. Thank you. I hate to call George at his work. Yes, ma'am. Does your husband own a gun? Yes, he does. What caliber do you know? What's a .45 automatic? He got a knife. George? This is Ruth. George, is Stanley down there with you? By any chance? Oh. No, I can't find him anywhere. He wasn't here when I came home from doing my shopping. There are two policemen here. No, I said there are two policemen here. No, dear. I'll call you if we don't find him soon. All right, dear. Yes, you too. Goodbye. I didn't think he'd be with George. A .45. Is that the only gun in the household? Yes. Why are you asking about guns? Has anything happened that you're not telling me about? No, ma'am. Just routine checking. We'll have to take a look at that .45, if you don't mind. Maybe I should tell you we do have another gun in the house, but it's all wrapped up. George bought it for Stanley's Christmas present. We could see it, please. Yes, well, will you have to unwrap it? Yes, ma'am, I think so. It's in the closet. Thank you. We had to hide it. Well, here's the paper it was wrapped in. Stanley must have found it. It's gone. You see, here's the gift card and the box the gun came in. The rifle. I wonder if I could look at that box, ma'am. Thank you. How about a .22 caliber? Thursday, December 22, 5.15 p.m. was getting dark. The search for the missing boy continued. We checked the list of Stanley Johnstone's friends. None of them or their parents had any idea of his whereabouts. We talked with Levinson again. He'd been in touch with the detail combing the neighborhood. They'd found nothing. We went down to Collis Avenue in 10th Street, service station on the corner. One nickel, you know? Oh, I got one. Would you watch for a fan? Yeah. Okay. 2667, please. 2667? Crime Lab, Jones. Highly, Joe Friday. Yeah, Joe. Any sign of the Johnson kid? No, not yet. How are you coming? Finish the precipitant test. It's human blood. Yeah. Working on the blood group now. Do you know what type the Johnson boy has? Well, I didn't want to upset his mother. Thought I'd waited until the last thing. We're in the neighborhood. Check with the family physician. That way you won't disturb it. Yeah, I figured on that. Just a minute, Lee. Yeah. Yeah, man. Most is pulled up. Okay. Thad Brown's out here now. Check you later, Lee, huh? Yeah. Right, bye. All right. Oh, there's one, Joe. Gentlemen, how's it going? We just checked with Lee Jones. Yeah, I know. It's human blood. What do you think? We talked with the boy's mother, Mrs. Johnstone, found a gun missing. Yeah. Calibre's the same as the empty casing Levinson found. It's 22. You said the gun was missing? Yeah, the Johnstones were going to give it to the boys at Christmas present. They had it hidden, but it's gone. Any idea who took it? Well, they left the Christmas wrapping behind. I think it was the kid. 22 rifle, huh? Nine-year-old boy. What are we going to learn? First, it's carbide cannons on the 4th of July. The city issued ordinance after ordinance. A few thousand kids around the country had to lose their eyes, fingers, hands before the parents had given us their full cooperation to outlaw them. I know what you mean. I'm sure you do. You and every other cop in the country became the heavies trying to clamp down on them. That was the same story. This time it's guns for Christmas. Well, I know what you're thinking, but we're not sure yet. Listen, Friday. There's a city ordinance against giving a gun to a kid. You know that. Yeah, I know that. There's a missing boy and a missing gun. There's blood on the ground and an empty shell. That's enough for me. I'm only going to stay with it. Something's got to break. Yeah. I hope it's not the hearts of that kid's parents. Hi, Chief. Been looking for you Friday. What do you got, Harry? Found the gun. New 22 rifle. I'd say it's been fired recently. Where'd you find it, Levinson? Back up there in that scrub oak behind the Johnstone house. Mrs. Johnstone identified it. Buckley took it down the crime lab. Thanks, Harry. Mrs. Johnstone, okay? Pretty sick now. Doherty came up with something else. What's that? There's another one missing. An eight-year-old boy. 6.30 p.m. We talked with Officer Doherty about the other missing boy. He told us that his name was Stephen Moerheim, eight years old. His family had just moved into the neighborhood. It seemed that no one besides the Moerheim family knew that the boys played together. Mrs. Moerheim told us that Stephen told her that he was going out to play and he'd be home by six o'clock for dinner. She told us that he was an unusually prompt boy and almost never overstayed his playtime. We got a description of the Moerheim boy and put out a missing broadcast. We called the Johnstone's family doctor. He told us that Stanley's blood was typo. At 7 p.m. we talked again with Mrs. John Moerheim. Are you sure Mrs. Johnstone doesn't know where the boys are? She has no idea, Mrs. Moerheim. Oh, this is terrible. Just awful. I feel there's more to this thing, something you're not telling me. There's no reason to upset you until we know a few things for sure.  Well, no, please try not to worry, Mrs. Moerheim. There are certain things that we're going to have to ask you, routine questions and any kind of investigation. Is there anything else you want to know? Yes, ma'am. What is your boy's blood type? It's a funny question. Do you think anything's happened to him? Have you found him and you're not telling me? No, ma'am. We haven't found him. And we don't think anything's happened to him. His blood type? Yes, ma'am. Well, I think I have it written down in Stevie's baby book. Yes, here it is. It's typo. Thank you. I wonder if I might use your phone? Yes, of course. It's in the hall. I'll be right back, ma'am. City Hall? 2667, please. 