An early snow.

Wow!  Yesterday (15-1-13), it snowed. Yay!  It's so early.  Very shocking.  Coming right after I had said that we needed another hard freeze to delay the mowing season and kill the bugs.  It was the first real snow that we had had on this wonderful three-acre property, so we had lots of fun, and lots more snow!  With a good accumulation of 1.5-2 inches of mixed sleet from the night, and snow from the day, it was wonderful. Despite that the winter didn't come in until Christmas Day, it has been a good one so far.  all shallow standing water was frozen when we left at 03:00 this afternoon, and we are still finding drifts and ice in cold, shaded places.

My room has no insulation, and is very cold.  However, the summer is forecasted to be very hot again.  We could use a lot of rain.  The reservoir has gotten very low.  but the burn ban as been lifted for a little while, so we took advantage of it and burned a lot of trash wood.  It was a great, huge fire, with sparks going everywhere, amazing.  Heb. 12:29. 

Kristen Culp is renting out the little cottage on our property now.  Fun fixing that place up.  School started last week.  Going well so far.  However, the hours that we played in the snow Tuesday wrecked my schedule.  Dad's job is going well at Fossil Rim.  He becomes an official employee with all the required and included benefits that come with it and are not always possible for the company to provide.  Sorry, I need to stop dropping random political jokes and jabs too much , but I couldn't resist that one.  In case none of y'all know, Dad oversees the homeschool outreach &c at Fossil Rim, a local reserve.

Sorry for not posting in so long.  We are getting Internet at my house soon, so that problem should be fixed.  Also, sorry for any typos.  The library computers have large. clunky keyboards that my fingers are not used to.  Google's spell check does not catch everything.

Apathy

"Natalynn, do you realize you just saw history?"  That was my remark to my younger sister after we watched Michael Phelps win his record 19th gold medal.

"Hm," and a frustratingly apathetic shrug was all that came from the new nine-year-old.

"Natalynn, you know how Mom and Dad talk about Nadia Blackovitch (actually, it's Comanecie, but didn't remember that at the time.), well this is the Nadia of our day, except better."

The same response was all that I got from Neema.

Did she not get it?  No, I think she just didn't care, 'cause she sure got Gabby Douglas.

And nothing I can do can change it, showing every race Michael Phelps ever swam, in his life, from every angle that there was, slow motion, regular, and backwards just won't cut it.  If she doesn't care, she just doesn't care.

This scenario can become an excellent  theological example.

If I'm witnessing to an atheist, or a muslim, or anybody else, if they don't care, I can yammer on 'till my lungs burst, but, it ain't going to help them none 'til they care.  An apathetic person is impossible to convert.

But, God can unplug that little cork on their  cold heart's wall, and once that dam's been uncorked, there's no holding it back.

So if you're witnessing to a resistant friend, you can't do nothing except pray, so do that.

Providence story- amazing.

I have a really nice bible with a good case, with two journals (one for DL, and one regular), a notepad, letters from my Family, pens, highlighters, church directory, church events sheet, verses for 3000-12 (which i did get), forms for my tripping basic (which I didn't get), a paper with my name and adress on it , and those green card you get when you check in at the lodge that say "Welcome to Deerfoot!"in it.  So here the story is in Boss beak form

Camper Ben Phillips- Boss! ( Well at least that's what they would say to be polite)   
Pioneer 3-day canoe hike led by Chief Glen Perry- Boss!,
Ben going on the hike- Boss!,
Ben taking his Bible on the hike- Boss!
Chief Glen Perry overestimating the time it would take to get forom the Lean-to the the pick-up place- Beak!
So the canoers get ther 2 hours and ten minutes before Cheif Dut is supposed to pick them up- Beak!
Chief Glen calling 15-minute quiet time- Boss!
Ben particpating and when done leaving his bible on the dock- Boss!
Then when Chief Dut arrives Ben forgets too get his bible- Beak!
when unpacking Ben realizes that his bible is not there- Beak! (there were tears in this part)
Mrs. Vera Fitch of the US Embassy- Boss!
Mrs. Vera likes kayaking- Boss!
Mrs. Vera kayaking in the spot where the pioneers were- Boss!
And Noticing Ben's Bible!
Get's Ben's bible and opens it- Boss!
Notices Ben's Name Adress and a mention of Deerfoot- Boss!
Calls Deerfoot and tells them that she found Ben's Bible and is mailing it to his house in Texas- BOSS!

More boss than Beak- Our God is an awesome God.