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Tony and Ben's Mexico road trip ends with a car crash in Canada. Left with no car and no money, they embark on a hitchhiking race to the Jersey Shore. Whomever reaches the Atlantic last must buy the winner their replacement vehicle. Ben is well aware Tony usually bests him in their peculiar challenges. Financially strapped, Ben cannot afford to lose.Nearing the East Coast, Ben finds a ride with a lousy driving, blonde, blue-eyed female who makes him forget everything except that he has never been in love before.

My name is Tatum. This is the true story of the adventures of Bear, my pet hamster. Well, most of it..Bear left us, or so we thought, for two years, and came back so we could tell his story. The story is about resilience, diversity, and friendships that can be found in all walks of life. This is a story that helped bring us all back together and we hope you like it.

Being called to a position of leadership is an honor and also the task, especially if you are a woman. I recognize that I have been called to a position of leadership that requires me to share my personal experiences with developing into a woman of virtue. This is not something that has come easy because for much of my life, I neither understood the definition of virtue nor believed that I had the capacity to achieve it.I have been called to a work of breaking the cycles and break the chains to create women of virtue. This means I am going to be a nontraditional leader in the sense that the way God is using me may contradict much of the tradition that we have learned in the modern church. I am not the kind of leader who will sit quietly in disagreement when I hear someone teaching scripture incorrectly. Incorrect teaching almost cost me my life, literally. Because I had incorrect and incomplete teaching about the Word of God, I was left vulnerable. I found myself in a position of hopelessness. I was hopeless to the point that I wrote letters of apology to my family members for the way that I had failed them and then attempted suicide.You see, I spent my whole life trying to measure up, trying to be loved by others. I have been an overachieving child in hopes that it would change my relationships with my father and my mother. I later became an overachieving girlfriend who would do whatever my boyfriend asked me to do, just for the sake of feeling loved and accepted by him. Later, I grew into the overachieving, yet inexperienced wife. You would think that surviving the suicide attempt would have been something that brought me joy. But instead, it made me feel like even more of a failure.I believed that I could not even achieve this successfully. The fact that I felt hopeless enough to take such desperate actions would not seem so surprising for someone who didn't "know the Lord".At the age of 19, I accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior, believing that this singular act of surrender would transform my life and move me from the place of misery after the death of my mother. I was only 18 when she passed from cancer, at the tender age of 47.

As you read, you may wonder what moved me to write about such things as these to follow. You see, some time ago I discovered that it's the untold things in our lives that often contribute the most to who we've become. The untold stories, good and bad, have been used by God to mold me into the woman that I am today.In this book, unsung heroes will be recognized, villains will be exposed, and ALL will be forgiven. Letting go of my past and forgiving me was the hardest thing I ever had to do.I used to believe that what others said, thought or felt about me defined my worth and my destiny. I've come to understand that the key to my health, my sanity, and my blessings all lay in my obedience to God. I hope that you can learn from my stories and experiences and find your own path to obedience. The true stories to follow are being shared for the making of a woman somewhere that has no idea that your mess can become her ministry and the fuel that propels you into excellence. No matter what you've been through or what you've done because of it, you are worthy of being loved, worthy of respect, and you do indeed have a purpose for being here. I am stepping into a very vulnerable position to share things that may cause you to judge me. If you feel tempted to judge, remember that God is faithful and just to forgive. I would ask you to show me some grace as well. For the reader who can identify with any part of my life, be encouraged. God is not finished with you yet. Your purpose is meant to help others. Just trust Him.