2667? Grandland, thank you. All right. This is Joe Friday. Is Lee there? Just a minute, Joe. Take two, Lee. All right. John speaking. Checking back, Lee. Did you get the blood types on the two missing boys? Yeah, both typo. So are the stains, Joe. Type O. You are listening to Dragnet for the solution to an actual case from official police files. Now, here's a real solution to many of your Christmas shopping problems. If your friends smoke long cigarettes, give the best of long cigarettes. Give King-size Fatima. You see, Fatima's now cost the same as other long cigarettes, but in Fatima, the difference is quality, quality of tobaccos, the finest Turkish and domestic varieties, extra mild and superbly blended to give smokers a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other long cigarette. Quality of manufacturing. Smooth, plump cigarettes rolled in the finest paper money can buy. Quality. Even to the appearance of the distinctive Royal Blue Fatima gift carton, Christmas wrapped and carefully sealed to ensure Fatima's rich, fresh, extra mild flavor. Remember, Fatima's now cost the same as other long cigarettes, but in Fatima, the difference is quality. So this Christmas, give your friends the best. Give Fatima the quality King-size cigarette. Best of all, long cigarettes. 8 p.m. Thursday, December 22nd. Still no sign of either of the missing boys. Chief Detective Stad Brown went back to headquarters to direct the search from there. He dispatched another detail of 50 men to aid in the hunt for the missing youngsters. 8.30 p.m. was getting colder. The citrus growers were warned to expect a freeze. We went up the block to see Mrs. Johnstone. Her husband quit work early and returned home. We talked with him. He could tell us nothing more than we already knew. We still had not informed either of the families about the blood stains and the empty cartridge casing, which had been discovered in the backyard of the Johnstone home. It was more than possible that they had a right to know about our findings, but Ben and I felt there was no cause to add to the distress of the two families at this time. If the two missing boys were found alive and well, then the blood stains and the cartridge would be of no concern to the relieved parents. At 8.40 p.m., Ben and I left the Johnstone house and went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Moorheim. Ms. Moorheim, you said your husband worked at a marquee. Yes, he telephoned about 15 minutes ago and said he was closing up right away. He'll be here any minute. Do wish Stevie would call, come home. It's so cold out tonight. All he had on was a thin cotton jacket. We'll try not to worry. We're doing everything we can. Stevie's father is such a sensitive man. He and the boy are so close. I know he's terribly upset. You're sure there's no place that you might have forgotten some place where the boy might be? No, no place. No. If anything's happened to the boy, it'll just kill John. No.  I'll get it, Ms. Moorheim. Joe? Yeah, Harry? Johnstone kid. He's been found. He's home, Sergeant. He's come home. Thank God he's all right. Where's he been? Did he tell you? No. No, he didn't.  I've never seen him like this. How do you mean, Ms. Johnstone? He just came to the front door and said, Hello, Mom. He sat down at the chair and stared at the floor. Won't talk to his father or me. Do you mind if I talk to him? No, go ahead. I asked him about the little Moorheim boy, but he wouldn't tell me a thing. Where is he now? Right over there in the living room. Son, this is a police officer. He wants to talk to you. Don't be afraid, dear. He only wants to ask you some questions. Son, Missy, Sergeant? Stanley, look at me, son. Come on, youngster.  That's better.  You know that. You want to tell us where you've been? We should try to get him to eat a little something. You hear that, son? Want something to eat?  You know where he is? His father and mother are worried about him, too. It's like your folks were. We're going to ask you to help us find him. I killed him. I killed Steve with the 22. We were only playing, but I killed him. How do you know you killed him? Maybe he's only hurt now, isn't that it? No, he's dead. I know he's dead. The gun went off. I forgot we put bullets in there. Where is he, Stanley? I hit him. I was scared. I didn't want anybody to find him. Where did you hide him, son? In a cave up on the hill. I didn't mean it. He was my pal. Do you want to show us where, Stanley? Yes. I'll show you. Please don't send me to jail. 9.15 p.m. Thursday, December 22nd. 9-year-old Stanley John Stone led the way up the hill behind the backyard of his home. He showed us the wagon he moved the body in. His father came along with us. About 50 feet from the crest of the hill, the boy pointed to a thicket of scrub oak. There, we found a small cave holding the body of Stephen Morheim. There was a single bullet wound in his chest just below his heart. It was dead. He covered the body. Stanley, how did it happen? I knew where folks were going to give me the gun for Christmas. I knew where it was, and I got it. There was a box of bullets with it. Were you pointing the gun at Stephen, son? No, sir. No, sir, I wasn't. It was Steve's turn to play with it. I was chasing him. Chipped over that stump there, and he fell. Gun hit him in the stomach, and it went off. Well, why do you think you killed him if you're telling us the truth? I'm telling the truth. Honest, that's the truth. Well, I believe you, son, but why do you think you killed him? It was my gun. Steve would still be alive if I didn't go and get it. We should have waited till Christmas. It's all my fault. Well, where have you been all this time? In the cave with Steve. What were you doing in there, son? I was praying. I was praying for God to make him alive again. After a thorough investigation, Ben