A Change of Plans

Teaching VOH

It was going to be a full week! I would arrive back at HQ from WV on Monday evening in time for a school board meeting, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings I would teach VOH and for a couple hours a day from Wed – Fri. I was very excited about volunteering at a local school! […]

And Ye Shall Live

“For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye Me, and ye shall live… Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire… Seek the good, and not the evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye […]

What made America Great?

Sunrise on America

Our congressman David McKinley asks, “What Made America Great?” He did not present his own conclusions, but this question is definitely one worth asking, and if possible, worth finding an answer to. There are many aspects of America’s greatness, including freedom, education, religion, family, economy, etc. So how do you keep freedom from becoming chaos? […]

A Lion in the Way

5951_North Carolina-USA_Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 24 mm, 1-6 sec at f - 8.0, ISO 100

The verse that stood out to me on the morning that my brother Michael and I drove from Waxhaw to Marble for the North Carolina FEW Conference happened to be Proverbs 26:13: “The slothful man saith, ‘There is a lion in the way…’” In other words, instead of viewing obstacles as opportunities, a slothful person […]

The Right Day to Fly

5891_St. Louis-Missouri-USA_Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 55 mm, 1-80 sec at f - 5.6, ISO 100

Having brought the CEF Calendar project to a close on Wednesday, I was scheduled to fly on Thursday from St. Louis to Charlotte to attend the Stelzl Business Workshop. No big deal, right? It was fairly early in the week when I first heard about the serious snow and ice storm that would be coming […]

What a Shock!

Game day at the Fredricksons!

What a surprise that Dad, Mom, Donald and David were driving all day to be here and visit! You can’t get a more special birthday shock than that! We packed a lot of good memories into those four days. Let me share them with you: A few other shots from the past week or two:

An Evening at CEF IHQ

5743_Warrenton-Missouri-USA_Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 24 mm, 2.0 sec at f - 14, ISO 100

Time for an update from Missouri! The work here at CEF International Headquarters has been going splendidly. The 2014 CEF Calendar has been designed, the majority of pictures for each month have been chosen, the text explaining these pictures has been written up and the plan is to send it off for the first round […]