1 Peter 5-7 "Let him have all your worries and cares, for he is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you." He knows all that goes on in your life - you one in a trillion billion people - knows and cares about you. Because He is God - all powerful, all knowing and eternal. He is everywhere you go - because He is God. He cares about YOU. He knows what your troubles are and wants you to bring them to him. Go ahead. You can talk to Him anyway you want, He wants to hear from you. He isn't mad at you - He loves you.
Get Fit
Nothing like a soft rain falling and AM yoga. I hope that I can continue doing my yoga poses as old as I get. It is like a measure of how able I am to me. If I can still sit cross legged, if I can still lift to a downward dog, sit in a chair pose, with no chair and stretch up in a standing mountain pose, then I can still be actively involved in life and doing God's work where I can. How do you measure your health ability?
On this day
2003 - We had purchased all the supplies and appliances she would need. She was all packed and ready to go the next day. We ordered pizza. Nicole and Laura came home from Lakeside, after probably purchasing those last minute things and talking a hundred miles an hour as they could do. Mom, Jan and Marty, the Nieto's came over for a farewell party. Andy and Alice called to say good luck and so did Norma. We loaded Uncle Marty's van. A lot of parents are going through this right now. I liken it to the first day of kindergarten only it is college. My condolences to all parents experiencing this now.
2003 - In Ghana, businessman Gyude Bryant was selected to oversee the two-year power-sharing accord between Liberia's rebels and the government. The accord was planned to guide the country out of 14 years of civil war. I wonder how this went.
Vietnam
TRADE
Vietnam's Customs office reported in July 2013 that the total value of international merchandise trade for the first half of 2013 was US$124 billion, which was 15.7% higher than the same period in 2012. Mobile phones and their parts were both imported and exported in large numbers, while in the natural resources market, crude oil was a top-ranking export and high levels of iron and steel were imported during this period. The U.S. was the country that purchased the highest amount of Vietnam's exports, while Chinese goods were the most popular Vietnamese import.[112]
As a result of several land reform measures, Vietnam has become a major exporter of agricultural products. It is now the world's largest producer of cashew nuts, with a one-third global share; the largest producer of black pepper, accounting for one-third of the world's market; and the second-largest rice exporter in the world, after Thailand. Vietnam is the world's second largest exporter of coffee.[113] Vietnam has the highest proportion of land use for permanent crops – 6.93% – of any nation in the Greater Mekong Subregion. Other primary exports include tea, rubber, and fishery products. However, agriculture's share of Vietnam's GDP has fallen in recent decades, declining from 42% in 1989 to 20% in 2006, as production in other sectors of the economy has risen.
In manufacturing, Vietnam is expected to lose some of its current comparative advantage in low wages in the near future. It will need to compensate for this loss with productivity gains, if it is to sustain high growth rates: GDP per capita almost doubled between 2008 and 2013. High-tech exports from Vietnam grew dramatically during 2008–2013, particularly with respect to office computers and electronic communications equipment – only Singapore and Malaysia exported more of the latter. Vietnam will need to adopt strategies which enhance the technical capacity and skills among local firms that are, as yet, only weakly integrated with global production chains, such as by fostering the transfer of technology and skills from large multinational firms to smaller-scale domestic firms.[109]
In 2014 Vietnam negotiated a free trade agreement with the European Union, giving the country access to the EU's Generalized System of Preferences. This provides preferential access to European markets for developing countries through reduced tariffs.[114]
Vietnam is a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which formed a common market in late 2015 called the ASEAN Economic Community.[109] I am surprised.
Enjoy the day! Make it memorable! Happy Birthday Carl and Karia!
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