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		<title>10 Stupid Lessons I’ve Learned In Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can&#8217;t iron your shirt while it&#8217;s still on your body without burning yourself. Took me twice to learn this one. Never have a cup of hot coffee between your legs when you&#8217;re being rude to your mother. God will see your error, cause you to spill your coffee and punish you with what I [...]]]></description>
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<li>You can&#8217;t iron your shirt while it&#8217;s still on your body without burning yourself. Took me twice to learn this one.<a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/main.dunce_.jpg.html.jpeg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4264" title="main.dunce.jpg.html" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/main.dunce_.jpg.html-136x300.jpg" alt="" width="136" height="300" /></a></li>
<li>Never have a cup of hot coffee between your legs when you&#8217;re being rude to your mother. God will see your error, cause you to spill your coffee and punish you with what I now call the &#8220;hot-crotch!&#8221;</li>
<li>You can&#8217;t use dishwashing liquid in the dishwasher.</li>
<li>Tricking your soon-to-be wife into eating something <em>very</em> spicy is not nearly as funny as you think it will be.</li>
<li>Make sure you understand the joke before you repeat it to everyone at church, because it may be a dirty joke.</li>
<li>When sending <a href="http://www.treymorgan.net/2008/09/embarrassing-moment.html">a HIGHLY suggestive text message </a>to your wife, make sure you&#8217;ve correctly addressed it to your wife and not one of your son&#8217;s high school friends. Sheesh!</li>
<li>If you&#8217;re going to shoot your little brother in the back with your sling shot, make sure you have a better explanation to mom than, <em>&#8220;I was trying to kill a bee that had landed on his back.&#8221;</em></li>
<li>Before zipping out of your bedroom in your boxers, first make sure the babysitter hasn&#8217;t arrived.</li>
<li>Wrinkling your forehead and asking your wife, <em>&#8220;You&#8217;re going to wear THOSE shoes?&#8221;</em> always puts you in the dog house.</li>
<li>When at a church youth function and a mother says to you, <em>&#8220;You&#8217;re supposed to be the adult out here, and if you guys don&#8217;t quit shooting fireworks at each other, someone&#8217;s going to get an eye put out,&#8221;</em> karma will immediately take over and it will happen exactly like the mother says.</li>
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<p>What&#8217;s a stupid lesson you&#8217;ve learned in life?</p>
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		<title>3 Months From Today It Happens…</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dump Day]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dump Day 2012 is three months from today (May 2nd). For the past three years we&#8217;ve helped raised money for the ministry that takes place at the dump in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Dump Day 2012 is necessary to replenish the dump fund because the dump fund provides&#8230; Weekly feedings (a hot meal) at the dump. In [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><div class='shareaholic-like-buttonset' style='float:none;height:30px;'><a class='shareaholic-fblike' data-shr_layout='button_count' data-shr_showfaces='false' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Ftreymorgan.net%2F3-months-from-today-it-happens%2F' data-shr_title='3+Months+From+Today+It+Happens...'></a><a class='shareaholic-fbsend' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Ftreymorgan.net%2F3-months-from-today-it-happens%2F'></a></div><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>Dump Day 2012 is three months from today (May 2nd). For the past three years we&#8217;ve helped raised money for the ministry that takes place at the dump in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Dump Day 2012 is necessary to replenish the dump fund because the dump fund provides&#8230;</p>
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<li>Weekly feedings (a hot meal) at the dump.</li>
<li>In the summer when mission teams are there we do several feedings per week.</li>
<li>This past year a small scholarship was given to a graduate from a local school that&#8217;s in a very poor community just outside the dump. Many of the kids from this community grow up going to the dump and working there. Our goal is to encourage them to finish school (the best change for their future).</li>
<li>The dump fund provides much of the annual Jesus Banquet where the poorest of the poor are served.</li>
<li>The dump fund helps sponsor a day care just outside the dump so parents won&#8217;t take their children into the dump.  Some of the additional things provided for the day care this year was formula, beds, kitchen equipment, etc.</li>
<li>One of the things I LOVE is that Marc Tindall uses dump fund to provide several ladies at the dump with milk for the babies. Marc generally tells them, &#8220;If you won&#8217;t bring your baby to the dump, I&#8217;ll help provide you milk,&#8221; an essential for a newborn.</li>
<li>Throughout the year there are needed medical expenses for people from the dump. A $15 antibiotic, which a person from the dump can&#8217;t afford, can sometimes make a difference between life and death.</li>
<li>One of the things your past donations helped with was a young boy named Oscar whose leg was run over by a truck at the dump. The hospital said they were going to amputate Oscar&#8217;s leg because he could not afford $400 worth of pins to fix the leg. The dump fund covered the pins. We also helped a lady named Brenda with a c-section and young man who was hit by a truck.</li>
</ul>
<p>These are just a few of the things that we used the dump fund for last year. There were many others. We&#8217;d love to help with a project at Buen Samaritano (the small community where many of the dump workers live) by providing water, school supplies, medical needs, etc.</p>
<p>Please pray about Dump Day 2012 that will take place on May 2nd.  We&#8217;ll be having a 24 hour fast as well that day.  Thanks so much for ALL your help with the ministry at the dump.</p>
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		<title>Honduras Summer Mission Trip 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to let you know some details on our summer mission trip to Honduras. We&#8217;ll be building houses, feeding the hungry, serving food to those in the dump, doing medical clinics &#8230; and MUCH more. DATES: The dates are June 29th &#8211; July 6th and flights are already booked. COST: $1600.00 If you want more [...]]]></description>
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<p>Just wanted to let you know some details on our summer mission trip to Honduras. We&#8217;ll be building houses, feeding the hungry, serving food to those in the dump, doing medical clinics &#8230; and MUCH more.</p>
<p><strong>DATES:</strong> The dates are June 29th &#8211; July 6th and flights are already booked.</p>
<p><strong>COST:</strong> $1600.00</p>
<p>If you want more information about this trip please feel free to contact me. OR If you&#8217;d like to go on this trip and reserve a seat for yourself, I NEED A $100 non-refundable deposit anytime. The airline makes us add a name to each seat and we&#8217;re allowed to hold it for the $100 deposit.</p>
