I have nothing in particular to write about, so I’m going to do another Chocolate Chip post. Little morsels that you may find interesting…
– We had our first company (not counting mom and dad being here after moving us out)! They came over for brunch yesterday. Great people. Fun Sequence games. Very pleasant kids. I can’t believe we waited this long to have guests. But we just weren’t in a hurry.
– People tell us that we live in one of the coldest areas here. Great. It’s super windy because we’re close to the water, and it seems the temperature can never quite get above 10C. There are lots of green shoots in my flower beds, but no leaves on the trees yet. I can’t wait to see what all is around here when things start blooming. I’m going to have to learn a few things about gardening, which I don’t mind doing.
– On Saturday we were exploring a new beach. I was watching the ground as usual, looking for interesting things. I picked up a fairly large object and then realized it was a vertebrae of some sort. We’ve been looking at images online and the closest one we can find is a deer. Isn’t that odd? I’ve read that orcas will eat deer and even moose, but orcas are pretty rare here (in my understanding). And it was obviously washed up onto the beach by the tide. Strange. I think I will take it into one of the museums here and see if they can tell me what, exactly, it is. And if it is from a deer, how did it get washed up onto the beach?
– I’m taking a knitting refresher course tomorrow night, and I’m very happy that I finally got in (there’s a waiting list). It’s been so long since I knitted anything complicated that I need to brush up on my skills again.
– We are thoroughly enjoying the new church family we have found. The pastor is from Ireland, and I just love how the Irish don’t mince words. (Say what you mean, mean what you say.) Yesterday he preached on Joshua 3:5
Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.”
He challenged us to consecrate our time, talents, money, and everything we have to the Lord, so that any time He needs us, we are ready and waiting for the call. And willing to obey without question when we know He’s asking us to act.
He also made the point that God doesn’t really need us to be a part of what He’s doing in the world. Sure, He needs us to be His hands and feet, but He could choose to show Himself to the world without us. So our options are either a) jump in where God is moving and move with Him, or b) miss out on what He’s doing and do our own thing.
Of course this was presented much more eloquently than I can convey, but I wanted to share it anyway. I keep being made so aware of how critical of a time we are living in. God is on the move.
– The girls seem to attract “Grandmas” at church. I love it. Of course there’s no substitute for the real thing, but when you don’t have butter, use margarine 🙂 A couple of them have offered to watch the girls “anytime!” and that makes me happy. Believe me, I will be taking them up on it. One lady even offered that she and her husband would happily come down (they live close by) and stay for a weekend while Daryl and I go away.
– I’m praying/thinking about what to do about school next year. Homeschooling makes so much sense to me, in so many ways. But I’m starting to feel like I’m running dry. I’m not naturally a teacher or a student, and the creative juices just ain’t flowin’.
I’m starting to think about mixing things up a bit and using all the resources I have around me for the time being. (Like maybe taking them elsewhere for different lessons in science, art, history, etc.) I don’t know. Any advice?