Wood For The Winter

The past two days we have spent a couple of hours cutting wood for duration of the winter.  We all went as a family and enjoyed our time together. It was great watching the dead tree come crashing to the ground.  The boys enjoyed loading the wood and rolling the heavier logs to the trailer.

These pictures are from earlier in the winter - about a month ago.

The Moon From Our Place

Because of all the smoke and dust in the air this is what the moon looked like a couple of evenings ago when it was low in the sky.  I've been trying out some of the different settings on my camera so thought I would try a night shot. 

Sober-Minded

Allow me to revisit this subject again.  For anyone who is serious about following the Lord and developing a Scriptural outlook on life I would recommend reading the following article.  It was written by Matthew Henry many years ago but is still quite relevant today.  Just click on the following link:
http://www.charityministries.org/theremnant/2010/11/theremnant-2010-11-sober-mindedness.a5w

And here is a good one for sober minded woman or those who desire to be: "In Pursuit of Virtue":
http://www.charityministries.org/theremnant/2010/11/theremnant-2010-11-poems.a5w

Refinishing Project

When we came here five years ago we bought a little used table and chairs for the boys.  It was in rough shape and the boys didn't make it any better over the years.  So after returning this time I decided to see what I could do to refinish it.  So you can see below what we did. 

Here is the "before" picture of a chair.

The boys helped me do a lot of the sanding.

The table after some sanding.

And the finished product.  The boys really like the John Deere look!

Sammy Morris

While our family was in the States we drove through Fort Wayne, IN and stopped to see the grave site of Sammy Morris.  If you have never read his story I would encourage you to do so.  You can get his biography for just cents on Amazon.  Sammy was a simple African boy, but he led more people to the Lord than most of us. His was a simple but real confidence in his God and a living, vibrant relationship with the Creator. Our oldest son sat spell-bound as we read through the book. 

Shoshanah

Just thought I would share a picture of our little girl!

Mud

A couple of weeks ago we decided to try a road we had not previously been on.  Well, near the end of the road we came to a large muddy place.  Our choices were to turn around and go all the way back or try to go through.  We decided to try to go through.....  Unfortunately we didn't get very far.  Thankfully some friends came and pulled us out.

We're Back

We arrived back in South Africa on May 25th.  We have occupied ourselves with unpacking, doing maintenance around the house and trying to rest.  The day after we arrived Gwen had a miscarriage on our way home from Johannesburg.  She ended up spending a night in the hospital.  Two of the boys also started vomiting that same week.  Our return has been quite eventful but we submit to the will of God knowing what He allows is always for the good. 

We will try to update when possible though at this point I'm not going to promise that it will be consistently or frequent. 

God bless!

On hold

I apologize, but with our current schedule I am going to put our blog on hold.  It just isn't possible to keep everything together at the moment.  We hope you will understand.  Keep praying for us as we continue to travel across the States.  God bless.  Steve for the family

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