This is the final segment of my nephew, Nate’s, story about his trip to Africa. After spending most of the trip working on the education team, he finally gets a chance to go on safari. Here is his wrap up: Continue reading
Here is the third part of Nate’s story. In this section, he mentions that the VHS band won state. He is referring to his school, Vernonia High School, and the band he is in that won a statewide school band competition last year. His original school was flooded and while a new one was being built, classes were held in modular buildings. He refers to that in this section too. Continue reading
Here is the second part in a series guest blog by my 14 year old nephew, Nate. The first part was basically a description of modern day Kenya and his first impressions upon arriving there. This section begins his mission work as part of the education team that went over. Continue reading
I have been talking about trying to get a guest blog from either my sister, Lauryn, or my 14 year old nephew, Nate, about their mission trip to Africa in August. My nephew finally sent me his story. It’s rather lengthy, so I’m going to do it as a series for a few days. The following is Nate’s story, in his own words: Continue reading
I had fully expected to end my wandering ways and settle down at one church this month, but circumstances have continued to find me visiting a different church every week. This morning I visited the last church on my list of places I wanted to try. Continue reading
When I visited the Peninsula Bible Church in Palo Alto last month, I saw they had many activities I was interested in, but Palo Alto is quite a distance from where I live, so I decided to choose one activity that only meets once a month. I chose to attend their quilting group today. Continue reading
My mother, both sisters, and one of my brother-in-laws came down yesterday for a 2 1/2 day visit. They arrived last evening and made dinner for us at our place. You’ve heard the expression, “Too many cooks spoil the broth.” Well, the broth was fine, but too many cooks in an RV kitchen was kind of tough! We sat around and told stories Continue reading
You may find this hard to believe, but of all the churches I’ve visited or attended in my life, I’ve never been to a Lutheran church. Since my daughter-in-law is Lutheran, I put a Lutheran church in Saratoga on my list of churches I wanted to visit, and today was the day I scheduled for visiting. Continue reading
I’ve been preparing for my family to come this weekend, so I haven’t written in nearly a week. I wanted to write about what Mark and I did on Tuesday and Wednesday. Continue reading