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February dates to remember - 16th - Alex turns 6! February 4th - Yesterday we had some strange weather! Rain in the morning so roads were not good. As a matter of fact I went in the ditch but as God was watching over me no one else was on the road and no damage was done! I went in about 1/4 mile from some friends who live just north of Wilton and they came and pulled me out. February 8th - On Friday (the 5th) Hollis and I went skiing at Huff Hills south of Mandan 15 miles. It was his first and my second time skiing. We had a great time, it was about 35 and sunny so it was rather slick. Around 4:00 I decided to get a little brave (or maybe crazy is a better word!) and follow a path some snowboarders were using. It was a blast UNTIL I hit this long icy stretch with a little bump at the bottom. I did not see the bump and hit it and went totally airborne! I came down face first on very hard compacted snow and wrecked my face pretty good. Praise God my glasses survived. They did do a number on my nose and were pretty bent up (after I found them!) but I was able to straighten them out and make it the rest of the way down the hill. Got cleaned up and a Band-Aid on my nose and skied for another hour before heading home. Had a busy weekend. The quartet was asked to sing at a funeral on Saturday and the pastors ordination service in Washburn on Sunday. Tonight I am going to Kenmare to speak at Christian Women's Club guest night. The homeschoolers are skiing every other Friday so we are going to go again on the 19th. The ski place lets us ski for $10.00 for the whole day including lift and rentals! This is the same rate they give the public schools for class trips etc. I am planning on taking Jasper and Starlit so it ought to be interesting! Will keep you posted.
February 16th - Big Al's birthday! Apparently Alex is now staying
with Anita at Teen Challenge. The home he was staying in had a fire (no one was
hurt!) so he had to move and Steve (the director at Teen Challenge) decided that for the
next 2 weeks he could stay with Anita. She is going to graduate from Teen Challenge
on March 5th! We are going to have a baptism service at a local hotel here on
Thursday night. John & Darcy are going to baptize Jaidra and Madison and we are
going to baptize all 3 of our kids! The kids are excited about this step of
obedience! God continues to impress the absolute importance of complete obedience
to Him in all that we do! More later. February 18th - Baptism!
February 28th - Hit a deer on Thursday morning with my Escort - really wrecked the passengers side front but it is still driveable. The North Dakota home school convention was held Friday and Saturday here in Bismarck. Great speaker Michael Farris - founder of the HSLDA and other good workshops. But the big news was that Friday evening Janice got a new kidney! So far she is doing really good although in a lot of pain. Will keep you posted! |
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