Adam Hawk, US Marshal, Volume 2Adam arrived in Mexico to visit with his Uncle Carlos.He was involved in cattle rustling, attempted murder, and kidnapping.Follow Adam as he teams up with his cousin, Steven Mathews and stop Senior Rodrigues from cattle rustling and using the people of the town as he pleases. Adam learns to fight and sees his cousin in a new light. "The Measure Of A Man Is In His Acts."Adam is a prisoner at Senior Rodriguez Hacienda. He has to depend on his cousin Steven Mathews, his Uncle Carlos and Uncle Barry to rescue him.Steven meets Carlos'' daughter Lola and he is lost for his love for her. Steven knows that Carlos would never let his daughter be with him so he works to get Senior Rodriguez out of Mexico and save Adam.Adam spends 6 months with his Uncle Carlos and rides back to Northern California. He meets challenges along the way and Mathew Edwards. A dandy from back east and as Mathew travels to California with Adam they encounter outlaws and killers along the way.Join them as they travel the west to California.Mathew confronts his stepbrother Jonas, finds a family that accepts him in Robert, Jasmine, and Dan.

Three stories of finding love. Love Me Love Me Not              Kristine dries her hands on her apron. She was finished with the lunch menu. She walked out back of the saloon and sat on a bench under a tree. She heard a sound and saw little Mathew. She smiled at him and he ran to her crying. "Pa is sick like Mas was." Kristine picked up Mathew and ran with him to the Mercantile. Mathew''s father owned the store. She ran upstairs and entered his room slowly. The next three days were tending him, cooking for the saloon, and sleeping when she could.Love Finds A Giving Heart              Sarah and her wards were on their way to Colorado. Her Uncle had taken her inheritance and married her by proxy to Mr. Jason Marshall in Colorado. She was on her way to see him and ... well, she did not know what was going to happen. She would find out when she arrived. She was going to take care of Susan, Samuel, Mark, and Calvin. She had not planned on caring for Jason Marshall and working for him on his ranch.We Are In It TogetherSamantha Marion and Sally Marie were identical twins but that was all. Sally took care of the house while Sam took care of the ranch.Their father signed a marriage contract with S. M. Nelson''s signature. The question was which one was married to Larry Carruthers. Who killed their father, who was trying to kill Sam? Their grandmother left them a message before she was killed. "They will kill you, like they killed me."  We see love, we watch love but it never comes our way.We long for it, want it but do not expect it to happen today.We have strong feelings, we feel it is on its way.But it is gone and then we feel and think what is there to say?We thought we felt it or were we just looking for it in our dismay?We see it, feel it, and dismiss it because they go away.They return and we see them, watch them, and pray.We see them coming and the feelings are strong, but will they stay?They are holding us close, we see the love and our heart will obey.Finding Love, Holding Love, Love will Find a Way.

Alejandro Hawk, Taming Border Towns and The Long Ride Home, met Adam Mathews in a town where the townspeople would not stand up to the outlaws that would come into the town and kill the citizens and rob them.Adam was 12 at the time and several other boys his age, fought off the outlaws with the Hawk. Adam''s father was an outlaw wanted for murder, cattle rustling and bank robbery. He was killed by US Marshals a year earlier. Adam''s mother died around the same time. He was leaving town, that did not want him because of who his father was, when Hawk caught up with him and asked him to come to their ranch in northern California as Hawk''s son.Adam was surprised and smiled. "I will make you proud." Hawk hugged Adam and they left the next day for home.Please read the Long Ride Home to find out more about how Adam became a part of the Hawk family.After a year on the ranch Hawk received a telegram from a US Marshal that he needed the Hawk''s help.Adam was 14 now and was tall for his age and did not look like he was 14. He went instead and that started Adam on his adventures.Follow Adam and the Hawk family through this 20-book series as they help fight off cattle rustlers, bank robbers and outlaws that wanted to take over the towns and control the west.Adam remembered the psalm that his Mother read to him. This is what drives him and the Hawk family.There is a verse in Psalm 12 that reads: ''Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will protect them from those who malign them.''

