Monday, October 10, 2011
Hakuyou Dahlia
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
A New Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
I am delighted to give all the details to this story. I have wonderful neighbors. In fact, many of my neighbors I have known since childhood. Mr. M is a neighbor I have known since I was a little girl. For many years I would only say or wave hello to him as a courtesy. The Christmas season of 2010, Mr. M was invited to my family’s annual Christmas concert in my home. To my pleasure and surprise, Mr. M came to the concert and heard to plain and simple truth of the gospel. Since that time my door has remained open to Mr. M.
In March of this year, Mr. M was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Naturally I was saddened to hear such dreadful news. What could I say to him? What could I do for him? I started to pray for him asking the Lord God Almighty to help him through this difficult situation. I sent him a note offering to help him with anything he might need. He graciously thanked me for both, but I knew he would never wish to “bother” me with his troubles.
I started to pray for Mr. M. almost every day. At first my prayer was for God’s help through the situation, but then the prayer changed to asking God to heal Mr. M of his cancer. (May I add, this is not normally how I pray for people with cancer.) In May I made an entry in my prayer journal stating this, and I went to my neighbor across the street, Mr. S, and told him how I was praying for Mr. M to be healed. I am quite sure Mr. S thinks I’m a nut; nevertheless, I am sure that God through scripture reading and prayer was telling me to ask Him to heal Mr. M. Mr. S told me that the doctors thought there might be a way they could treat Mr. M with a cancer treatment. My family and I started to pray openly for Mr. M to be healed.
Toward the end of June, Mr. M came up to me to tell me how his cancer treatments was going. He said the cancer appeared to be shrinking, but the doctors were not giving him much hope. I told him that my prayer had changed to ask God to heal him completely of his cancer. He told me to keep praying. My family and I kept praying. In the beginning of July, the prayer for Mr. M changed again: “Please heal Mr. M supernaturally so that he cannot mistake his healing but for an act of God.” I became certain God would answer this petition so much so that I made a new entry in my prayer journal stating that I know God will show Himself strong on Mr. M’s behalf.
On Saturday, September 3, 2011, I woke up and said to my husband, “I think we should visit Mr. M today and take a chocolate bar to him.” He was very agreeable and asked when would be a good time. We both thought the afternoon would be a better time to go. The morning was filled with chores that had to be completed. After lunch was over my mom entered the house and said, “You’ll never guess who is outside.” Of course I couldn’t guess, but you can. Yes. It was Mr. M, and he was standing on Mr. S’ porch. What did I do? I went to my husband and asked him to go over and see how Mr. M was doing. Mr. M was happy to report his progress. In fact he reported in front of Mr. S that he was cancer free!
My husband brought him over to our home. He gave me the fabulous news himself. I was able to share with him how we confidently prayed for him and presented him with his chocolate bar. The doctors “dismissed” Mr. M. The doctors are still busy partying. The doctors are not even sure what they did right for my neighbor. Mr. M admits that God did supernaturally heal him. He told me how his team of doctors came for different hospitals, and how they worked amazingly together. He told me how perfectly things seemed to be timed. He told me when his surgeon went in to scrap out the cancer that was shrinking, he couldn’t do it because there was no cancer there to scrap. The doctor took 17 somethings (I want to say lymph nodes, but I’m not sure.) out of him, and all 17 tested negative for cancer. God did a miracle! Mr. M is cancer free. I still pray for Mr. M and Mr. S to trust Jesus as their Lord and Savior. I plan on putting a post script to this entry in the future, but for now what magnificent and astonishing news! I am certain God is not through with either man. Obviously God is still working in men today. I look forward to reporting a newer extra, extra, read all about it in the future.
In March of this year, Mr. M was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Naturally I was saddened to hear such dreadful news. What could I say to him? What could I do for him? I started to pray for him asking the Lord God Almighty to help him through this difficult situation. I sent him a note offering to help him with anything he might need. He graciously thanked me for both, but I knew he would never wish to “bother” me with his troubles.
I started to pray for Mr. M. almost every day. At first my prayer was for God’s help through the situation, but then the prayer changed to asking God to heal Mr. M of his cancer. (May I add, this is not normally how I pray for people with cancer.) In May I made an entry in my prayer journal stating this, and I went to my neighbor across the street, Mr. S, and told him how I was praying for Mr. M to be healed. I am quite sure Mr. S thinks I’m a nut; nevertheless, I am sure that God through scripture reading and prayer was telling me to ask Him to heal Mr. M. Mr. S told me that the doctors thought there might be a way they could treat Mr. M with a cancer treatment. My family and I started to pray openly for Mr. M to be healed.
Toward the end of June, Mr. M came up to me to tell me how his cancer treatments was going. He said the cancer appeared to be shrinking, but the doctors were not giving him much hope. I told him that my prayer had changed to ask God to heal him completely of his cancer. He told me to keep praying. My family and I kept praying. In the beginning of July, the prayer for Mr. M changed again: “Please heal Mr. M supernaturally so that he cannot mistake his healing but for an act of God.” I became certain God would answer this petition so much so that I made a new entry in my prayer journal stating that I know God will show Himself strong on Mr. M’s behalf.
