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preparing to drop off the face of the earth

preparing to drop off the face of the earth


(figuratively, that is).

Yes. I am leaving. To go somewhere. Somewhere for a month.
“Camp”.
Yup.
I get to go to camp!!!!!!
This camp does not have a telephone.
This camp does not have cell phone service.
This camp is remote.
It is on a lake (hence the name, “Pilot Lake Christian Camp“).

I will be working in ………. the kitchen!
Anna will be there, too.
She will be counseling, helping out with lifeguarding, and in the kitchen.

I will miss my family.
I will miss my friends.
But I will be learning of my Saviour, the One who is my Brother and my Friend.

I will also be learning how to communicate with the ones I love via the mail, not the phone or face to face. Should be interesting.

"the happiest place on earth"

"the happiest place on earth"

Daniel, Anna, and I – along with some of the people in our college group at church – went to Disneyland on Friday. It is billed as the happiest place on earth. I came to the conclusion that even if Disneyland is not the happiest place, it is one of the happiest places!

We left our house at 4:30 AM! It made for a long, but very fun, day.

my lovely sister



* some of the images pictured above were taken on the camera of Miss Sandy Shabram.

Living With The Abandon Of Faith

Living With The Abandon Of Faith

Trust in God entirely, and when He brings you to the venture, see that you take it.
We act like pagans in a crisis, only one out of a crowd is daring enough to bank his faith in the character of God.
-O.C., My Utmost For His Highest, May 30

re-cap of a wonderful weekend

re-cap of a wonderful weekend

Thursday –

-John is here!-

Friday –

-heading out for the morning-

-enjoying a moment of peace and quiet-

-Friday night was spent on a “date” at a farmer’s market and an Italian restaurant-

-John presented me with an early birthday present that evening: a necklace. It is sooooo gorgeous! The best part is that it was hand-delivered. :-) –

Saturday –

-The family (sans Anna) went up to Yosemite, stopping for a moment at the Sugar Pine Railway-

-Breakfast (and a paper) at the Wawona Hotel-

-Yosemite Falls and the Merced River-

-Pooh sticks!-

-Picnic at the soda springs in Tuolomne Meadow-

-Fern Spring-

Sunday – visiting the grandparents


Mom made up a web album:

Sanger and Clovis –
May 17, 2007
by Jane and Tim
You know your brother trusts you when:

You know your brother trusts you when:

He lets you cut his hair at 11 pm on a Saturday night, after Mom is in bed, and there is no hope of a “fix” before church in the morning.
You know he trusts you even more when he knows that you are still in your “practice phase” of haircutting.
I have a great brother. :-)

President’s Day Weekend

President’s Day Weekend

Pictures, for all of you who have been suspecting that “something” was going on ……….

John came to visit! He flew in to CA (from IN – did you know that it is cold back there? who’d have thought … ) middle of Friday, and Dad and he finally arrived here at about 10:30pm (due to some delays with Dad’s flight schedule), just in time for a very late dinner.
It was wonderful to see John again, after about 8 months …….. a lot can happen in 8 months (yes, Abby, I know that that was an understatement).

Saturday was a quiet, fun, sun filled day. It started with a belated Valentine breakfast (waffles) and there was much giving and receiving of gifts. (no pics)
John gave me a great big, white teddy bear and a very large red mug with hearts on it. The mug holds about 16 oz of coffee … enough to get me through the morning!

After a while we decided to take a walk, original, I know. It was really more along the lines of “adventuring” ………
We hiked up the hill behind the house, got a bit sunburned, saw a glimpse of the Sierra Nevada through the haze, Ben ended up with blisters on his feet (he called them …….. oh, I can’t remember what he called them ………… but it was really funny), and we all had a great time. (once again, no pics)


Grandpa and Grandma came over for dinner, and Grandma let me know that she thinks John is a “very fine young man”. Well, so do I.

We ended the day by watching Facing the Giants, a movie that Daniel got for Christmas. (no pics)

Sunday started with church (of course). On our way home it started to rain. We spent the afternoon walking around Grant’s Grove (about an hour’s drive away), looking at giant Sequoias, playing in the snow and rain and goofing off.

We ended up wet and tired, and enjoyed a glorious sunset on the way down the mountain.

John is now on his way home, back to freezing Indiana. He is already missed – Ben is a bit forlorn that he no longer has anyone to show his new frog to. :-) However, Ben is not the only one who misses him …….. I do too!

Mom made a web-album of some of the pictures from this weekend:

Enjoy!