For a class on diversity I had to take this test. I scored a 25 on the male side.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sex/index_cookie.shtml
Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
My Garden Owners
Here are the proud owners of our garden on Crouch Road. I think my side of the garden has a few more weeds than theirs, but they live there and have a few more minutes to keep up with it. My tiller will be back from the shop shortly!!
John and Dorothy Graves
Picking Strawberries
Kenton and Vincent picking strawberries with Donna Johnston. Julie made 2 strawberry pies after everyone ate their share. They were absolutely delicious. Thanks Donna!!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
My Mentor/Observor
I met with Doug Parks my Mentor/Observer for my Masters of Education through Indiana Wesleyan University. We met at 6:00 this A.M. at my parents house. I arrived at 5:30 to set up my laptop extra monitor printers etc. I took my Wi-Fi system so we could have wireless Internet. We worked for about 3 hours and did our best to keep me up to date with my Portfolio. Thanks to Doug and my Parents for being accommodating to my busy schedule. I am counting down the days. I have 6 months till December 31, 2008 when I will be done with the program. I have two elective courses to take sometime between now and 2009 spring graduation.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Free Fun
I paused from my studies to find where the boys were. They were having a blast. Kenton was fishing with just a string and a bobber. He actually caught a fish. Enjoy the videos.
Make sure your volume is turned down or you will get blasted out with the camera man's obnoxiously loud laugh.
Praise the Lord & Pass the Ammunition
By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer
1 minute ago.
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.
The court's 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. The decision went further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most firearms laws intact.
The court had not conclusively interpreted the Second Amendment since its ratification in 1791. The amendment reads: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
The basic issue for the justices was whether the amendment protects an individual's right to own guns no matter what, or whether that right is somehow tied to service in a state militia.
Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia said that an individual right to bear arms is supported by "the historical narrative" both before and after the Second Amendment was adopted.
The Constitution does not permit "the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home," Scalia said. The court also struck down Washington's requirement that firearms be equipped with trigger locks or kept disassembled, but left intact the licensing of guns.
In a dissent he summarized from the bench, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the majority "would have us believe that over 200 years ago, the Framers made a choice to limit the tools available to elected officials wishing to regulate civilian uses of weapons."
He said such evidence "is nowhere to be found."
Justice Stephen Breyer wrote a separate dissent in which he said, "In my view, there simply is no untouchable constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to keep loaded handguns in the house in crime-ridden urban areas."
Joining Scalia were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas. The other dissenters were Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter.
Gun rights supporters hailed the decision. "I consider this the opening salvo in a step-by-step process of providing relief for law-abiding Americans everywhere that have been deprived of this freedom," said Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association.
The NRA will file lawsuits in San Francisco, Chicago and several of its suburbs challenging handgun restrictions there based on Thursday's outcome.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a leading gun control advocate in Congress, criticized the ruling. "I believe the people of this great country will be less safe because of it," she said.
The capital's gun law was among the nation's strictest.
Dick Anthony Heller, 66, an armed security guard, sued the District after it rejected his application to keep a handgun at his home for protection in the same Capitol Hill neighborhood as the court.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled in Heller's favor and struck down Washington's handgun ban, saying the Constitution guarantees Americans the right to own guns and that a total prohibition on handguns is not compatible with that right.
The issue caused a split within the Bush administration. Vice President Dick Cheney supported the appeals court ruling, but others in the administration feared it could lead to the undoing of other gun regulations, including a federal law restricting sales of machine guns. Other laws keep felons from buying guns and provide for an instant background check.
Scalia said nothing in Thursday's ruling should "cast doubt on long-standing prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons or the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings."
In a concluding paragraph to the his 64-page opinion, Scalia said the justices in the majority "are aware of the problem of handgun violence in this country" and believe the Constitution "leaves the District of Columbia a variety of tools for combating that problem, including some measures regulating handguns."
The law adopted by Washington's city council in 1976 bars residents from owning handguns unless they had one before the law took effect. Shotguns and rifles may be kept in homes, if they are registered, kept unloaded and either disassembled or equipped with trigger locks.
Opponents of the law have said it prevents residents from defending themselves. The Washington government says no one would be prosecuted for a gun law violation in cases of self-defense.
The last Supreme Court ruling on the topic came in 1939 in U.S. v. Miller, which involved a sawed-off shotgun. Constitutional scholars disagree over what that case means but agree it did not squarely answer the question of individual versus collective rights.
Forty-four state constitutions contain some form of gun rights, which are not affected by the court's consideration of Washington's restrictions.
The case is District of Columbia v. Heller, 07-290.
1 minute ago.
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.
The court's 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. The decision went further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most firearms laws intact.