On Saturday, September 3, 2011, I woke up and said to my husband, “I think we should visit Mr. M today and take a chocolate bar to him.” He was very agreeable and asked when would be a good time. We both thought the afternoon would be a better time to go. The morning was filled with chores that had to be completed. After lunch was over my mom entered the house and said, “You’ll never guess who is outside.” Of course I couldn’t guess, but you can. Yes. It was Mr. M, and he was standing on Mr. S’ porch. What did I do? I went to my husband and asked him to go over and see how Mr. M was doing. Mr. M was happy to report his progress. In fact he reported in front of Mr. S that he was cancer free!
My husband brought him over to our home. He gave me the fabulous news himself. I was able to share with him how we confidently prayed for him and presented him with his chocolate bar. The doctors “dismissed” Mr. M. The doctors are still busy partying. The doctors are not even sure what they did right for my neighbor. Mr. M admits that God did supernaturally heal him. He told me how his team of doctors came for different hospitals, and how they worked amazingly together. He told me how perfectly things seemed to be timed. He told me when his surgeon went in to scrap out the cancer that was shrinking, he couldn’t do it because there was no cancer there to scrap. The doctor took 17 somethings (I want to say lymph nodes, but I’m not sure.) out of him, and all 17 tested negative for cancer. God did a miracle! Mr. M is cancer free. I still pray for Mr. M and Mr. S to trust Jesus as their Lord and Savior. I plan on putting a post script to this entry in the future, but for now what magnificent and astonishing news! I am certain God is not through with either man. Obviously God is still working in men today. I look forward to reporting a newer extra, extra, read all about it in the future.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!
My God is so good.
Way back in February of this year my husband and I started looking for a full-size violin for our daughter. We knew this day would come: shopping for a decent violin, but we were reluctant to dive in and take the plunge for three main reasons. First of all, our daughter's attitude towards the instrument was teeter-tottering. Of course, money is a major factor when buying any instrument, and this was no different especially when her attitude showed little excitement about the idea. Finally, we were wondering since our daughter's passion is the piano, perhaps it was not God's will for her to play two instruments. Perhaps we were pushing our way, not God's way. What do you do in a situation like this? You do the logical thing. You pray. In fact I will quote the entry I made in my prayer journal on March 18, 2011. Request: "new nice violin for Heidi."
As my daughter continued with violin lessons, her teacher continued to mention to us the need for a full-size violin. I had no money and saw no way of getting any quick. I was praying, but as the prayer continued I realized I wasn't even sure if what I was praying for was God's will, so my request changed a little. On April 19, 2011 my prayer journal entry read, "If (God) you want Heidi to continue w/violin, please provide the violin." In addition to praying, I mentioned to my daughter my prayer request. Pleadingly I asked her to pray the same prayer with me. At first, she reluctantly agreed to pray the same prayer. She was reluctant to pray this way because she knew if God gave us a violin, then she knew she would have to practice and take it seriously: no arguments.
On April 25, 2011 my praying in this matter continued to change. I now was growing in my faith with regards to this so my entry became very specific. It read, "to know Your will free violin for Heidi ... by May 14, 2011." The deadline to sign up for the fall lessons was May 15, 2011. I shared all of this with Heidi, too.
As lessons continued the teacher told us that the violin is holding her back. May 9 was the day we had scheduled with the music school to sign our children up for piano lessons. Since there was no violin, we did not sign Heidi up for violin lessons in the fall. On Monday night, Emily, who is the music school's registrar, told us that the school may have a violin they could loan us for FREE. We would be responsible for maintenance, but everything else would be free. We would turn the violin back to the school when we terminated lessons there. We could see God working before our eyes. How wonderful!
On Tuesday, May 10, 2011. God kindly, directly and specifically answered my prayer. Heidi went to her lesson. The teacher went into a closet and showed Heidi two decent violins. Heidi choose the violin she liked best. Inside the case was a chin rest, rosin (a very expensive kind), and even a nice bow. God gave us for free a violin, a bow, a chin rest, a violin case, and rosin all before the deadline I requested of Him. Heidi KNOWS it is God's will for her to continue violin lessons. Do you see how good my God is? It is worth reading all about it. Extra: God also gave us on May 10, 2011 a extraordinary lead on a decent violin, bow and case for under $1000. Let me say it again: My God is so good!
Way back in February of this year my husband and I started looking for a full-size violin for our daughter. We knew this day would come: shopping for a decent violin, but we were reluctant to dive in and take the plunge for three main reasons. First of all, our daughter's attitude towards the instrument was teeter-tottering. Of course, money is a major factor when buying any instrument, and this was no different especially when her attitude showed little excitement about the idea. Finally, we were wondering since our daughter's passion is the piano, perhaps it was not God's will for her to play two instruments. Perhaps we were pushing our way, not God's way. What do you do in a situation like this? You do the logical thing. You pray. In fact I will quote the entry I made in my prayer journal on March 18, 2011. Request: "new nice violin for Heidi."
