Participants: Joyce Neal
Series Code: GH
Program Code: GH000003
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00:01 Welcome to grandma's house!
00:03 The time we spent together is one grandma's attempt 00:06 to love and bless in Jesus name. 00:08 The kids to see are not real actors, just real kids 00:11 in a real neighborhood like any other they are 00:14 the joy of my life. 00:15 Especially when I see the little seeds I plant begin to sprout. 00:19 If you have an empty place in your heart please stay. 00:22 Spent a little time at grandma's house. 00:41 What you got - it's like agate, it's one that's been in 00:45 a creek for while because it smooth. 00:47 I've got some in here that are pretty rough. 00:50 That's - oh wow look at, the kids are here - Hi! 00:53 Hi! so glad you guys decided to join us. 00:56 Michael and I are here going over some treasures. 01:00 We invite you to come and look at some of our treasures. 01:02 What have we got down here Michael, show them one. 01:05 This one! that one! Why do you like that one best? 01:09 It's kind of rugged and on the sides it's like all smooth. 01:13 I like that one too! 01:15 But this one is my favorite, look at it. 01:17 It's got, sort of looks like a tooth and it's got all 01:20 those layers in there. 01:22 That's cool - going around and around. 01:24 Look at that, anyway that's one of my favorites, 01:27 I love the odd shape. 01:28 There is all kinds in here and I got 01:30 them from all different places. 01:31 Cool! - Yeah! - Do you collect treasures yourself? 01:34 Yeah! I collect coins and all that stuff. 01:39 Do you, yeah! 01:41 Well, were do you keep your treasures? 01:43 Ah, at home safe. 01:45 Safely at home! 01:46 Well do you know what I have always wondered about? 01:49 I wondered about things like, what do boys 01:52 keep in their pockets? 01:54 Do you have anything in your pockets right now - yeah! 01:55 Are you willing to show me - okay! 01:57 Alright let me see what it is. 01:58 It's a broken bottle - broken glass - yeah! 02:04 It's beautiful - I was walking down the street and 02:08 under a big cup there was a whole bunch of broken glass. 02:12 Well lucky you, what else do you have in your pocket? 02:17 Lets see, I've got a battery - ooh that is cool. 02:22 Does it work - no clue - no clue. 02:24 But it is just in case, right? 02:26 Yeah - it's awesome - I've got this little guy I'm 02:31 borrowing from Alex - it's like your Buddy - yeah. 02:35 Yeah cool, what else - I've got a sand dollar. 02:39 I wish I had a few more those. 02:41 When I go to the beach it seems most of the same dollars 02:44 are more like 50 cent pieces, they are all broken. 02:46 I found a whole bunch at San Diego. 02:49 At San Diego - yeah! 02:50 Well I guess I'm going to have to San Diego. 02:53 Um some baby pinecones - oh those are beautiful. 02:57 I love those because they are perfect miniatures 03:01 of the big ones. 03:02 Yeah and you can put them in like a vase and stuff. 03:05 Yeah awesome, got any more treasures? 03:09 I've got a rusty old nail. 03:10 I think that has got to be my favorite so far, 03:13 do you remember where you found that? 03:15 Yeah I found it in an abandoned farm. 03:17 It's got be an antique. 03:20 This is my favorite out of all of them. 03:24 And what is that? 03:25 It's the perfect skipping stone - so it is. 03:28 Have you tried it out yet? 03:30 No, just waiting g for the right moment. 03:33 Right moment, whoa. 03:35 Will you know sometimes I keep stuff in my pockets too. 03:38 Really - yeah, but sometimes it's not too interesting. 03:41 Like what do you have? 03:42 What do I have well, in my pocket I don't have much. 03:48 I have an old crumpled up poem. 03:51 And I have way on the bottom, let me see. 03:55 I've got some fuzz - fuzz - fuzz, think that's weird 04:00 to have in your pocket? 04:01 Well not really - not really! 04:03 Well I know a lady that does nothing but collect fuzz. 04:06 She has a whole board with all differed colors and kinds of 04:08 fuzz all over it. 04:09 That's weird - it is weird. 04:12 Tell you what you can find more weird stuff down the 04:16 creek, do you want to go? 04:18 Okay - alright I think I'll turn on our rock tumbler before I go. 04:21 I've got some rocks in here that actually start out like 04:24 this, they are pretty rough, I find them in the garden. 04:27 After I polish them a while, they start looking like 04:31 this, you know they look pretty good. 04:33 Except there's a little black on it - that's right. 04:36 There is still some flaws in there - so I put them back 04:38 in the tumbler and it takes weeks and weeks, I let it run. 04:41 And then we put some polish in there and that puts the 04:45 finishing touch on it. 04:46 So it's like you wait for perfection! 04:48 You have got it Michael my boy. 04:51 Let's plug it in and head for the creek. 04:53 Roll up your pant legs, here we go. 05:35 Hey he must be two inches long. 06:17 Haven't we had so much fun today - yeah! 06:19 We have found a lot of treasure down in the creek. 06:22 All kinds of strange and wonderful things. 06:25 I bet you can't guess what we found? 06:27 What was the weirdest thing we found Michael? 06:30 Crawdads - crawdads Yep! 06:33 We found some crawdads, why don't we show them. 06:35 What have you got, have one in there? 06:38 Well I think - oh it's so cute, look at him go. 06:43 His name is Escardo - Escardo, what a name. 06:48 And we got this one, he jumped in our net. 06:52 Yeah! That's the first time that's ever happened to me. 06:55 Usually I go splashing through the creek trying to find 06:57 them, I get in the way. 06:59 We have another one, is this the feisty one - yes. 07:03 Yes! - that's the feisty one, baby one is right here! 07:08 His name is shrimp - oh shrimp, isn't he sweet! 07:12 Look at the size of his tiny little pinchers. 