The court had not conclusively interpreted the Second Amendment since its ratification in 1791. The amendment reads: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
The basic issue for the justices was whether the amendment protects an individual's right to own guns no matter what, or whether that right is somehow tied to service in a state militia.
Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia said that an individual right to bear arms is supported by "the historical narrative" both before and after the Second Amendment was adopted.
The Constitution does not permit "the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home," Scalia said. The court also struck down Washington's requirement that firearms be equipped with trigger locks or kept disassembled, but left intact the licensing of guns.
In a dissent he summarized from the bench, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the majority "would have us believe that over 200 years ago, the Framers made a choice to limit the tools available to elected officials wishing to regulate civilian uses of weapons."
He said such evidence "is nowhere to be found."
Justice Stephen Breyer wrote a separate dissent in which he said, "In my view, there simply is no untouchable constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to keep loaded handguns in the house in crime-ridden urban areas."
Joining Scalia were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas. The other dissenters were Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter.
Gun rights supporters hailed the decision. "I consider this the opening salvo in a step-by-step process of providing relief for law-abiding Americans everywhere that have been deprived of this freedom," said Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association.
The NRA will file lawsuits in San Francisco, Chicago and several of its suburbs challenging handgun restrictions there based on Thursday's outcome.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a leading gun control advocate in Congress, criticized the ruling. "I believe the people of this great country will be less safe because of it," she said.
The capital's gun law was among the nation's strictest.
Dick Anthony Heller, 66, an armed security guard, sued the District after it rejected his application to keep a handgun at his home for protection in the same Capitol Hill neighborhood as the court.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled in Heller's favor and struck down Washington's handgun ban, saying the Constitution guarantees Americans the right to own guns and that a total prohibition on handguns is not compatible with that right.
The issue caused a split within the Bush administration. Vice President Dick Cheney supported the appeals court ruling, but others in the administration feared it could lead to the undoing of other gun regulations, including a federal law restricting sales of machine guns. Other laws keep felons from buying guns and provide for an instant background check.
Scalia said nothing in Thursday's ruling should "cast doubt on long-standing prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons or the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings."
In a concluding paragraph to the his 64-page opinion, Scalia said the justices in the majority "are aware of the problem of handgun violence in this country" and believe the Constitution "leaves the District of Columbia a variety of tools for combating that problem, including some measures regulating handguns."
The law adopted by Washington's city council in 1976 bars residents from owning handguns unless they had one before the law took effect. Shotguns and rifles may be kept in homes, if they are registered, kept unloaded and either disassembled or equipped with trigger locks.
Opponents of the law have said it prevents residents from defending themselves. The Washington government says no one would be prosecuted for a gun law violation in cases of self-defense.
The last Supreme Court ruling on the topic came in 1939 in U.S. v. Miller, which involved a sawed-off shotgun. Constitutional scholars disagree over what that case means but agree it did not squarely answer the question of individual versus collective rights.
Forty-four state constitutions contain some form of gun rights, which are not affected by the court's consideration of Washington's restrictions.
The case is District of Columbia v. Heller, 07-290.
When is a Door not a Door?
When it is ajar! Why did I not think of this very punny statement when I posted on this post.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
WWII Bomber Pilot speaks at Gratz EWC
Listen to an Air Force Major as he speaks on Memorial Day to the Emmanuel Wesleyan Church in Gratz. He is 87 years old and lived through Pearl Harbor and the European front. You can be very thankful for your freedoms that you have because of men like these.
What is Your Spiritual Gift?
Take the test here and post what your God given gift is.
My top two were Administration and Servant.
Byron Jr.
Enough said. He is planning new tricks.
I am hoping he does not do everything that I did...
The Old Swimmin' Hole
The boys love to fish and swim in this wonderful part of he east branch of Conneaut Creek. I have heard stories about kids swimming in the deep hole that go back over a hundred years. The gentleman that I purchased my pull behind trailer from, reminisced swimming in the 40's in the old Keepville Swimmin' Hole. They say it is about 15'+ deep. It is formed by a waterfall that comes out from under a railroad bridge. The railroad bridge was put in somewhere around the late 1800's when the Railroad used the canal for a railroad bed. 
Trying to Kayak with a tube and a branch.
They reported the water was "DEEP and COLD!!!"
When the Erie Canal, crossing New York state from Albany to Lake Erie, had been in operation some ten or twelve years, the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal was shipping from Philadelphia to Pittburgh on a southern Pennsylvania route. Suffering from severe "canal fever," the citizens, entrepreneurs and visionary businessmen in northwestern Pennsylvania began to agitate for their own canal. They wanted a canal that would connect the Erie Canal with the Pennsylvania Main Line, Lake Erie, and the Ohio River, thus extending the infrastructure to support the surge of people moving westward and bringing new prosperity to northwestern Pennsylvania by providing a safe and reliable means of moving commercial goods between major eastern and western cities. Around 1838, the building of the Erie Extension Canal was commenced at the old town of Beaver on the Ohio River; it was completed for shipping to the Port of Erie in 1844. Winding through five northwestern Pennsylvania counties, it connected the Ohio River with Lake Erie.
