Jan. 1, 2009 - New Years
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
I hope you all had a great, fun and safe new years eve. Some of my family came to visit over Christmas break and we've been having a blast. I think this is the first time in 3 years I have stayed up 'till mid-night and watch the ball drop.
Last year my new years resolution was to read through the Bible in a year. I was right on track untill about July. Instead of going at my reading each day with a heart that wanted to learn, I had become hurried and instead of using that time to be still. I was in a rush with the motovation of getting it over as fast as I could. I realized that what I was doing was wrong and stopped my hurried pace. I almost never got as much reading as before but I could feel that I was learning more and able to live out what I had read more and more in my every day life. I don't want to discourage any one who made that resolution but rather to encourage and remind you to keep it about what you can learn and how you can better glorify God.
In Him-Nina
Here we come 2009!!!
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Dec. 31, 2008 - Christmas
Hello all,
I hope that you have all had a wonderful Christmas. I know that I have. Gods continual shower of blessings has now become a down-pour! I learned a great tool this Christmas season that really helped me to keep the focus on Jesus. I have been trying to "give birthday gifts to Jesus", in not-so random acts of kindness towards my sibs, spending more time in prayer or being less selfish with my time. The great thing about this is that my whole family has benifited from this as well as my walk with God. Merry Christmas (a bit late),
-Nina
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Oct. 8, 2008 - Poor Oscar : (
Hey everybody, I have been very busy and hav'ent been able to post as often as I'd like. School is going great and I LOVE the new books!!! My market goat Oscar who nearly died last year has a very bad case of pnuemonia and will be put down today. I have been trying to nurse him back to health for the past week and a half, but it was not enough.
I am very exited because tommorow My dad, my brother and I are flying to Idaho to see my dads relatives (which makes them my relatives to ;o) ). Please pray for my Great Grandma who is not doing very well health wise, and I don't think she is saved either. Please pray that her heart will be prepaired to accept Jesus before she passes away. I gtg do school, chores and pack then church and help teach the kids choir. Thanks for reading,
In Him, Nina
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Jul. 7, 2008 - 4th of July
I'm sorry for not posting sooner but we've been very busy!
For the last few weekends we have been "escaping the heat" by going to our favorite campground in the mountains. It's about 15 to 20 degrees cooler there, which is still about 95! Today at home is was 106 which is a pretty cool day. My church had VBS two weeks ago, I had a blast! I lead a group of some really funny kids! Right after the last night of VBS we left for the mountains, my sisters were soaking wet for the long drive up there! We spent most of Independence Day at the campground. The girls participated in the campgrounds little parade and they decorated their bikes with as much ribbon as they could manage. Later in the afternoon we went to a parade in town, it was really hot out! We were not able to set off any fireworks because they are illegal, but we still had a lot of fun.
My mom found a really neat article on the men who signed the Declaration of Independence and what they had to sacrifice; hopefully I will be able to post it later.
In Him,
-Nina
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May. 25, 2008 - School
Well, I’m almost finished with this school year and, will be starting a new curriculum over the summer called Tapestry of Grace. I am very excited!!! If any of you have ever used this program before please comment and let me know what you think, especially if you have any helpful hints to make it more efficient. Thanks a lot, In Him
-Nina
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May. 25, 2008 - Holding Back
Today our pastor challenged us to live one day for Jesus, not just pray at meals and stuff but in everything we do be for Jesus and to humble our selves before him. Until today, I thought I was already living my days for Jesus, but I was wrong. What Jesus called us to do was not simply live for him, but to live in him and in everything, to do it for Jesus.
As soon as I heard the pastor give me this challenge today, a voice from deep inside of me started shouting-out “I’m too busy”, “I’m already living my life for Jesus”, How messed-up is that! Jesus, son of God died on the cross, so that one day, should I accept his offer of a new life, I could go to heaven to be with him in an everlasting life, is asking me to live my life for him, and I'm hesitating and making excuses! Today he showed me that the way I'm living my life, is only under the pretence of living for him. So from now on I will try to focus more on him, less on myself, and my selfish desires.
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May. 23, 2008 - Sports
I am or have played in many different sports over the years. I might be forgeting a few but I think that the list reads like this: Tee-ball, soccer, basketball, tumbling, swimteam, cheerleading and volleyball. (My dad is really into anything competitive.)
I was recently in club volleyball, Now maybe It was that I knew no one there, that all the other girls went to school together or that because I am so tall that everyone expected me to pick it up easily. The girls where rude and some just downright mean. I was humiliated that whole season just waiting for it to be over. Now that I look back on that season of "torture", I wonder if I had been more out going would they have liked me more, If I had not been so busy wondering what they where saying behind my back and laughing about during water break if I could have played better? While all, some or none of these maybe true, I realize that also during this time of my life I had become farther from God. Before,and during that season I had slowly drifted apart from him. I was so consumed with my own thoughts, ambitions and trials that I started putting God after every thing else. I would talk to God at night only if I could not get to sleep, but other wise my life at that time had very little time for God. I know now that God also used that experiance to bring me closer to him. When you don't see the reason why things don't work our like you want them to, remember: "To everything there is a season and a purpose under heaven." -Ecclesiastes 3:1
Ha, I sat down and thought I was going to write about sports.
In Him
-Nina
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May. 23, 2008 - About me
Hello all,
I'v been wanting to start a blog for a long time, so I'm unbelivably exited!!! 
I am the oldest girl of seven ( I have one older brother). I love being in a big family and I try constantly to be a blessing to them. God has heaped his blessings on my my family and I so amazingly I am in stupor just thinking about it. I am blessed with two wonderful parents. My Dad in a nutshell is: Hard working, funny, loving, did I already say funny?! He is also my principal and a wiz at math!!! My Mom homschools those of us who are of school age, and she constantly amazes me with how organized yet flexable she is. No matter how busy either of them are they always have time to talk. My brothers, sisters and I all get along very well and have a lot of fun together no matter the curcumstances. All in all I am very blessed!!!
We live in the country and have a variaty of animals. I have a dog: Roy, well actuly Little Lord Fauntlaroy, but Roy is much more simple. I also have a boar goat named Oscar, a cat named Randy and a cat named Dog, a Egyptian goose named Kashta and a chicken named Georga. I have showed them all in the fair through 4-H.
I also love reading, some of my favorite books are: Do Hard Things, Waiting for for Her Isaac, While Waiting for Your Prince Charming, Watership Down and David Copperfield. Well I'll have to write more later.
In Him-
Nina
