Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Notes From 1998 :: June

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Amy's 17th birthday! I gave her a b-day gift on Sunday. She is excited to be 17! It seems hard to believe. I first met her when she was 13.

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In the afternoon we swam at the E's pool. The M's were there too and we all had fun. Hot day. In the morning I watched all our Indians while Mom and Mara went shopping.

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From "Voice of the Martyrs": Home doesn't have a physical address but spiritual one, and can be found only at the end of a road-the road to Calvary.

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Mara and I spent all day at Grace and Ben's trailer, painting.** (When we finally got home I was dead tired.) It was nice to have an opportunity to get to know Grace. Her little Bethany is a sweetie!

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B's and D's came over for a fish fry and the R family showed up for singing. We had a very full house. Getting to know Mary and Liz better...

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Mr W's surprise party. We had a nice evening, and a potluck picnic. Large group.

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Met a new family today-there is always a steady trickle of people passing through. Amy M gave me a beautiful recipe box!

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My 16th birthday. Swimming lessons supposed to start-instead I had a surprise day! Jessie and Elisabeth spent the afternoon with us. I loved having them. Rainy. Tobias and Simeon sent me a SNAKE!

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No lessons today-too cold. Sabrina Wurmbrand: "Don't treat the martyrs like idols-martyrs don't make the truth. The truth makes a martyr."

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Lessons today at the Marti's pool. The little B girls are so enthusiastic! We all had fun. In the evening had dinner at the N's and most of us kids camped out.

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We all rose very early today. Rainy and humid-no swim lessons. We went to the Library, came home for lunch then slept all afternoon. M's came in the evening for dinner.

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This evening we left for G-ma Neupert's. I was sick all morning and stayed home while everyone else went to swimming lessons. I still feel weak.

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We're having a good visit; swimming and playing outside. We leave tomorrow morning. A beautiful day!

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"...My God lives, and He has my heart." Sarah Edwards
After prayer (at church) we went to Rolla, got a picnic meal and went to the park. Busy day-we're all tired!

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From the book, "John Ploughman's Talks": "Though man alone may be good, yet it is not good that man should be alone."

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As "by the ears the ass is known"-A truth as sure as parsons preach-The man, as proverbs long have shown, Is seen most plainly through his speech.

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Swimming lessons. Hot! Afterwards we ran errands and I finally bought a purse I liked. We spent forever in K-Mart trying on swimming suits.

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Swimming lessons-I love the Marti's pool! I'll be sad when lessons are over. This evening the M's came over for piano. Bad storm.

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Swimming lessons. Then in the evening we went to the St. James park to play softball with the Nisbetts. We had fun-I played horribly!

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Mom stayed in bed all day because of stomach pains. The rest of us helped the D's butcher chickens all afternoon, and sold bread...we love helping but I'm so tired!

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Little Ricky was born this morning-and taken to Columbia. Keeping the B family in prayer.
The W family had flooding.

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Today Mom, Dad, and Mr. and Mrs. M left to help the W family. All us kids stayed here at home. Hectic day but nothing major.

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3rd longest day of the year. :) Mara has been sick since Sunday. Dad made an appt. with a doctor in St. Louis for the 30th...hoping he can give insights.

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I've been working in the garden each morning until it gets hot (which isn't long!). The children are always begging to play in the water.

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"Fear not that your life will come to an end. Rather, fear that it will never have a beginning."

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This evening we went to Meramec Springs to camp with the Tice family.

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Float trip today. We all had fun even though it was hot and the river was packed. First time Mara and I had a canoe to ourselves!

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Mr. B and children came to church. It was good to see Elisabeth again! Adam's baptism. A lot of people came and it was very meaningful.

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We are trying to get caught up on cleaning and laundry. This evening we went out to dinner with the N's and Yong's family. It was good to see them again!

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Today Dad, Mom, and Mara went up to St. Louis for the doctor appt. Found out she has candida. Not all results from testing are completed-she may have some thyroid and other complications as well.



** Little did I dream this would be my future home!

1 comment:

  1. Good thing you did a good job painting it. :P

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