In Mercer County, on the "Big Bend" of the river south of Greenville, lived the pioneering German families who farmed along the waterway, served the needs of the canal and its travelers, and defined the culture and traditions of the region. Irish laborers, assigned 15-mile stretches of canal work, had dug the 130-mile length of the canal. They lived in shantytowns, receiving meager wages and their daily "tot of whiskey." In 1873, the destruction of an aqueduct across Elk Creek Gorge near Girard Pennsylvania which had allowed canal boats to cross the deep river gorge spelled the end of the Erie Extension Canal. Some believed that railroad designers had deliberately caused its destruction. Railroads were becoming the preferred transportation of the period; the canal beds provided the perfect basis for the railroad bed.
This canal and its culture is memorialized in the Erie Canal Extension Museum in Greenville, which evolved from plans made in 1988 to mark the sesquicentennial of the incorporation of the town. The museum documents the complete history of the Erie Extension Canal. A full-sized 40-foot canal boat replica, a model grist mill, and other period artifacts are featured. A miniature working model of a lock educates visitors about the workings of the canal and its civil engineering. The complete masonry remains of Erie Extension Lock number 10 are preserved in a public park with picnic grounds and fishing facilities. It would make a neat field trip to visit this museum.
In Mercer County, on the "Big Bend" of the river south of Greenville, lived the pioneering German families who farmed along the waterway, served the needs of the canal and its travelers, and defined the culture and traditions of the region. Irish laborers, assigned 15-mile stretches of canal work, had dug the 130-mile length of the canal. They lived in shantytowns, receiving meager wages and their daily "tot of whiskey." In 1873, the destruction of an aqueduct across Elk Creek Gorge near Girard Pennsylvania which had allowed canal boats to cross the deep river gorge spelled the end of the Erie Extension Canal. Some believed that railroad designers had deliberately caused its destruction. Railroads were becoming the preferred transportation of the period; the canal beds provided the perfect basis for the railroad bed.
This canal and its culture is memorialized in the Erie Canal Extension Museum in Greenville, which evolved from plans made in 1988 to mark the sesquicentennial of the incorporation of the town. The museum documents the complete history of the Erie Extension Canal. A full-sized 40-foot canal boat replica, a model grist mill, and other period artifacts are featured. A miniature working model of a lock educates visitors about the workings of the canal and its civil engineering. The complete masonry remains of Erie Extension Lock number 10 are preserved in a public park with picnic grounds and fishing facilities. It would make a neat field trip to visit this museum.
Supreme Court Gun Ban Ruling Expected Tomorrow
The U.S. Supreme Court today did not release its long-awaited ruling on whether the District's handgun ban violates the Second Amendment. That means the potentially landmark decision will almost certainly come tomorrow morning when the court is planning to issue the last of its rulings for the term. The case, District of Columbia v. Heller, which was argued nearly four months ago, could settle the decades-old debate over whether the Second Amendment grants individuals the right to own firearms.
The start of our new restrooms...
The rooms are ready for walls to be built and new entrance doors installed. It will be a great improvement to our church. The renovation will give us handicap accessible restrooms and a large vestibule. The second part of this phase wil give us a large platform. I am actually tearing out Pergo flooring, not installing it. Where I am is going to be the restrooms.
Tom Rodgers looking cool.
Bill Smith cleaning up our mess.
Alternative Source of Power
I was able to cut a generator out of a motor home several years ago. It had been sitting in my barn buried under many other things needing attention as well. I finished cutting the frame work off of the base and bolted it to the chassis of an old lawnmower. It is an Onan two cylinder motor and I have no clue how many kw it produces. It does have a 30 amp breaker, so it at least put sout that much. I took a gas tank out of another old mower and hooked the fuel line up and wired my tractor battery to it and "Voila" it fired right up. Now I need to give the oil in the reservor changed and a new oil, air, and fuel filters. Now when old man winter, storm, or car wreck knocks out the main power, we will still be able to keep warm.
The kids were pretty impressed.
Keeping Keepville Klean
Kenton doing his daily yard duty.
Making sure that no cow pies end on the bottom of their shoes (or toes).
The Henry and Houdini never need tied they just hang out with Sir Loin. Where he goes they go, where he eats they eat, where he sleeps they sleep and where he chews his cud...they do the same.
Looking for that Pot of Gold
I have proof that there is gold in my house (Er..trailer). If you stop by and it is a mess...it is not because my wife went on strike, but rather because we are looking for that pot of gold. :)
If Your Head is Stupid...
