Esther ~Week 10~

 My family and I went to a Rebelution Conference with some friends!  If any of you have not heard of the Rebelution you must take a look at their website here.



Alex and Brett Harris have been encouraging a Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations, and reminding teenagers to use their teen years to the glory of God and not just party all through them. They wrote 2 books: "Do Hard Things" and "Start Here," both of which are really good books!  They have encouraged me to do hard things even when I think I can't. 

This is some of my friends! (L-R: Me, Sara, Makay).

 This is Left to Right: Me, my brother Andy, and Brett Harris!

 Some more of my friends! Left to Right: Mariah, Deborah,and Me

Esther ~Week 9~

I'm doing this now because I didn't have time on Wednesday!

I had the privilege of being a counselor at our Churches 4th-6th grade camp!  My kids in my room at camp!( Amy up in the left hand corner was the other counselor in our cabin).

The beautiful view at the camp we were at.  Those white things you see on the lake are blow-ups that
  we all got to play on. It was so much fun.

This is everyone that came to camp,

The Lord truly gave us a great time at this camp.  Ten kids were saved, and that is what makes it all worth the while! We had so much fun being able to minister to all the kids! Thank you Lord for your saving grace!


Psalms 28:8
"The LORD is their strength, And He is the saving refuge of His anointed."

Elaine-week 9

I was pretty much out of ideas for this post, so I decided to do something pretty funny! Esther and one of our other friends, Sarah, came to our house to surprise me for my birthday this year! We had a lot of fun and took some pretty silly pictures. They were supposed to look like senior pictures...but that didn't really work well :)

This was in the second story window of our barn. :)

This was our funniest picture--sweatshirts and sunglasses!

Proverbs 17:17-"A friend loves at all times!"

Pictures taken by my sister, Anna. April 2011

Rebekah

Water...

~ Job 36:24-25 ~

Remember that thou magnify his work,

which men behold. Every man may see it;

man may behold it afar off.

Elaine-week 8!

Earlier in the summer, we went to visit some friends in Tennessee. They help run a Christian camp there and it is the neatest place! Above is a little waterfall that they have in their backyard. It is so beautiful!! Wouldn't it be fun to have a waterfall in your backyard!? :)

In this picture, my brother and I were having a wonderful time canoeing in the coolest place ever with near perfect weather! Until....

Splash!! It is a good thing we were close to shore! :) And it was really nice to get wet on a hot day. Ha!

Psalm 42:1 "Just as a deer thirsts for streams of water, my heart thirsts for you, my God. My soul pants for you, my Lord."

Pictures taken by Elaine, May 2011

Esther ~Week 8~

Water is an amazing creation that God designed!  People will see water almost everywhere on earth: when you are eating out at a restaurant, people watering their grass, in Africa giving water to their animals, in Europe's amazing Fountains, down in Antarctica where you'll see ice everywhere!  Water is used everyday in so many ways!  God in His Magnificence made this amazing liquid that he knew that we would use everyday and yet we forget about how wonderful  water really is!

   

"But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”     John 4:14  


If you want to read the rest of this passage of John here it is:

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%204:1-14&version=NKJV

Rebekah

The other day my little brother Pete had

a tarp full of water on the trampoline.

He was having all kinds of fun:)

This is Sam our friend swimming in the stock tank. (our pool)

~ Isaiah 58:11 ~

And the LORD shall guide thee continually,

and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make

fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered

garden, and like a spring of water,

whose water fail not.

Esther ~Week 7~

Proverbs 27:17

"As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."

Last week my cousin Precious came and spent a few days at our house. We had such a blast together!

    We went to see "Cars 2" and I always have to take a picture of how cool/weird we look in the 3D glasses!

 We ate lunch at Panera Bread (which is a bakery and restaurant). It's one of my favorite places to eat!

Then here we are making Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread!  Its so yummy!




Here is the recipe:

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

            Originally from Roberts Cookbook

           

3 ½ cups sifted flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 ½ teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1 ½ cups brown sugar

1 ½ cups granulated sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs

2/3 cup water

2 cups canned pumpkin

½ bag mini chocolate chips

Mix dry ingredients; stir in sugars.  Make a well in dry ingredients and add remaining ingredients all at once; mix thoroughly until smooth.  Add chocolate chips and stir.  Pour mixture evenly into loaf pans or muffin tins.  Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour (loaf) or 15 minutes (muffins) or longer as needed, until the top springs back to the touch.  Enjoy!

..::Patricia::...(Week Seven)

Dustan, the little bird...

Yesterday We were at Cheery Creek Reservoir with some friends. And one of them, Titus, found a little bird in the water.

The poor little thing couldn't fly because it's wings were wet. So it was drowning! But he saved it and then Mary and I took care of it.

It was shivering so bad we thought it was going to die of shock. Like the little bunnies do.

We dried it off, named it, and tried to get it warm. And thankfully it stopped shaking!

The sweet little thing wanted to fly so bad, it kept flapping it's little wings.

But they were still wet when we had to go.

We left the care of it to Titus, and I just pray it didn't die.... God knows how much we want it to survive...He was such a darling birdie.

"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father."

Mathew 10:29

Emily Rhea

Right now my sister, my mom and I are enjoying the cool moutain air. My sister, Olivia, is enrolled in the Lmaplighter Guild for Creative Disaplinces and it is being held at an old restored Vistorian Castle. I have the amazing priviledge to come along and soak in the imense beauty of our Creator. This morning I got up early and read the Word cuddled up in a rocking chair overlooking the lake, with the massive moutains towering overhead...a cool breeze fluttered about me...ahh...bliss. (That was the writer in me...sorry)

However, my camera has yet to arrive, so I'm so sorry, but we may have no pictures this week!

I am taking a photograhy course this week while we're here, and I'm praying my camera arrives soon. (We shipped it ahead)

Olivia has the honor to study under Mark Hamby, John Campbell, John Fornof, Todd Bustead, and others who serve on the Lamplighter staff. I was able to listen to Mark Hamby's devotional this morning: what a blessing!

If you have no clue what I'm talking about, go to http://www.lamplighter.net/ to learn more. ha ha .

The pictures cannot give this resort justice. It is truly one of the most beautiful places I've been-EVER!

Now, after rambling for so long, on to the pictures: