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Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Closing....for now.

I've just been way to busy recently to be able to keep up with this blog, being a full time fund raiser and teacher really leaves you with a lack of free time. Anyway I'm going to be closing down this blog until next year when hopefully I'll have a bit more time to spend updating and muchness. So Happy thanksgiving, Halloween, Christmas, birthday and whatever else I miss. I love you all, here's a kiss from me to you. MUAHHHH!!!

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Oka sooo umm....

I've been so busy lately I haven't had time for much or should i say any communicating with the outside world. With everyone pulling out of our home plus promise becoming a coach its made our home situation a little tight so its been hard to find the time to post. I just realized that we're already almost at thanksgiving and then next its going to be Christmas, time has just been flying by. gosh come to think of it that will mean that we've been here in NY for seven year now jeez that's longer than I've lived anywhere else in my hole life. I really don't have anymore revelations so I'm going to go now.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Prayer.

Please pray for my computer screen its doing this weird thing where half of it goes black and i can't seem to fix it. This computer is really important because of all the work i use it for so please claim the keys that it will get fixed and i won't have any more problems with it.

Going back.

Well I'm on my way back from the ED seminar, which was so so so so wonderful!!!! I had to get up at Two o'clock this morning to catch the ride to the airport, but my flight doesn't leave till ten thirty so I have to hang out here for about six hours on my own, it should be fun. I am so tired, and the thing is I'm not going to get to NY and home until about eleven tonight, Exciting! Any way just keep me in your prayers that all goes smoothly, I can't wait to get home and see my little buggies (otherwise known as my students). I'll wright more about the seminar later it was just too good to put into words in the short time my battery will last. Well lots of love.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

ED seminar!

Well I arrived yesterday at the location of the ED seminar, thankfully our travels were very smooth. Its been such a blessing to be here, ( god bless my dear hardworking home members who are working over time to let me attend), there are so many good classes its almost overwhelming everything I have to learn and grow in. But its just been so wonderful so far and its only two days into it. I can't thank the ED board and all those who made this possible enough, Not to mention all the contacts and people who are giving us food and lodging. The place where its being held is so nice and the restaurants have such good food. Anyway I'm so happy and content with my life right now I don't know what could make it better, Thank you Jesus.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

On my way!

Well, I'm at the airport on my way to the ED seminar we checked in and everything went really smooth, keep the rest of our travels in your prayers i'll post more later. My fingers are crossed!!!!

Friday, October 10, 2008

Yet another goodbye post.

Well yet again warmer winds are calling more of our team to hit the road, it kinda scary cause with this move leaves our home sorely lacking in personnel ( by the way if your looking for a home to contribute to and who REALLY needs dedicated people contact us). But at the same time its exciting because I know that the lord has a plan and he's going to bring to our home the people he knows are most suited for us.
Well anyway to Terri ,JD ( even though your not leaving till the twenty seventh) and kids, I love you guys. Your a super cool couple ( not to mention my sister and brother in law and I'm really going to miss you New York just won't be the same without you. Hope you are able to make it to your final destination and that our paths will cross sometime. SMOOCHES and Lots and lots of love.



To Tania and Devon, I'm gonna miss you guys hope you have safe travels and a good time in south Africa. Keep in touch and don't get sick and die of some weird diseases, Love you guys. smooches and more love.


On again...off again.

I've been so busy recently I totally forgot that I even had a blog until someone pointed out that I never update. Between teaching, fund raising, and all the other little things that fill our day it just slipped my mind. I'll be leaving on Sunday to go to Mexico for the educator's seminar thing. I'll try and post some more when I have some pictures and something to post about. But at least I have said something.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Fun Fun!!!

Here is a movie of us going four wheeling.

Vacationing!!!

Well true to my word i have gotten the pictures and I am posting. After our big family reunion thing me the other teens in my home and our mothers went on a little vacation up to this mountain motel/resort place. It was fun very sporty with ATVing and boating and suchness. Its funny most people that know wouldn't say I really enjoy things like that but contrary to their opinion I actually do. One of the aunties in our homes brother owned it so we got to do all this stuff completely free which was cool. The only catch was it was in Quebec and everyone there spoke French and only French so i couldn't understand a word that was going on around me, but i learned a few things one if some one is asking you something in French and you have no idea what their saying just say"wie" ( French for yes) they seem to enjoy it immensely and secondly never get behind the wheel of a four wheeler unless you know exactly what your doing. Believe me I speak from experience on this point, you see while we were there I got the fabulous chance to ride a four wheeler through mountain trails with my brother in the back. we got to the end with out any trouble and it was fun I felt confidant that I had finally mastered the vehicle, The guy we were with told me to turn around but I had a tree in the back and a small hill in front so he told me to just go up it and then turn around. Well me in my wisdom thought i don't want to get stuck so if I floor it I should be fine but Lo and bhold this was a very bad idea below is what happens when you do this... ( this is not me its just picture of someone else doing what i did)




yeah, it was freaky but thankfully we touched ground oka and I didn't die of a heart attack so alls well that ends well. Anyway here are some pics of our time there ( don't mind the ugliness I wasn't really feeling up to looking nice)


My mom and Jo going four wheeling together.