.....your body has to suffer for it. At least that is what my Dad always told me. Well maybe even just your head itself. I think the saying goes if other people are stupid you may have to suffer as well, but we won't go there right now.
I have this habit of never turning the lights on when going through the church if it is dark out. I know how many steps through the vestibule, turn right and so many steps to a door and I always stick my hand out. If I don't feel the door I walk on in the room. If I touch the door my hand slides down and I open it and walk through the next dark room and unlock my office door step in then turn on my office lights. I have done this a thousand times. This time was different. Someone left the door ajar....my hand told me the door was open as I continued into the room the pain and jolt to my head told me otherwise. The door had been left open about a foot. I learned a valuable life lesson. If the door is not there move hand around and make sure it is not just "ajar".
Another Day, Another Fish..
...actually they hold the record for the most fish caught by kids aged 3, 4, 6, and 8. They don't sit around playing video games. They are out exploring the woods, swimming in the crick, jumping on the trampoline, building cabins in the woods, fishing, target practicing with slingshots, guns, and bow & arrows, riding bikes, mowers, tractors, dirt bikes, go carts. (If it has a motor on it the like it even better.) I love my kids and I am glad that they don't lead a boring life....well that is until today. I was informed they were bored. HUH!?!?!?!? Kenton decided he wanted to set up a rodeo complete with Sir loin as the Broncin Bull (as he calls it.)
This is fish #3,647 caught for the 389th time.
When will that fish ever learn?
Bathroom Renovations Officially Started
Tom Rodgers, faithful to the church as always, starts the process of getting the rooms ready for the new construction.
Grace
Hat tip to Jon Earls. Great clip. It is not our good deeds or works that will save us. It is only through Christ. What "Amazing Grace" that saved a sinner like me.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Camp Pics
Julie visiting with her family.
The cousins in line waiting for lunch.
Randy Brown preaching on the greek word "Orge". The kids loved him.
I will post some more pics at a later date. Julia posted a few on her blog as well.
Bring the animals....
Noah's ark is ready.
Working Replica of Noah's Ark Opens In SCHAGEN, Netherlands
The massive central door in the side of Noah's Ark was thrown open Saturday for the first crowd of curious Pilgrims and townsfolk to behold the wonder
Of course, it's only a replica of the biblical Ark, built by Dutch
Creationist Johan Huibers as a testament to his faith in the literal truth of the Bible
The ark is 150 cubits long, 30 cubits high and 20 cubits wide. That's two-thirds the length of a football field and as high as a three-story house.
Life-size models of giraffes, elephants, lions, crocodiles, zebras,bison and other animals greet visitors as they arrive in the main hold.
A contractor by trade, Huibers built the ark of cedar and pine -Biblical Scholars debate exactly what the wood used by Noah would have been.
Huibers did the work mostly with his own hands, using modern tools and with occasional help from his son Roy. Construction began in May 2005.
On the uncovered top deck - not quite ready in time for the opening - will come a petting zoo, with baby lambs and chickens, and goats, and one camel.
Visitors on the first day were stunned.
"It's past comprehension, " said Mary Louise Starosciak, who happened to be bicycling by with her husband while on vacation when they saw The ark looming over the local landscape
"I knew the story of Noah, but I had no idea the boat would have been so big."
There is enough space near the keel for a 50-seat film theater where kids can watch a video that tells the story of Noah and his ark.
Huibers said he hopes the project will renew interest in Christianity in the Netherlands, where church going has fallen dramatically in the past 50 years.
Click here to see pictures of the inside..........
Those Crazy Canadians
Just great! I am heading to Canada next week and I will have to share the road with those crazy Canadian truck drivers. I will have to ask JB to say an extra prayer for me. He is probably desensitized to this kind of thing. This is what we are allowing free access to our country? What else will they do? What if a home had been in the way? What if.......? According to the person who originally wrote about this, the Canadian driver had only been in the U.S. a few months. He had missed his turn by Billings MT. And figured he could go over the hill and continue on the road. Apparently he didn't know there were rail tracks on top of the grade which doesn't matter, he'd be stuck anyhow..... The truck owner figures the driver had to hit the angle at over 55 miles an hour in order to make the top. If you look close at some of the pictures, you will see that it is only when the trailer pinched the rear tires of the truck that the truck stopped......
Back from Camp
http://gurneejourney.blogspot.com/2008/06/some-pics-of-camp.html
I will post about it later. You can read Julie's blog to get a real quick update.
I will post about it later. You can read Julie's blog to get a real quick update.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Making Decisions by Hearing God
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways" (Isaiah 55:8-9).
God speaks to his children in many varied ways. God has said that his ways are not our ways. If left to our reasoning, we will fail to fully walk in the full counsel of God, which leads to poor decisions.
