Happy Birthday To Our Favorite Jana
We Love You! Grandpa & Grandma
Where Are All The Birds?
Monday, March 17 I wonder why the birds aren’t coming by today. I have been sitting here for fifteen minutes. Still nothing. It’s such a strange thing. They aren’t coming to the other feeders either. Yawn! This is getting boring. Maybe I ‘m not being subtle enough. Do you think I should go back to my usual hiding […]
Excel in showing respect for each other.
Romans 12:10 (GOD’S WORD Translation)
Breakfast At The Brickerville House
Saturday Morning, March 22 This has become an annual breakfast for us ~ the morning after Living Hope Native Ministries Banquet. We knew we were in for a bit of a wait when there were people standing outside waiting. There was also a fairly large group of people waiting inside. It was a nice (but cold) […]
Keep a sharp eye out for weeds of bitter discontent.
A thistle or two gone to seed can ruin a whole garden in no time. Watch out for the Esau syndrome: trading away God’s lifelong gift in order to satisfy a short-term appetite. Hebrews 12:15-17 (The Message)
Living Hope Native Ministries
Spring 2014 Banquet ~ Friday, March 21 Yoder’s Restaurant ~ New Holland, Pennsylvania Emcee ~ Kevin Horning This banquet is an attraction to us because of the three summers (late 1980s) we spent at Pikangikum ~ a native island reserve in Northwest Ontario ~ leading a team of young people from our church to teach a one-week Bible school. […]
Do your very best to be found living at your best
in purity and peace. 2 Peter 3:14 (The Message)
It’s Snowing Again!
Tuesday, March 25 Just about the time we think spring has arrived, it snows again. I don’t think he was quite ready for that gust of wind. A bit of snow does give me opportunity for some creative pictures ~ and I love any photo-op. 🙂
In this new life one’s nationality or race or education or social position is unimportant
such things mean nothing. Whether a person has Christ is what matters, and he is equally available to all. Colossians 3:11 (Living Bible)
Beauty In The Evening
I have seen seventy years worth of sunsets ~ and never tire of this end-of-day beauty. My interest in a sunset usually begins with the first pink glow in the evening sky. On this particular evening ~ when I went to photograph the evening sky ~ about a week ago, I noticed that one of our trees […]
Be still. Be patient.
Psalm 37:7 (The Voice)
Snow Geese Overhead
The loud honking sound caused me to look up. I knew from the media that they were at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area ~ thousands of migrating water fowl ~ Snow Geese, Tundra Swans, and Canada Geese. The news from Middle Creek (8-10 miles from us as the geese fly ) estimated that at the height of the migration (about […]
Real life and real living
are not related to how rich we are. [Jesus] Luke 12:15 (Living Bible)
A Funny Memory Happened In Church Today
This morning we sang an old familiar song that we haven’t sung for a long time. We were invited to stand, and as soon as we began the chorus, my mind went back to my parents living room ~ when I was a preschooler ~ and my aunts and some other relatives stood in a large doorway […]
Don’t lose your grip on Love and Loyalty.
Tie them around your neck; carve their initials on your heart. Earn a reputation for living well in God’s eyes and the eyes of the people. Proverbs 3:3-4 (The Message)
Mud Sale ~ Final Photos
Saturday, March 15 I have a few more pictures to help you visualize what it was like to attend our local mud sale. Outside wagonload sale Outside the furniture tent. There were some “interesting” things in the field rows. I went back to the animal pens because there were too many people there during my […]
Wisdom is a rare commodity.
Paul urges believers, then and now, to walk wisely. It involves living well every day. Ephesians 5:21 (The Voice)
Mud Sale Quilts and Young Entrepreneurs
Saturday, March 15 My view of people as I walked toward the quilt tent. The auctioneer was selling small quilted items when I was there, so I had to settle for pictures of the few quilts that were hanging or those folded neatly on the rack. After visiting the quilt tent, I again walked through the […]
Trust in the Lord and do good.
Live on your land and be dependable. Psalm 37:3 (Easy-to-Read Version)
Food & Crafts At The Mud Sale
Saturday, March 15 There was a tempting array of baked goods and lunch items inside the fire hall. We love homemade bread, so I bought a loaf of wheat bread. It is so moist and delicious! The aroma of grilling chicken carried to anyone who was downwind of this area. I took this picture as he was turning […]
Oh, that we might know the Lord!
Let us press on to know him, and he will respond to us as surely as the coming of dawn or the rain of early spring. Hosea 6:3 (Living Bible)
Mud Sale
Saturday, March 15 It was a cool ~ sometimes sunny, sometimes cloudy day ~ a wonderful Saturday morning to walk around our local mud sale. Mud sale you ask? What is that? They are an area phenomenon ~ benefit auctions for fire companies and Amish schools. If you really like them you can find one almost every Saturday from the […]
We pray that the Lord will cause you to feel God’s love
and remember Christ’s patient endurance. 2 Thessalonians 3:5 (Easy-to-Read Version)
The Barn Entrance
These pictures didn’t quite fit into the baby shower pictures, but this is what we saw at the entrance to the barn – which is on the property of an excavating business. Cerwin thought it looked like something that was pulled by horses and used in a stone quarry. Does anyone know what it is? […]
I always remember that the Lord is with me.
He is here, close by my side, so nothing can defeat me. Psalm 16:8 (Easy-to-Read Version)
A Baby Shower for Kevin & Becca ~ The Gifts
Saturday Afternoon, March 15 The four little girls ~ Elyse (on Becca’s lap), Lucy, Molly, and Bella were quite interested in the gifts. Like I said yesterday, I think Elyse thought this was her party. 🙂 She loved helping Becca open the gifts. A gift from a grandma who I understand is no longer […]
My prayer for you is that you will overflow more and more with love for others
and at the same time keep on growing in spiritual knowledge and insight. Philippians 1:9 (Living Bible)
A Baby Shower for Kevin & Becca ~ The Food
Saturday Afternoon, March 15 While people arrived and lunch was being prepared I took more pictures. Notice the pretty, cloth napkins. Visiting before lunch. By 12:30, lunch was prepared and looking delicious. Becca’s parents (Jeff and Eunice), Becca and Kevin, and Kevin’s mom (Anne) welcomed everyone and asked Cerwin to pray before the meal. Waiting to go […]
If we are living now by the Holy Spirit’s power
let us follow the Holy Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives. Galatians 5:25 (Living Bible)
A Baby Shower For Kevin & Becca
Cerwin and I were honored to be invited to this celebration ~ the first baby for our nephew and his wife.Becca, her mom, sister, and friends did a great job of making it a delightful afternoon. Becca (back to camera) and her mom attending to some lunch details. While the ladies were getting things ready, Kevin entertained his niece […]