<p>ALSO, when you give me your $100 deposit &#8230; YOU MUST INCLUDE your full name, your full birthday, AND your passport number (if you have it). Email me at the address on this website and I&#8217;ll send you the address and all the information.</p>
<p>Any questions?</p>
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		<title>I Dropped This Hint To My Wife … And I’m LOVING It.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, I must make a confession &#8230; I&#8217;m on Pinterest (find me here). Yes, to my men friends &#8230; you may want to take my man-card, BUT to this point &#8230; Pinterest has been pretty good to me. Let me explain&#8230; Towards the end of the year, my wife was spending a lot of time [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><div class='shareaholic-like-buttonset' style='float:none;height:30px;'><a class='shareaholic-fblike' data-shr_layout='button_count' data-shr_showfaces='false' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Ftreymorgan.net%2Fi-dropped-this-hint-to-my-wife-and-im-loving-it%2F' data-shr_title='I+Dropped+This+Hint+To+My+Wife+...+And+I%27m+LOVING+It.+'></a><a class='shareaholic-fbsend' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Ftreymorgan.net%2Fi-dropped-this-hint-to-my-wife-and-im-loving-it%2F'></a></div><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>First, I must make a confession &#8230; I&#8217;m on Pinterest (<a href="http://pinterest.com/treymorgan/">find me here</a>). Yes, to my men friends &#8230; you may want to take my man-card, BUT to this point &#8230; Pinterest has been pretty good to me. Let me explain&#8230;</p>
<p>Towards the end of the year, my wife was spending a lot of time on Pinterest and finding new ideas, recipes, and other things on it so I had to see what Pinterest was. If she found something that interesting, I wanted to know what it was. After looking around on Pinterest, I realized it was a female-dominated website that I thought I might bring a little testosterone to. So I joined. After joining, I&#8217;ve enjoyed &#8220;pinning&#8221; <a href="http://pinterest.com/treymorgan/man-stuff/">man-stuff, </a>running stuff and other things that deal with hobbies of mine. I also noticed that Pinterest had a lot of things that dealt with marriage (of which I&#8217;m very outspoken).</p>
<p>I soon found an idea on Pinterest that had to do with a year of romance and monthly dates. I quickly showed it to Lea and said, &#8220;Hint, hint.&#8221; She took the idea and ran with it.  This morning I got up and found this by my coffee pot. It&#8217;s a folder full of ideas, plans and fun for the month of January.</p>
<p><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo-71.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4229" title="photo-7" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo-71-224x300.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>There will be a envelope showing up each month that contains pre-planned activities just for us. Some dates will take place at home, some out on the town.  All 12 envelopes are different. Here&#8217;s a little of the contents from this month.</p>
<p><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo-8.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4230" title="photo-8" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo-8-224x300.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>I love it when Lea is willing to be proactive in our marriage. If you&#8217;d like more information on the envelope system, where it came from, how to get it, etc &#8230; you can <a href="http://shannonbrown.typepad.com/life_in_general/2011/01/lets-go-on-a-date-january.html">CLICK HERE </a>and it will take you to the site where we found them.  Lea also joined <a href="http://www.romanticmarriages.com/love2romance_3.html">The Loving Wive&#8217;s Club here</a>, which gives creative ideas and printables each month.</p>
<p><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/257127459944704788_TtpsNyjy_c.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4231" title="257127459944704788_TtpsNyjy_c" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/257127459944704788_TtpsNyjy_c-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>Try it out. Bless your marriage. Be proactive <img src='http://treymorgan.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Intimacy Killers in Marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intimacy is both physical and emotional closeness in marriage. Being physically intimate is what leads to emotional intimacy and is what God talked about in Genesis 2 when he said, &#8220;&#8230; and the two (husband &#38; wife) shall become one flesh.&#8221; Intimacy should be one of the strengths and cornerstones of your marriage. One of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><div class='shareaholic-like-buttonset' style='float:none;height:30px;'><a class='shareaholic-fblike' data-shr_layout='button_count' data-shr_showfaces='false' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Ftreymorgan.net%2Fintimacy-killers-in-marriage%2F' data-shr_title='Intimacy+Killers+in+Marriage+'></a><a class='shareaholic-fbsend' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Ftreymorgan.net%2Fintimacy-killers-in-marriage%2F'></a></div><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/nophysicalintimacy.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4220" title="nophysicalintimacy" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/nophysicalintimacy-300x201.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="201" /></a>Intimacy is both physical and emotional closeness in marriage. Being physically intimate is what leads to emotional intimacy and is what God talked about in Genesis 2 when he said, &#8220;&#8230; and the two (husband &amp; wife) shall become one flesh.&#8221; Intimacy should be one of the strengths and cornerstones of your marriage. One of the struggles of our marriages is how to keep intimacy strong and how to keep intimacy killers out of your marriage.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The &#8220;serious&#8221; intimacy killers that do the most damage are things like&#8230;</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">lying</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">technology</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">loss of trust </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">inability to express your needs and feelings</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">not listening </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">daily separate lives</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">being self-centered</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">angry arguments</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">lack of touch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">lack of time</span></li>
</ol>
<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Lea and I always laugh and say that our 10 biggest intimacy killers are the following &#8230;</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Children</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Kids</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Offspring</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Babies (Thankfully we&#8217;re past this.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Toddlers (Past this one, too)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Pre-teens</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Teenagers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Niños (if you speak Spanish)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Taylor, Parker, Connor &amp; Cooper </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Yes, you guessed it, children.</span></li>