Thus, our goal is to avoid being deceived and to develop a listening ear that hears the voice of God with confidence. Our goal is to have such intimacy with God that we can walk in the full blessing of our decisions and to be assured they are not based on our own reasoning alone. This does not mean that we do not use the intellectual and logical skills that He has equipped us with.
A.W. Tozer said that "The man or woman who is wholly and joyously surrendered to Christ can't make a wrong choice - any choice will be the right one." J. Oswald Sanders explains his method of receiving guidance from God for decisions; "I try to gather all the information and all the facts that are involved in a decision, and then weigh them up and pray over them in the Lord's presence, and trust the Holy Spirit to sway my mind in the direction of God's will. And God generally guides by presenting reasons to my mind for acting in a certain way."
The Apostle Paul said, "For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose (Philippians 2:13). God has equipped us with everything we need to make good decisions. Hearing His voice is the first step toward making right choices in life.
Do you have a decision to make? Submit that decision to the Lord, ask God for clarity. Ask Him to make the desires of your heart the same desires that He has for you in this matter. Await His perfect timing on the matter. Then you can be assured of making the right decisions.
-OS Hillman
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Emily's Graduation Party
Greg let me get into his race car. I do not think that they are made for fat people. I crammed all 275 lbs down into the "seat". I needed an extra 6"on either side for comfort. Not to mention the steering wheel would have ended up making a groove into my gut by the end of a race.
Sliding into a very small space.
They definitely had the easy part - getting in and out.
Sitting and enjoying the gutsy roar and feel of a 505 c.i. racing motor running on 100% alcohol.
Of course they had to follow suit.
They definitely had the easy part - getting in and out.
Greg was faithful to give the kid's entertainment in the canoe.
Heath Visit
Thank the Lord for like minded friends. We enjoyed our visit down to the Harrisburg area at the Heaths. They will be moving to Florida and we wanted to visit them before they departed. The kids enjoyed themselves and I was able to add some more roofing experince to my resume. 
Ron Coleman is up on the top roof and provided some work to help pay for our gas down that way. Thanks Ron! They boys were earning a couple dollars helping us out. I think I would make a great Penn DOT worker. I have the leaning on the shovel act figured out.
Ron Coleman is up on the top roof and provided some work to help pay for our gas down that way. Thanks Ron! They boys were earning a couple dollars helping us out. I think I would make a great Penn DOT worker. I have the leaning on the shovel act figured out.
Visit with the Tim Calhoun Family
John Wayne himself.
Vince riding Rebel.
Kenton giving Alyssa a ride.
Kendra learning the ropes of riding.
Laura letting Champ grab a bite to eat.
Thank you for a nice visit.
Danville State Hospital & Correctional Facility
This facility houses a place for juveniles. I travled about 5 hours one way last week to visit a young man from our church. If you think about him say a prayer.
Long Delay on our Trip Home
12 miles from the time we hit the back of the jam till we went past the wreck. From the looks of the cab of the blue semi, which you can not tell from the pictures, the driver could not have made it out alive. Fortunately for me I was sleeping for most of it.
Mobile command center.
From what we could see there were at least 3 semis involved.
The cab was ripped off of the frame and flattened and the axles were ripped off the frame as well.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Bible Methodist Missions
It is amazing how efficient and well organized the Bible Methodist Missions are. Rev. John Parker is doing a great job of leading the department. Don't forget to pray for missionaries all over the world.
Dear friends,
Dear friends,
This is a quick letter just to say "thanks" for your gracious response to our presentation of needs a couple of months ago. Our family has just recently returned from a week of rest on the Island of Mindoro and while we were away Monte Stetler, our General Missions Treasurer, sent next quarters wire. I'm amazed, grateful, astounded and totally blessed by how you all have come through for our needs here. Against the bleak backdrop of rising prices and financial crisis, both there and here, I have just received our most generous regular quarterly wire ever. I guess God hasn't been listening to the news (smile)! Or maybe He's just reminding us that when He decides to do something, He does it! What a profound faith boost this has been.Because of your generosity we will be digging several long awaited wells for pastors, building three much needed parsonages (two in Ebenezer and one in Jabez),building a brand new church in the pioneering city of Santiago (Joshua Conference), meeting some crisis medical needs, purchasing a thousand lbs of rice for needy families, doing a little more work in Alibagu,putting electricity in our new campus dining hall, and etc. " Our Father, we're amazed by your love working through the hearts of your people. Thank you for their interest in Your interests and for their love for their Filipino brethren! Bless them Father, and add all 'these things' to them according to Your promise in Matt.6:33. And Father, thanks for your gracious confirmation of our trust. Thanks for reminding us that even tired faith is not vain faith! In Jesus mighty name, Amen."
