Gigi

I could not resist uploading this from Laura's blog. Gigi was diagnosed with leukemia at age 3.5. A 2.5 year ordeal for this precious girl. She is in remission/cured. A thriving 6 year old. All Praises to the Blood of the Lamb. May all the children be healed. Amen.

Rural living

There isn't a lot of rural life left. What will become of us now that communism is replacing freedom? Now that American culture has been eradicated into a minority due to mass migration from third worlds? How can we sustain the debt, the destruction and despair? It is a spiritual war. Liberty and Christianity have been replaced by lawlessness and police state tyranny and financial slavery. Same story, different century.

But, back to rural life. I learn truth not just from the Word of God but from living in nature. There is truth and there is deception and lies. I learn quietly from sitting on a porch swing, from riding my horse, from clearing a garden patch, from weeds and seasons and chickens and barn cats and nesting ravens, a warm cherry tomato and my sewing machine and from watching my grandchildren grow. We communicate from the past to the present via skype. My world meets theirs in an invisible zone.

From here I can participate in the seasons. From here I can join in with God's plans. From here I wonder what will happen next in the ever clashing human jungle. From here I am blessed not to be noticed. From here I perch with the wildlife and watch.

Winter winds down

This winter has been mild. Last winter, New Year's Eve, we hit -25 and the pipes all froze up for the first time ever. We didn't have any bursts but the pipes took all day to defrost enough to run water. I am pretty sure we only got into single digits a couple of nights this year.

The birds are working out there and the fields look greenish.

The precious Hawaii family. Cal, Laura, Gigi, CJ, Bella. We visit on skype on Sundays which is the biggest deal of the week for David and me. Here on the farm there are not a lot of high tech benefits but one is the WiFi that connects us to Hawaii.