CHEF 2012: Speakers

The lineup of speakers at this year’s conference was truly unprecedented.  They included Chuck Bentley, Douglas Bond, Dr. Marshall Foster, Col. John Eidsmoe, Wade Meyers, Dr. Joe Morecraft, Doug Phillips, Dr. Paul Jehle, and Kevin Swanson.

Dr. Morecraft speaking on the legacy of the Scotch-Irish

 

Chuck Bentley helps us plan for future financial crisis-both nationally and internationally.

Discussing how our own families can prepare and save.

 

Dr. Paul Jehle discussed the the nature of Biblical Law and common confusions and heresies about the differences between the New and Old Covenants.  Dr. Jehle is one of my top 4 favorite speakers and his ability to speak to both the young and the old is extraordinary.  He teaches high school students on a regular basis and in his presentations he’s able to get a simple concept across to a 8 year-old, but in the context of a lecture about the nature of Biblical law! A truly gifted educator.

Mr. Note-Taker

  Kevin Swanson’s passionate and engaging talks absolutely hit the ball out of the park.  He showed how America has been declining year after year because of the nation’s absolute disregard for God or His Law, but showed the hope of a “Second Mayflower” for our families.

  His lectures were very personally convicting and showed just how much of a statist I am and what a small vision I had compared to God’s plan for a family.  Would love to write more on this, but it’ll require a little more study on my part.

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CHEF 2012: Day 2

I’m just too tired to wake u-did you say they have a “cooked to order” breakfast?

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Got Greenies?

  Yesterday, I heard Lydia barking in Kate's bedroom downstairs, so when I investigated I found she was trying to inform me it was time for me to bestow her favorite treat, a "Greenie!"

  She’s obviously spoiled, but she has had a rough week.

  On Thursday Lydia was in the car and got home as I was blowing off the driveway.  When she jumped out of the car some of the debris got in her right eye and the vet told us that the eye had been scratched.  She’s on both topical and oral pain medication and antibiotics and she’ll see the vet again next week to make sure her eye is healing.

CHEF 2012: Day 1

 

(Technically Day –1; the day before the conference began)

1/2 Food   1/2 Clothes

  After checking in to the hotel and unpacking we ate snacks in the lobby and met a few familiar faces and began a conversation and concluded in a jump in the pool.

It was a great evening so I took a stroll outside the convention center.

We spent the next morning helping vendors get their booths setup.  There was quite a crowd of fellows and many hands make light work!  However, it was still thirsty work so thank you again to Kate Whittington for picking up sodas !

Yeah, it looks like we’re working hard.

What with all of the sessions and shopping and meals it’s hard to socialize too!  Why not kill two birds with one stone? 

I’m sure there’s a more complimentary way of phrasing that.

After the last lecture…that word sounds much too dull…we joined friends in the hotel lobby for some cards.

Casual Skip-Bo…

…and an intense game of Dutch Blitz-a CHEF Conference tradition.

                                           “Are you looking at my cards?”

Now back to the casual Skip-Bo…

 

  Is that a “5” I seen in her hand?

Look!  In the sky!  It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…

“Suermann!”  (No, that’s not a typo)

1:20am

Noah’s Orange Belt-Whole Armour Martial Arts

  Noah took the test for his orange belt last week:

Presenting Noah with is Orange Belt & Certificate

  We started taking martial arts last year with our Uncle Jeremy who is a 3rd Degree black belt.  Through the years he’d show us a few moves when he’d come over, but was opening his own school and offered to train us. Since then we’ve progressed to orange belts and “Whole Armour Martial Arts” has moved the classes into a larger building.

  Last week a lot of the students were testing for new belts, so I did a little filming and edited this video together:

2016

 

On this Labor Day we went to the Hi-Pointe Theatre to watch the new film, “2016.”  If you haven’t heard about it, no, it isn’t a remake of the apocalyptic “2012.”

   This film follows Dinesh D’Souza as he retraces Obama’s early life as described in his own words.  He learns what an impact Barak Sr. had upon his son, even though they hardly had any kind of a relationship.

  I thought this film was very helpful in helping to understand some aspects of Obama’s ideologies and goals during his presidency.  I’ve done some study on the common worldviews of American culture at large, but sometimes I was just confused when I saw what decisions Obama was making.  During the course of this movie, the pieces begin to fall together as you see how the ideas of his father influenced him while he was young and matured when he was placed under the mentorship of a communist.

  Don’t want to spoil anything yet, so go watch the movie for yourself!

  I’m pretty sure I could write more, but I’ll move ahead with the pictures:

  After leaving the theatre we ate some pizza with friends and discussed the ideas set forth in the film we’d just seen.

“So what exactly is neo-colonialism?”

They all look pretty satisfied with their meal

9/3/12

Float Trip on Black River-Video

  We went on a float trip down a beautiful stretch of the Black River in southern Missouri with some friends. We ended up going about 6 miles, but it was an all-day event with stops for lunch and playing along the river.

  I’ve had an underwater camera for months now, but I’d never really been able to test out its submergible qualities until today.  It was a little hard to swim and film at the same time and to film underwater without goggles on, but I was still surprised at the quality of the video and plan on getting some more underwater filming soon.