and I were convinced that the shooting of Stephen Moerheim was accidental. Lieutenant Lee Jones' findings substantiated the John Stone Boy story even to the smallest detail. We put in a call to the coroner's office and equated him with the facts. He designated a local mortuary to handle the body, pending autopsy, and granted us permission to remove the body to the Moerheim home. Mrs. Moerheim collapsed. The family doctor was called. Ben and I sat in the living room to wait for John Moerheim, the dead boy's father. Edith? Edith? Mr. Moerheim? Yeah, Hugh the police? Yes. Where's Edith? Where's my wife? Has my boy come home? Have you found him? Yes, sir. Where is he? Steve? Steve, hey! Where's Steve? He's hurt, isn't he? Yes, sir, he is. Where is he? I want to see him. He's hurt bad, Mr. Moerheim. Where is he? I want to see him. How bad? Pretty bad. He's dead. All right, if I go in. Yes, sir, if you want. Will you go with me? Sure. Don't make it any harder on yourself, Mr. Moerheim. I want to see my boy. Mr. Moerheim. Listen to me, son. We got you a lot of nice things for Christmas. Everything you wanted. I got you the three new cars for the train. That one with a searchlight on it really works, son. Got you that new switch you wanted. A lot more track. Oh, now you can have a big layout. You know that new baseball that we saw? I got it for you. The cowboy outfit you want. Mr. Moerheim. What happened? It was an accident. He was playing with a Johnstone boy up the street. Playing with a gun. It went off. What was the other boy's name? Stanley Johnstone. It was an accident. Mr. Moerheim, where are you going? I want to see that boy. We had no idea what the dead boy's father had in mind. We didn't feel that we should try to restrain him. We went along with him up the street to the Johnstone home. Steve's father. Where's your boy? I'm sorry. We bought the rifle. We were going to tell him not to use it unless his father was with him until he learned how to treat firearms. Where's your boy? Right here. Would you come in? It's all right, Mr. Johnstone. The boy that was with Steve? Yes, sir. What's your name? Stanley. No, it wasn't your fault, Stanley. I wonder if you'd do something for me? Yes, sir. I've got a lot of nice presents for Steve. We'd want you to have them. Christmas Eve. Come on, man. What's it all prove, Joe?  The story you've just heard was true. Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. On December 24th, 1948, a coroner's inquest was held in the county morgue, city and county of Los Angeles, state of California. In a moment, the results of that inquest. Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. Thank you. To get year-round thanks for the gift you give this Christmas, give cartons of Fatimas to every long cigarette smoker on your list. Christmas Fatimas in a special royal blue slip-over jacket make a perfect gift just as is. And to my friends who sell Fatimas, the retail dealers, and the wholesale distributors all over America, to each one of you a special season's greeting. And to everyone, a merry Christmas. At the coroner's inquest, it was officially recorded that Stephen Morheim's death was the result of an accident. Stanley Johnstone was absolved of any legal responsibility for his friend's death. You have just heard Dragnet, the series of authentic cases from official files. Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. This is Bob Hope. Can we steal a second? Chesterfield, Chesterfield, always win first place. That milder mild tobacco never leaves an aftertaste. So open a pack, give them a smell. Then you'll smoke them. Don't forget to give Crosby for Christmas. I mean the Chesterfield Christmas carton with Bing as Papa Santa Claus. See you Tuesday. We The People is next with more Good Times on NBC.


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I want to give you today an instruction from a father to his son. It applies to each of us here today, advice from a father to men. And I want to talk to you today briefly about how the example in which you live, the example that you set needs to be, ought to be an example that others can follow. So I want to share a message with you that I have entitled, Provide the Pattern.  Lord as we are here today, we are here to hear from you. Lord I pray that you would speak to us, that you would tune our ear into hearing your still and quiet voice, that our eyes would be open to seeing you on the pages in your word, that our heart would be opened to your word taking root within our hearts and our lives, that we could be men that would bear much fruit, that all the people around us, our wives for those that are married, our children for those who are fathers, our siblings, our friends, our coworkers, our classmates, they would be able to pick from us and draw from us and what they would get would be evidence of you working in our lives. Lord I understand today that I have nothing to give these men apart from what your spirit would want to speak to them individually. And we thank you God that your word does not return void in the hearts and the lives of your men. And so as we've come here to receive from you, give each of us what we need individually this day. We ask all these things according to your will and in your son's name, Jesus Christ, Amen. As a man, you are called and ordained by God to the ministry. You are called and ordained by God to the ministry of leadership. To lead a godly legacy for those who would be following after you. Whether you realize it or not, you are an example. The only question is what kind of example are you? One is watching you. That may be a Christian brother. That may be a spouse. That might be a child. That might be a neighbor. But there are people that are looking to you. And we are called by God to lead by example. First Peter chapter five verse two says something for you who are seasoned saints speaking to elders. It says, care for the flock that God has entrusted to you. That may be your family, your children, your neighbors, whatever ministry that God has called you to, to care for them. And watch over it willingly, not grudgingly, not for what you will get out of it because you are eager to serve God. We are called to lead by example the ministry of leadership for those who would be following us and we are to do so in a way not out of the benefits that we will get. No pastor, no person, no minister in any capacity should serve in such a way because it's a benefit to me. Because I get this out of it, a true servant is one that gives selflessly. Well, how do you know if you're truly a servant? I've often said that when you're treated like one, it doesn't bother you.  