The Blue Whale

We’ve been studying the blue whale recently, and have discovered some very interesting facts. They are the biggest animal ever recorded. The T-Rex doesn’t even come close to matching the blue whale's enormous size. It’s wonderful to think that God has created such a large animal. Not only is all-powerful God in control of the land, but He’s also King under the sea. This is clearly seen in the story of Jonah, “Now the Lord had prepared a fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.” (Jonah 1:17) The word “prepared” literally means “appointed.” So God appointed a fish to swallow Jonah. Wow! He is so mighty.

J. Andrew

The Little Robin

On the morning of the fourth of July (2007), we set off some firecrackers on our street. After the smoke had cleared, we found a small robin who was obviously scared of the sparks and loud noise. He wasn't quite ready to fly and must have fallen out of his nest a little prematurely. Benjamin tried to pick it up (with gloves on), but the bird just hopped to the side of the road. As we were feeding pieces of earthworm to the bird, we heard a chirping from a tree above us and looked up to see a robin....perhaps papa robin!

This story shows how helpless we are without our kind loving Father. He protects us and keeps us in his large and powerful hands. We can always feel sure that God is in control.
We immediately backed away from the little bird and went inside. As I looked back, I could see the baby and parent robin together.

J. Andrew

The Snake

One hot afternoon we found a snake in the process of eating a toad. We watched as the fangs were injected into the bumpy surface of the doomed toad.
When we see things like this we see again the evidence of a cursed and fallen world. However, through these conversations we get to speak about our blessed redemption from sin and how we can be forgiven of our great sins. We speak about how our sins are as scarlet and how Jesus’ grace and mercy can make them as white as snow.
We all watched as the toad sank deeper and deeper into the snake’s mouth until all that you could see was the large “bump” in the snake. It went deeper and deeper until it was halfway through the snake’s body. Then you could see how small the head of the snake was and how large their mouths can open.

J. Andrew

The Caterpillars

On the evening of June 8th we caught a Polyphemus moth and put it in a cage. The next morning we saw that the moth had laid eggs! So, two weeks later, baby caterpillars started hatching in our cage. In fact, we had 200 hundred of them! We split them up into personal cages and gave some away. We clean their cages out every other day and document how large they are and how fast they are growing. Now our caterpillars have lived more than half of their lives as caterpillars. In another few weeks we will have many cocoons!
Just as these caterpillars will experience a change as they become pupae, and build their cocoons, so we too become “a new creature” when we are saved. We leave behind our previous lives and habits to live a holy and pure life. Then, we build a home to be away from the world and it's carnal pleasures. We learn and grow through our parents’ and God’s help until we too-when we are mature- fly all over the world spreading the Gospel, producing Godly offspring, and training them in the fear and admonition of the Lord.

J. Andrew

Polyphemus Caterpillars

On the evening of June 8th we caught a Polyphemus moth and put it in a cage. The next morning we saw that the moth had laid eggs! So, two weeks later, baby caterpillars started hatching in our cage, in fact, we had 200 hundred of them! We split them up into personal cages and gave some away. We clean their cages out every other day and document haw large and fast they grow. Now our caterpillars have lived more than half of their lives as caterpillars. In another few weeks we will have may cocoons!
Just as these caterpillars will have a change as they become pupae and build their cocoons, so we too become “a new creature” when we are saved. We leave behind our previous lives and habits to live a holy and pure life. Then, we build a home to be away from the world and their carnal pleasures and learn and grow through our parents’ and God’s help until we too, when we are mature, fly all over the world spreading the Gospel and produce Godly offspring and train them in the fear and admonition of the Lord.

A New Cousin

A new cousin was born at the home of Will and Ginevra. Kyden Wesley is doing quite well. At only 15 days old he weighed in at 10 pounds! He has lots of beautiful hair and is much more alert than seen here in this picture.

Lesson in Auto Mechanics

Disassembling a six-cylinder engine with
"Mr. Kenny."

Old Fashioned Independence Day Celebration

We attended an Old Fashioned Independence Day Celebration recently. It was held at U.S. Congressman, Todd Akin's house. The evening was very Christian and very Patriotic. With fife and drum music, bagpipes playing and canons firing, we felt like we had entered another time era. Re-enactments, displays and speeches informed us of a time when Americans openly honored their God. A fantastic firework display rounded out the evening as we celebrated 231 years since America declared her independence!

Benjamin, trying out a black powdered rifle. No,

he didn't get to actually fire it!

A re-enactor starting a fire with flint & steel.

U.S. Congressman Todd Akin, reminding us of our

Christian heritage.