</ol>
<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Okay, just so you know, we do believe our children are blessings in our lives and not burdens. We love our children with all our hearts, but at the same time, we work extra hard to have &#8220;us&#8221; time in our marriage. Here are a few things that have helped with the &#8220;children&#8221; intimacy killers &#8230; </span></p>
<ul>
<li>We work hard to eat together by ourselves several times a week.</li>
<li>We have a lock on our bedroom door.</li>
<li>We&#8217;ve always encouraged our children to sleep in their own beds &#8230; not in ours.</li>
<li>After our children leave for school, we take a little time every morning to drink a cup of coffee together.</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Those are just little things &#8230; but very important things. God is sure good to me to put Lea in my life. I definitely married up!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I&#8217;m curious &#8230; does your &#8220;intimacy killers&#8221; list resembled ours?</span></p>
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		<title>Skinny Dip’n at the Neighbors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was riding around with my two youngest boys a while back when they said &#8230; &#8220;Dad, can we get a hot tub &#8230; we never get to hot tub?&#8221; My response was, &#8220;Boys, we don&#8217;t need a hot tub &#8230; we&#8217;ve got something better &#8230; we&#8217;ve got friends with hot tubs. Wanna go right [...]]]></description>
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<p>I was riding around with my two youngest boys a while back when they said &#8230;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Dad, can we get a hot tub &#8230; we never get to hot tub?&#8221;</em></p>
<p>My response was, <em>&#8220;Boys, we don&#8217;t need a hot tub &#8230; we&#8217;ve got something better &#8230; we&#8217;ve got friends with hot tubs. Wanna go right now? The &#8216;Smiths&#8217; are out of town until tomorrow and they&#8217;ve said we&#8217;re welcome to come anytime.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;Dad,&#8221;</em> they said, <em>&#8220;That&#8217;s an awesome idea, let&#8217;s go get our suits,&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Thinking it&#8217;d be fun to teach my boys a bit about my childhood &#8230; I responded with confidence, <em>&#8220;Boys, when I was a kid and we found a swimming hole, we&#8217;d just strip down and go. We don&#8217;t need a swimming suit &#8230; besides its almost dark and I&#8217;m not going all away across town for suits when we are 2 blocks away.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>A little apprehensive, they said, <em>&#8220;You sure, Dad?&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;Sure,&#8221;</em> I said, <em>&#8220;No worries.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>A few minutes later we were enjoying a nice relaxing tub when &#8230; you guessed it &#8230; out the back door walks &#8220;Ms Smith.&#8221; Yip, they decided to come home a day early from their vacation.</p>
<p>I just hope my boys learned a valuable lesson that day &#8230; don&#8217;t listen to Dad when it comes to things like skinny dipping.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>What Do You Feed a Bunch of Texas Kids? How About 135 Biscuits!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Morgan family had a great Christmas break. Two full weeks of playing, eating, visiting and having fun. As my kids get older, I&#8217;m beginning to realize that what makes Christmas special is not the gifts, but everyone getting to be home.  We were blessed to get to have Taylor home for a full 16 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><div class='shareaholic-like-buttonset' style='float:none;height:30px;'><a class='shareaholic-fblike' data-shr_layout='button_count' data-shr_showfaces='false' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Ftreymorgan.net%2Fwhat-do-you-feed-a-bunch-of-texas-kids-how-about-135-biscuits%2F' data-shr_title='What+Do+You+Feed+a+Bunch+of+Texas+Kids%3F+How+About+135+Biscuits%21+'></a><a class='shareaholic-fbsend' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Ftreymorgan.net%2Fwhat-do-you-feed-a-bunch-of-texas-kids-how-about-135-biscuits%2F'></a></div><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>The Morgan family had a great Christmas break. Two full weeks of playing, eating, visiting and having fun. As my kids get older, I&#8217;m beginning to realize that what makes Christmas special is not the gifts, but everyone getting to be home.  We were blessed to get to have Taylor home for a full 16 days &#8230; and we enjoyed every minute.  Tomorrow we take him back to the airport so he can go back to basic training for another 8 weeks. Here are a few pictures&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_1738.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4203" title="IMG_1738" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_1738-224x300.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Everyone enjoyed having Taylor home for Christmas.</p>
<p><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_1784.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4200" title="IMG_1784" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_1784-224x300.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">We had lots of company during the holidays. Taylor&#8217;s and Parker&#8217;s friends were all over and they asked that I fix them biscuits and sausage gravy for supper one night.  When you&#8217;re feeding a bunch of hungry 20 year olds &#8230; you better have a lot.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Two big pans of sausage gravy.</p>
<p><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_1786.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4202" title="IMG_1786" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG_1786-300x224.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">They cleaned up 135 biscuits.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I hope your holidays were good too. Many blessings &#8230; ~ Trey</p>
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		<title>10 Marriage Resolutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spend more time together. Make a commitment to spend more time together this year. One of the best things you can do is commit to a weekly date night with your spouse. This may take you sitting down together with your spouse and planning out your schedule. Brag on your spouse regularly. Any old lame [...]]]></description>
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<li><strong>Spend more time together.</strong> Make a commitment to spend more time together this year. One of the best things you can do is commit to a weekly date night with your spouse. This may take you sitting down together with your spouse and planning out your schedule.</li>
<li><strong>Brag on your spouse regularly.</strong> Any old lame critic can pick out someone&#8217;s faults; instead focus on pointing out your spouse&#8217;s strengths.</li>