Your grateful friends,Tim and Becky Keep
Coincidental Meeting
I met this man in Penns Creek this past Tuesday. What he does not know - I am part of a group of agents that check up on illegal aliens in our country. He was to busy to chat....which makes me suspicious. Good to see you JB.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Kyle Norris
One of my youth from when I was Youth Pastor at the Zanesville Bible Methodist Church was killed in Iraq last week.
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/multimedia/audio_slideshows/2008/06/funeral_SS/index.html
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/multimedia/audio_slideshows/2008/06/funeral_SS/index.html
Tool Trip
The men of the church enjoyed good fellowship today. We left at 7:00 and headed toward Pittsburgh. We stopped at Grove City and had a great buffet breakfast at Eat-N-Park. We arrived in Beaver Falls around 10:00. We spent the next couple hours browsing 4 floors of tools, tools, and more tools. Then we went to the huge warehouse to browse around.
Tom Misch, Jim Gurnee, Tom Rodgers, Blaine Cosner, Kenton and Vincent.
Here is Kenton with the biggest wrench he could find - a 6 3/8.
The boys napping on Papa. He must have put them to sleep telling them Army stories. 
Then the fight broke out.
We stopped by the Beaver Valley church so they could see it. We had such a great time. I laughed so hard I had to pull the van over because I could not see. Thanks guys for the great time!!
Making Memories
After not being able to be the minister for Andy Crouch and Becky Grate, I went with them to get their marriage licence. I met them at the Erie County County Courthouse. It was a privilege to be with them during this happy time in their life. It is interesting how two children become adults and decide to become one. Andy is in full control of his life. He loves the Lord and is a great young man. I am so glad that I have the privilege of being there neighbor as well.
View of the courthouse using the panoramic ability of the Samsung Flipshot.
Waiting to enter room 123....all smiles.
Fill in the blank where your parents were born.....
Some Peeps
Not the kind my wife likes, but the fuzzy cute ones. The kids loved them. I made sure that the feeder and water bottle would hold them for a week. George will not have to feed them while we are gone a couple of days. Knowing George, he will look in and make sure they are okay anyways.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Educaiton in Cleveland
Typo on Diplomas Embarrasses Ohio Principal
WESTLAKE, Ohio - A Cleveland-area principal says he's embarrassed his students got proof of their "educaiton" on their high school diplomas. Westlake High School officials misspelled "education" on the diplomas distributed last weekend. It's been the subject of mockery on local radio. Principal Timothy Freeman says he sent back the diplomas once to correct another error. When the diplomas came back, no one bothered to check things they thought were right the first time. The publisher has reprinted the diplomas a second time and sent them to the 330 graduates.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Poll......
Do you think my wife will let me buy one? Post a comment....
Thanks to Larry Fuller for letting me take it for a spin!! 
Missing Cape Cod lighthouse located in Calif.
....from the world off odd news.
WELLFLEET, Mass. - Local historians for decades thought the 30-foot tall lighthouse that once overlooked Wellfleet Harbor had been taken down and destroyed in 1925. Turns out, it had just been moved to the California coast. The fate of the cast-iron tower was uncovered last year by lighthouse researchers and reported by Colleen MacNeney in this month's edition of Lighthouse Digest. MacNeney told the Cape Cod Times in Wednesday's edition it was her most exciting discovery. Wellfleet historian Helen Purcell says the discovery of the lighthouse at Point Montara, 25 miles south of San Francisco, was a genuine shock. MacNeney says she discovered correspondence that proved the lighthouse, first erected in 1881, had been moved by the Coast Guard from Wellfleet to Yerba Buena, Calif., and eventually to Point Montara. There is no known documentation explaining how it was moved across the country, MacNeney said. But Jim Walker, chairman of the Cape Cod Chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation, speculates that because it is metal, it could have been disassembled bolt by bolt, with the pieces then transported by rail. The lighthouse is still used as a navigational aid and a hostel.
WELLFLEET, Mass. - Local historians for decades thought the 30-foot tall lighthouse that once overlooked Wellfleet Harbor had been taken down and destroyed in 1925. Turns out, it had just been moved to the California coast. The fate of the cast-iron tower was uncovered last year by lighthouse researchers and reported by Colleen MacNeney in this month's edition of Lighthouse Digest. MacNeney told the Cape Cod Times in Wednesday's edition it was her most exciting discovery. Wellfleet historian Helen Purcell says the discovery of the lighthouse at Point Montara, 25 miles south of San Francisco, was a genuine shock. MacNeney says she discovered correspondence that proved the lighthouse, first erected in 1881, had been moved by the Coast Guard from Wellfleet to Yerba Buena, Calif., and eventually to Point Montara. There is no known documentation explaining how it was moved across the country, MacNeney said. But Jim Walker, chairman of the Cape Cod Chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation, speculates that because it is metal, it could have been disassembled bolt by bolt, with the pieces then transported by rail. The lighthouse is still used as a navigational aid and a hostel.Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Commencement NWHS 2008
Only at Northwestern would the Valedictorian wear a Dr. Seuss "Cat in the Hat" hat. The again his speech was written like Dr. Seuus would have written it. I enjoyed.