Sometimes when we're treated like a slave, we don't like that. What do they think I am? Just a slave? You know? Hey, can you do this? Or hey, could you help me with these chairs? Or hey, could you help tear down the tables after? What am I, a slave?  Whether you are parenting or pastoring your family or the president of marketing in your company, God has called you to lead, to be the example to the flock. In everything that you do, that it would be in such a way an example to those who would be watching. Whether you realize it or not, you have to be, you need to be for people's lives are depending upon it. For you younger men, Paul put it this way as he spoke to his young protege, Timothy. In 1 Timothy chapter 4, verse 12, he said, let no one despise your youth, but be an example, say that with me, an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Paul tells his young protege, Timothy, don't let anybody despise your youth. Paul was not telling Timothy to tell people, hey, don't despise my youth.  Paul wasn't telling Timothy to have that attitude. What Paul was instructing Timothy is in the way that you live, in the way that you conduct yourself, in love, in purity, in spirit, in the way that you present yourself in speech and as a man of God's word, live in such a way that it would not cause older men to despise you. So young men, you are called to lead and to be an example. Young men, saints, men that have been walking with the Lord, you are called to lead by example. We as believers are called to be an example to the believer. So let me ask you this, if everyone here at Calvary Chapel of the Chino Valley was exactly like you, what type of church would this be? If everyone did exactly like you do, if everyone prayed for Calvary Chapel like you pray for your church, would this be a church continued to be covered in prayer continuously and lifted up before the Lord? And would the Lord bless it and honor it and his favor be poured out on it because the men of this church pray for their church? Would the prayer meetings be overflowing with men that know the importance of prayer in studying God's word and Bible studies packed out or would they be sparse or be canceled? If everyone tithes exactly like you tithe or give financially like you give regularly, obediently, faithfully, would this church be able to continue to accomplish the ministry and make impact in missions and continue to be a movement that has impacted the world? If everyone attended church as regularly as you do, would we see men truly leading in the church by example? Or would there be people here sometimes once in a while when it was convenient, when there wasn't a game on or when there was nothing else to do? If everyone served faithfully in ministry like you serve in ministry, would the ministries be blossoming and flourishing and growing or would the ministries be struggling because there just isn't enough servants in the church? If everyone was exactly like you and if every single person in this church followed your example, what kind of church would this be? Would this be a church, Calvary Chapel of the Chino Valley that would continue to be strong, healthy and moving in the spirit of God? Or would this church cease to exist? If everyone followed your example? Answer these questions honestly within your own heart and you'll have the answer to the essential question, am I being an example of a believer to the believers? And that is what I want to talk to you today about. About the importance for you men truly to provide the pattern, the blueprints, the example that God has given in his word to you so that others can follow it. And in Chronicles, first Chronicles chapter 28, to set the stage for you, David the king is now an old man. He doesn't have long much left to live. So he assembles all of his leaders in the land and he tells them all that he had in his heart to do. David desired to build the temple, a place of worship for God that people could come into the presence of God and meet with God. And David desired his mighty men of valor and the people of Israel to have a place to come and to worship the Lord in. But David was not allowed to build that temple, that place of worship because David was a man of war and he had too much blood on his hand. So God would not allow David to build that temple. But God told David that Solomon, his son, who was in line to be the next king, would be the man that would build what is now known as Solomon's temple. So God gives that instruction to David. So David gathers the leaders and all the people of the nation. And he says to Solomon in front of them, these people as witnesses to this command in 1 Chronicles chapter 28, picking up in verse nine. David said in Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. I wonder as a father, if we give that same instruction to our children, to our little brothers and sisters, to the people around us, the most important