I know that it's been a month since I posted, and now I posted twice within a few minutes. If you don't like it, well, I don't know what to tell you except, "Sorry!"
We are starting a zoo at our house (not literally, but it sure seems like it!) with a lot of new baby animals. We have chickens, ducks, rabbits, kittens, and we have had an assortment of turtles and fish, too. For Mother's Day, I took some video of the kids and some of our animals for my mom. I couldn't figure out how to post them to YouTube until today, so I thought I would post them here for you to look at if you so desire. If you click on the links, they will take you to the videos on the YouTube website.
Let me know if you have any trouble viewing them. If it works, I might post a few more of the kids and other fun stuff around the farm!
Video #1
Video #2
Video #3
Video #4
Video #5
Enjoy!
Monday, May 12, 2008
ConGRADulations!
(From the Flora Christian, May 16, 2008 edition)
I just got off of the phone, speaking to a friend about graduation season. I remarked about Hannah graduating from junior high, and he was amazed that she had grown so quickly. I said, “I know, it’s hard to believe that someone as young looking as me can have a child in high school, isn’t it?” He assured me that it was not!
Graduation season is both fun and draining. Seeing the ones we know and love grow up and pass through these stages of life is very gratifying. But, it is also personally moving because we know that as they move on, some will move out of our lives. That is particularly true in a Church family. I have been so proud of our congregation’s graduates, and especially proud of being allowed to play a small part in their growth and development. But I also know that many of them will leave our community to begin new jobs, families, and make new lives for themselves.
I hope you take advantage of the opportunities you have this year to tell our graduates, “Well done!” Whether they be moving from junior high into the “jungle” of high school, from high school into the tangle of college or the job market, or from college into the beginning of a new career, ending a familiar stage and moving into an unknown one can be scary. But since we all share the same Lord and Spirit, we know that even when they are apart from our Church body, they are never apart from God.
See you (Graduation) Sunday! Rob
I just got off of the phone, speaking to a friend about graduation season. I remarked about Hannah graduating from junior high, and he was amazed that she had grown so quickly. I said, “I know, it’s hard to believe that someone as young looking as me can have a child in high school, isn’t it?” He assured me that it was not!
Graduation season is both fun and draining. Seeing the ones we know and love grow up and pass through these stages of life is very gratifying. But, it is also personally moving because we know that as they move on, some will move out of our lives. That is particularly true in a Church family. I have been so proud of our congregation’s graduates, and especially proud of being allowed to play a small part in their growth and development. But I also know that many of them will leave our community to begin new jobs, families, and make new lives for themselves.
I hope you take advantage of the opportunities you have this year to tell our graduates, “Well done!” Whether they be moving from junior high into the “jungle” of high school, from high school into the tangle of college or the job market, or from college into the beginning of a new career, ending a familiar stage and moving into an unknown one can be scary. But since we all share the same Lord and Spirit, we know that even when they are apart from our Church body, they are never apart from God.
See you (Graduation) Sunday! Rob
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