4th of July- when you want to go fishing, you gotta go where the fish are

Our church went out to the streets of Coeur d'alene Idaho on Sunday July 4.

Getting the Gospel out to the people of Coeur d'alene Idaho. The Parade was at 11am on a Sunday morning. We met at the church and prayed before we went out. It was a great day for the Lord. The float represented that we are thankful for the USA, the soldiers who died to keep us free, and for the Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ who died for our sins.

We gave out gospel tracts to the people and then had a picnic at the Havemans afterward.

What a blessing!

Summer Reading ...and God speaking

My Summer Reading program

What I have been reading the last few weeks:

1. Curriculum catalogs
2. Learning All The Time by John Holt
3. As For God His Way is Perfect by Joshua Thompson
4.The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook by the Moore's
5. Versus.com daily tracking the Tour de France- Go Lance!!!!!!!!!
6. my Bible

I prayed for God to speak to me in a special way and He did.
Today I was reading Psalm 108:1 O God , my heart is fixed.
As I read this I was thinking about a man in our church named Matt who needs a heart transplant, that someday his heart would be fixed.....I began praying for his heart to be fixed, and believing that God would answer my prayer, that God would either fix his heart here on earth or take him to heaven and give him a new heart and body ..........My phone rang. It was my husband calling to tell me that Matt had passed away last night in his home. His heart is fixed now. He is with Jesus. When I told the children, we all cried, but we know that Matt is not having any more heart trouble. I reminded them what Matt did while he was here, he read the Bible and followed what God wanted him to do. He was a good example. This is a good thing for us all to remember and do. We will see you again someday Matt!!!

why am i here

Psalms 26:7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

Jeremiah 10:10 But the Lord is the true God, he is  the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
vs 12....He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world  by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

Psalms 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

Psalms 50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

Ecclesiastes 8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

Thank you Lord.

Spring in North Idaho

These flowers remind us of Grandpa Preston Stedman. He never lived here in Idaho. After he died, we received some mail with his name on it. One of the envelopes said FREE $25 in flower bulbs. So I opened it and sent in the coupon and received all these lovely bulbs in Grandpas name. So every Spring when we see the flowers, we think of Grandpa Preston in heaven.

The garden spot on the side of the house.

We are extending the garden to add a spot for strawberries. Gotta go get some soil for it.....

Kombucha and Kefir

Here is my Kombucha and Kefir. Healthy goodies for my family and for a fraction of the cost at health food stores.

ooops thats 2 gallons of water

3 green tea and 3 black tea bags

One of my Kombucha resources, I found it at a used book store in Oregon.

Kefir is my new experiment. I received some "grains" or starter for it from a friend in Montana. I made a smoothie with some of the Kefir this morning, added a banana and 1/2 cup of blueberries. YUM!!!

I got this from a Kefir website:

Here are some of the known kefir health benefits:

1.Strongest natural remedy against any allergy

2.Strongest natural antibiotic without side effects

3.Treats liver disease

4.Treats gallbladder, dissolves gall bladder stones

5.Clears the body of salts, heavy metals, radionuclides, and alcoholic products

6.Cleans the body of chemical antibiotics

7.Treats kidney stones

8.Good bacteria in kefir are able to fight off pathogenic microorganisms

and other...

4H projects and other

               Emily, Jon and Rachel T.
For their Cloverbuds project, we visited the Conners of Athol Idaho with this friendly dog
and another family nearby who raise buffalo.

Buffalo in Idaho

Dad, Baby and Momma

Our 4H project is Animal Science, so we are learning about many different kinds of animals.

Here the children and the owner are trying to feed the buffalo some treats.

the buffalo were a little nervous, didnt come too close with all these children around....

funny homeschooling cartoons by Todd Wilson of Familyman Ministries...

Strength

In my daily Bible reading, I keep coming across all these verses on Strength....

Psalm 27:1 the Lord is the strength of my life


Psalm 27:14 Wait on the Lord and be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart, wait I say on the Lord.


Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield: my heart trusteth in thee, and I am helped.


Psalm 28:8 The Lord is their strength and he is the saving strength of his annointed.


Psalm 128:1 Blessed is everyone that feareth the Lord: that walketh in his ways.


Psalm 29:11 The Lord will give strength unto his people: the Lord will bless his people with peace.


2 Chronicles 32:8 but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.


Proverbs 31:17 She girdeth her loins with strength and strengtheneth her arms.


Proverbs 31:25 Strength and honour are her clothing: she shall rejoice in time to come.


Isaiah 26:3,4 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee because he trusteth in thee.
Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.