instruction we can give them is the exhortation to know God intimately. He says, worship and serve him with your whole heart and with a willing mind for the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever. So take this seriously. The Lord has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. So be strong and do the work. Then verse 11, David gave Solomon the plans for the temple and its surroundings, including the entry room, the store rooms, the upstairs rooms, the inner rooms, the inner sanctuary, which was the place of atonement. David also gave Solomon all the plans he had in mind. David now gives, it says, the plan in verse 11. David gives Solomon, the King James version puts it, the pattern. David provides what is called the plan or the pattern. It's talking about the blueprints for the place of worship, the temple. David gathered everything, all the materials needed. He got the blueprints drawn up. Everything was ready to go, setting Solomon up for success in building this temple that David had in his heart to see flourish and grow. In other words, David said, son, this is what the temple of God is supposed to look like, be like. David couldn't build the temple. It was Solomon's temple to build. But David could provide the pattern to his son in which his son could follow. And then says in verse 19, after David gives detailed instructions throughout the rest of that chapter, he ends the instructions by saying this in verse 19, every part of this plan, David told Solomon, was given to me in writing from the hand of the Lord. Then David continued, be strong and courageous. And do the work. Don't be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord God, my God is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. He will see to it that all the work related to the temple of the Lord is finished correctly. Here's the application, men. Paul said in 1 Corinthians chapter 6, verse 19, don't you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who lives in you and was given to you by God? David couldn't build Solomon's temple. That was Solomon's temple to build. But what David could do was to provide the pattern in which his son was to follow. And you dads, husbands, brothers, leaders, ministers of God's word, you are called to do the same. You might wish you could build your kids' temples to tell them what to do and make their decisions for them, but it will come a time in their lives where they will have to make the decisions for themselves. But here's what you can do. It is your responsibility as men of God to provide the pattern, the blueprints, the plan of what a godly man looks like, what a temple should be built like, so that others who are watching you and looking to you can follow that example. Here's the instructions you would say, given to me in writing by God, follow them. This message is called Provide the Pattern. And David, well, he handed off some things to Solomon, in which the way he passed them down to him, it enabled Solomon to have complete success. And I like relating that to sports. Paul did that oftentimes, relating certain spiritual doctrines to sports. He talked about a wrestler, a runner, and a boxer. So I thought I would use the running analogy to give a picture to us today as men, how we ought to hand off what God has given to us, how we need to pass the baton. You know what a relay race is, or a baton race? You have to run the race, and you hand off the baton to the person that's coming after you, that's following after you in this race. You are passing it on to people that will continue the race after you have finished running your leg of the race. It's the very heart of what we hear in 1 Corinthians chapter 9, verse 24. Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. Oftentimes, we think about our lives as a solo race. I need to run my race.  And God has given you His instructions. And like a baton race, a relay race, you have the responsibility to hand off what has been given to you in such a way that those that would be receiving it could run in such a way that they could win their leg of the race. You have the God-given role as men, as husbands, as fathers to pass the baton. That is to arm and equip others for their role to bring godliness to the next generation. And the race that you're running, can I ask you? What is it that you're passing on? What is it that you're leaving behind? What is it that you're giving to others who are following your lead? What legacy are you going to lead when you leave this earth as you have that responsibility as men of God to pass on the biblical instruction and principles that will help the future runner to win the race that they are called to run? It's the heart of what we hear of the proverb in chapter 22, verse 6, to train up your children and the way that they should go so that when they grow old, they will not depart from it. Deuteronomy chapter 6, within that chapter, we are given what is called the great Shema. Jewish fathers would teach their children before the children would learn the ABCs, before they would learn math, before they would learn anything, they would first be taught the great Shema. From a young man, they would grow up learning this biblical principle. It would be the first thing that they would know, Deuteronomy 6, verse 5 through 7.  And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.  The character of our children tomorrow depends on what we put in their hearts today. And that doesn't only apply to you as fathers, but it also applies to each of you as men, for anyone who would be following your example. You have the responsibility to pass the baton, the godly instruction to those who would be running the race. So I wanna give you a few things today before we leave. The Olympic runners do that we can learn from in running our own race, and running this relay race that we're called to run biblically. First and foremost, you can write this down, number one, you need to run with the baton. If you drop the baton in a relay race, you are disqualified from the race. And so it is for the person of God.  