<li><strong>Be more sexual.</strong> Touch, flirt, hug and have sex together. Make your marriage sizzle, and as one author put it, <em>&#8220;A married couple&#8217;s sex-life is a great measuring stick of how their relationship is doing.&#8221; </em>A healthy sex-life most often equals a healthy marriage. A wise wife will MAKE the time to do this &#8230; the foolish wife will just WISH there was more time for this to happen.</li>
<li><strong>Pray together.</strong> Men, this is where you MUST step up and be a man. Take the lead on this and do it. Your wife will love you for it.</li>
<li><strong>Don&#8217;t be historical.</strong> Fight fair. Don&#8217;t bring up past hurts and things you&#8217;ve already forgiven your spouse of.</li>
<li><strong>Check in.</strong> It&#8217;s respectful to check with your spouse and let them know where you are, what you are doing and when you might be home.</li>
<li><strong>Have one meal a day together.</strong> Turn off the electronics and just visit with your spouse and your children.</li>
<li><strong>Don&#8217;t go to bed angry with one another.</strong> Simple enough.</li>
<li><strong>Love Biblically.</strong><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2013:4-7&amp;version=NIV">Here&#8217;s where you find</a> the definition of love &#8230; Biblically.</li>
<li><strong>Forgive.</strong> The key to being successful in real estate is location, location, location. The key to being successful in marriage is forgiveness, forgiveness, forgiveness. Marriage is made up of two imperfect faulty people. We make mistakes &#8230; so learn to forgive.</li>
</ol>
<p>If it&#8217;s alright &#8230; I suggest you pick 2-3 that you are NOT already doing and start doing them this year.  Bless your marriage.</p>
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		<title>MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE MORGAN’S 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘Twas the night before Christmas and up before the sun, was Trey Morgan to get his morning run. The rest of us Morgan’s were all snug in our beds, while visions of the World Series still danced in our heads. The year 2011 brought lots of change and fun, and the Morgan Family found themselves always on the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><div class='shareaholic-like-buttonset' style='float:none;height:30px;'><a class='shareaholic-fblike' data-shr_layout='button_count' data-shr_showfaces='false' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Ftreymorgan.net%2Fmerry-christmas-from-the-morgans-2011%2F' data-shr_title='MERRY+CHRISTMAS+FROM+THE+MORGAN%27S+2011'></a><a class='shareaholic-fbsend' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Ftreymorgan.net%2Fmerry-christmas-from-the-morgans-2011%2F'></a></div><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p style="text-align: center;">‘Twas the night before Christmas and up before the sun, was Trey Morgan to get his morning run.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The rest of us Morgan’s were all snug in our beds, while visions of the World Series still danced in our heads.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center">The year 2011 brought lots of change and fun, and the Morgan Family found themselves always on the run.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center">In June was a trip to Tampa to watch the Rangers play the Rays, it was a good getaway for Trey &amp; Lea to escape a little of the craze.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center">A trip to the mountains and trips to Honduras … a house built in memory of Lea’s mom was very special to us.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center">As for Cooper he keeps growing by leaps and by bounds, if there is a video game on, he’s nowhere to be found.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center">Connor, our sophomore, is getting handsome and tall,  he loves his friends, his family and playing basketball.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center">College continues for Parker. One day a graduate he’ll make, but he’d gladly trade his books for a fishing pole and a lake!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center">Taylor is now Private Morgan, a decision not made on a whim. We’re all very proud and know God will take care of him.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center">This year our stockings are hung by the chimney with care. We’re so very thankful that Private Morgan soon will be there!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center">Lea stays busy being a mother and a wife. Trey thinks she hung the moon and is the love of his life.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center">Cocoa, nearly 15, is still here and his breath will make you cry. We’re beginning to think our poor old dog just will never die. <img src='http://treymorgan.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center">We’ll close this letter with 2012 in sight, wishing a “Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!”</p>
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		<title>5 Great Christmas Gifts For Your Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still trying to decide what to get your kids this year for Christmas? How about getting them something that will last a lifetime? Some of the best gifts my parents gave me weren&#8217;t gifts that came from a store, but gifts that came from their lives. Here are a few gifts my parents gave me [...]]]></description>
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<p>Still trying to decide what to get your kids this year for Christmas? How about getting them something that will last a lifetime? Some of the best gifts my parents gave me weren&#8217;t gifts that came from a store, but gifts that came from their lives. Here are a few gifts my parents gave me growing up that I&#8217;m trying my best to pass on to my children.</p>
<p><strong>1. THE GIFT OF A HEALTHY MARRIAGE:</strong> My parents were always affectionate, loving and respectful to one another. Watching how my dad treated my mother (and vice-versa) has taught me how to treat Lea. I wish as parents we’d realize that a vital marriage is the best gift you could ever give your kids. Parents who maintain a strong and vibrant marriage set a positive example for their children. A healthy marriage is better than a cell-phone or an X-Box, and it&#8217;s the gift that would really last their lifetime. When children see the way their parents love and respect one another, it teaches them to do the same.</p>
<p><strong>2. THE GIFT OF INTEGRITY:</strong> I was taught from a young age that we didn&#8217;t lie, cheat or steal. When I did things like that there were consequences to pay. Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice today if as parents we&#8217;d practice what we preach. I wish we wouldn&#8217;t tell our children one thing and then do just the opposite. That has to be so confusing to our children. Don&#8217;t ever lie for your kids. When a parent writes a note to school saying their child was sick or had a doctor&#8217;s appointment, and really they just over slept &#8230;. YOU are teaching them it&#8217;s OKAY to lie. Don&#8217;t you get it? Don&#8217;t lie to help cover up mistakes for your kids. This is simple &#8230; practice what you preach!</p>
