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International Teens Involved

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:56:00 -0500

We had a wonderful time at WOL International Teens Involved Youth Camp! It was not extremely hot, but hot enough! We did have thunder showers about every afternoon or evening.

The kids from our church, including my daughter, had a wonderful time. The Lord worked in their lives and hopefully there will be lasting changes.

My daughter won third place in the Vocal Solo Category! She did a wonderful job! I have included links to picture of the teens who partcipated in it.

This is WOL International Teens Involved Vocals/Instrumentals/Quizzing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t267tGMyInU

These are pictures of the ones in the Speaking Categories:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2QfzrdTgT4

Starting Again. . .

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:04:00 -0500

Well, I cannot believe how long it has been since I have blogged here! I will be starting again now. I will try to blog at least a once a week! Surely I can do this!

We are on our summer schedule in school. I am trying to keep our routine for chores and a little school work. The kids are both working on Math. I bought Teaching Textbooks for both of them for next school year. My son just loves it (and he hated math; we spent a couple of years battling multiplication!) He wanted to start it NOW instead of waiting for our new school year. One day he did 4 lessons! So he is working on this on his own with no prodding! That's what I love to see!

I keep trying to do some summer organizing and decluttering, but keep getting interrupted by normal, always-needing-done "stuff". I do my husband's business bookkeeping, and there seems to always be something to do. My mother-in-law visited with us for a week a couple of weeks ago. (It was nice that she was her on our 16th wedding anniversary, so we got away for a night for some couple time!)

In a couple of weeks, I am traveling with my daughter to Hudson, FL for Teens Involved. She is singing a solo by Chris Tomlin, entitled "Enough". She made it to the International Level along with several others from our church! So we will enjoy a week together there. We pray for the Lord's blessing and traveling mercies.

Christmas Poems from my children

Fri, 7 Dec 2007 18:27:00 -0600

The Reason for Christmas

Christmas is coming, what a wonderful time

The presents are pretty; the food is sublime.

Bright holly is draped over windows and doors;

Sleigh rides go dashing through wintery storms.

Mince pies and puddings, candy and spice;

Turkey and ham, and everything nice;

Warm hugs of welcome as we go back home;

Holiday greetings come over the ‘phone.

There’s Christmas songs like “Jingle Bells”,

And “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”.

But songs and presents don’t quite make the day,

Not without Jesus who was born to save.

He was born in a manger at Bethlehem,

He came down from heaven to this darkened land;

He loved us so much that He died on a tree,

On Golgotha’s hill for you and for me.

Elisabeth - copyrighted

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Charity is what he brought when He came to

earth.

Holy angels declared his birth to the

shepherds.

Royal in all He does, through His Father,

God

Innocent all the time.

Shepherds go down to see Jesus in Bethlehem.

The wise men traveled from afar guided by a

Star.

Many gifts were brought to Him.

All this led to Jesus dying on the cross,

being buried in a tomb, and rising again

on the third day.

Son of God is He; the one who sits on the

throne at the right had of the Father.

by Timothy

I am Thankful for . . .

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:11:00 -0600

I really like this picture of my son. My daughter took it of him early one morning at the beach.

This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for a Lord and Savior who loves me and wants to fellowship with me. I want to draw nearer to him and love him with all my heart.

I am thankful for my husband and family, and that we are all together. I know some families whose mate is overseas serving in the armed forces. I appreciate the sacrifice they make to keep our land safe.

I am thankful that I can homeschool my children - that we have that freedom. Some countries don't have that.

I am thankful for our home, our vehicles, our business. Thankful for our good health; some people don't have that, either.

Dear Lord, I am so thankful for all these things that I have mentioned and others that I haven't mentioned. I know that without you, we would have none of these blessings. You are so good and so kind to us, even though we do not deserve any of it. But thank you once again for your blessings on me.

Count Your Blessings Instead of...

Count your blessings instead of your crosses;
Count your gains instead of your losses.

Count your joys instead of your woes;
Count your friends instead of your foes.

Count your smiles instead of your tears;
Count your courage instead of your fears.

Count your full years instead of your lean;
Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.

Count your health instead of your wealth;
Love your neighbor as much as yourself.

Outer Banks Trip

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 09:55:00 -0600

I haven't written for a couple of weeks. We have been very busy! First we went to the Outer Banks for a field trip. We visited the Wright Brothers Memorial, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Bodie Island Lighthouse, went swimming, watched sunrises and sunsets on the beach.

We had a wonderful time. We don't get away like this very often. Usually when we travel it is to our familes who both live out-of-state.

Then I had to travel up to Tennessee when my father was in the hospital with chest pains; he has several blockages, but is very weak and probably could not stand surgery. So he is between a rock and a hard place physically. Please keep him in your prayers. Pray that the doctors will have wisdom how to treat him.

A Boy

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:16:00 -0500

I read this quote today from an email I received and really liked it. Thought you might enjoy it, too.

" A Boy is the only thing God can use to make a Man".

Pictures of My Family

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:51:00 -0500

I my family!

Keith

Elisabeth

Another of Elisabeth

Timothy

Another of Timothy

Quiet Day

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:45:00 -0500

Today has been a quiet day. My dh took me out to Golden Corral for breakfast. Then I got to have a quiet day here at home. Dh took dd13 out to a prayer walk and visitation with our church. Ds10 was supposed to go too, but did not have his chores done when we got back from breakfast. We had told him specifically that if they were not done, he would not be able to go. So he got to stay here and do his work.

I worked on dh's business bookkeeping. Grateful to get it done. I use Quicken to keep up with things. I have used it for years. Until about a year ago, I did bookkeeping and invoicing from home, for a Chrisitan Publishing company, Harvey Christian Publishers, Inc. (Check out their site.) I worked for them for about 16 years. I used the Quicken program with them.

Tidbit: If we could earn our salvation, Christ would not have died to provide it.

New Beginnings

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:43:00 -0500

It has been almost a year now since I made an entry on this blog. It has been a busy year, but it has been a good year. I would like to take this blog up again, writing about my spiritual life, my family life, our school "stuff", etc. Lord willing, I will try to blog a few times per week.

The last few days, the Lord has been dealing with me about how I do not always walk in the strength of the Holy Spirit in my daily life. He has shown me how when I try to walk in my own strength and how little I can do as a result. If I walk in my flesh, what my flesh can do is all I get! If I let the Holy Spirit be my strenth, then I have what He can do! Which is a whole lot more and a whole lot better than my flesh! I really feel the need of His help and repent for how I have neglected Him. I am so thankful for His forgiveness and His drawing me to Himself. Without Him, I would not feel my need and would not run to Him in my desperation.

"Thank you, Lord Jesus, that you love me and care about my daily life. That you would want to fellowship with me and be the strenth and refuge of my life."

Elisabeth's Christmas Poem

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:08:00 -0600

Thanksgiving is past and Christmas is near.

The stores are all decked in their holiday cheer.

Its time to be thinking of Christmas and gifts,

And holly and pudding, for spirits to lift.

The turkey is dressed, the pies are all done,

The children are waiting around for the fun.

The mantle is decked with holly and spruce,

And we are cooking the Christmas goose.

The evergreen tree has abundance of lights,

With everything else, there are quite a few sights.

With smells from the kitchen and gifts by the tree,

There's lots of excitement for you and for me.

But let's not forget the reason we're here,

Not only to celebrate holiday cheer;

But to remember the dear Savior's birth.

On that sweet night that He came to earth.

@Copyrighted 2004