Dr. Richard S. Beal Jr. was my dad. A year or so before he died, he handed me his autobiography, the first draft of a book about his life, and asked me to publish it and pass it on to the family. As I read his notes and stories, I realized it was not unlike a graduate level textbook, easy for some to read but not for most of us. Considerable editing would be required.I also realized there were gaps. Large time periods had been omitted from his life which I thought would be of interest to a reader and should be included. Some of these gaps, I guessed, were perhaps too painful to address. I suspect some gaps indicated a different frame of mind, suggesting he was simply not interested in it or he had forgotten because it was dull. He was the graduate dean at Northern Arizona University for 20 years. You would think he would have a great deal to say about that time in his life, but he did not. His memory of administrative work at NAU consisted of pushing papers and attending meetings. He found joy and satisfaction outside, in nature, collecting insects and understanding more of God''s creation. I recalled some stories about NAU''s President, Dr. Walkup, his boss whom he admired greatly, and other interesting quips I heard at the dinner table. Dr. Walkup used to drop by and visit once a month or so. I also remembered many quiet conversations with Dad as well as many stories of adventure and discovery that simply had to be in such a book as this.The gaps in the book were written by me. They are my memories of living with him, as well as a few stories from others. Some of my memories are of conversations while sitting on his office floor at our house. There were conversations in the desert while camping out in sleeping bags, conversations at the dinner table and conversations in the car. Other memories consist of what I saw and learned about him for over 60 years. Much of the time he was turning over rocks, pulling bark off dead pine trees, looking under cow pies, pulling swallow nests out from under high bridges, finding aquatic insects, sitting in church, driving in the forest, camping, hiking, leading boy scouts, and more.When you read this book, you will first notice it is not in a perfect timeline. The first chapter tells you what my life with Dr. Richard S. Beal Jr. looked like growing up, accompanied by plenty of adventure and fun. The next chapters consist of his early life and are broken into categories like growing up in Tucson, snakes and zoology, Boy Scouts, homelife, pets and vacations, dating, education, and more adventure. You will see what life was like living in early Tucson before and during the great depression.The book brings you interesting people he and my mother, Billie, meet along the way like Virgil Partch, Bishop John Taylor Smith, John Dillinger, Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer, Bernard Ramm, Jim Rayburn, Dr. Harry Ironside, Dr. Harold Ockenga, Dr. Robert Snodgrass, and Dr. Carl Armerding to name a few. After my Mother died, Dad remarried for the remaining 27 years of his life and made it all the way to the ripe old age of 98. It seemed as if the end of his life was just as, or even more productive, than the beginning, but you should decide that.I also included some addendum''s at the end you might find interesting or helpful in understanding who he was and how he thought. I briefly prefaced each of his actual writings about Christian faith, atheism, and the Biblical account of the flood from the book of Genesis. After leaving NAU, he was deeply concerned with how Christian college students would keep their faith in such a faithless environment. He felt that few of them were well prepared. In Dad''s view, they didn''t know their Bible or have much understanding of science. This concern prompted the insertion of the addendum''s.

Alex Winslow was born Alexandria Winslow. Alisha was Alex''s twin sister. Jake Winslow wanted a son not two daughters.Alexandria became Alex, Jake''s son. Alex liked being Alex. Riding, roping and being on the range. When Alex was 17 she was on a cattle drive taking 100 head of cattle to the Mexican border. She was shot during a cattle rustling raid and fell down a ravine and hit her head. She was found and taken to a Mexican village where Rosa helped her get well.Alex''s memory was lost. In search of her memory she became Alejandro Hawk. She had a clean slate, and she became who she was and wanted to be. No one telling her who or what she was.She gained a reputation, and no one thought that she was other than what she presented. She was Alejandro Hawk. After being a Marshal on the border and taming towns on both sides for four years she finally remembered who she was. Alex Winslow.Book 2 in the Series: Hawk: The Long Ride HomeHawk has regained her memory and is heading home. Along the way she tames more towns and adopts a couple of sons. James and Adam Hawk. When she reaches home there are many things to do before she can settle down to a peaceful home coming.She is hoping this is the last town she has to tame.She has become a legend. Can a legend settle down into peace and calm?

