Kelly Jo & A California Celebrity

It has been a while since we posted any pictures of Kelly Jo and a celebrity. One reason is that she has been trying to keep a low profile. There are so many celebrities and wannabes out here on the left coast with paparazzi taking pictures all the time. Kelly Jo doesn't want to draw attention to herself so she has been avoiding posing for pictures with genuine famous people.

However she could not resist a picture with the World's Largest Dancing Raisin. He hails from Selma, California and we saw him in the Spike & Rail Restaurant there. KJ said he was sweet as could be even if his humor was a little dry.

Until next time...

Davy

Hanford Fellowship Meeting

As you can see I have a new app on my phone that makes a collage. I'm practicing on you. These are pictures of the Hanford meeting.

This week we have attended four out of the five services of the Hanford Fellowship meeting. It was good to see the folks from Victory Holiness in Hanford and from the fellowshipping churches as well. Bro. Rocky Kirk from Ohio preached the nights, Bro. Doug Cornett from Ohio preached the days and I preached a morning myself. I would say they have had enough Ohio preaching to do them for a while.

On our first trip out here in 1992 I preached one night of the Hanford meeting and a revival too. Bro. Garmen was the Pastor then and he and his family have sure been our friends in the years since. It was great to be a part of the meeting again.

We are working on getting a newsletter out tomorrow so I will try to post it here as well. God bless.

Davy

More About Raisins!

A little more about Raisins if you please. Yesterday we stopped at the Sun-Maid factory store. It is a fascinating place. We learned a bunch about their history and the making of Raisins. The pictures are of the boxes of Sun-Maid raisins through the years and the worlds largest raisin box which is displayed outside. It is twelve foot tall and held 16,500 pounds of raisins when it was built.

We read in a brochure that the grapes lay in the sun two to three weeks before they are rolled into bundles. They remain in the bundles several more days before they are taken out of the field to the processing plant. They said that four pounds of fresh grapes yield about one pound of raisins.

We also read that 95% of the raisins produced in California are made from Thompson seedless grapes grown in the San Joaquin Valley. All I have to do is look around at all the fields of grapes and I believe it.

We also bought some different varieties of dried fruit that they produce in the plant. My favorite is the Dark Chocolate Yogurt Raisins. Wow! Those are good! Well, so much for raisins. I think I'll have another handful.

Davy