Banana Cinnamon Pancakes

Every Friday we have pancakes. To vary the routine we have tried all sorts of different flavors and shapes for speciel occasions. This week we got a phone call from some friends that Michael works for. They told us they had some bananas for us. So we went to pick them up. They had a big box of […]

Reflections on Life Focus

It’s hard to believe that almost four weeks have passed since the conclusion of Life Focus XV. But I didn’t want it to pass without commenting on how it ended. The final graduation on August 28 displayed only a small part of what the students had just accomplished. Their body, soul, and spirit had been […]

Family Night

We have spent many delightful hours together as a family this summer playing badminton. A friend who joined us one evening made a very insightful comment: “Families who pray together and play together, stay together.” This is so true. We have seen many benefits to setting aside one evening a week for what we call […]

Back from an Inspiring Conference! Part 2

Welcome back to the follow up post on Flash News Interviews! Today we will be questioning the rest of the group that traveled to Indianapolis from August 7-11 for the ATI Homeschool Conference! “Esther, I hear you were leading a pre-Excel team of 12 wonderful 9-11 year old girls. Tell us about it.” She said: “Well, the […]

Back from an Inspiring Conference! Part 1

Wow, so much was covered in this years ATI Home Schooling Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. Here are specific things that members of the family shared with me during this morning’s Flash News Interviews. David, what did you think of the day of delighting in the Lord? “God spoke to me through Ps. 119:9 and Prov. […]

God’s Power in Prayer!

A good friend of mine recently gave me a journal of what she prayed for me as I was doing ministry work this spring. I compared entries with my journal and found serveral times that what was prayed was exactly what I needed that day. God hears prayer! Here are a few examples: Jennifer’s journal […]

Preparations for an Amazing Opportunity

It is not too often that a missionary is paid by an organization in the host country to come and serve. But this is the marvelous provision that the Lord has made for the team that Donald will be serving with in Taiwan. (We plan to post more specific updates so stay tuned!) After notification […]

How To Fix A Miserable Mustard Mistake

Last week we took a trip up to PA to visit our cousins. One night while we were there we had a cookout. I was going through the line and had just put on some mustard on my hot dog when all of a sudden my plate slipped off the counter and all the mustard […]

Cousin Dave Gets Married!

Last Saturday our family had the joy of attending the wedding of David and Elspeth! Both have attended the same church for many years and have known each other ever since they can remember. It was a beautiful wedding! Grandpa & Grandma Brannon and Aunt Evelyn drove up to Pennsylvania with us and made the […]

An Unexpected Suprise

Let me skip ahead to a special activity that we did during the 7th week of Life FOCUS. On Wednesday last week, Director Ritchie planned an outing as a reward for wholeheartedly working through the last six, intense weeks. We traveled to Green Acres canoe livery on the Whitewater River in Harrison, Ohio for an […]