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Robert, In 20 minutes it will be exactly 1 whole day before I get to see you. I am so excited. You said you wanted to be an actor at one point in time. I am glad you never became one though. If you had become a good one, and I am certain that you would have been, you probably wouldn't have come to Weber. Oh-h-h-h, Thank you for the poem, I always love to challenge my Deutsch. Today in institute we were talking about the first chapter in Thessalonians. Actually we never made it past verse 9. We will HAVE to take one of his classes together. I asked when the schedules come out and they arrive the 8th of August, so I will get one and we can take a class together in the Fall, along with going to the gym together, going to church together and doing our homework together. I have a feeling I will be seeing a lot of you. I am not complaining, I have to get my fill of you before you leave again. Anyway, back to the subject. We were talking about how the early saints misinterpreted some of Paul's teachings and expected Christ to come then. We also applied it to our day. Then Paul describes the coming as to a woman that is pregnant. We know that it is going to happen, but we don't know the exact day or hour. Guess what I thought of. Here is an interesting quote from his handout (it is rather long, but enjoy it): "Do we know when Christ shall come again, to take vengeance on the ungodly and to reign on earth in love and peace for the space of a thousand years? It is generally assumed we do not have any such information as athis, that such has not and will not be revealed. The fact is, we do know -- that is, we know the approximate time, shall we say, the generation of his return. "Paul's illustration here is perfect. The Second Coming is compared to a woman about to give birth to a child. She does not know the hour or the minute of the child's arrival, but she does know the approximate time. There are signs which precede and presage the promised arrival. And so it is with our Lord's coming. [and your asking me to marry you] He shall come as a thief in the night, unexpectedly and without warning, to the world, to those who are in spiritual darkness, to those who are not enlightened by the power of the Spirit. But his coming shall not overtake the saints as a thief, for they know and understand the signs of the times. "When shall this promised generation be? It is clear that nearly all of the foregoing has already transpired, and our revelation says that `the great and dreadful day of the Lord is near, even at the dorrs.'" "True it is that the day and hour of our Lord's coming are and will remain unknown, such being an incentive to all to watch and be ready at all times. But true it also is that those who watch for that great and dreadful day are expected to read the signs of the times so as to know the approximate time of his coming. I think that this applies to you and I in a lot of ways. Our marriage is coming and you and I will both be watching for those signs. This will be a great day as we prepare, but if we are not ready than in will be dreadful. Others will also watch and will not see the signs of our commitment (Tim). Many signs will come, such as a ring and a proposal, and we are patient, or should be patient, for them to occur. The righteous will come about in their own due time. I am sorry, it probably sounds as if I was preaching to you. I wasn't. I just heard Bro. Valetta quote this and I absolutely loved it (probably because it made me think of you) and I wanted to pass it on to you. I love you. I am going to attend to more messages that I have received from you. There are 9. I will more than likely get to at least half of them. I love you and hopefully I will leave plenty of interesting mail for you. Love eternally, Wanda