Participants: Joyce Neal
Series Code: GH
Program Code: GH000006
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00:02 Welcome to Grandma's House.
00:03 The time we spend together is one grandma's attempt 00:06 to love and bless in Jesus name. 00:08 The kids you see are not actors. 00:10 Just real kids in a real neighborhood. 00:12 Like any other they are 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 Spend a little time at Grandma's house. 00:37 This is grandma's house. 00:40 I'm so glad you came over today. 00:43 This is grandpa Stew 00:44 Ha Ha, and we are learning, we hope, to ride this bicycle 00:49 built for two. 00:51 We've never done it before. 00:52 No! Heh Heh! Grandpa is not entirely sure about this thing, 00:56 but we are going to give it a shot. 00:57 And if we can learn to ride it, we're going over to see somebody 01:00 and invite some kids to go with us. 01:02 Well come on! Let's go! 01:04 Put your foot on. 01:05 Ready! 01:42 Oh I don't think this is going to work! 01:44 What do you think? Nope! No way! 01:46 Well I'll tell you what, if you will take this one back 01:48 to the house I think I'll get on my regular bike. 01:51 It's a deal! It's a deal! Alright 01:52 If you're still alive, Okay. 01:54 I think I am going to head over to Truman's barn, come on guys. 02:00 Ohhhh, so much better. 02:16 Hi, Hi! 02:25 Heh, you want to come ride with me? 02:27 Yeah sure! 02:29 Come ride, come on. 02:30 Come on you slow pokes. 02:32 Can't catch me! 02:36 Heh you guys, you're eating my dust, come on! 02:52 Heh grandpa Truman! 02:53 Come on out here, got some people here I want you to meet. 02:57 Well Heh! 02:58 Come on out! 03:00 What cha guys been doing? 03:02 Well I have been messing around with some my old bicycles. 03:05 And I'm glad these guys came out to see them. 03:08 Cool, look at these bikes guys. 03:10 Some of them are pretty rare. 03:11 Look at that! 03:13 Cool, there's no tires. 03:16 That's right it has a special tire. 03:18 Well tell us about them. 03:21 Okay, the tires for this one, now how old do you think 03:25 that bicycle is? 03:27 50, A hundred? 03:29 A little more than that. 03:32 Wow! Eighty-two hundred? 03:34 No how about 1880? 03:36 Ohhhhh! 03:38 That's older than you and me put together. 03:39 Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! 03:42 You asked about the tire, and it's laying right here. 03:45 Does it look like any tire you ever saw? 03:48 Like a piece of hose! 03:49 And it goes around like this. 03:52 And there's a wire that went through it. 03:55 You tighten up the wire and that was a bicycle tire 03:58 in 1880 or 1890. 04:00 That's before cars. 04:03 Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! 04:06 You've seen those ones with the 04:07 big high will and a little tiny wheel? 04:09 Yeah! 04:10 Well that's about the same time. 04:11 That those were invented. 04:12 Now this, in my hand, that's a bicycle wheel, 04:16 but what's it made out of? 04:19 Wood, it's made out of wood. 04:23 Wood! That's made out of a piece of ash or oak. 04:28 And the tire on that, I can show you that. 04:33 Over here on this bicycle. 04:35 See that back tire? 04:37 Okay that went around here, but it didn't have an inter tube. 04:41 And they glued that on and then they blew up the tires. 04:46 And then they hoped the glue held together. 04:48 Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! 04:50 So what would happen, would it ever go flat? 04:53 Oh yeah, they had lots of problems with that. 04:55 Then they'd have to unglue it? 04:56 Sometimes! Probably heat it up or melt it off with hot water. 05:01 Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! 05:03 Now that bicycle over there with that tire, that's was 05:06 roughly, ahhh-1920. 05:11 What about the brake? 05:13 The brake, that has one of the very first coaster brakes 05:17 that were invented. 05:18 Now, this one by the door, I think that bike was around 05:24 around, 1900. 05:26 1900? 05:28 Yeah you see this use to have a bell on it. 05:30 And these handles were made of cork. 05:33 Boy not much left is there? 05:37 No, but it is still there. 05:38 Pretty cool bikes huh? 05:41 I bet you haven't seen any like those? 05:44 Now this bicycle, it's a new one. 05:49 New one huh! Yeah! 05:52 That's only about 60 or 65 years old. 05:54 Still wet behind the ears! 05:58 Just almost brand new. 06:00 But that one was made and sold by Montgomery Ward. 06:05 Out of the catalog? 06:07 I think so, Yeah, and this was a deluxe bicycle. 06:10 It probably cost $50.00. 06:12 I don't know if you know what a Carbide lamp is? 06:15 But they didn't have electric lamps when this was made. 06:18 And this was something like a coal miners lamp. 06:22 You seen pictures of those? 06:24 Well that's what on here, it had a reflector. 06:26 Oh cool! 06:28 And you put this chemical in the bottom of it 06:30 And water dripped down through and that formed a gas 06:33 Then you light the gas. 06:35 That's how car lights used to be too. 06:38 How come it has this on it? 06:40 This, why it is to make it ride smoother. 06:42 You see this when you hit a bump, then this spring would 06:47 spring and that was suppose to make it 06:48 ride a little bit smoother. 06:50 Like when the front wheel of the car goes up and down 06:52 when you hit a bump. 06:54 Kind of the same idea. 06:55 Oh I think these are really cool bikes. 