Hey everyone,

Here’s how my week has been going. I know this is unusual for me to write about my own life for a change but I think I’ll do fine (if not let me know ha-ha).

Sunday, we all went to church as normal and I got to Sunday school for a change. I think I woke up at 5:00 am but that’s a long story. Anyway, my mom, my brother, and I went to evening service which is very unusual because usually my whole family will go. But as you read on God has surprises – BIG surprises. Mom got a call from dad during church and she tried calling him back but he didn’t answer. We called like a total of 15 times. We drove home a little worried but we were sure everything was just fine. Then we pulled into the garage and guess what!?! My grandfather was here!! And we didn’t even clean the house for him. It was such a mess with finishing school, starting yard work, messy house, you get the picture. We hadn’t seen him for 3 years and now he’s staying with us for a week. That is so great!!! Please pray for my grandfather and our family because he is not a believer. It can be really hard at times.

On Monday I cleaned the house a bit (the whole downstairs and bedrooms) since my grandfather had to come when the house was the worse. Also my brother was fixing the heater and air conditioner in our house but he couldn’t back to one of the dampers because the opening is really small. We all tested who could fit in the opening best. You have to be really skinny but long enough to reach the damper. So who got the job, well me of course!! I got out after many tries - who knew I didn’t know how to work a socket. Let’s just say I was VERY sore (even have a bruise) after that and I got some fiberglass in my skin. But now I have heat in the winter and cold air in the summer in my bedroom. It used to be the other way around.

Tuesday, I cleaned our freezer because the motor was burning and producing mold. It was very gross looking! We were able to shut it down so it would stop burning but that took forever. Then I got attacked by our cat because my sister hadn’t fed her yet. She bit and clawed my leg and its not very nice looking. We also went to two museums but they weren’t what I fully expected (thankfully they were free). It nice though to be out of the 90 degree weather *ugh.*

On Friday I'm going to an Apologetix concert with my brothers and my friends. I'll write about that later...

That’s how my week has been and I’m to sure what I’ll be doing the rest of the week but. Hopefully we’ll get to go to the beach and cool off. I had fun writing about my life for once and I’ll try to do this more often.

-Miss Elizabeth

"A little bird I am, shut from the fields of air
and in my cage I sit and sing to Him who placed me there.
Well pleased a prisoner to be, because my God, it pleases Thee."

Hello Everyone-

Well, you certainly can see that Christmas is just around the corner….or for some of you reading this it may be pass Christmas, (laughing).

It has been really busy here but in a different way than most people would think. This entry is going to tell you how I and my family celebrate Christmas and here is how….First to let you know, I and my family do not at all have a Christmas tree/trees. We do not decorate our house or landscape. We do not give gifts, etc. Starting the day after Thanksgiving or a few days after that (laughing), our family will start by reading the Gospels each morning until Christmas Day. We have a tradition to read this series of Christmas books, which are excellent, starting Advent Sunday. We also will rehearse and memorize verses from the Bible every morning until Christmas Day. This is because every year since we were toddlers, our parents put together a Christmas Play and us, the children, take different roles in the play. We always switch parts every year except for everyone who says with their original parts. Such as: me as Elizabeth, my older brother Gabriel the angel, and my very oldest brother as Herod.

This play takes all month to rehearse, memorize, prepare props, and sew costumes. On Christmas Day is when we do the final performance of our play. We only do this play with our family but we do record and take pictures to give to relatives. It takes usually from 9:00 in the morning, till 4:00 in the evening to do the whole play, including lunch and breaks. After we are all done we have a Christmas dinner and sing Christmas hymns.

Thank you all for reading how I and my family celebrate Christmas together. If you at all feel offended please don’t. I don’t think giving gifts, decorating trees, and more is wrong. I just believe that this is the way God has chosen our family to celebrate Christmas. There is one thing I do believe is very wrong though, I believe when people think that Santa gave the gifts is a lie to this world. I hope many of you agree with me on this issue. Thanks again for listening to my ramblings.

Hey Guys,

I thought this was a pretty cool idea. Hope you all are able to use it in your family.

Walking In His Steps, Elizabeth



There are various ways to evaluate movies: tracing the growth of the main character, picking out the theme or themes, critiquing the cinematography or judging the quality of the acting. However, when it comes to understanding and engaging the culture, the best approach is to discern the key worldview issue being displayed. This is done by asking a series of three questions:

1. What is the key worldview question being addressed? (Is God real and what is God like?, What is the origin of life?, etc.)

2. How is this question answered?

3. How does the answer given in the movie compare with a biblical worldview?

Once you have chosen a movie to watch with your family, take time afterward to answer these questions together and discuss the worldview portrayed in the film. You may just be surprised how much can be packed into a two-hour film!

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Hi everyone,

I am back from our trip to PA. The graduation (my cousin's) went well. There were some rain drops in the beginning but it cleared up real fast. The party went very well. We had excellent weather and a wonderful time.

On Saturday we went to the the Pittsburgh Zoo. I had a whole bunch of fun there. There were so many much to see. The coolest part was the polar bear exhibit!!! You could see the bears underwater.

Walking in His Steps, Elizabeth

P.S. I will put some pictures of the polar bears up soon. Thanks for waiting.

Hi my name is Elizabeth. I am 13 yr old. I live in Ct. I have 8 brothers and sisters. There are 6 boys and 3 s. I am the oldest . The oldest in the family is almost 20 and the youngest is 8. We all are homeschooled and have been homeschooled all our life. We all have accepted Jesus as our personal Savior.

I enjoy reading, scrapbooking, rollerblading, writing, and chrocheting.

I enjoy meeting new friends and hearing what you have to say. I am also new to blogging so if you have some tips I would love to hear them.

Walking in His Steps,  Elizabeth