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Many are seeing the US as an unsure bet on the future. Especially if they have a family. No Christian family wants all the DEI and sexual stuff they are pushing contrary to biblical teachings. They see Trump’s four year stint as possibly only a four year window of not pushing this stuff. Then the next four years someone else could completely reverse it. This looks unstable to a family. It’s the same in most of Europe or much worse with regard to LGBTQ agendas. In addition the blue cities are turning into wastelands of drugs and gangs. The homeless situation is out of control with entire tent cities. America is, in some areas, no longer a desirable place to live. Don’t shoot me here, do you know where some Americans and Europeans are going. Russia. Before you laugh at me co sided that Russia supports religious freedom and is against LGBTQ. People often equate them to the old Soviet Union. It isn’t. Very little crime and no cities ruined by liberal policies. Russia just made it easier for Americans and Europeans to get visas. No Russian required initially. It’s also has some very beautiful areas and the cost of living is lower. I’m not saying it’s perfect, but presently the trajectory of the future of the US and Europe in general is very uncertain, at least in many minds.

Exactly.

Maybe this will help someone else.

I am saddened by what's happening there. The same or similar was happening here for a long time. Many nations seem to have been placed in this position. I will pray things improve there.

Well…… not sure how many bikers we have here:) I rode 43 miles or 69 kilometers on this setup yesterday. A few factors that affected my range are a strong wind to fight in one direction, and mud most of the way. I was at about 15% battery when I arrived home. The extra battery greatly extended range and made for no range anxiety for me. I’ll post a few pics of my filthy bike. I was one muddy dude afterwards:)

Thanks Deb.

Thankfully things are beginning to thaw now. We are now in the 20's F. Good to see ypou drop by lpt.

This is a video I made with some really cool tools.The video takes us into the near future where there will still be plenty of "eating and drinking and marrying" under the domination of an evil leader. Need I say more?

I have not been out on the trail since this video as it became sub zero cold briefly and when the snow freezes it becomes more like cement, so I decided to ride a few of the roads around here.

Not the outcome I expected.

This is my first AI video. The character is a believer fighting the invisible battle, but of course I had to make it visible to see it so there's that:) The beginning is darker, but the end is a much better outcome. I feel our world is now stuck in that dark phase and we are to be beacons of light shining the love of Christ. And yet sometimes we have to fight that other battle that often ties into this world real in very real ways.

A Bunch of white stuff showed up here. How about you?

I don’t think it’s up to anyone else to tell us about the person we might be ministering to. Everyone is different. One of the fruits of the Spirit is patience. I am really beginning to dislike the hovering mentality we have here which may have served to ruin one recent situation. If a lost person is talking and asking, then keep talking, even if they are critical. And the way forums work isn’t condusive usually to focus unless there are only a few responders. The more responders there are the more splintered thoughts generally become which really just undermines some conversations. Now instead of one thought, they have to respond to multiple things which is a lot like multiple threads. God is the one who saves them and who brings them to that place and we are each led in how God wants us to do that. This is the problem with these things, everyone makes up a rule when there are different ways for different situations. And I haven’t had the same amount of time to be here, so I chose to focus on one task. Now I feel as if I can’t even do that anymore.

Good ideas Deb, thanks! I am attempting to use tags the algorithm recognizes. I have Amish neighbors but I don’t want to be creeping on them. I get some video here and there. The best time is when they go to church because more of their buggies are out:)

Thanks Deb. So far the rest of my body has proven to be as hard as my head:) lol! I’m not sure it’s possible to copy noobs brain, at least I hope not. One is enough. Being a southerner living in a place where it never snowed to this took me embracing and enjoying it to a point. Volcanic eruptions and other extreme events I leave off that list. :) Yes, slowly moving. Still I think it’s going to take awhile. My stats show the most interest in the video where I dropped my motorcycle, and the how to videos. In short, they don’t much care for my ride videos as much.

A few things I’ve learned about riding in the “snow”. When it gets below a certain temperature it’s no longer that soft fluffy stuff. It gets as hard as a rock. And on a bike trail that hasn’t been smoothed off it’s like riding over small rocks. So I was a little Sssssshhhhaken on this ride. 17 miles 27.36 kilometers mostly all in snow. On another recent ride my front wheel got caught in a frozen rut and I went down. The fall messed with my shifting linkage and I had a tough time making it back due to my shifting. Fixed now. Look for a future video where I will add another battery to the bike for more range;) Battery already ordered. I’ll void my warranty by hacking into the wiring to add a battery balancer:)

I recently wrote this music and decided to make a video of it.

I made this one on a ride last week.As I type this we are getting buried in snow here, so you might have guessed what’s next :) In this ride it was more casual. I didn’t push myself a lot. I experimented with some video effects. Look for a name change on my channels to more closely reflect the content and ‘hopefully’ pull in more listeners. Currently the algorithm has no idea what to do with me because content isn’t located to those looking. YouTube can be a lot of work to get right. The opening image is AI generated.

Thanks so much for this video Deb!

Yeas that was my dog under the table that made me jump :) Happy New Year! Thanks for joining the discussion with viole. I think we needed a woman's perspective. Well many thanks Deb!! I've been studying some analytics and realized I have been doing everything wrong. I am gradually getting it. I know what I need to do. I imagine there will still be some trial and error involved.

Great video!