<p><strong>3. THE GIFT OF DISCIPLINE:</strong> This is going to be hard for some of you to believe (smile), but I remember on more than one occasion the principle calling my mom to ask for permission to &#8220;paddle&#8221; me for something I&#8217;d done at school. Always the same response from my parents, <em>&#8220;Get him!,&#8221;</em> they&#8217;d say and then add, <em>&#8220;And tell him he&#8217;ll get another one when he gets home!&#8221;</em> Ugh! No child likes discipline, but it&#8217;s necessary for their development as adults. As a parent THE WORST thing you can do for your children is pull strings to get your children out of trouble. Instead, if your child has done something that deserves punishment, let them be responsible for their own actions. Don&#8217;t threaten to call a lawyer, talk to the principal or talk to a superior to get your child out of trouble for something they&#8217;ve done. Have you ever heard of &#8220;you reap what you sow&#8221; or you have to be responsible for your own actions?</p>
<p><strong>4. THE GIFT OF LOVE.</strong> There are different ways to spell love. T-I-M-E spells love. L-I-S-T-E-N spells love. Love can be spelled T-O-U-C-H. It&#8217;s important to touch your children. Nothing is better than one of my children&#8217;s arms around my neck, whether they are 19 or 7 years old. Love is spelled R-U-L-E-S. Believe it or not, it really is. Love is spelled P-L-A-Y. Do some fun things as a family.</p>
<p><strong>5. THE GIFT OF SPIRITUAL TRAINING:</strong> Growing up, we never left for school without my mom reading us a bible story. Spiritual training was a deliberate part of my parent&#8217;s plan to raise children. Personally, I wish as parents we’d see that spiritual training is not optional but essential. Families today don&#8217;t need a small dose of God, they need a large dose of God. Children need spiritual training. Talk about God in your home, read bible stories together, attend church together and let them see that God is important to you and a part of your life. Come to think of it, the gift of God is not just a gift that lasts a life time, but it&#8217;s a gift that lasts an eternity!</p>
<div><strong>What are some gifts you received from your parents that have lasted a lifetime?</strong></div>
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		<title>My Best Christmas Gift This Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Soldier is home for Christmas. A hug from Mom.]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/378869_10150402010312242_722102241_8720863_501344695_n.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4160" title="378869_10150402010312242_722102241_8720863_501344695_n" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/378869_10150402010312242_722102241_8720863_501344695_n-215x300.jpg" alt="" width="215" height="300" /></a>A hug from Mom. <img src='http://treymorgan.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>I Don’t Speak Spanish, But I DO Speak Love…</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love my trips to Honduras, and I SO wish I could speak Spanish &#8230; but I can&#8217;t. While my Spanish is very limited, I do speak fluent Love. More and more I realize that Love is an international language that crosses all cultural, social and language barriers. I&#8217;m continually amazed how easy it is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><div class='shareaholic-like-buttonset' style='float:none;height:30px;'><a class='shareaholic-fblike' data-shr_layout='button_count' data-shr_showfaces='false' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Ftreymorgan.net%2Fi-dont-speak-spanish-but-i-do-speak-love%2F' data-shr_title='I+Don%27t+Speak+Spanish%2C+But+I+DO+Speak+Love...'></a><a class='shareaholic-fbsend' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Ftreymorgan.net%2Fi-dont-speak-spanish-but-i-do-speak-love%2F'></a></div><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>I love my trips to Honduras, and I SO wish I could speak Spanish &#8230; but I can&#8217;t. While my Spanish is very limited, I do speak fluent Love. More and more I realize that Love is an international language that crosses all cultural, social and language barriers. I&#8217;m continually amazed how easy it is to speak Love to people and how willing they are to respond the same way.</p>
<p>I was looking through my pictures yesterday and realized how much I have fallen in love with Honduran kids &#8230; kids whose language I don&#8217;t speak. Sometimes we show up on a house building site, and I spend more time loving on kids than I do swinging a hammer &#8230; and I don&#8217;t feel guilty about this. I may not can speak Spanish, but I do LOVE speaking the language of Love in Honduras.</p>
<p>These are some of my FAVORITE pictures from Honduras.</p>
<p><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/384647_325666450779255_100000077086283_1268223_877476493_n.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4145" title="384647_325666450779255_100000077086283_1268223_877476493_n" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/384647_325666450779255_100000077086283_1268223_877476493_n-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<div id="attachment_4146" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1663.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4146" title="IMG_1663" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1663-300x243.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="243" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Two of my newest friends that I fell in love with this trip.</p></div>
<p><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1671.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4147" title="IMG_1671" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1671-224x300.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/388092_2808767908404_1534905726_2842087_1072716539_n.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4148" title="388092_2808767908404_1534905726_2842087_1072716539_n" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/388092_2808767908404_1534905726_2842087_1072716539_n-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/188355_500713372241_722102241_6709385_1260137_n.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4149" title="188355_500713372241_722102241_6709385_1260137_n" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/188355_500713372241_722102241_6709385_1260137_n-300x266.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="266" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/299672_10150300613167242_722102241_8299220_1718967647_n.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4150" title="299672_10150300613167242_722102241_8299220_1718967647_n" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/299672_10150300613167242_722102241_8299220_1718967647_n-221x300.jpg" alt="" width="221" height="300" /></a></p>
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		<title>A Few Pictures and Stories from Honduras I’d Like You To See</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few stories behind some of my pictures from my trip to Honduras last week. I had a hard time choosing which pictures to share, but here are a few. (BTW: You can see the others on Facebook with some more stories.) Anytime you take a picture of someone, they want to see [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><div class='shareaholic-like-buttonset' style='float:none;height:30px;'><a class='shareaholic-fblike' data-shr_layout='button_count' data-shr_showfaces='false' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Ftreymorgan.net%2Fa-few-pictures-and-stories-from-honduras-id-like-you-to-see%2F' data-shr_title='A+Few+Pictures+and+Stories+from+Honduras+I%27d+Like+You+To+See'></a><a class='shareaholic-fbsend' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Ftreymorgan.net%2Fa-few-pictures-and-stories-from-honduras-id-like-you-to-see%2F'></a></div><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p style="text-align: center;">Here are a few stories behind some of my pictures from my trip to Honduras last week. I had a hard time choosing which pictures to share, but here are a few. (BTW: You can see the others on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/treymorgan">Facebook</a> with some more stories.)</p>