And there was my cousin Scott Durfee running his video camera. I am not sure which relative graduated, but he got it all on cam.
So needless to say you never know who you are going to see.
http://jonathanwhitemusic.com/
Jonathan White is the grandson of Catherine Mason. We were sharing great memories of days gone by...when John started telling a tall tale.....that I wont tell you about. Needless to say my face went red...and everyone had a good laugh. It was good to see Jimmy, Tommy, and Paul again. It was an extra bonus we all like to hunt.
A Visit with Chuck and Coleen
We were driving down a new road on the way back from getting new plates for our new (used) car in Meadville. We were just enjoying the back roads and I thought I saw someone that I had been with earlier in the day. I backed up and sure nough it was Chuck Mason. I had just had the homegoing celebration of his mother Catherine earlier in the day. He showed us his baby ducks and beehives.
Baccalaureate at Northwestern High School
It is great to see a public school have a religious service for their graduates. Dr. Ed Huntley preached the challenge to the students and the Gideons International Representatives were on hand to pass out Bibles to the graduates.
We had one of our own graduate with honor from tech school. Emily Mooney was one of 4 honored from her class from Erie Technical Institute in Early Childhood Development.
CONGRATULATIONS EMILY!!!!!A Fleury of Goal Tending
They are still alive thanks to this guy!
The goal tending by Marc-Andre Fleury was some of the greatest in NHL history. He made 55 saves in Game 5 that went into 3 overtimes.
DETROIT – Blood was dribbling through Robert Scuderi’s beard, falling off his chin until it dropped onto his sweat-soaked shorts in the locker room postgame. This was from the fresh gash, not the one on the upper lip that had already been stitched up. The new one came courtesy of a high stick that earned the Pittsburgh Penguins the power play they would use to steal a 4-3 victory in the exhausted third overtime early Tuesday morning. The one that would postpone a Stanley Cup celebration here and force a Game 6 Wednesday back home. It was a welcome wound, its presence assuring a double minor. “I was just praying for blood,” Scuderi said after Jiri Hudler’s stick sliced him. “I skated up the ice going, ‘ I hope I’m bleeding.’ ” As he smiled slightly at the memory, more blood dripped. Finally a trainer showed up, declaring, “Stitch time.” Scuderi didn’t move. He didn’t care about the blood.
Across the Penguins locker room, goalie Marc-Andre Fleury sprawled back on a wooden bench, too exhausted to sip the Gatorade in his left hand, let alone take his 55-save pads off. He kept talking in short sentences, as if complete ones were too taxing. He was drenched in sweat, straight through his uniform, his long hair as wet as if he just got out of the shower. “Just one save at a time,” he kept repeating. “Make that next save. Give the guys another chance.” He shook his head and paused. He looked shell-shocked. He had forgotten the question. The pressure of 109 minutes of Cup finals hockey will do that to you. “It’s the longest game I’ve played,” Fleury said. “And the most tired one. But also the most satisfying one.” Blood, sweat and no tears.
It was well past 1 a.m., well past when the Penguins’ Cinderella story was supposed to end. It was more than two hours and three overtimes after the NHL had pulled Lord Stanley’s Cup out of its box and had the dudes with the no-smudge gloves set it up for a presentation.
Across the Penguins locker room, goalie Marc-Andre Fleury sprawled back on a wooden bench, too exhausted to sip the Gatorade in his left hand, let alone take his 55-save pads off. He kept talking in short sentences, as if complete ones were too taxing. He was drenched in sweat, straight through his uniform, his long hair as wet as if he just got out of the shower. “Just one save at a time,” he kept repeating. “Make that next save. Give the guys another chance.” He shook his head and paused. He looked shell-shocked. He had forgotten the question. The pressure of 109 minutes of Cup finals hockey will do that to you. “It’s the longest game I’ve played,” Fleury said. “And the most tired one. But also the most satisfying one.” Blood, sweat and no tears.
It was well past 1 a.m., well past when the Penguins’ Cinderella story was supposed to end. It was more than two hours and three overtimes after the NHL had pulled Lord Stanley’s Cup out of its box and had the dudes with the no-smudge gloves set it up for a presentation.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
First Time for Everything
My dad learned how to ride a bike as a little kid, but I had never seen him ride one until yesterday. June 2, 2008 I witnessed for the first time Dad riding a bike, Dad riding with no hands just to amuse the kids. I took my parents out for supper to the local diner. Thanks Mom and Dad for stopping by and enjoying a few minutes with us!!!
