tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20660622424551398112009-07-12T19:29:58.400-06:00"...How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!" -- Romans 10:15Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11069846801490381154noreply@blogger.comBlogger182125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066062242455139811.post-63085765770231011892011-03-18T16:17:00.000-07:002009-03-18T16:29:26.161-07:00

To read a little bit about our little corner of the world, Click here.

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Doug and I have been leading a parenting class over at the church for the past couple of months. It's been a really great study, although all three of the couples in the class agree that the topics we've covered have been "bien dificil" (VERY difficult!).The book we're using is called "To Train Up a Child" by Mike and Debi Perl. Great stuff!It's been beneficial to us to go through this book with

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Alright, gotta share this.I've had long hair all of my adult life -- and throughout much of my youth -- and I have never French braided my own hair...until last week. I taught Sarah how to braid ages ago and she learned to do her own hair, but I just figured that was something I'd never achieve. Somewhat like skateboarding or playing drums. Caleb makes both of those look easy; they're not.Living

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Hurrah! School's out for summer! Although we really keep learning all year round, the official sit-at-the-table-and-do-schoolwork season is over for a couple of months. (and the crowd goes wild)Here are all the kids with their 100 English From the Roots Up cards. Do they look happy to be done???We began English from the Roots Up in the fall of 2007. Technically, this class should only take one

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Well, I have neither silver bells nor cockle shells, but my garden is growing quite well, all the same. It tends to do better when I don't mess with it.For example, the happiest plant I have is the zucchini which sprang up all by itself about a month ago. That's one of the benefits of throwing all the compost into the garden area...volunteers!The brussles are doing well, although they aren't as

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My latest major project…Two years ago, a friend of mine, Lupita, gave me a brick oven for my birthday. Sound like a strange gift? Even stranger is that she and her husband came over and actually built it for me. I was so touched!!! You can see that oven here.For various reasons, it didn’t get used as much as it should have. The main problem is where I had her build it. I thought that behind the

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Just had to share this gem today...Yesterday, Caleb and I were sitting on the front patio talking about deep subjects and watching Elvis the Duck waddle around the yard. Caleb said that he had decided on the perfect job for his future.Caleb: I want to have a motorbike with a toolbox on the back. I'll ride around in different countries taking Bibles to villages where they don't have them, and

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In math, Andrew and Evie are learning place value. I'd forgotten that it's a bit of a tough concept, but fortunately I seldom throw anything away and I still had what I created to teach the concept to the older kids.The Place Value VillageWith this visual aid, I teach the concept of borrowing, carrying and place value. We practice writing large numbers and teach how to read them. Each "house" is

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After posting about how sick I've been -- and then disappearing off the net for a week -- I thought it good to share that we are all once again healthy. Hurrah!!!The day after I posted about antibiotics, my good friend Rachel emailed me and reminded me about the healing powers of garlic. So, instead of buying a round of antibiotics for each member of the family, I bought about 8 heads of

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Ugh. Here I am on my 4th round of antibiotics for yet another sinus infection. Double ugh. After my boasting in January about the wonders of goldenseal root powder for staving off sinus infections, here I am. Chewing morosely on my words.I'm so sick of being sick. Since we returned from our furlough in March, I don't think we've had everyone healthy at the same time. I could be exaggerating. I

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This adorable little guy with the eyes that always look surprised to see you and hair that never lays down flat is Ezekiel. He's the 4 month old baby of Sergio and Briseyda -- our church's worship leaders and leaders of ADAPTinternational (a pastoral training program). Precious? You betcha!Ezekiel has been fighting a cold -- like most of the kids in the church -- for what seems like a month.