Katrina and her uncle ( the guy who owns the place we stayed at.)



Me and the cousin.



My brother and the uncles girlfriend.




The whole gang.



The beautiful scenery around.



Me learning how to drive, obviously I wasn't playing close enough attention ( I think I gave the poor guy a heart attack).




Us playing pool, I gave a whole new meaning to the word bad.



Us boating I think we spent more time sitting than actually going anywhere.

Friday, August 15, 2008

Hello again!

Hey guys, well I'm back I've actually been back for about a weak but I totally forgot about my blog until i was sitting here savoring my morning coffee and suddenly it popped into my mind. I had lots of fun and there was a whole lot of adventures that I will tell you about. I promise to get the pictures and post them so you shall have pictures and updates very shortly I just gotta type them up. Love you all, smooches and hugs, Have a good day!

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Right so...

I haven't been updating not because I've been lazy or negligent or even bored of blogging, it so happens that there is absolutely nothing that is worth a post and in order to not bore you I'm not going to post any of my super mature word quotes. But coming up very soon is going to be this big family reunion thing which hopefully my whole family will be coming to ( Timna you'd better come we all want to see you before we all head off to far flung mission fields). So hopefully i will have some pics and fun stuff to post about. Well till then i will post this cool quote.

It's not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena‚ whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings; who knows the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph‚ and who at worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who know neither victory nor defeat.—Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Go slow!

Dad: Hardly anything can be enjoyed in a hurry or accomplished in a hurry, and you'll not get very far if you're in a hurry. You've got to slow things down, and take time to listen to the Lord most of all. Anyone can run around a hundred miles an hour doing this and doing that, and never really get anywhere. But it takes mighty men and women of God to really stop, look, listen and go slow.

Just relax; slow down; don't rush; don't be hasty; squeeze—don't jerk;—and the Lord will slow everything else down for you if necessary! No use trying to kill yourself! —And you've got to learn to rest in the Lord!—And take it easier!

But you say, "I don't have time to stop and to look and to listen!" If you don't you may never make it! Better late than never! Which is easier: to try to beat the train, to try to plough through the train, jump over the train or just to stop, watch it go by, wait another couple of minutes and it'll be out of your way and you can go peacefully on your way! Trying to force the situation and push your way through just won't work!

I've found out that no matter what I do, the Lord's work will go on—life will go on—the camp will go on! If it's God's Work, nothing will stop it—not even my absence! Praise the Lord? So it doesn't pay to rush around and fret and fume and try to get someplace to do something when you're supposed to be waiting on the Lord to find out for sure just where He wants you to be and what He wants you to do! (ML# 74:28-29, 42-43, 50-51)

Simplicity!


There will be much for you to discover throughout your life on Earth and in Heaven, but you will always find that the most profound truths, the greatest beauty, the most outstanding wisdom, is simple. Simplicity is a hallmark of greatness. (ML# 3302)

Out in the Fields with God



Out in the Fields with God

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The little cares that fretted me,
I lost them yesterday,
Among the fields above the sea,
Among the winds at play;
Among the lowing of the herds,
The rustling of the trees;
Among the singing of the birds,
The humming of the bees.

The foolish fears of what might happen,
I cast them all away
Among the clover-scented grass,
Among the new-mown hay;
Among the husking of the corn,
Where drowsy poppies nod,
Where ill thoughts die and good are born—
Out in the fields with God!

Worth it all!


