We had the rare privilege this week of witnessing an adoption in court. Our friends had been parents to two little Native American boys for five years. This stint of foster care with intent to adopt has been a long trial of patience, tears, and prayers. There were times that we all thought this day… Continue reading Adoption
Real Photography
This picture makes me happy. Our son is an amateur photographer. This is his best accomplishment so far, I think. I've asked him for a matted wall hanging of it for my birthday. Can't you see this in a sunny room on a white wall with wicker furniture and vases of flowers? I hope it… Continue reading Real Photography
Recreation
We have been home from our camping for several days. The ordinary days are back along with the routines of work and social events. But there's a renewed interest in the this life we live.Camping creates its own problems and pleasures different from those we have at home. The pleasure of an elegant table is… Continue reading Recreation
Camping Coming Up!!
Our whole family is going camping on the Turtle Flambeau Flowage for six days next week. Well, actually one daughter and her husband won't arrive at the landing until Wednesday. (And then there's the daughter and husband who live overseas as missionaries and can't be here.) Our campsite will hopefully be on an island. All… Continue reading Camping Coming Up!!
New Kitty 101
This picture hasn't anything to do with this posting, really. It's one of those foggy camping mornings last weekend, and yes, that's a ladder out there mounted on the boat. It's a diving ladder. The boys thought is was great fun to climb up there and jump off.Last week a new kitty came to live… Continue reading New Kitty 101
Camping Season Is Here
The men have all gone camping. We women of the household prepared the potato salad, made sure of the swimming trunks and towels, and packed up all their duds, including shoes and socks and jackets. We cleaned out the coolers for them, and told them where we had packed their soap and Bibles. They're gone...it's… Continue reading Camping Season Is Here
The Art of Homemaking
Our kitchen window sill is deep because our house is a stone house and wide enough to double as a frig or a freezer in the winter depending on the weather. Yesterday I was industriously scrubbing away all the bugs, dried food, and spider webs when suddenly I just had to see what some new… Continue reading The Art of Homemaking
Savor The Moments
I have just spent an hour talking with our oldest daughter who is in Thailand with her husband doing missionary work. She's been frustrated with their terribly busy life of teaching English, Bible studies at the Payap University, and helping out at IGO (Institute For Global Opportunities). She is six months along with their first,… Continue reading Savor The Moments
To Walk The Talk
He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked. I John 2:6 Here's how I know and how others can tell if I am abiding. Do I walk as He walked? He walked in truth...He never once misrepresented His Father. He also walked in compassion...He always had time… Continue reading To Walk The Talk
And They Shall Abide
Micah 5:4 And He shall stand and feed His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD His God; And they shall abide, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth; And the One shall be peace.In a changing world...They shall abide!In a… Continue reading And They Shall Abide
Stone House Scribblings 