This is the story of little Gracie, 6 years old, when she took her first boat ride in the little Red Dinghy with her grandfather.These rides through the years made a huge impact on her life and she tells the story of their adventures.Her grandfather is the light of her life but when he has dementia it changes her whole world.

Matching Stars is set in India, in the bustling maze-like city of Ahmedabad. It begins in the year 2005 when two strangers—Mayuri and Raag—enter an equation set by their matching stars.Mayuri is a young and witty girl, an engineering student, living in Ahmedabad. Regardless of being born and raised in a strictly traditional family where most of her life decisions are either influenced or chosen by her parents, she is in search of finding her niche in the world she thinks has endless possibilities. Raag is a handsome young man, born in India, who lives in the United States and works at an IT firm. He is smart, talented, and an only child to a single mother. Raag’s poised persona and high thinking can melt the coldest of hearts. What brings these two strangers together is their matching stars, a process that some Indian families follow before an arranged marriage. If two people are to have a happy married life, their stars must match and fortunately Raag and Mayuri are a perfect match based on their stars. This is a story of the possibility of their life together amid hurdles such as oceans of distance between them, Mayuri’s seeking for more than what is planned for her, the strict traditional culture that binds her within the boundaries of predefined norms, and Raag’s dreams. Though bound by the social norms, Mayuri has her own ways to break free from them and writing her own adventure tale. Being a headstrong woman, we have our own fair share of struggles, and so does Mayuri. This is a story that makes you wonder about the magic of love, the secret bond two people share, and the elixir of life. 

I hope this book is as interesting for you to read as it was for me to write.  I think all of the “How to” manuals were written by men who had been riding for years.  I thought this would be a different perspective.As you can see looking through the pages starting at the front of the book are the driving lessons and if you turn the book upside down and start at the back of the book you will find my actual experiences and practices. REMEMBER – if I can do it, you can do it.The life experiences for the lessons are separate from the lesson plans so as not to sway you one way or the another before you go out and practice.  Don’t get discouraged.  Please wait until after your practice to read my actual experience.  You might be surprised.Your lesson probably will be better then you thought.  It has to go better than mine.  

 Sara Marie Drake is accused and found guilty of murdering one, Greg Martin. She escapes on her way to prison and after two years of hiding from the men after her she is offered a job in Australia.She meets Ashton McCormick while in Australia, falls in love with him. She knows he wants answers but if she tells him the truth she fears he will turn her in to the police. Though a turn of events she tells him. He does not turn her into the police but marries her and takes her to his ranch for protection.Ashton’s Lawyer, John Jameson and his friend, Ron Justin, team up to prove Marie’s innocence. John discovers that Marie’s brothers, Jayson and Charles have been gathering evidence on the witnesses and get a hold of the transcript of the trial for John Jameson.It takes a year from the time Marie arrives at Ashton’s ranch until all charges against her are dropped. Through this year the story takes the characters though twists and turns Australia, Italy and England. It is not over until it is over.

God's word states, "It is not good for man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him" (Genesis 2:18, NIV).Ladies, often times we seek out personal desires to satisfy our flesh, overlooking our spiritual and mental needs, which allow us to flourish and grow into healthy individuals, which lead to healthy relationships. "God, Where is My Man" was written to encourage, build self-worth and value for every woman, regardless of their negative past relationships or the opinion of others. Knowing and trusting God is the foundation for life. God's plan is best for you and that includes the man that will love you like Christ loves the church.

When you keep sin in the dark it grows. When you put it in the light it dies. Living pure in a fallen tolerant world is a life decision we all need to make.It is crazy at how simple it is to justify sin. It is crazy at how simple it is to give into temptation.Dan Kapenga boldly dives into Biblical principles and life examples of how to stand for purity and follow God's roadmap in 'How to Live Pure in an Impure World.'Dan shares his personal battle with lust and how this sin impacted his life and his walk with Christ.Dan is vulnerable and passionate about living PURE for God.