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and it interferes with my time to write! I could back up and tell you what all I have been doing since April when I posted last but that would be cruel and unusual punishment. I may hit some of the big stuff here in a moment. A friend of mine that I haven't seen in a LONG time happened to send me her blog address and I spent some time this evening browsing through it--so well written and it made me laugh. It inspired me to get back to writing again. I need this outlet and it is such a great way for me to keep friends and family updated on our life--I just need to be better about writing AND letting folks know that I actually wrote! ;) Let's see... As you know, April we visited the castle and Oletangy Caverns. Wait! I told you about the castle but I don't remember telling you about the caverns. I am not going to slow my pace right now by looking back to see if I told you or not. I WILL take the time to find the perfect picture though. It was memorable to say the least! BRB. Okay, not as easy as I hoped. Found the picture although it is a tad blurry. Still thought it portrayed what I was going to discuss. I upload it to Snapfish--then remembered that I don't know how to retrieve it from there in such a format that I can put it here. That's right, I was supposed to use photobucket since I am a little more familiar with it. Well, I haven't been there since April so now I can't remember my password. I will go again and see if they emailed it to me yet or not. Okay, I'm getting closer. Trust me, this picture is worth the wait. Success! Here is a photo of a normally very brave, ambitious 6 year old boy who is absolutely terrified. Why do I share this photo? Because parents need to be aware that kids don't necessarily hear things they way they were actually said!
The first stop on our little tour of the caverns had a recording that remarked about all of the wonderful moss that was growing underground. The recording said that the moss was dependent on the lighting and if the lights were to go out the moss would die. From that point on Denny was anxious to get out of there! We couldn't understand why it was such an urgent thing for him. He was getting more and more upset the further we walked in the cave and the longer we spent down there. He was so relieved when we finally surfaced back up into the sunshine. I finally looked into his eyes and asked him why he was so afraid when we were down in the cave. He said "The man said that when the lights went out, we would all die!" So, there you have it, kids don't hear what is actually said so we must be more vigilant to find out EXACTLY is making them scream and cry hysterically! After that incident we decided that we needed a more positive experience with caves for Denny. Where do we take him? Why to Kentucy of course! We took a family vacation to KY to see some caves--we visited Lost Cave in Horse City, KY, Lost River Cave in Bowling Green, KY, Diamond Caverns in Cave City, KY and Mammoth Caves of course! Denny did have positive experiences at those caves although the highlight for him was probably Dinosaur World. ****Blinking lights: TOURIST TRAP!******* Here is a photo from Dinosaur World though. Important shot since this dinosaur can be viewed from Rt. 65. Ack! I just realized that Paul has it hidden somewhere in his laptop so we will have to add that later. Well, I do feel like I need to give more time to that trip and may do that in a later blog. I wanted to be sure to make comment about the fact that Denny got saved during the Kids Crusade this past June. I believe the date was June 11th, I am not going to get up just yet to be sure, it was the Tuesday before Father's Day. I was praying with Denny at bedtime (Paul was still out--riding home on one of the buses after the crusade)--I prayed that the Lord would touch the heart of a little boy I noticed that night and for that little boy to get saved. Denny said, "Mommy, can God save that little boy?" "Yes, Denny, He can." "Can God save me?" "Yes Denny! Whenever you are ready!" "Well, I'm ready if you are ready!" "Well, I'm ready if you are ready!" And Denny asked Jesus to be His Lord and Saviour right there in his room. He was baptized on Father's Day--what a special Father's Day gift for Denny earthly father and his Heavenly Father. With that, I must go. Life is still going on and it is getting late!
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