The Banker’s Business

“Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Matthew 6:21). This is one more reason I’ve come to appreciate the Mega International Commercial Bank. Not only have they made the classroom banking scenario here at the school as realistic as possible, but in all actuality they have been more than willing to help […]

This is Our Father’s Day

We are so blessed with a righteous father who leads his family in the ways of the Lord! Thank you Dad! In so many ways you are a picture of who our Heavenly Father is to us. The following medley of revised lines from hymns and spiritual songs was compiled in his honor on […]

Honor thy Father and thy Mother

Uncle Alan did this by turning his parent’s request for a porch roof into an item on his “to do” list. So last weekend found our family in Morgantown to help him with this project. By 7:00 am Dad, Michael, Daniel, Jonathan and David were on the roof with Uncle Alan. Their goal: A roof […]

David turns Twelve!

One morning we decorated the house for my birthday. Michael designed a great cake for me with the picture of a lion head on it. One of the best things about my birthday was that I got my new 4/4 violin. We ordered four violins to try out. Esther and I learned a lot about listening […]

ATI Conference Part 2

Thank you for joining us as Flash News Interviews returns with the rest of the story… Esther: “I enjoyed discussing Bible lessons with my pre-EXCEL team of attentive 8-11 year old girls. I came away with encouraged to be a purged, clean vessel that is sanctified and ready for the Master’s use. 2 Tim. 2:21 […]

Building Blocks

Well, just an update here! I continue to be amazed at the beauty and efficiency of Mandarin Chinese–Characters in the Bible continue to come alive with meaning. Recently in Genesis was the bittersweet story of Hagar. Here are several words that stood out (as best as I could decipher them): * Maidservent = woman + […]

ATI Conference Part 1

The resent results of Flash News Interviews shows that the Staddon family unanimously agrees that a major highlight of the conference was the fellowship they had with the families there of like heart. They are eager to say: “God rewarded all the effort that went into packing up and traveling the 500 miles to Nashville […]

60 Years Together

About a hundred supportive family members and friends joined us in a grand celebration of Grandpa and Grandma Brannon’s 60th Wedding Anniversary! It was a fun reunion and great time to catch up with everyone, especially relatives we hadn’t seen for many years! Grandpa and Grandma’s loyalty and faithfulness to each other over all these […]

“A Radical Discovery”–The Day I Learned Chinese

“Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding” (Proverbs 23:23). On a day that might have been used otherwise, this verse made me think that it might be more wise to take some time and study. I needed to bring together the things I was learning about spoken and written […]

Blowing Bubbles!

Have you ever blown bubbles so long that you got dizzy and your lips started hurting? This was the case last month as I was babysitting. But it was worth it as I saw the little 3 year old learn how to blow a BIG one. At first he couldn’t make it work. He blew […]