<p><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1550.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4127" title="IMG_1550" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1550-224x300.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Anytime you take a picture of someone, they want to see what it looks like.  One of the coolest things we did this year at the Jesus Banquet was to bring some little printers and paper and actually print off the pictures we took of kids. This was Marc Tindall&#8217;s brilliant idea. The camera and printer will stay in Honduras so from now on all our future trips the kids can have a portrait of themselves.</p>
<p><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1552.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4128" title="IMG_1552" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1552-300x151.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="151" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A picture of the Jesus Banquet from a hill close by. Over 1200 were fed and more importantly shown God&#8217;s love.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_15631.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4131" title="IMG_1563" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_15631-300x279.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="279" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">You&#8217;ve met Sonya<a href="http://treymorgan.net/12-pictures-from-honduras-youve-got-to-see/"> before on my blog. </a>Sonya is a regular at the dump, as you can tell from her clothes. She always welcomes me with a smile.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1573.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4132" title="IMG_1573" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1573-300x224.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Pretty little Honduran girls. These girls were standing around watching their new house being built. They may look a little emotionless here, but you should have seen them when they walked into their new home and picked out their new bunk-bed.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1585.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4133" title="IMG_1585" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1585-224x300.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">This is a little boy named Oscar. We visited Oscar in the hospital after he had just had surgery. Oscar had his leg run over by a truck while he was at the dump digging through trash. Because he had no money for surgery, they were going to simply remove his leg. Thankfully, Marc Tindall and some kind hearted people wouldn&#8217;t let that happen and instead paid the $400 or so needed for his surgery to fix his leg. Now Oscar is going to be fine. I love this story.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1592.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4134" title="IMG_1592" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1592-300x224.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Probably my favorite day of the trip. We spent $1000 on vegetables, fruit, beans and rice and took it all to a poor little village and handed out sacks of food to the community. In the picture are just the onions we purchased.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1569.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4136" title="IMG_1569" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1569-297x300.jpg" alt="" width="297" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">At the end of the day after the Jesus Banquet, there were still a bunch of little kids hanging out. A man selling ice cream rolled up, and I waved all the kids over and started buying ice cream for kid after kid after kid. I had told my friend Charlie that I&#8217;d bring her back something from Honduras. She suggested that I save that money and do something special for some kids with it. So &#8230; Charlie, thanks for buying ice cream &#8230; the kids LOVED it. This was just 3 of the MANY kids who enjoyed ice cream that day.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1639.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4137" title="IMG_1639" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1639-210x300.jpg" alt="" width="210" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">My boys fell in love with little Stephanie this summer. We spent two days this summer in her little community, and she stole our hearts. It didn&#8217;t take long after arriving in her community last Friday to spot her. Within seconds &#8230; she wrapped me around her finger again. Just in case you forgot, it was my 9 year-old <a href="http://treymorgan.net/honduras-mission-trip-from-the-eyes-of-my-9-year-old-son/">who had written this </a>about Stephanie this summer.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1698.jpg"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-4139" title="IMG_1698" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_1698.jpg" alt="" width="432" height="323" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> One of the new houses that were built this past week. It&#8217;s a larger and much better house. They now include bunk-beds and little rooms. Nothing is more gratifying than finishing a house after a long hard day at work. This is a picture that Marc Tindall took.</p>
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		<title>Feeding Hungry People 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We purchased about $1000 worth of beans, rice and food at the market and fed an entire village for a couple of weeks. What a great way to spend $1000.]]></description>
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		<title>Feeding Hungry People</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beautiful children that were fed today in Bueno Samaritano today. Can&#8217;t wait to share more.]]></description>
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		<title>Train Your Children … You Don’t Have Them Very Long</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve received three letters from Taylor to this point, and he&#8217;s doing very well in basic training and loving Army life. One of the things Taylor knew when he chose to enlist in the Army was that there probably wouldn&#8217;t be a lot of positive Christian influence there. Lea and I have prayed numerous times that [...]]]></description>
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<p>We&#8217;ve received three letters from Taylor to this point, and he&#8217;s doing very well in basic training and loving Army life. One of the things Taylor knew when he chose to enlist in the Army was that there probably wouldn&#8217;t be a lot of positive Christian influence there. Lea and I have prayed numerous times that God would allow him to bloom spiritually wherever he is planted. I&#8217;d like to share a little of letter #1 that he sent to us&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;S<em>ocially things are still pretty tough. It&#8217;s hard having conversation and fitting in with very non-christian &#8216;alpha-male&#8221; type guys. You definitely don&#8217;t realize how much you miss Christian fellowship until you don&#8217;t have any suddenly. On the bright side, I still have my bible and God to talk to.&#8221; </em></p>
