He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life. ~ William Law

Prayer can sure make a difference in your life.  Right now I have a few very specific prayer requests that I have put before our Lord for consideration.  Still also remembering my friends - some still in Japan - others here.  We still have a lot of things happening in Japan.  They still need prayers for safety and salvation.

We had a wonderful time yesterday at church worship services.  In our last service, we saw the other half of the slides from Israel where one of our members went on vacation.  They were amazing to see.  In two weeks, we saw about 250 slides or more.  It was very interesting to see how things are there and what people think about where Jesus lived and walked and died. 

We had our spaghetti dinner yesterday and I've been deciding what to make for dessert all week.  I finally decided on a layered chocolate and peanut butter dessert and made a double batch -- none came home with me : )  It was good and a lot of people asked me for the recipe.  I promised to post it here today so here it is:

Enjoy !

Charlene


Four Layer Peanut Butter Cup Dessert

First Layer:

2 cups finely chopped walnuts, pecans or almonds
1 stick of real butter

Mix in a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.  Bake for 15 min at 350 degrees.  Let cool completely before adding next layers.

Second Layer:

1 ~ 8 oz pkg cream cheese - softened
1 ~ 8 oz container of cool whip - thawed
1 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup peanut butter

Mix altogether until creamy -- DON'T eat this now !  Add 1 up of chopped peanut butter cups, chocolate chips and/or pecans, walnuts, almonds or butterfinger (PB cups or butterfinger is my favorite)

Third Layer:

1 lg box of chocolate fudge pudding made according to package directions for pie filling

Let the pudding set before adding the next layer.

Fourth Layer:

1 - 8 oz container Cool Whip

Top it off with chocolate curls or chocolate shavings.  Shavings are really easy -- just chill a chocolate bar and take a potato peeler to it : )  curls are harder.

You can serve anytime - doesn't need to set up or chill overnight either.  You're probably safer not leaving it in the fridge overnight - midnight snack people might take it : )