We thank the Lord for the wonderful blessing Dustin has been to our family. Yesterday we enjoyed cinnamon rolls (his reqeust) together. His lunch date with Daddy was postponed until supper, because we had company for several hours in the afternoon. Danielle is always happy to pose, too. :)
Tuesday night after devotions, Danika went into the kitchen and decided to do a "deep clean" for Dustin's birthday. The boys and Danielle joined her, and they did a great job!
Harvest is almost over and when we walk out between the fields the wide expanse of land and sky is even more impressive. How great and wonderful is our God and His creation! These fields are a 5-minute walk to the east of our home.
Danika got to work the next stage of making cloth.
Mr. Rich had a great idea for Danika's class. Today they started their cloth project by dying wool in various colors, and then making the weaving frame with a board and nails. Donovan and Doreen were happy wool dyers, as well. :)
Devon has worked for two months from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. (M-F) helping to build a stone wall for Kay, the farmer. Only the shingles on top that prevent moisture from getting into the stone work still have to be finished. Now that the wall is finished Devon is planning to tackle his junior year of high school. Built into the wall is a sandstone block with the words of Acts 16:31 carved into it, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved and thy house." That should raise the eyebrows of some of the townsfolk. Hopefully it will also raise someone's eyes toward God.
After dinner and clean-up we walked over to the pond for the baptism. Danika, Tina, and Edwin were baptized. It was a joy to hear their testimonies of salvation and to see them take this step of obedience.
Doreen and I were trying to get some pictures of the beautiful skies we discovered Friday and Saturday night while we were out for an evening walk.
Dalene's friend Annette came up and spent a couple days of her vacation with us. On Thursday she turned 22! We enjoyed the excuse for a get-together. The plate of gummi-bears is a tradition that her family has kept. My kids were more than happy to help eat them at the party. :)
Friday night the teens enjoyed a couple hours of games and snacks. Donia and Annette had made preacher cookies and chocolate chip cookies earlier in the afternoon.
Mr. Rich took the little kids to play soccer. They loved it. It was our three and Eddie, and then two little kids from the neighborhood joined them while they were there.
This year several of the older kids are using DVDs. Three of the younger ones are Mr. Rich's students. Today I got pictures of Derek, Danika, Dustin, and Donia. We are thankful that the year is off to a good start.
Donovan told us that he was a corn stalk and his hands were the corn. :) Perhaps we should mention that the corn cobs were taken only from stalks that the children found broken and lying flat on the ground where two fields meet, apparently knocked down by the wheat harvester.
We all loved being outside on this very warm afternoon. The field corn was vibrant, the harvested fields were beautiful for running across. and the wind was wonderful.
