Entries from October 2007

October 26, 2007

Our Greatest Resource

Prayer is our greatest resource! To be able to talk to the Lord God Almighty is such a privilege. Thank you Jesus for making it possible. How would we make it through difficult times without being able to say to someone, “Will you pray for me?” How awesome it is to be able to call [...]

October 22, 2007

Lessons Learned in the Forest

Saturday I spent 4 hours in the forest. Walking, praying, thinking. It was a beautiful day!So peaceful. Here are some things I learned - true both physically and spiritually:
Exercise your muscles to stay strong.
If you get off track, turn around and go back to the spot where you took a wrong turn - make it [...]

October 21, 2007

Isn’t this a great picture?


October 19, 2007

If you are considering abortion…

Thinking about having an abortion

Please watch this video.
  Posted by a woman who’s mother considered an abortion. Beautiful.

October 19, 2007

Celebrate Life

      I volunteer at a pregnancy counseling center. We had our annual banquet last night. In honor of all the women we serve and for respect life month, please watch this video. Many babies are aborted at this stage. Single mothers need your support!
Baby Beatrix Ultrasound

Ultrasound of a child at 4 and 1/2 months.

October 17, 2007

Substitute teaching/Parenting

     I really like being a sub in spite of the challenges (such as having to teach a lesson cold-or having to teach math -yikes!) The past 3 days I have been in 5th grade. Last week I was in 2nd grade, special ed, media center and high school English! I like the variety. Although [...]

October 15, 2007

Rain-out

Well, we knew there was a forecast for rain, but thought we would manage to get a few hours in  to ride. But we drove 4 hours, spent the night and never even got to take the ATVs out of the trailer. We gambled and it didn’t pay off. We were disappointed  but still enjoyed [...]

October 12, 2007

ATV Riding

We have had ATVs for about 5 years now. I have never been an extremely confident rider. But after an incident about a year ago that left both me and my quad on our rear-ends, well I have been more nervous. Anyway, we are going riding this weekend in a forest. Beautiful ride but it [...]

October 7, 2007

Band contest results!

Jake’s band is awesome! They left at 5:30 yesterday morning to go to a parade competition where they were with 97 bands! Their band had the high overall score!! Then they went to another city for a competition and tied for grand champs. Jake’s freshman band won for best auxiliary. He got back at 12:30 [...]

October 5, 2007

Better Health Naturally

If you are interested in health and natural healing, please check out my sister’s site listed below. She is a board Certified Traditional Naturopath, licensed through Washington D.C. She is a very wise woman and cares deeply for people. You will find many interesting and challenging things to think about.
betterhealthnaturally.wordpress.com