Today is Monday and I get to stay home! We are having company for dinner tonight so I'll be getting ready for that but I can clean house, do laundry, and work on the retreat I am doing this weekend (prayers will be appreciated). Ship Captain and I are getting over colds so a day at home is much appreciated.
Work on the new campus is moving along quickly. In fact, the graders are about a month ahead of schedule. More money for the next things (sewers, lights, etc.) is needed more quickly. SC will be flying out on Friday for a day trip to do some fund raising. For him, it's a combination praise and pressure.
We may be starting a study in our home on Saturday nights again. SC is getting frustrated that people are not thinking about deeper things so that when they read The Da Vinci Code, they don't think it's a big deal. So I am reading it to be able to discuss it more intelligently. Also one of the men in the church has been defending the New Perspectives on Paul, so we will probably get into that also.
After looking around at other churches, Alto Boy, (remember he lived with us during the summer of 2003) has decided to join our church. He will be included in the study and is already talking about how he can use his gifts.
Tomorrow night we are having Digger (who is more than welcome to change this name if he chooses) and Sundust over for dinner. Yesterday was Digger's birthday so we will celebrate it with them then. I'm even going to try a new recipe!
I shall close for now with more ramblings later.
1.31.2005
1.19.2005
1.12.2005
Getting Ready
In two more days, we leave for Niagara Falls so Dad has been checking the weather even more than usual. At one point he was saying that with the wind chill it could be as high as 2 degrees! And now they are talking about snow showers. So we are packing our warmest things, and we are glad that our room overlooks the falls in case it's too cold to be out for long.
But he also has found that while we are there, there will be fireworks over the falls. And an ice wine festival. Apparently there is a certain type of grape that is picked when the temperature is at -8C degrees. There is an ice bar, a bar like you sit at made of carved ice. Unfortunately, I don't think we'll be bringing back any samples. As you can imagine, the wine is very expensive. Anyway, when we get back, I hope to have some good pictures for you.
I am also getting ready to speak at our women's retreat in early February. I was just asked to do it last week but the ideas have been flowing pretty well so I think I'll be ready. The overall subject is about being rooted in Christ. Our church is so much into head knowledge that the direction I'm going to be going is very much application oriented. We'll remember and reflect on what God did last year in our lives. We'll think about what we are doing now with the idea of prioritizing and planning for what God would have us do this coming year. I'm hoping to get them to think about everything - how they are as wives, mothers, workers; what they do such as homeschooling, Bible studies, working out at the gym, hobbies, television, reading, fixing meals, etc. There will be some group time but also some alone time, which is important. We'll see. And of course, very important is to laugh together. It's going to be at a very pretty place on a lake so that should be inspirational.
So more when we get back from Niagara Falls!
But he also has found that while we are there, there will be fireworks over the falls. And an ice wine festival. Apparently there is a certain type of grape that is picked when the temperature is at -8C degrees. There is an ice bar, a bar like you sit at made of carved ice. Unfortunately, I don't think we'll be bringing back any samples. As you can imagine, the wine is very expensive. Anyway, when we get back, I hope to have some good pictures for you.
I am also getting ready to speak at our women's retreat in early February. I was just asked to do it last week but the ideas have been flowing pretty well so I think I'll be ready. The overall subject is about being rooted in Christ. Our church is so much into head knowledge that the direction I'm going to be going is very much application oriented. We'll remember and reflect on what God did last year in our lives. We'll think about what we are doing now with the idea of prioritizing and planning for what God would have us do this coming year. I'm hoping to get them to think about everything - how they are as wives, mothers, workers; what they do such as homeschooling, Bible studies, working out at the gym, hobbies, television, reading, fixing meals, etc. There will be some group time but also some alone time, which is important. We'll see. And of course, very important is to laugh together. It's going to be at a very pretty place on a lake so that should be inspirational.
So more when we get back from Niagara Falls!
1.03.2005
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