<p>My response to him &#8230; <em>&#8220;Taylor, the Army is training you  so you can be ready for every life threatening condition that the enemy may throw at you. They are putting you through EVERYTHING just to prepare you for what might happen in the future. Their goal is to make you succeed when you get on the field, AND they are doing all this crash-course training in about a 6 month time period.   SO here’s my thinking.  Just like the Army is now training you for the field &#8230; Mom and I have been training you spiritually for the past 22 years. We have been getting you ready for this very time &#8230; to send you out into the world and succeed spiritually there. The Army&#8217;s training will be a fraction of what ours has been, and we have full confidence in the Christian Soldier we’ve trained that no matter what Satan throws at you &#8230; you can overcome it. Stay strong. Be in the world, just not of the world. </em></p>
<p>This morning I can&#8217;t help but think how important that training was and how quickly it went by. Seems like yesterday I was standing in a labor/delivery room when he was born. Then I blinked … and that little baby grew up and is now off in the Army! Time certainly doesn’t stand still.</p>
<p>If you still have children at home, value each moment … because before you know it, you’ll blink, and they’ll be all grown up. The years, months, days and minutes are SO important with each child. We don’t have them very long – value them &#8230; cherish them &#8230; and TRAIN them while you can. Because very soon you&#8217;ll blink, and you&#8217;ll be letting go too.</p>
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		<title>13 Stupid Things That A Husband Should NEVER Do</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes talking with our wives can be like navigating through a field loaded with dangerous landmines. Just one miscalculation or wrong answer and you can land in the doghouse. So on a Monday when you could use a little humor, here are 13 things you should never say or do to your wife or girlfriend. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Sometimes talking with our wives can be like navigating through a field loaded with dangerous landmines. Just one miscalculation or wrong answer and you can land in the doghouse. So on a Monday when you could use a little humor, here are 13 things you should never say or do to your wife or girlfriend.</p>
<ol>
<li>Never give an appliance, broom or cleaning supply as a gift. I learned this hard lesson early in marriage when I brought a broom home as a surprise for Lea. That broom is still sitting in my garage. She&#8217;s never used it. Lesson learned.</li>
<li>Never refer to keeping your own kids as &#8220;babysitting.&#8221; When a 15 year old girl from church does it, it&#8217;s called babysitting. When you do it, it&#8217;s called taking care of your own children.</li>
<li>Never say, <em>&#8220;It must be that time of the month, eh?&#8221;</em> Even if it IS &#8230; don&#8217;t say that.</li>
<li>Never suggest that your job is harder than hers, even if you feel it is.</li>
<li>Never say, <em>&#8220;You are just like your mother.&#8221;  </em>If you do, she&#8217;ll probably go spend some time with her mother and leave you sleeping in your bed &#8230; alone.</li>
<li>Never suggest that your driving is superior to hers, even if you feel it is.</li>
<li>Never be unimpressed with or complain about a meal that took lots of effort. That&#8217;s just common sense.</li>
<li>Never be critical about your wife&#8217;s new haircut. Reread this one, because this one might get you in more trouble than all the rest &#8230; combined.</li>
<li>Never expect a medal for a little housework. Men, including me, have this crazy idea that they should get a gold medal if they help around the house a little bit. It&#8217;s your house too &#8230; help pick it up.</li>
<li>Never ask, <em>&#8220;Have you put on a little weight lately?&#8221;</em> Even if she&#8217;s knocking over lamps in the living-room with her hips, there is NEVER a time to ask it that way.</li>
<li>Never compare your wife&#8217;s cooking to your mother&#8217;s. Wow, maybe as BIG a no-no as #7. And saying anything like, <em>&#8220;Well, that&#8217;s not the way my Mom did it,&#8221;</em> will only cause you to have to spend a lot of time with your Mom.</li>
<li>Never answer her question, <em>&#8220;Why yes, that DOES make you look fat,&#8221;</em> when asked.</li>
<li>Never say, <em>&#8220;Are you REALLY going to wear that?&#8221;</em> Unless of course you&#8217;re wanting a black eye.</li>
</ol>
<div>Have a great Monday &#8230;</div>
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		<title>10 Things That Are Guaranteed to Happen Today on Thanksgiving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much like a David Letterman&#8217;s Top 10 List &#8230; here are 10 things I can guarantee that will happen with our family Thanksgiving Day&#8230; 10. We&#8217;ll have WAY too much food. 9. Uncle Allen will tell at least 5 of the corniest one-liner jokes you&#8217;ve ever heard in your life. 8. Everyone will gather around [...]]]></description>
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<p>Much like a David Letterman&#8217;s Top 10 List &#8230; here are 10 things I can guarantee that will happen with our family Thanksgiving Day&#8230;</p>
<p>10. We&#8217;ll have WAY too much food.</p>
<p>9. Uncle Allen will tell at least 5 of the corniest one-liner jokes you&#8217;ve ever heard in your life.</p>
<p>8. Everyone will gather around to watch the Dallas Cowboys play football.</p>
<p>7. At least 3 times, one of my kids will ask, <em>&#8220;When are we going to eat, Dad?&#8221;</em></p>
<p>6. Lea will be stressed out just a bit because she&#8217;ll want everything to be just perfect.</p>
<p>5. We&#8217;ll miss<a href="http://treymorgan.net/taylor-army-strong/"> Taylor. </a></p>
<p>4. At least 3 times Cooper will say, <em>&#8220;Dad, I&#8217;m bored.&#8221; </em></p>
<p>3. There will be LOTS of people packed into the Keeney&#8217;s big house. </p>
<p>2. Thanksgiving dinner will happen 2 hours after whatever time we have scheduled to eat.</p>
<p>1. We&#8217;ll be very thankful.</p>
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		<title>Will You Really Spend “THAT” Much This Christmas?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lea and I spent the day talking about the Black Friday deals we wish we could get. There were several things that caught our eye, but none were worth getting up at 3 a.m. on Friday to go get them. Seems like every year Lea and I talk about not spending &#8220;as much&#8221; on gifts [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><div class='shareaholic-like-buttonset' style='float:none;height:30px;'><a class='shareaholic-fblike' data-shr_layout='button_count' data-shr_showfaces='false' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Ftreymorgan.net%2Fwill-you-really-spend-that-much-this-christmas%2F' data-shr_title='Will+You+Really+Spend+%22THAT%22+Much+This+Christmas%3F'></a><a class='shareaholic-fbsend' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Ftreymorgan.net%2Fwill-you-really-spend-that-much-this-christmas%2F'></a></div><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p><a href="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1228647243q5n370.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4083" title="1228647243q5n370" src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1228647243q5n370-300x255.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="255" /></a>Lea and I spent the day talking about the Black Friday deals we wish we could get. There were several things that caught our eye, but none were worth getting up at 3 a.m. on Friday to go get them. Seems like every year Lea and I talk about not spending &#8220;as much&#8221; on gifts as we did the previous year, but somehow it happens. This year we&#8217;ve briefly talked about taking the amount we spend on gifts and matching that amount in giving towards good places like <a href="http://givebread.org/Home.aspx">Bread for a Hungry World</a>.</p>
