It's 11/11/11 11:11 PM

I love repeating numbers... so I just had to post at 11:11 PM on 11/11/11. It's got a nice sound to it! I meant to post this morning but we were helping my grandparents take some things to the junk/scrap yard. So, I missed it. =)

I'm doing great and busy with school. I mean to get on here a little more often to update.. I just thought that since this was a once in a life time oppritunity I better post today. =)

Spring is in the air!

Today was the most BEAUTIFUL weather so we headed out to play while it was so nice. While out there we drew with Sidewalk chalk. Below is a picture that I drew and then LJ which I am going to tell you about below!

I also saw the most miraculous sight. FLOWERS! It was so nice to see a sign of spring coming up so I took some pictures. LJ ran in with the flowers and said to Mom, " Here you go Mommy, the first flowers! " How cute!

The Flowers

More Snow!

Hey All!!!!

WOW is all I can say!!!!! We just got another 20 inches or so of snow!!! Here are some pictures of our recent snow adventure!

The first is of MJ ( a.k.a. Shylock ) Digging out the fort. :)

The second is how bad visibility was. It has cleared up now though. Whew.... talk about a lot of snow!!!!

The third picture is of LJ in one of our snow forts. We have three. Fort Wilmington, Fort Washington, and Fort McDouglas! When I said that I wanted to name one in honor of Britain my all-American brothers were shocked and almost went on strike! We compromised however and I said they could name one of the Forts whatever they wanted, so they named one, "Fort General George Washington". To prove that I am no less American I named the other Fort McDouglas! They have one more to name but that is all up to them. Fort Washington and Wilmington are side-by-side... it's kinda funny. :) Tomorrow I will try and get some photos of them!!!

God bless!

Recent Activity!

Hey All!

Sorry for the absence. I have been extremely busy with school going full speed and church activities. :)  

Nonetheless, I have missed posting extremely so here we go! 

On Tuesday I had a speech I did and I enjoyed one part especially. I asked LJ on Sunday if he would be willing to, shall we say, be used as an visual aid. He very willingly consented. So the speech was on Art Class etiquette. Around halfway through the speech I called LJ ( Not my Little J but a friend named LJ. :) up and we began disobeying the rules. ( For the sake of example of course. ) Therefore..... The picture. ( THANKS LJ. :) Well.. I hope everyone enjoyed the speech as much as I did drawing on LJ's face! :) 

Shakespeare class went well. The only thing being that I had to gravel around on the floor "begging" for mercy to a girl, pretending to be a boy, in a Lawyer's outfit AND to LJ. Beside those facts I find my role wholly satisfying. :) 

I really have to think about my creative writing though........ I have to write a story about a picture of Snoopy and the whole Charlie B. group having a "dog" fight in the sky. Any ideas? It can be either based off The Charlie B. group of can be made up of completely fictitious characters. My last assignment was on the Nativity story through the eyes of an animal. I liked that one!

Well... enough about school. :) I have been reading through the Gospels and I am in Luke right now. I read something today that really interested me. In Luke 13: 10-27 Jesus is discussing Hypocrisy. He heals a lady with an infirmity and the Ruler of the Synagogue "answered in indignation". Then the Lord says something interesting." The Lord then answered him, and said, [Thou] hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or [his] donkey from the stall, and lead [him] away to watering?And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?". What 17 says though struck me the most.... "And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. " I often think I have to debate truth, defend God. While there is a time for that sometimes, maybe, God wants us to just speak His word. Just say those words that bring your adversaries to shame. Not for the shake of seeing them ashamed but bring glory to God, as it reads toward the end of the verse, "and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him." What are your thoughts???

Well I had better stop otherwise I won't have anything to post for while. :) 

God bless you all!

~J

The Beautiful Clouds.

A Beautiful Sunrise

LJ's Art Face. :)

Hm..... This one is sideways..... Nonetheless, A Beautiful, though sideways, sunrise. :)

PS. To all those musically inclined friends of mine, Logic Pro is now installing on my computer! I finally managed to clear off the required 30 GB of space. :) I'll hopefully be putting up some sound clips soon for you guys to listen to.

Where I was! :)

Hiya Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!! I am back from my trip back east! I had a great time working and enjoying the cold weather! I took some panoramic photos of the camp where the Prayer Advance was and they turned out nice. Here they are, ( If you click on the photo you can see a larger version. )  

The Dining Hall

The Lake

God has really taught me at this advance that I am to be different. I am not to be like the "normal" mediocrity kid. I am not saying that I don't mess up. I sure do but I have grace in Jesus. But there should be a difference between a believer in Jesus Christ and a non-believer. 

It was really nice to see everyone back east. I miss the east coast a lot but, I am REALLY enjoying wearing shorts! LOL :) Well there is sure something about the beauty of snow on the ground.  I have started to play around with panoramic photos. They are pretty fun! I took a picture of the mountains. Here it is.

 I am putting up some polls and NO checking your Bible. These are strictly testing what you know. :)  Gotta run! JT

 

Things of Life

Hiya! Things are busy here. We have friends coming to visit us next week and we are busy cleaning! I am flying to the east coast to work at the LPA (www.christlifemin.org) I am excited to see what God will do at this Prayer Advance. Yesterday I was reading in Revelation and God showed me that while we can NEVER lose our salvation Rev. 3:11 says, "Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown." While we never lose our salvation satan can definitely steal away our VICTORS crown! We must stay faithful to keep that victors crown. The thing that satan wants the most is to make us "non-effective christians". He wants us to be so steeped in sin that we lose sight of our goal and our finish line. I struggle with keeping my eyes on Him. The way of this world is definitely attracting but as Matthew says, "But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal." All things except souls are going to burn away someday and we must bring the good news to people. I can't wait to see what God has in store for today!

I have been teaching piano for almost three months now. It is difficult ( gives me appreciation for the poor people who had to teach me :-))) but it is really cool to impart your love of music to others! I took some photo's at my grandparents house a while ago and thought I'd post them! See ya,
JT