As my daughter continued with violin lessons, her teacher continued to mention to us the need for a full-size violin. I had no money and saw no way of getting any quick. I was praying, but as the prayer continued I realized I wasn't even sure if what I was praying for was God's will, so my request changed a little. On April 19, 2011 my prayer journal entry read, "If (God) you want Heidi to continue w/violin, please provide the violin." In addition to praying, I mentioned to my daughter my prayer request. Pleadingly I asked her to pray the same prayer with me. At first, she reluctantly agreed to pray the same prayer. She was reluctant to pray this way because she knew if God gave us a violin, then she knew she would have to practice and take it seriously: no arguments.
On April 25, 2011 my praying in this matter continued to change. I now was growing in my faith with regards to this so my entry became very specific. It read, "to know Your will free violin for Heidi ... by May 14, 2011." The deadline to sign up for the fall lessons was May 15, 2011. I shared all of this with Heidi, too.
As lessons continued the teacher told us that the violin is holding her back. May 9 was the day we had scheduled with the music school to sign our children up for piano lessons. Since there was no violin, we did not sign Heidi up for violin lessons in the fall. On Monday night, Emily, who is the music school's registrar, told us that the school may have a violin they could loan us for FREE. We would be responsible for maintenance, but everything else would be free. We would turn the violin back to the school when we terminated lessons there. We could see God working before our eyes. How wonderful!
On Tuesday, May 10, 2011. God kindly, directly and specifically answered my prayer. Heidi went to her lesson. The teacher went into a closet and showed Heidi two decent violins. Heidi choose the violin she liked best. Inside the case was a chin rest, rosin (a very expensive kind), and even a nice bow. God gave us for free a violin, a bow, a chin rest, a violin case, and rosin all before the deadline I requested of Him. Heidi KNOWS it is God's will for her to continue violin lessons. Do you see how good my God is? It is worth reading all about it. Extra: God also gave us on May 10, 2011 a extraordinary lead on a decent violin, bow and case for under $1000. Let me say it again: My God is so good!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Mother/Daughter Banquet
A great time was had by all. The girls sang songs and gave some hymn histories.
Friday, April 22, 2011
A Fun Week
Wednesday night, Claire, Grace, Hannah, and I took some pictures together. This isn't all of them, just a few. See if you can spot the 'stranger' in them. 
Mr. Sanderlin!
He laughed, "I couldn't resist! Ha! Ha!"
Cape May Zoo Field Trip
We went to the Cape May Zoo yesterday. (Thursday) It was a lot of fun. Here is my photo collection of the zoo animals.
We saw a lot of birds: parrots, crows, flamingos, all sorts of creatures. They also had a lion, tiger, bear, three giraffes, and some zebras. To me, I thought that those animals were the most fascinating. (Sorry, but I didn't get any pictures of the lion, tiger, bear or cheetahs. They were too far away to get a good picture.)
This little guy (below) is the largest rodent in the world. If you ask me, I think that he looks like a pig. His weight can range between 77-175 pounds. I thought that was pretty neat.
My dad said that the best thing about the Cape May Zoo is that it's free. Pack a picnic lunch, and enjoy the day.
After we went to the zoo, we decided to take a look at the point of Cape May and lighthouse park. I enjoyed taking pictures of the ocean.
This was my favorite picture. It shows the rocks, and the white sea foam. How beautiful!
My dad took some pictures of a sunken cement ship. (No wonder it sank!) Then he took some photos of me and Claire by the ocean.
Lighthouse Park
This is a great place to go bird watching. Claire and Thomas are studying birds in their science, so, of course, they enjoyed identifying different birds. This is the lighthouse.
Here's me by the lighthouse.
While Claire and my mom bird watched, (I sat on a bench, bored) Andrew, Thomas and my dad went to see a World War II bunker.
What a fun day!
Mr. Sanderlin!
He laughed, "I couldn't resist! Ha! Ha!"
Cape May Zoo Field Trip
We went to the Cape May Zoo yesterday. (Thursday) It was a lot of fun. Here is my photo collection of the zoo animals.
We saw a lot of birds: parrots, crows, flamingos, all sorts of creatures. They also had a lion, tiger, bear, three giraffes, and some zebras. To me, I thought that those animals were the most fascinating. (Sorry, but I didn't get any pictures of the lion, tiger, bear or cheetahs. They were too far away to get a good picture.)
This little guy (below) is the largest rodent in the world. If you ask me, I think that he looks like a pig. His weight can range between 77-175 pounds. I thought that was pretty neat.
After we went to the zoo, we decided to take a look at the point of Cape May and lighthouse park. I enjoyed taking pictures of the ocean.
This was my favorite picture. It shows the rocks, and the white sea foam. How beautiful!
My dad took some pictures of a sunken cement ship. (No wonder it sank!) Then he took some photos of me and Claire by the ocean.
Lighthouse Park
This is a great place to go bird watching. Claire and Thomas are studying birds in their science, so, of course, they enjoyed identifying different birds. This is the lighthouse.
Here's me by the lighthouse.
While Claire and my mom bird watched, (I sat on a bench, bored) Andrew, Thomas and my dad went to see a World War II bunker.
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