April – Traveling to North and South Carolina
First, before I tell you about our travels, let me explain a misconception about my last blog entry, “Flipping the R.V”. Apparently many thought that we had actually flipped it over on the road (as in wrecking it), which was not the case. I was referring to the renovation of a mistreated and neglected R.V. Many have asked if we still have a house. We have had our home in Roswell for 36 years and I want to continue to have a place our grandchildren can visit, for holidays and play in the yard and swim in the lake as our children did, besides I have too much “stuff “ which I am trying to down-size.
April 15 we went back to Hallelujah Acres to have a great Raw Food Revival Class, staying over for the annual Health Minister Reunion. This was fabulous, with many knowledgeable and entertaining speakers including Barbara Ellicott, a motivational speaker who at 68 runs marathons after many physical challenges. Tom Rutlin the founder of Exerstrider poles, which we think are great for fitness since we started using them 4 years ago (click here to purchase). Ed Foreman an inspirational and humorous speaker who told us how to have “a great day every day”. Dr. Matthew Young, DDS, believing the body can heal itself without prescription drugs, spoke about the dangers of some dental procedures, mercury, and fluoride to the body. Dr. Michael Donaldson, Ph.D., Director of research at Hallelujah Acres spoke about imbalances of the body and how the Hallelujah Diet can correct them (hacres.com). Olin Idol, N.D., C.N.C., one of Hallelujah Acres greatest resources for nutrition questions, spoke about the importance and affects of Vitamin D deficiency, playing a role in heart disease, cancer, hypertension, autoimmune diseases, osteoporosis. Dr. Stephan Esser, the grandson of William Esser, one of the founders of the American Natural Hygiene Society spoke about health care in America and how we can make a difference. Of course as usual both Rhonda and George Mulkmus inspired us all.

Saturday, April 18 we went to Lexington, S.C. to speak about the fundamentals of eating a raw food diet, and perform some kitchen magic with a delicious Country Barbecue Meal, loved by all. We had our class at the fabulous 14 Carrot Health Food Store, a well organized store which was very clean with a lot of organic, fresh produce. I encourage everyone in the surrounding area to visit this great store. We give thanks to Kathy Henderson, a Health Minister, and store employee for hosting a great class for us.

The next day we had a beautiful drive through the N.C. mountains to Ashville, an enchanting city which is a Mecca of alternative healing. We taught an Oriental Feast at the home of Toni Toney, an author and poet. She has just finished her book “Get Clean Go Green EcoDiet.” Her webpage is getcleangogreenecodiet.com, which sounds very interesting. Everyone loved the class and food and we already have a date to go back July 19. Chef Nadina, organizer of the Ashville Meetup Group and Raw Food Chef, coordinated our class. After finishing the class we packed up in the pouring rain and thanks to Gwendolyn… who transported us to our bus down the street. We are not always able to park close to a class, due to our 37-foot home. We spent the night at a rest stop and the following day we had a beautiful drive through the mountains of western North Carolina and North Georgia to our home in Roswell, back to our family and get to ready for our next trip.

Oriental Collard Spring Rolls

Peace and love,

Jackie Graff