A few random favorites

I was browsing the CD of photos from camp this year, and found a few random favorites.
Enjoy!

:: camp smiles ::

:: skits ::
 

[grin]

.::{the bunny ears just help us sing better!}::.
[grin]

:: singing Thy Word ::
:: lots and lots of singin’ ::

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It’s the little things

“He who prizes little things is worthy of great ones.”
author unknown

Little things.

All around us. Everywhere. Everyday. But do I notice the beauty in them? Or am I so busy that I don’t even realize they are there? It is the little, everyday things that make up life: a friendship, a smile, a hug, [...]

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A few random photos

 .::{View the first post After a loooong night}::.
.::{View the second post For those of you}::.

 .::{^Peter^}::.

 
.::{>Edmund>}::.
 
 
 
 
 

 
.::{<Peter<}::.

.::{Susan}::.

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Futile efforts

What Satan put into the heads of our remote ancestors was the idea that they could be like gods — be their own masters — invent some sort of happiness for themselves outside God, apart from God. And out of that hopless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history — money :: [...]

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Taking Care of the Ladies

 This is one of our all-time family favorite YouTubes! Everyone gathers around the computer, and we watch it again and again.
I’m sure it will become one of your favorites!
Enjoy!
.::{and be sure to pause the music first}::.

Daniel, age four, is more of a man than most adult men. He reports on three ways he [...]

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For those of you…

…who have been requesting pictures of our dog’s new puppies, .::{you know who you are!!}::.
here are some photos of them. And although “a picture is worth a thousand words,”
I don’t believe these can do justice to their utter cuteness!!!
[grin]

But I gave it a try anyway.
So here it goes!

One of the most amazing things [...]

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After a loooong night…

.::{and a loooong morning }::…..

Grace, our Yorkshire Terrier, had puppies last night/this morning, (whichever way you want to look at it!)
Immediately after arriving home from church last evening, I was just going about my various “arriving home” tasks — bringing stuff in from the car, etc. — when my sister, with a flushed face, came running [...]

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Captivating

Beauty is the essence of God.

The first way we know this is through nature. Nature, at the height of its glory, reveals that Beauty is the essence of God.

Massive thunderclouds are rolling in, bringing with them the glorious sunsets they magnify. The earth in summer is brimming with beauty, beauty of such magnifiicence [...]

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Answered prayers for the Hausmann family

I would like to personally thank each of you for your prayers for our dear friends, the Hausmann family! 
.::{View the first post, Sad news}::.
Here is the latest news we have heard:
As of Saturday morning, Anna had not been responsive after aenesthesia (sp?) from the eye surgery to repair a torn retina or cornea on [...]

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Sad news

Late Thursday night we recieved some very sad, shocking news. Luke Edward Hausmann, the son of our dear friends, David and Karen Hausmann, stepped into the presence of his Lord and Savior shortly before 10:00 PM Thursday night.  Luke, with three of his seven siblings, Anna (20), Ethan (19), and my good friend Julia (16), was [...]

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Just for fun: Three Blind Mice, the alternate version

Three Blind Mice

Three blind mice, three blind mice.
See how they run, see how they run!
They all ran after the farmer’s wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife.
Have you ever seen such a sight in your life?
As three blind mice!

Three Sightless Rodents,
the alternate intellectual’s version:

Three sightless rodents, three sightless rodents.
Observe how they ambulate, [...]

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In awe of Him

“You will find Me,
when you seek Me with all your heart.”
Jer 29:13

Can there be any doubt that God wants to be sought after?

He wants us to love Him.

To seek Him with all our hearts.

God yearns to be known. But He wants to be sought after by those who would know Him. There [...]

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Random photo

My uncle John, me, my sister, and Aunt Patty at the locks at Puget Sound in Seattle.

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Doing Hard Things

If you know me personally, you probably know that I do not like making phone calls.

I do not like making phone calls in a house; I do not like making phone calls with a mouse.
I do not like making phone calls here or there; I do not like making phone calls anywhere!

Making phone calls is [...]

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Watering faith’s flower

Learning to better understand the God of all comfort is taught during times of want. It is only that which strains the heart to extremes that can teach the heart to stretch more. It is plowed under again…and again…and again.
Pain is the preparation of the soil.

It is in relying upon our Maker during the [...]

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