07:15 You know if you'll hold him there I will show you on 07:18 this one, let's pick up this medium sized guy we've got. 07:22 See the pinchers on this guys feet, hold him up from behind. 07:25 Look at the pinchers even, his smallest pinchers on this guy, 07:29 he has them on every leg. 07:30 That, did you see that, look at him he likes to flip 07:34 his tail when he's trying to go to swim in the water. 07:37 He's going to get you - yeah! 07:39 But even his smaller pinchers are bigger than this guys. 07:43 This one, if you get pinched you pretty much can't even 07:48 feel it - that's good. 07:49 Then there is another old guy here. 07:51 I think this must be old man of the river. 07:54 Look at that! He's got long eyebrows, isn't he cute? 08:00 What I like about this one, look at his claws. 08:03 Put this one up for you. 08:04 One claw is much, much bigger than the other one. 08:09 The mighty conquering hero, that is because he got in a 08:12 fight at one point. 08:13 At some point he lost one of his claws, and this one 08:18 kept on growing, but this one had to grow from scratch. 08:22 He had a growing new in here so that ones smaller. 08:24 But he has certainly an interesting life. 08:27 Michael we have had such a ball today - yeah! 08:30 Why don't we take these crawled dads down, and why don't 08:32 you let them go because we want to catch them again another day. 08:34 Okay - while you're doing that, I'm going to talk to 08:38 kids at home and have them write down my address again. 08:41 Because I would love to find out about your treasures. 08:44 I would love to know all about your life. 08:46 I would like to know what kind of things do you collect. 08:49 What do you have in your pockets right now? 08:51 I wish you could write to me and tell me all about it. 08:54 It's just a thrill to me when I get the mail. 08:56 So if you have your pencil and paper ready here's my address. 09:05 Hey kids grandma Neil would love to hear from you. 09:08 She loves to get pictures, drawings and anything else 09:11 you may want to send her. 09:12 She also answers each one of your letters so get your 09:14 pen ready and write down her address. 09:50 Wasn't that crawdad with the tiny claws a real treasure? 09:53 I have all kinds of treasured things in my house too. 09:57 Let me tell you about some of them. 09:59 I love to make quilts. 10:01 For a long time I only made baby quilts because we were 10:04 getting lots of grandbabies born into our family. 10:07 This is one I made for Kristin. 10:10 It took a long time to design it put it together, do all the 10:14 embroidery, then sew on all the beads, ribbons, and pearls. 10:19 And then to sew on all these tiny stitches. 10:22 Quilts are a lot of work, but I like things 10:26 that take a lot of effort. 10:27 It gives me a real sense of satisfaction when it is all done 10:31 I've made some big quilts for beds and some other 10:35 smaller ones to hang on the wall. 10:37 Like this one with all the vests on it. 10:39 It has some different and special on each vest. 10:43 Sometimes I even enter my quilts in contests, 10:46 and I go to the fair. 10:48 And guess what, sometimes I win. 10:51 I love little glass baskets too. 10:53 Usually grandpa buys me one for my birthday. 10:57 Once in a while I'll buy one for myself, just to remind me 11:02 of the special place he and I have been together. 11:04 Don't you love the pretty colors? 11:06 And being small just makes it even prettier. 11:10 Oh and little tea things. I have 2, or 3 11:14 wonderful little tea sets. 11:16 I have some beautiful little tea pots and teaspoons. 11:20 And all kinds of tea things. 11:22 I guess I just really like little things. 11:26 Now you know about my stuff, I want to know about your stuff. 11:31 Write and tell me about your treasures and the 11:34 things you collect. 11:35 You can draw pictures and tell me why they're so 11:38 important to you, I would really like to know. 11:40 But before you have to go today look straight into my 11:44 eyes, remember this of all my treasures 11:48 you are the most valuable. 11:51 My grandchildren are scattered all over the world. 11:54 Your like hidden treasure just like the agate 11:57 scattered in the creek. 11:58 Jesus says the kingdom of heaven is like treasure 12:02 hidden in a field. 12:03 He's talking about you, you know. 12:06 You are His treasures, and you are what makes up His kingdom. 12:10 I'm part of it too. 12:12 Jesus calls us His special treasures. 12:15 He calls us jewels, like diamonds and rubies and emeralds 12:19 Just think us, were valuable, we are lovable. 12:24 Never forget how precious you are to God and to me. 12:28 You might feel like plain old rock buried in the dirt. 12:32 That you have no real value and no one sees you anyway. 12:37 Just like the agates I find out in the garden, they don't 12:41 look like much love when I dig them up at first. 12:43 They are all encrusted with dirt and they are really 12:45 rough on the outside. 12:46 You can't see the real gem inside until you 12:51 put in the rock tumbler. 12:52 In the grip rubs off all the sharp edges. 12:55 Sometimes God has to do that with His gems too. 12:58 But remember these two things, God made you and He said 13:03 you are the most valuable of everything He ever made. 13:07 2. God knows exactly where you are. 13:11 Sometimes God hides His treasures to protect them from 13:15 other people who might harm them in some way 13:17 or try to steal them away. 13:19 Nobody around you might recognize that you are a real 13:24 gem, but that doesn't mean you aren't one. 13:26 The real you is inside of you. 13:29 And nobody can change your value. 13:32 God and I think you are a real treasure. 13:35 Do you know where I keep my real treasures, I keep them 13:39 real close to my heart and that's where you belong. 13:43 Be sure to come back and see me again real soon won't you? 13:47 I love you so very much. |
Revised 2014-12-17