Events, vacations, birthdays, testimonies, celebrations; anything you can think of that a family has done together.
I would like to take this opportunity to say how faithful, gracious and merciful the Lord has been to allow me to have another undeserved year on this earth. I celebrated my birthday with a renewed gratefulness and zeal for life due to this near death experience. God’s faithfulness was demonstrated in a very big […]
The power has been out here for over 4 days now, longer than ever before in our family’s experience! On Friday evening, February 5, the rain turned to sleet, and then to a thick snow that stuck to everything and mounted up to twelve inches. The scenery was breathtaking, especially in the forest where even […]
Its great to be in the schools again! This session I have also been taking training which has been very helpful and improved my teaching skills. During training one Monday afternoon, Amy read this to us and it renewed my vision for the work here. It discribes our work well. Think of a child whose […]
The Father’s Conference here at the Indianapolis Training Center is progressing very well! It is quite exciting that Robert, Esther, Daniel and myself have been able to help out, from washing dishes and preparing food to running video cameras and manning book tables. It’s a first for all four of us to be working on […]
Wall space is wonderful space. In Israel the Ten Commandments were placed on the doorposts, which, like walls, are conspicuous places that children and adults would both see often. I also remember the story of a widow whose husband and sons were all lost at sea. Even when her youngest son grew up, he too […]
Grandpa didn’t keep a high-paying job with Boeing when he felt called to duty–though he could have. Nor did he claim the Purple Heart–though he could have. And when he came back from the service, Grandpa didn’t have to share his experiences with us–but he did. His stories reflected his understanding of having a just […]
Returning home on the last leg of our Florida journey, we made one last stop at our grandparents’ house in Salem, West Virginia. After all, there’s no place like home – except Grandma’s. Robert, Esther, James, and Daniel especially relished the visit before heading off to the mid west once again. The thick blanket of […]
Tuesday, Dec.29, we pulled up to the Hicks and were warmly greeted and invited on a hike around their property which felt good after the 8 hour trip from Sanibel. Out by the pond we ate oranges fresh off the tree. Before this trip I’d never even seen oranges on a tree! It wasn’t long […]
To say that this Christmas season was full of surprises would be an understatement, but I definitely wasn’t expecting the one that came on Christmas morning. We rose early to catch the sunrise on the eastern shore of Sanibel Island. Seashells are abundant there so we were busy picking them up both before and after […]
Early Monday morning our family headed over to Commodore Creek for a kayaking escapade. This was the first time in my life that I had ever experienced the thrill of kayaking. We enjoyed being so close to God’s fascinating creation. At one point, Robert and I were just a few yards under an Anhinga! The […]