While America’s people feel the pressure of a government that thought it could pay people to not work, the president of France seems to have given us a good example!
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Weekend with the Wilkes
What a refreshing time enjoying the unity of fellow believers in a whirlwind of profitable activity! Times of planning, times of work, times of rest, and times of play, but all of them were times of joy. I wish we had pictures of the volleyball and ping pong! What a joy it was also to […]
Conference Prep
I arrived just a few days earlier than normal for Conference preparations here in Nashville, TN. Just let me say that there is much more that goes on behind the scenes than I ever imagined! Laying carpet, inserting ceiling tiles, vacuuming, moving furniture, arranging chairs, and setting up book tables are only a few of […]
Spring Work
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 […]
Was it possible?
With our work on the fence coming to a close around mid June, we realized that we needed to begin in earnest on the new 360 square foot storage building. If we would be able to use Dad’s time off work around the 4th of July to put the structure under roof, we now had […]
Lengthen thy cords and strengthen thy stakes!
For the past two years the orchard has been expanding. It expanded so much, in fact, that half of it was located outside the original orchard fence! We had no choice but to also expand the electric fence, or face the possibility of being decimated by the ravages of wild beasts (deer). The whole project […]