I was talking to someone the other day and they asked me why I choose to be a fulltime childcare worker, they asked what motivated me to do it day in and day out. At first I just shrugged it off and said I don’t know but later on I got to thinking and I wondered to myself what does motivate me to be a childcare worker what keeps me going what makes it all worth it. Being a childcare worker is a day in and day out grueling job, its at the end of a long day after settling the hundredth fight and washing your tenth bottom and comforting a child for the fiftieth time that you start to wonder what the heck am I doing. I mean to most people at the age of seventeen settling down and taking care of someone else kids for eight hours a day is about the furthest thing from there mind. Most people at my age want excitement they want freedom they want to try a bit of everything before they make their decision of what they really want from life. But I’ve already decided, I’ve thrown myself headlong into this ministry and I must say that I do enjoy it. But there are times that I look over my work and think is this really what I want to do, is this really what I’m good at. Other people have these great and glorious ministries of getting out there and winning the world they win disciples they feed sheep and there the ones that you look at and say wow what talent. Or the fundraisers get out there and get the money for the home and there out on the streets all day and everyone looks at them and says wow there really a big help. In the ministry of childcare there are not a lot of big huge victories and things that the whole home will really see, many times if you don’t look up and see how far you’ve come you can tend to feel like you haven’t really done anything big or important. But the rewards of being a childcare worker are far greater when you look at them in the right perspective. When you look at the kids in your care and you see hey I taught him read and I taught him to count, I taught him to go to the bathroom and he knows how to write because I taught him. To others these seem like small things yeah so what if he can read and he can write, so what if he’s potty trained now and can count. As a childcare worker those are big things because you know how much work it is to teach a kid to write, you know how much time it takes for potty training to finally click. You know what you put into it and it’s a thrill to see the outcome, its such a thrill to see that all that work all that time and that attention paid off. Anyway to make a long story short the reason why I am a childcare worker the thing that motivates me to keep doing what I ‘m doing is knowing that no matter how much time I put into it and no matter how much extra work I do in the end its always worth it. What I put into it comes back to me again in the future and hey who knows maybe that kid will be the next Einstein ( hey you never know).

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Chinese Dinner




These are some pictures from this Chinese dinner me and my sister made it tasted oh so very scrumptious.

Sleep in heavenly peace....


For some reason people just love to take pictures of me while I'm sleeping, I have like ten pictures of me sleeping and I didn't even want them. Anyway this picture is of me all curled up with my nephew and he looks so cute i wanted to post it.

Pictures!



Don't we all look so pretty.
What can I say we love our tree's.

Sunday, June 08, 2008

Sucess and Failure.




Success and Failure

By Edgar Guest

I do not think all failure's undeserved,
And all success is merely someone's luck;
Some men are down because they were unnerved,
And some are up because they kept their pluck.
Some men are down because they chose to shirk;
Some men are high because they did their work.

I do not think that all the poor are good,
That riches are the uniform of shame;
The beggar might have conquered if he would,
And that he begs, the world is not to blame.
Misfortune is not all that comes to mar;
Most men, themselves, have shaped the things they are.

A light at the end of the tunnel!

Religious sayings!

Love!

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Oka...

I know I promised pictures but here's the bad news, I recently had to redo my computer because it wasn't working and so I had my lovely mechanical minded brother reinstall everything. But unfortunatly He didn't install PGP right and all my pictures are locked up on my PGP disk so alas I have no way to get my pictures and post them for your viewing pleasure. But my brother will be home tomorrow and I will get him to fix it so very soon you shall have the pictures I promised.

Friday, May 16, 2008

Your all going to love me!

You guys are going to love me, wanna know why??? Because for once I have pictures....Big Grin. Yes, and I will post them as soon as I can get them to load. So hold your breath I will post them.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Did it again!

Well, true to my clumsy self I did it again. Two days ago I went for a bike ride with my two younger brothers, I was supposed to go along to keep an eye on them and make sure they didn't get into any trouble. Well we were biking up and down this hill, we would go up to the top and then fly down it super fast. On the sides of the road were these diches and I remember thinking that one of us would end up crashing into them. Well sure enough I was in the back and my two brothers were in the front and a car came up behind me I tried to move out of the way but I guess I misjudged the edge of the road or something anyway I went flying off the bike and hit my head on the ground. I had a concussion and had to be rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.The werid thing is I can't remember anyting that happened, its just gone. I can't remember going on the bike ride, I can't remember the bike ride, I can't remember the crash. Its all just gone, Its a weird feeling i'll tell you what. I finally came to in the hosipital ( although I'm told I was awake the whole time), I'm fine now just have a bad headache and a few bruises and cuts. But oh well PTL, at least I can say I rode in an ambulence and went to the hospital ( even though I can't remember it).

Friday, April 18, 2008

Spring.


Spring is in the air here, and I am so happy that winter is over. I love spring everything feels so fresh and alive and you just feel like singing.

Kiwi Pie and suchness

Today was a very uneventfull day on the farm. Nothing new happened until I finally decided to mix some excitement into my day. So I decided to Play Basket ball all by myself, didn't go so well though as I ended up chassing the ball more than shooting it. so finally I gave up and went to look for soemhting else to doa nd there i found the unspecting victim, a whole box of Kiwi's and so I decided I was going to make Kiwi pie. Now if you know me I am not a baker Just check out my post about my brothers birthdya cake and you'll understand what I mean. But lo and behold after I had covered myself and the kitchen in flour and other ingredients my Kiwi pie turned out. It looks great and I'm sure it will taste wonderful, you see I haven't actually gotten up the courage to taste it yet it looks so good that I don't want to ruin it. Well there ar ethe events of my uneventful day on my Farm.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Resolution!