Men, you are responsible for the Lord to give those the pattern. Ephesians chapter six, verse four says, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way that you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord. In this race that we're running, we are called to impart instruction. And it's easy to drop the baton. You've heard the idiom, don't drop the ball.  And in the same way that we say don't drop the ball, I wanna encourage you men today, don't drop the baton. Don't mishandle in a careless way the instruction that God has given you. You have one of the greatest opportunities as men. Being in this church, Calvary Chapel of the Chino Valley, and sitting in some of the most solid, biblically profound, deep richness of God's word being taught from this pulpit, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, now for close to 40 years by pastor David Rosales and his faithfulness in teaching the word of God. But you have the opportunity to pass on what's been given to you. Don't drop the baton.  In the way that you run, are you being careless with the example that you're setting? A study was done in Switzerland, which is not a Christian country by any means on family influence, on Christianity. It says if mom goes to church regularly and dad goes to church occasionally, that is mom going all the time and dad going sometimes, 3% of the children when they grow up and can make their own decision if they will go to church, if mom goes regularly and dad goes occasionally, 3% will make the decision to go. If mom goes regularly and dad never goes, 2% of the children when they grow up will go to church. If mom and dad go regularly together, 33% of children will choose to go to church when they grow up. Now if dad goes regularly and mom goes sometimes, 38% of kids will go to church when they grow up. And this is the most staggering of all the statistics. When dad goes regularly, consistently, faithfully to church and mom never goes to church, 44% of the kids when they grow up will make the decision to go to church. Now that doesn't mean your wives are off the hook from going to church and only the men need to come. But what that's saying is that your children are not looking to the mom to be the example. 33% will go when mom and dad both go regularly, but 44% will go when mom never goes, but when dad says, as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. It's what we're gonna do. This is what we've given our lives to. We have that opportunity to set the pattern, to give the blueprints the plan for others to follow. And running a relay race, the second thing to make sure that happens is that you are running in stride. Number two, write that down, running in stride. When you're running in stride, when you go to pass the baton, if you ever watch these Olympic runners where the runner in the front is placing their foot, the stride is exactly the same for the runner that's following behind them. They sink their stride perfectly together so that they're running in step. That is, wherever the runner going first places his foot, the runner following him will place his foot in the exact same place. Let me ask you, can your children, your wife, the people in your life that God would call you to lead, can they follow the direction in which you are running your family in? Can they follow the direction in which you are running your life in? There was a story of a man who left to go to the bar and he had a young boy at home and the boy saw his father's footsteps in the snow and so he began jumping in his dad's footsteps, following in his footsteps all the way. And finally, as the man was about to enter into the bar, he heard his young child call out, Daddy, Daddy, wait, wait for me. And he turned around and he ran up to his young son, angry that he wasn't in the safety of his home and said, what are you doing out here? You're not supposed to be going out here. You're not supposed to be coming here. What are you doing? He said, Daddy, I'm just following in your footsteps. And in that moment, that father realized where he was running, the places that he was running to was the place that those who would be following in his footsteps would eventually go. We need to follow in our heavenly father's footsteps because people are gonna be following yours. 1 Peter chapter two, verse 21 says, talking about Jesus said, leaving us as an example that you should follow his steps. We are to be imitators of God following in his footsteps so that we, like Paul the Apostle said, follow me as I follow Christ. We need to be making sure in the way that we run that we're running in the direction that others can follow. And third and finally, you need to pass the baton. Running with the baton and running in stride does nothing if you don't eventually pass the baton. And a couple of things I learned, I talked to an ex-Olympic athlete who was a track star and knew a lot about relay races. And so I picked his brain and I asked him a couple of questions that I wanted to share with you guys today. And I said, well, what are some keys to making sure you pass the baton well? And he said, hand placement. Every Olympic athlete that's in track knows that in order to pass the baton well, it's all about hand placement. Depending on how the handoff goes, it will determine whether you win the race or not. You have the ability to set your wife, your children, or anyone else that is running the race after you and following your example on a trajectory to win the race that God has called them to run in the way that you pass them the baton. Because where you place your hand is where they are going to be reaching. Let that sink in for just a moment because I wanna ask you, what are you putting your hand to? The Bible talks about ministry is putting our hands to the plow. Are you putting your hand to the plow? What are you reaching for? Because what you reach for where you place your hand is where those who are running after you are going to be reaching.  