Real Men of Genius
How does a 50lb boy carry 45lbs of water and bucket? By using his brains and not his back. That's my boy!! OK maybe I am over reacting! I looked out and had to snap the photo. I say he is one smart chap. As they say "Like father like son", "What's in the dog comes out in the pup", or "The apple does not fall far from the tree".....Yes that is what I say, that is unless he is bad and then it is his mothers side of the family that he takes after!
Catherine A. Mason
“Taddie”
In the presence of her family, Catherine Mason left her temporary home to dwell in the Home of her Beloved Heavenly Father, Forevermore. Catherine was born May 17, 1917, a daughter of the late Miller and Suvilla Whippo.
She raised her family in Rochester, Pa., and moved to Albion during her retirement years. The top priorities in Catherine's life were spiritual. She was a godly woman and all who knew her felt her impact on their lives. She honored God in all her hobbies and activities. She was an avid reader (owning around 600 books), her Bible first, and then Christian fiction. She loved board games, especially scrabble, and jigsaw puzzles. She and her husband loved fishing and indulged at every opportunity. They even did some wild game hunting together. She enjoyed gardening, and music, playing her accordion, a small organ, and piano. Catherine was very active in church. She was Sunday School Teacher for many years, Junior Church Director, Bible School Director, and also sang duets with her husband. She was also very active in her community, being Scout Leader, school crossing guard for Adam St. Ext. School in Rochester, and held neighborhood Bible School with snacks in her home.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Mason, whom she married May 12, 1936, a daughter, Nila White, two sisters, Emma Louise Whippo and Ruth Abbott, two brothers, Boyde and Thomas Whippo. She is survived by one daughter, Martha Alexander and her husband, Donald, of Albion, one son, Charles Mason and his wife, Coleen, of Conneautville, and one brother, Clair Whippo and his wife, Bernie, of Corry. Also surviving are many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
Calling Hours:
Tuesday
June 3
2-4
7-9
Homegoing Celebration
Wednesday
June 4
11:00
Albion Church of the Nazarene
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Catherine Mason Called Home
Catherine Mason passed away Saturday Morning. This picture was taken at her 91st birthday party. It is hard to believe that Tom Mooney is gone as well. She is enjoying a new body and the presence of the Lord.Just for Jon Earls
Jon Earls....This will make your explode as well!
http://www.clipsyndicate.com/publish/video/611329/pastor_participates_in_toughman_competitions?wpid=1904
http://www.clipsyndicate.com/publish/video/611329/pastor_participates_in_toughman_competitions?wpid=1904
The Lighthouse in Conneaut Harbor
Andrea Frame's party was at Conneaut Township Park which has a great beach and good scenery of Lake Erie. This kids loved to run in the waves and always bring home lots of "pretty" rocks. 
I think the boys got taken by a wave and I was not to happy that they were soaked for their ride home. Then again I have done that many a times to my parents. Boys will be boys and they were having fun.
Guarding the harbor break walls is a lighthouse. It was built in 1936 (F.P. Dillon and W. G. Will) (station established 1835). Active; focal plane 80 ft (24 m); flash every 5 s, alternating red and white. 70 ft (21 m) square cylindrical Art Moderne steel tower on a square base, mounted on a stone foundation at the end of the breakwater. 375 mm lens. Lighthouse painted white with a single black band. The lantern was removed in 1972. This lighthouse replaced a massive masonry lighthouse (1917). Located at the end of the breakwater west of the entrance to Conneaut Harbor (Conneaut is pronounced "con-e-aught"). Accessible by walking the pier; there's also a good view from Lakeview City Park. Site and tower closed. Owner/site manager: U.S. Coast Guard. ARLHS USA-190; USCG 7-3705.
Robbie Knievel
As we left Conneaut Township Park, we were able to see Robbie Knievel's rig. He just jumped 24 Coca-Cola trucks a couple of weeks ago at Kings Island.
Congratulations to Robbie Knievel for jumping 24 Coke Trucks at Paramount King's Island!Kenton was very excited to see this. He has dreams of doing big jumps on his dirtbike. He was so excited he said "HE IS REAL!" Yes they are real people doing pretty stupid stuff. Actually if I knew I could land the jump right I would try it myself.
Andrea's Party
We headed to Conneaut Township Park for Andrea Frames graduation party. We enjoyed our visit and got to visit with some old friends. It is hard to believe that 5 years have gone by since we met Andrea.
Chrissy Kapula was there and was asking about "Willy".
We Willy have to try to let him know.
We Willy have to try to let him know.
Horns
"I can't figure out why my car's horn keeps blaring," said the young buck.
My apologies for the gruesomeness of this post. You can blame Jonathan Yates.
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