06:57 Wow, I sure had fun today. 07:00 Whatcha think about the bikes boys? 07:01 Aren't these cool? Yeah! 07:05 Hey Truman, one more thing before we go, 07:07 Okay! 07:08 You've gotta fantastic dog that does a special trick. 07:11 Can you show these boys? 07:12 What an all American tree-climber does? 07:15 That's exactly right. 07:16 Okay! Tree-climbing dog. 07:18 Here Jill, go get into the tree for the boys. 07:21 Get in the tree! 07:22 There she goes. 07:23 Go get into the tree. 07:25 Good girl, that's my tree-climber. 07:29 Yeah, 07:32 I think I'll give you a head start. 07:34 Okay! 07:35 Think you can beat me back to grandma's house? 07:37 Yeah! Catch our dirt. 07:38 Catch your dirt? 07:39 Oh what a challenge! 07:41 Alright I'll give you a head start and I'll catch up later. 07:44 They think they can beat me, they haven't got a chance. 07:48 Hey kids, I'm going to take out after them in a second, 07:51 butcha know what? 07:52 Before I do, I want you to get a piece of paper 07:55 and pencil ready, and I want you to write down my address. 07:58 Cause I'd love hearing from ya. 08:00 So here it is. 08:02 I'm out of here. 08:03 He kids, grandma Neil would love to hear from you. 08:06 She loves to get pictures, drawings and anything else 08:09 you may want to send her. 08:10 She also answers each one of your letters so get your pen 08:13 ready and write down her address. 08:15 Okay? If you want to write her a letter address it to: 08:32 Grandma also loves to get emails at: 08:44 Here we are just you and me together 08:47 for our heart to heart time. 08:49 This is the best part of the day for me. 08:51 I hope you like these quiet minutes we have at 08:54 the end of our visits as much as I do. 08:55 I've been thinking about wheels all day. 08:59 And more than just wheels, but related things 09:01 like rings and circles. 09:03 I like some circles better than others. 09:05 And I'm sure you do too. 09:07 I like bicycle tires and Yo-Yo's and rings around the moon. 09:12 I love circles and waves after you through a pebble 09:15 in the pond. 09:16 I wonder, what are your favorites? 09:18 I'll let you in on a little secret. 09:21 The circles I like best are the ones you can't actually see. 09:25 But you can tell where they've been and where they are now. 09:29 And you can even guess where it might go next. 09:31 Have you ever heard the song about a boy who drew a small 09:37 circle around himself? 09:38 It was so small there wasn't room for 09:41 anyone else in his circle. 09:42 He put up a wall all around his heart 09:44 so nobody could hurt him. 09:46 But then no one could love him either. 09:48 Since he wouldn't let anyone inside to love him, 09:52 he just got lonelier and angrier and hurt all the more. 09:57 But nearby somebody else was busy drawing circles too. 10:02 When she realized she was lonely, 10:04 she drew a big circle around herself 10:07 and she invited God inside. 10:09 They talked and laughed 10:12 and the girl learned that God is a 10:14 very loyal friend. 10:16 Well this gave her courage to draw 10:18 a bigger circle. 10:19 Big enough for more people. 10:21 One day she looked up and she saw 10:24 that her circle had grown so big 10:26 that it bumped right up against the circle 10:28 of the boy who was sad, and angry. 10:31 She really wanted to be friends and help him but, 10:34 He just glared at her over the top of his wall. 10:37 She didn't know what to do. 10:39 So God bent over and whispered something in her ear. 10:43 Shhhhh, like that! 10:45 When she heard the secret she laughed to herself 10:48 and she started drawing another circle. 10:51 It was an even bigger circle. 10:53 She drew it so big that the hurting boy 10:56 was inside of it. 10:57 It wasn't easy at first, it took some time to 11:01 for the boy took even part of his wall down. 11:04 But he got curious. 11:05 And pretty soon he had a whole big circle of friends. 11:08 Then he started drawing really big circles around 11:12 other lonely people. 11:13 This is just what happened to me. 11:17 I didn't realize God was in my circle at first. 11:20 But one day when I really needed a friend, 11:24 I noticed He was there. 11:25 After a while I felt better, 11:29 and I drew a bigger circle. 11:30 And then a bigger one. 11:31 Now my circle has been drawn around you! 11:35 Every time my circle gets bigger, 11:38 I get happier. 11:39 Everybody in my circle gets happier. 11:42 And we all laugh with God as our group hub just 11:45 gets bigger and bigger. 11:47 We all get closer together. 11:49 And we love each other more. 11:50 And the best part is, God is right in the 11:54 middle of our circle. 11:56 In fact, I think I can see a happy tear in His eyes. 12:00 Has He welcomed you home to His heart? 12:02 He has wanted you for so long, 12:05 and His circle is a very good place to be. 12:08 I'm sorry I have to say goodbye now. 12:13 But I'll have sweet dreams just knowing that God and I 12:17 have drawn a beautiful circle that takes you in. 12:20 Now it is your turn to draw a circle around God 12:23 and someone else who needs a true friend. 12:26 I can't wait for you to write and tell me who 12:28 your new friend is. 12:29 And all about how you drew a circle of love 12:32 to take them in. 12:33 Never forget how much God and I love you! 12:38 You are very precious to us. 12:40 Till the next time, bye! |
Revised 2014-12-17