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hey everyone

www.jimjessbaker.com is going to be down for a bit...

but you can still access the blog here http://jimjessbaker.blogspot.com

Aloha!

Hey everyone! 

My parents left recently, we had such a great visit with them and miss them.  

Jess and I are getting back into the swing of things.  We've got a new Discipleship Training School running with 16 students.  

I hope 2014 is treating you amazingly!  I'm going to get back into a good blog groove soon!  

blessings!

I Met My Goal Of Blogging Over 100 Times In 2013!

YAY!!!  Cue the windows winning solitaire fireworks!  

I set a goal in the beginning of 2013 to blog over 100 times in 2013 and I did it!  

I didn't reach all of my goals for 2013, but I definitely feel like I made progress.  2014 is going to be an even better year.  

I've got a blog surprise for you in the New Year, be looking for it!  

Have an amazing and productive 2014!!  

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!  Here's a video from Mighty Mo Coffee, which one of my friends just started up.  I love how worshipful it gets when the singer starts singing "oh night divine."  

Thank you Jesus for coming to the earth as fragile baby, to save us from and pay for the sins of the world.  That our lives would be lived in honor of You.  

Merry Christmas :)  

Are you having an awesome Christmas?  What's the highlight?  Let us know in the comments.  

10 Of My Favorite Posts From 2013 That Didn't Make The Popular List

Here are 10 posts that I was proud of this year that didn't make the popular list.  


1.  Technology Is Horrible Click Here To Find Out Why I Want To Be Amish
2.  Honest Thoughts On Street Evangelism
3.  How To Help The Police At The Scene Of A Crime
4.  What A 911 Operator Wants You To Know
5.  Lessons I Learned From Calling 911 | An Elderly Lady Falls Down The Stairs
6.  Derailed By First World Problems
7.  How To Make Sense Of The Bible
8.  Honoring A Service Man On The Airplane
9.  YWAM Offerings
10.  Tropical Storms and Domestic Disputes

Engage:  Do you have a favorite blog post that I've written from 2013?  Let us know in the comments.  

Have You Taken This Not So Friendly Personality Test

I just took a personality test that I remember taking back in 2008... but my results were different this time, but still spot on... 

It's Not What You Say It's How You Say It

It's not what you say, it's how you say it...

Most Popular Posts of 2013

Here's 2013's most popular posts.

1.  5 Driving Tips 

2.  Two Things That Have Blessed Me Recently

3.  March 2013 - General Update Big News! 

4.  Click Here To See A Tour Of Our House In Honolulu... (not where we currently live)

5.  Check Out Our 5 Bedroom 3 Bathroom Home  (where we lived when we FIRST got here in March)

6.  Thoughts On Our 4 Year Wedding Anniversary 

7.  Whats Heroic Overseas But Foolish Here In The USA 

8.  We Moved Again Click Here To See Our New Home 
(This is where we currently live, but the photos are before we moved in and decorated)

9.  Goodbye Mainland Hello Hawaii

10.  The Details You Want To Know - Hawaii 2013

11. We Stink At 365ing

12.  Hey Bakers What Does Monday In Paradise Look Like

13.  Only In Hawaii

14.  Shut Up Strengths Finder Work On Your Weakness 
15.  Black Friday!  Buy This Seriously You'll Thank Me 

Engage:  Did you have a favorite blog post from 2013?  (It doesn't have to be from this blog)  What was it?  Let us know in the comments.  

Saturday Morning Quick Update

Hey everyone, Christmas break is here!  The campus is clearing out, we've sent our Fall schools overseas.  And the majority of our staff have returned home for the holidays.  

I'm up on a saturday morning early, about to work on some photo edits and hopefully get our new photography webpage up today.  

My parents come on Tuesday to visit for a few weeks to celebrate Christmas!  

How is your Saturday going?  Ready for the Holidays?  

What's Your Neutral?

What's your neutral?  Can you change your life by simply changing what your normal, natural response is to things?

Technology Is Horrible Click Here To Find Out Why I Want To Be Amish

Lately I've been thinking about... technology, and entertainment...

How Do Things Go From Epic To Cheesy? Click Here And Tell Us Why

Have you ever watched a movie that you thought was great and then watched it again years later and laughed at how cheesy it was?...

Want To Improve Your Writing? Follow This One Step

In first grade I wrote a book.  It was bound by wall paper covered cardboard and was titled "The Boy Who Was Never Scared."  I got a lot of praise from it and that's when I decided I wanted to be an author. 

December Garden Update! [VIDEO]

IMG 2799 from Jim and Jess Baker on Vimeo.

Hey everyone!  Here's my December garden update video!  I shot it on my new ipod touch, let me know if you think the video quality is better.  And I apologize for blanking out on some of it, I shot this before I had any coffee.  :)  I'm including below what I forgot.  

0:57 - The One Straw Revolution - Masanobu Fukuoka
(I came outside yesterday to do Laundry after doing this video and saw a bird hovering near some of the greens, so I think he was eating some of those pests!)
1:27 - I tried again to get some seeds out of there later in the day and it did work!  I threw them in one of the grow beds to see if they will grow! 
3:45 - Dahlia
4:04 - My moringa is now completely gone, just a stem :(  
4:16 - Tumeric

Questions?  Comments?  Comment and let us know!  

- Farmer Jim 

Want To Be More Productive? Drinking May Help!

Want to be more productive throughout your day?

DECEMBER?!!!

Wow... can you believe it's December already?  

How are you going to finish out 2013 STRONG?  

What tangible goals can you set to make sure you end 2013 well and start 2014 on the right foot?  

Share with us in the comments!  

Black Friday! Buy This, Seriously, You'll Thank Me.

If you buy one thing this holiday season, I encourage you to buy this.



What is it?  It's an amazing blender.  Yes it's pricey, but Jess and I don't regret this investment in our health at all.

We use this most mornings to make green smoothies.  There is no other way I would get so many fruits and vegetables in my system.  We mix greens, bananas, berries, sometimes apples, and sometimes other things like chia seeds, or coconut milk in there and blend it up and it's actually really tasty.  The sweetness of the fruits completely covers up any taste of the greens.  

The vitamix is easy to use, it's the most powerful tool I own, (my drill runs off triple a batteries) and it's easy to clean, which means you're actually going to use it.

When we bought it, it had a 30 day money back guarantee, which I told Jess we would absolutely send it back if we weren't using it every day because it's to expensive to just be a counter decoration.  

It also comes with a 7 year warranty.  We've had ours over a year, and had no problems with it, we've even travelled with it.

If you buy today from the link above we get 4-6% of the sale, and it cost you nothing extra.

If you're doing other shopping online and want to help us out.  Please at no extra cost to you, click below on our Amazon Affiliate link and shop as normal!  We will get 4-6% of everything you buy and it will cost you nothing extra.

Engage:  Did you stay up all night and face the crowds?  Did you get anything awesome?  Let us know in the comments.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Blog Friends :)  

Since we live in Hawaii Jess and I are going to make it tradition to hop in the ocean every Thanksgiving.  

Before we were dating we were both in Kona together and went to the beach on Thanksgiving and Jess got such a kick out of it because I'm sure it was snowing in Ohio.  

We're thankful for your readership!  

What are you thankful for this year?  Leave us a comment and let us know, or share with us a unique or your favorite Thanksgiving dish!  

Here's A Sure Way To Fail At Your Goals

Jess and I recently rearranged our living room.  What does this have to do with failing your goals?...