Monthly Archives: March 2006

  From Pennsylvania Dutch Country If you don’t understand Pennsylvania Dutch or the resulting accent when translated into English, this story may not seem funny to you. But, those of us who live in an area where Pennsylvania Dutch and English … Continue reading →

  Beautiful Amaryllis   The other day our daughter-in-law Kristen e-mailed these photos to me.  I thought you would enjoy them.  Their son Ian shows that they are taller than him. “Then God said, ‘Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the … Continue reading →

  Friends! One of life’s greatest treasures is the friends we make along the way.  We met Merle and Rita Nisly, Red Lake, Ontario, Canada (President of Impact North Ministries), when we were youth advisors at church and took a dozen … Continue reading →

  Christians may not always see eye-to-eye   But they can always walk arm-in-arm.   “Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.  No one has ever seen God; but if we love one … Continue reading →

  Birthday Visit Continued Josh and Jenna stayed overnight for their birthday visit and were awake early Saturday morning for their visit to Chuck E. Cheeses.  We always go there first thing in the morning (doors open at 9:00 AM) … Continue reading →

  An Evening With Great-Grandma   Yesterday, after school, we picked up Jenna and Josh (celebrating eleventh birthdays), then stopped at Landis Homes for Cerwin’s mom, and had an early supper at Oregon Dairy. Each year we and our grandchildren look forward … Continue reading →

  Memory Lane Yesterday was the thirty-second anniversary of my mother’s death – March 16, 1974.  She was only fifty-two.  I was thirty and pregnant with our youngest daughter.  She had a cancerous tumor that burst several weeks before she had any … Continue reading →

  Pray For This Truck Driver Last night, just before 8:30, a driver named Mark called from Michigan and said, “I need prayer.”  The reason anyone calls our home/office, or any other field office in Transport For Christ at night, is that … Continue reading →

  Our son Jere was taking some experimental photos with a new camera the other day, and decided to try some shots of their son Jared.  Jared Was Not Amused!     The pictures made me laugh.  I hope they bring a … Continue reading →

  Keep the Faith But Not to Yourselves.   A picture taken as we traveled home from Ohio on Sunday.