Today I made a resolution, you see every day I realize I haven't updated my blog recently and so I tell myself I need to do that but the day rolls by it just dosen't fit in. And so I go about my weeks needing to post, feeling condemed cause I haven't posted, and still not posting. So I've decided that I will no longer feel condemed about not posting, after all this is my blog and I have evey right to post when I feel like it and when I don't. But I promise you that I will try and update but I won't feel condenmed about it. Now I had some really funny pics I was going to post but I couldn't find them, so i will find them and post them for your viewing pleasure shortly until then I wish you all well.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Signs Gone Wrong.
















Random!

In my home we have this weird habit of saying random, Like for exsample will start a story and say " Oh my god this random thing happened to me today" or someone will say something out of the blue and we'll all be like " Jeez, that was random" or " O.K....that was random". Its just like a habit we have, and I just realized it a couple week ago at dinner. Not because I was actually listening for it but i was just sitting there listening to everyone talking and I heard it said repeatedly. I immediatly wondered if we always said it or if it was just that night. So you know how when your looking for something you always seem to notice it more, so I noticed over the next few days that everyone including myself have this habit of saying random. Anyway for some random reason I decided to share this with you. Pretty random, Huh?

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Potter and Clay.



Down by the house of the potter
I went with the Lord one day,
And I watched while he slowly fashioned
A vessel from plastic clay.
Slowly on the wheel he turned it,
Shaping it with patient skill
Till the plastic clay was molded,
According to the Master's will.
But as I watched His working
He turned with a look of pain,
For the vessel in His hands was fractured,
His work seemed alas in vain.
Something in the clay had marred it,
Somewhere there has been a strain,
And the work must be suspended,
The potter must begin again.
Then as I watched and wondered
He took up the clay once more,
And around on the wheel he turned it,
And fashioned it o'er and o'er.
Patiently he pressed and shaped it
With a bright and smiling face,
Till at last from the wheel he took it,
A vessel of surpassing grace.
O Lord, Thou art our Potter
And we the plastic clay,
Mold us to Thy perfect will,
And lead us in Thy way.

David and Goliath.

I found this adorable video that I made with my nephews and nieces awhile ago and thought i'd post it for remeeberance sake.

Right..so.

I know I know I've been unfaithful to my blog and toally ingorned it for far to long. The thing is i really have not had anything intresting to post about, I've been racking my brian for the past few weeks and no grand or genius plan has come to mind. So I've been kinda giving it a rest until some stroke of genius hits me ( if it ever does). But I decided today that I can be untrue to my poor dear blog no more so I have determined to post some thing whether it is intreting or not just for the sake of saying I posted something. Thus volia this post, and hopefully if your really lucky a few more.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Me...again.

Gosh, I have been totally and completly ignoring this blog. I am sorry that all of avid readers ( If I have any) have had to open my blog only to find the same boring old post. The thing is I have been going through some blogger blues and frankly have nothing to write about. But contrary to what most bloggers would do i am not going to delete this blog I will just try very very hard to find something to post about. But not right now because I am very busy having a wonderful Feast. So stay posted and i'll try to do some updating soon. adios, kisses and hugs all around. Yours Truly.

Saturday, January 12, 2008

New Year! ( Yes Its very late)


Well Happy New Year, I was planning on making this huge post on New Years but I forgot and well time flys and here I am on the twelth and as is my habit posting very late. Well I hope you all had a rock them sock em New Years! I reallly don't have much to say about this New Year for me it was fun time ( mostly because i was so happy to be done the christmas push). Well have a great year ahead ya'll Enjoy, Love the lord, and be a all around good disciple. Love You!

Update.



Well that is me up there after the last last few weeks as I said in earlier posts christmas and the weekend after were extremly hectic. Than fianlly I was back home and I think it got more stressing. Not that things got busier it was just getting back and you know planning kids school and having meetings and scheduling WNR's time off extra ( not that I do this but still I feel the stress for those who did). I had a little vacation a couple days ago and it felt great, just to get some time to relax and finish up the stuff I needed to get done was very rewarding. I completly missed posting for new year there was alot happening and we didn't really do much for new years but it was fun in its own way. This year has just been so amazing, not because something outstanding happened or that I had soem really great wonderful experenice. But because in so many little small ways the lord has made this year worth it all. I'll post a new years post for you all, and most of all just for the heck of it after this. Well the brings me to an end of the recap of my few weeks.