<p>I guess what bothers me is that even during what some call &#8220;hard&#8221; economic times, we&#8217;ll spend TONS of money on more things we can really live with out. For example &#8230; did you know that this year between Thanksgiving and Christmas, America will spend 470.4 billion dollars? Slow down and read that last sentence again &#8230; 470.4 billion!! Here&#8217;s the amazing part, that is 11 million dollars EVERY MINUTE from the beginning of Black Friday until Christmas Day. That&#8217;s STAGGERING.</p>
<p>And before you know it &#8230; December&#8217;s Christmas gifts quickly become January&#8217;s payments.</p>
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<p>I&#8217;m not against buying things, but I do think it&#8217;s wrong for us to go over-board. I&#8217;m bothered by commercials that make us feel guilty if we don&#8217;t buy EVERYONE a gift. I&#8217;m tired of the television telling us what we DON&#8217;T have, when we really have more than we already need.</p>
<p>Just as a good reminder &#8230;</p>
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<li>While you&#8217;re shopping don&#8217;t complain about the price of gas, instead simply remember that only 10% of the people in the world own a car and you and I probably have more than just 1 of them!</li>
<li>As Americans, every year we spend 12 billion dollars on storage facilities to store our extra worldly possessions that we don&#8217;t have room for. Don&#8217;t forget that some people don&#8217;t even have a home!!!</li>
<li>Today when you ask, <em>&#8220;Where are we going to eat?&#8221;</em> or <em>&#8220;When are we going to eat?&#8221; </em>just remember that some in this world will ask, <em>&#8220;Are we going to get to eat?&#8221;</em> We&#8217;ll throw out more Thanksgiving leftovers this week than many in this world will eat in an entire week. I am thankful that we&#8217;re not finding our food at a <a href="http://vimeo.com/14121449">garbage dump today.</a></li>
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<p>We are very blessed people and we are living in a blessed nation. It&#8217;s okay to shop this Christmas season and enjoy a season of giving and receiving, just don&#8217;t go over-board. Remind yourself this time of year just how blessed you really are AND THEN &#8230; make an effort to share some of what you have with some who are less fortunate.</p>
<p>It was Jesus who said in Luke 12:15, <em>&#8220;a man&#8217;s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.&#8221;</em> Jesus was so smart.</p>
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		<title>Help With The Jesus Banquet and Get a HONDURAS HOPE Bracelet</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Help me spread the word on this by Tweeting this post or posting it on your Facebook.) In just three weeks I&#8217;ll be back in Honduras with a group of friends for what we call &#8220;The Jesus Banquet at the Dump.&#8221; On December 7th at the dump in Tegucigalpa, Honduras something very special is going [...]]]></description>
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<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Rf9CGaJzWdY/Sq-bXm0xnVI/AAAAAAAADJk/_KJGkori2Ek/s1600-h/DSCF0032.JPG.jpeg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381690909592231250" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; cursor: hand; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Rf9CGaJzWdY/Sq-bXm0xnVI/AAAAAAAADJk/_KJGkori2Ek/s320/DSCF0032.JPG.jpeg" alt="" border="0" /></a>In just three weeks I&#8217;ll be back in Honduras with a group of friends for what we call &#8220;The Jesus Banquet at the Dump.&#8221; On December 7th at the dump in Tegucigalpa, Honduras something very special is going to happen. Some of the poorest people in the world are going to be fed, served and shown the love of Jesus.  This will be a sit down banquet where they will be served. We will have tables, chairs, silverware, napkins, and a place for them to wash up.  The plan is to feed about 1200-1500 and show the people of the dump the same kind of OUTRAGEOUS love that God has shown us.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;d like to help buy a plate of food for the dump banquet, you can make a donation of any amount, and I&#8217;ll send you a &#8220;Honduras Hope&#8221; silicone bracelet like the one pictured below. You can use the PayPal button on this site if you&#8217;d like, and it&#8217;ll automatically include your address. I have two rubber silicone bracelets that I wear on my wrist. One is my yellow LiveStrong bracelet, and the other is my Honduras bracelet. I occasionally take the LiveStrong bracelet off, but the Honduras bracelet is always there. My Honduras bracelet reminds me of three things every time I see it …</p>
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<li>First, that I’m blessed because I will eat today while others won’t.</li>
<li>Second, to pray for the Honduras work and hungry people everywhere.</li>
<li>Third, that I should NEVER be satisfied with just feeling sorry for others, BUT I must be willing to do something to make a difference in their lives.</li>
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<p>So if you&#8217;d like a &#8220;Honduras Hope&#8221; bracelet, just make a donation of any size and I&#8217;ll mail you one or more. You can use the PayPal link on this blog or send it via snail mail (PO Box 239, Childress, Texas 79201).  You&#8217;ll be directly helping feed people at this year&#8217;s Jesus Banquet at the Dump.</p>
<div id="attachment_4068" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 210px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4068  " src="http://treymorgan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Honduras-Bracelet-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The one I&#39;ll send you is like this one but will be blue with white &quot;debossed&quot; letters that say HONDURAS HOPE.</p></div>
<div>Someone recently asked, <em>&#8220;Why go all out with something this nice for people living in a dump?&#8221;</em>  The answer is simple &#8230; we offer our best to them because God offered His best to us &#8230; His son.</div>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Jesus said in Luke 14:12-13, <em>&#8220;When you give a dinner or a banquet, don&#8217;t invite your friends and family and relatives and rich neighbors. If you do, they will invite you in return, and you will be paid back. When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.&#8221;</em></span></p>
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