Are you in church surrendering and raising your hand in church as an example to your children of a man that sold out for the Lord and surrendered his life to the Lord? Pastor, you lost me there. I don't raise my hands in church. I'll look weird.  Because that's what manly men do. But raising my hand in church, do you know raising your hands is the universal sign for surrender? You can go anywhere in the world and someone puts a gun to your back, hands are gonna go up in the air. And everyone understands what that means. And so too as a Christian man, raising our hands is a outward act, a physical posture before the Lord of complete surrender. What do you do with your hands? Are you reaching for the word of God or are you reaching for the remote? Are you reaching for the word of God? Are you reaching for your smartphone? Are you reaching for the word of God? Are you reaching for the Bible? Excuse me, the bottle. Do you reach for the Bible or the bottle? Smartphone or the smart word of God? What do you put your hand to? Because where you are reaching is where their hands will be placed. Where you place your hand, is where they'll be reaching. So to pass the baton, one is hand placement. To pass the baton well, you also have to do it in the change over zone. In a relay race, there's a zone that's marked with lines that you have to pass the baton within. And it has to take place in the change over zone. And in your life, you have a period of time that God has given to you where you have the opportunity to pass the baton. If you wait too long, you're disqualified and the runner can't continue on. You waited too long to do it. And God has given you a period of time with those who are in your life presently, before God takes them somewhere else or they move out or whatever it may be. You have people in your life presently that you have the opportunity to pass the baton too in the change over zone. But if you wait too long, disqualification takes place. So you have to make sure you execute the passing of the baton in the time in which you have. And the third and final point of passing the baton is you need to stay on track. You have to run your race within the lane that God has given to you. If you cross over the line and get out of line, disqualification, if you get out of line in the way that you run your race because you know you're out of line in the way that you spoke and the way that you acted and what you were doing, you know it was out of line. And when you get out of line, you're disqualified and it will keep you from passing the baton to the next person. So my encouragement to you is to stay on track. Keep doing what God has called you to do. Keep running in the way that God would call you to run because no one has ever run a race if they got off the track before the finish line. That's how it works. You're welcome, Captain Obvious. And so too in the race that we're called to run until we cross into the finish line that has passed from this life into eternity, you have to stay on track. There's too many men. There's too many men that could have been used by God because I care about you, because I love you, because you're my brothers. There's been too many men that started to wander off, get out of lane and they got off track. God gave them an effective ministry. God gave them an amazing family and they've squandered it all. And I do not want to see that happen to you because I care about you and I love you. And I want to see you in heaven. And I want to see you live the life that God has called you to live on earth because he's created you for a plan and a purpose that only you can accomplish with the life that God has given to you. So stay on track. Don't lose sight of the finish line and stay in the lane that God has called you to run. You might say though, but Brennan, I didn't have a father that gave me the pattern in which my life was to be built upon. My dad wasn't one that went to church. My dad left our family. I never had a father to begin with or maybe you've been estranged from your father or your father has passed away. And you might say, Pastor Brennan, how can I pass this baton if I've never received the baton? I need to get the pattern to give the pattern. I want to close with this. You have a heavenly father that has given you the pattern to follow in writing in the word of God. Look at verse 19. It says, every part of this plan was given to me in writing from the hand of the Lord. Every part of the plan that God has for your life is given to you in writing in the word of God. The blueprints in which to build your life upon.  