Alrighty then, because we seem to have picked up a comment troll who can’t behave themselves, and because I’m still with blogger and can’t ban people, I have enabled comment moderation. I’m sorry for the inconvenience, but if you comment, if the comment is useful, and nice, and not mean, or about subjects I have no interest in discussing on my personal blog, then it will be approved as soon as I can get to my control panel.
Someday I’ll get around to switching over to Expression Engine, then I can allow all comments and ban the trolls. I really don’t like Blogger that much.
I suppose some people just don’t have anything better to do, I pity them!

Comment Moderation

With sadness I write…
This morning at 3:00 AM, the Lord called home his faithful servant, Dr. D. James Kennedy.
I believe Dr. Kennedy was truly used of God and his death will be a great loss to those of us that remain, yet I pray that God will call men to stand on the shoulders of Dr. Kennedy.
May the Lord be glorified.

Dr. D James Kennedy

Yes yes, I have heard your pleas for an Allen picture update…
Those pleas are being thoroughly ignored! For the time being that is. Life never stops to let me catch up. Stuff keeps piling up (don’t anyone dare come over and look at my desk, I’m being somewhat literal here), and this blog is suffering because of it.
I’ve tried to get my lovely wife to post some pictures because, alas, all the recent pics are on her computer. We can see how much success I’ve been having.
I’ve gotta find time to get the recent pics on my computer too, I’m about two months behind on that.
Oh, and I got an iPhone! It has to be the best all around phone I have ever used and/or seen. And it sure beats the pant off of some of the more popular PDAs (I’m looking at you Palm Treo!). This is not to say the phone is not without it’s shortcomings. But then when you compare to anything else on the market, there is no comparison.
Life is good!

An Update, somebody post an update…

As of today I have been married to my wife for two wonderful, glorious years! It’s hard to believe it has already been that long, the time has just flown by so fast. It’s hard to express just how much my wife means to me after two years. I have no idea how she has been able to put up with me for so long for one thing!
I am blessed beyond measure to have the wonderful wife that I have, and I am grateful to the Lord for bringing her to me. She is my joy and crown and her price is far above rubies.
May all the years the Lord grants us to be together be as happy and joyous as these first two years have been.

2 Years!

With sadness I write of Rev. Falwell’s death.
Our Sovereign God decided to call home a great minister of his Gospel today. Rev. Jerry Falwell was found unconscious at about 11:30am, and thereafter pronounced dead at 12:40pm.
Jerry Falwell was used of God in a great many ways, and he shall be missed here on this earth.
From <a href="http://us.cnn.com/2007/US/05/15/jerry.falwell/index.html">CNN</a>

Rev. Jerry Falwell

Dear Readers,
Please pray for Emma Katherine, daughter of Pastor McDonald of Providence Church. Below I am including a post from Pastor McDonald’s blog:
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Our four year old daughter, Emma Katherine, started complaining about pain in her right palm last week. Friday afternoon, we noticed a small lump in the middle of her palm. It seemed to grow over the weekend. Right now, it is the diameter of a nickel and visibly raised.
We just returned home from the doctor today (the Lord blessed us in locating a homeschooling physician). The doctor’s recommendation is that we have the lump removed right away. He cannot tell what it is, but said it could be cancerous. He had never seen such a cyst like this before. He even brought in one of his colleagues to get his opinion. Of course, our prayer is a benign cyst. Our doctor is contacting a pediatric surgeon here in Peoria to schedule the next step.
The procedure will take place in the hospital. Emma will have to be sedated.
We certainly covet your prayers. We serve a sovereign God.
I will post updates as this progresses.
</blockquote>
Here is <a href="http://www.homeschooltoday.com/blog/jm/">the link to Pastor McDonald’s blog</a> so that you may keep up with things if you wish. Please remember them in your prayers!
TJ

Prayer request!

Here are some pictures from our recent trip to Jackson’s Mill. Much to my chagrin I noticed after I got home that I hadn’t actually gotten any pictures of the mill.
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Here is Allen having fun with the mirror.
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It was very cold there so I had to bundle Allen up.
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This is a cabin that they moved to this site. It is similar to the type of cabin Jackson lived in.
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This is another cabin on the site. Very, very tiny. It is hard to believe entire families with lots of children lived in these small dwellings.
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Here is a cute picture of Allen.
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This is the statue of Jackson in Clarksburg, WV.
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A view from Jackson’s Mill.

Jackson's Mill


My wife cooked up a surprise for me this past Wednesday. You see, I had to go to Indiana on Monday a week ago for a <a href="http://www.franklinfilms.com">Franklin Films</a> production, then I had to drive from there to Weston, WV for a <a href="http://www.franklinsprings.com">Franklin Springs Family Media</a> production. Originally, we had intended for Rachel to drive our other car over to meet us in Weston, WV, but ultimately decided it was too expensive and that we could not afford it. However, my friends, <a href="http://www.mstub.com/blog">Mark and Amy Stubblefield</a> got wind of this and arranged with my wife for her and the baby to ride with them. I was kept unaware until I arrived at Jackson’s Lodge in Weston, where my wife greeted me when I walked into the room. I was quite pleasantly surprised.
We are home now however and are glad to be back!

A surprise

It has really come to my attention this past week how much Rachel really does around here. She left for Peoria to visit her family and left me behind here in Tennessee. At this point, you should see the pile of mail and other stuff that has accumulated on her desk since she left. O, I keep up with where our money is going for the most part, and I know roughly how much money we have, but I hate dealing with bills and balancing and all that (I’m the creative type remember?). So she does all the bills, balancing, bookeeping etc. And then we sit down every so often and I look over things, and she tells me what’s going on in our world. Well, there’s so much paper work sitting on her desk right now it makes me sick to think about. All I can say is I’m glad I don’t have to do this by myself!
She’s driving back home as I write this. I’m expecting her around 10:30 tonight.
Anyway, for any married men who might need a reminder, cherish your wife… I know I will do so all the more with this reminder, and especially with our anniversary in two days!

Rachel in Peoria

Well, I’ve now been married to my beautiful wife for almost a year. It’s pretty unbelievable actually. On June 18th we will celebrate our first anniversary. I have to say that this has been the best one year of my entire life. I don’t understand this thing about the first year being the hardest… that’s what they say about the first year anyway.

One Year

Here are a few pictures from our trip to Silver Dollar City on Monday of this week:
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We got a little wet on this ride…
We went on a ride called the Powder Keg. The interesting thing about this ride is that it went from about zero to 60 in about 2 seconds. It was some kind of take off. They also had a little bit of humor when building this ride:
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And a final bit of humor at the entrance to the Powder Keg:
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We also went on a tour of Marvel Cave:
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It is hard to get good pictures in the dark with an automatic camera and for other reasons… if you know what you are looking at, you can see the entrance to the cave and the stairs down into it.
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And now I have saved the best for last:
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Silver Dollar City

This is a picture from the surprise celebration for my parents 25th anniversary.
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