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Memory Verse: Genesis 20:13 and it came about, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said to her, ‘This is the kindness which you will show to me: everywhere we go, say of me, “He is my brother.’” (Which, by the way, is a very funny memory verse!)Introduction: Trusted Everywhere (Duracell Batteries) Easy Week. It was supposed to be Nancy’s week, she had planned on posting a

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Memory Verse: Judges 4: 8 Barak answered her: “If you go with me, I’ll go; but if you won’t go with me, I won’t go.” 9 She replied, “Yes, I will gladly go with you; but the way you are doing it will bring you no glory; because ADONAI will hand Sisra over to a woman.” Then D’vorah set out and went with Barak to Kedesh.Introduction: Strong Enough for a Man, but Made for a Woman (Secret Deodorant) I

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Memory Verse: Genesis 2: 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman

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Hey! David and Andrew -- I'll bet you thought I forgot to post about you guys! Not a chance!!!!These guys were in our youth group ever-so-long ago. They were two of the first three missionaries who came down to visit us here almost 3 years ago. David, Andrew and Tyler were sand-shoveling, brick-hauling machines. (Just so you know, we've never worked any team as hard as we worked you guys...

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This week we have a guest assignment from Libby at Deep in the MountainsIf anyone else is interested in doing an assignment please email Nancy at nking@hughes.net or Sombra at sombra.wilson@yourlink.ca. We’d be happy to have your assignment ideas to post. Also be sure to come back during the week for a Special Announcement from the BFS staff!Memory verse:"And you will know the truth, and the

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I don't remember Oregon being so cold. To be totally honest, my feet were cold from about the time we crossed into Tuscon until we returned to Riverside the second time. I think you'd call that "acclimated". I am extremely acclimated to the weather in Mexico!Our friends, the Powells, who came down here to stay while we traveled north ran around in shorts and t-shirts the whole time they were here

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Memory Verse: Mark 12:28-3428 And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your

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This post is otherwise entitled: Bad Mommy! You forgot to post about the twin's birthday!!!Jessee and Seth are very forgiving, though! Thanks, guys!!! One cool thing about having a birthday right after a US furlough: you get American gifts!!! Like NEW BOOKS!!!And American candy!!!Thanks to a couple of gifts from some wonderful friends in Oregon, we even had an ice cream cake!!! (Thanks Aleta and

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Well, here's the latest installment in the Furlough Novela!Our snow trip!We promised the kids that at some point in our journey, we would be able to play in the snow. Never mind that the warmest article of clothing that any of us had was a fleece scarf! We would do it, and it would be worth it!We did, and it was!!!It "just so happened" (if you believe in coincidence, which we don't) that the

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This week's challenge was to use our sense of hearing to observe our surroundings. We split up and went 6 different directions (seven, if you count Sarah who went to the kitchen table to work on her French homework!) and spent 20 minutes sitting quietly, collecting sounds.Great assignment. Looking back on it, I think I should have taken the whole group with me and assigned places for them to

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We made it to Oregon with no incident. I like trips like that!We lived in the Roseburg area for almost 10 years, so you can imagine that we have quite a few friends and family members that we needed to spend time with. Our home church threw a big "Mexican Potluck" the Sunday that we were there. What a blast...and yummy! We hadn't had enchiladas in ages! (Enchiladas are not part of the regular

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Did you know that it's really easy to make your own colored sugar sprinkles?Just add a little food color to a half-cup of sugar and mix well.Oh, by the way, the blue is a lot of fun!

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Welcome to the party! Thanks for stopping by Beautiful Feet. Allow me to introduce myself, and then feel free to click around the room at your leisure. I've uploaded some of my favorite desserts over here. Sugar and calorie-free, of course. I love virtual desserts!That's not me. That's my oldest daughter, Sarah.Coffee and tea are over there. Drinks are being served in my favorite,

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Add this to my list of books I've had for ages but never got around to using in school.Well, we're finally doing something with it! When I first received this book, I poured over it and practically drooled. Basic, plain-spoken, old-fashioned and infomative. Everything I love in a textbook. Why have I never used it, then? I dunno. I think it's because I just didn't have time to make up lessons and

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