And you'll find in Psalm 68 verse five, God declaring he'll be a father to the fatherless. In Psalms 27 verse 10, when my father and mother forsake me, then the Lord will take care of me. And you'll find God will always be the heavenly father that will be the perfect example to you in your life in which to follow. As long as you model your life after Jesus Christ, you have the pattern to be the man that God has called you to be. So now here's the pattern. Here's the plan. Here's the blueprints. But like Solomon, here's a word for us all. You have to do it. Verse 20, David continued, be strong and courageous and do the work. Don't be afraid or discouraged for the Lord, God, my God is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. He will see to it that the work related to the temple of the Lord has finished correctly. God's going to give you what you need. And it's never too late to start becoming the men that God has called you to be. I've told pastor, I don't know if God can use me anymore. I don't know if God can use me. Well, what's your excuse? Saul, he was a Christian killer. Peter, he had a bad temper. Noah, he got drunk. Jacob, he was a cheater. David had an affair. Jonah ran from God. Gideon was insecure. Mariam, a Gossiper. Martha, a worrier. Thomas, a doubter. Sarah was impatient. Elijah was depressed. Moses stuttered. Zacchaeus was short. Abraham was old. Lazarus was dead. What is your excuse? If you take your life and you place it in God's hands and say, God, if you can take my life and you can use my life, God, I will be the example.   You Christian man, you give them the pattern and God is going to see them through.


Oh, we're live. Oh too much light Let's turn this way a little bit. There we go. Yeah. Yeah, you can see us. Hi guys What we're doing? We're standing in the backyard. Yeah, why are we standing in the backyard? Oh, let's go this way There we go. Look you keep there we go There we are So what are we doing? Well, we are watching for wind and Watching for our mouth. So we're supposed to be getting hit about two o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Yeah. Yeah So we're we've been doing shit all day trying to get ready and We have a video uploading it should be done here in about an hour because we got slow internet But we made a video a little earlier, so it should be ready in about an hour to view but We just wanted to let everyone know hey We're gonna ride this out no matter what. Yeah, we're riding it out.  So So we're just gonna stay here. I mean the house is blocked. It's got good hurricane straps up in the attic We should be okay We got you know backup power with the inverters batteries were set there We got plenty of food. We've got a way to cook. That's what the video is about Yeah, cool. Yeah Listen everybody that's down here with us man. Hang strong guys, you know, you gotta hang tough I know some people I've been watching me. They're a little nervous and everything they couldn't leave either but you nervous Bring it on Irma But no, I Didn't know you guys were from Florida Yeah, yeah, we're well actually I'm from Ohio. She's been in Florida I'm not Florida and I'm she's from Canada, but she moved to Florida when you was what 16. Yeah.  Whatever you do stay calm. I know it's gonna be hard You know, I can see you through this We know it's gonna be hard, but you know Just Hang tough guys, you know hang in there. Let's all be together through this and As long as there's internet, we've got power to operate the modem. So I won't get hit Where are you at? Yeah, where are you at? Because I won't get hit by it. Maybe some rain You must be on the east side. We're on the west side. Yeah, we're kind of more towards west The eye is going to be pretty close to where we're at Michigan. Oh, I guess you won't be But thanks for watching us That's good. Yeah, we don't get the snowstorms Yeah, but you guys yeah, Michigan you are gonna get some rain from this clear up in Ohio and But yeah, that's that's good.  It's the biggest one in history Yeah, now it's Biggest one in history. I've been through some but this is really bad.  She's freaking out today.  I'm showing her things, right And she's freaking out. Well, we gotta do this. We gotta do that.  She said, you don't want to know our only lamp I broke those shades To our inverter Broke the shade on I said now see That's what I'm talking about. Of course. I knew exactly what it was.  She's calm down now. We're still a little nervous, but she's calm I think everything's going to be all right. We got the corner garage. You got the truck out front kind of towards the house Uh, there's only a couple tree. We have a lot of trees around here, but there's only a couple I'm a little concerned about depending on which way the wind's blowing But uh, so and the strong trees around here will block some of The the wind from the house. So we should be okay. Like I said, it's a block house Uh, concrete floors. So we should be good. I'm more worried about tornadoes More than that. Well, I've been through a lot of tornadoes Never been in a tornado and really don't want to be in one Hurricanes. Well, I've been in some you know, we made it through it, but Tornadoes and this high wind that we're going to have I think this is going to be bad Yeah, but we're going to make it, you know, I'm sure there's going to be some flooding in our area We live by we're surrounded by lakes and uh Stuck in the wood Lake or the mud. Yeah in the mud. Yeah, I think they're talking about that shivvy. Oh Before my time. Yeah Yeah But um Yeah, but so anyway We just want to give you an update today. We're still hearing like I said as long as I started to say as long as the internet is good I will plug the motor man And we'll do a live thing or try to get if I can get live When this is really blowing out here I'm going to brave it. I'm going to come out she'll be in the house, but I'm I'm going to be outside not in the house And I'm going to come out and get some footage for you All right guys listen, we love you all and uh, hey, thanks for commenting and appreciate it uh be cool up there in michigan man and uh listen, uh Listen everybody especially the people that are down here man. Be safe. Hang tough. All right. We're gonna make this clear together, right? Of course. All right. Listen. We love you all You want to say goodbye?  Okay, so okay, stay safe. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thanks for commenting. Thanks for watching man Listen guys, we're out of here.  Monkey out Bye guys. Bye