Events, vacations, birthdays, testimonies, celebrations; anything you can think of that a family has done together.
Much has been accomplished on the property this spring thanks to the availability and cooperation of the whole family. In addition to starting the garden, working the beehives, and maintaining the orchard, we had ordered almost 70 new nut trees, fruit trees and shrubs. The plan was to dig a large hole for each one […]
May 14, 1948 is the official day that Israel was reborn. But on the Hebrew Calendar, with months that stay true to the phases of the moon, the date was yesterday, Iyar 5, the fifth day of the second Hebrew month in the year. Originally the month was called Zif (“zeev”) meaning bright or splendorous, […]
The members of the church I attend here in Chaojhou have been tremendous examples of generosity. The pastor and his family have provided long-standing encouragement in just about every area and a “Thank You blog” could be pretty long . . . . I will hit some highlights here. I didn’t have my camera with […]
Thus was my reaction when I heard that this was the breathtaking reward offered for the winner of the Shelby Kennedy Foundation’s world-class National Bible Bee Competition. What would you do with $100,000? I was unprepared for the overwhelming avariciousness which began to envelop me as I pondered this question and the materiality of the […]
Written Friday, April 3, 2009 Greetings from Skiatook, OK! I want to thank everyone for your prayers and update you on how relaxing and rejuvenating this first week has been training and getting to know the team that I will be teaching with until mid-May. Last Saturday 16 of us loaded up and headed to Eagle Springs […]
Six tries. One hit. I don’t have any pictures for this one, but it’s yet another memory from our public school teaching that stands out in my memory. After lunch break, the school became very quiet. Many teachers as well as the students were taking their nap as usual, but one teacher extended the invitation […]
Have you ever gotten lost while trying to read through Leviticus and Numbers? You dutifully stumble through your three chapters for the day, only to close your Bible wondering, “What was all that about?” Me too! I knew God included them for a purpose, but I would always seem to get hung up on all […]
We visit the surrounding Elementary Schools!
After much diligent work and the joint effort of many hard working individuals, we are happy to announce the release of our first ever Staddon Family Year in Review! This concise, 15 minute review will give you a glimpse of the major (and some not-so-major) events of the year 2008!
Good news! The pictures for “The Sound of Music” post are now up! You can revisit The Sound of Music to see them. I was glad to be able to do that finally. And in the process of doing so I found a lot more I thought you all would enjoy so I decided to […]