Monday, June 29, 2015

Wow, June is almost done!  So much I didn't get accomplished, but much that I did.  I went into town this morning to pick up our mail and make a stop at the library.  I took a nap this afternoon, I think the weekend caught up with me.  

Cori asked for my apple pie and apple bar recipe.  I'm not sure if she's made pie before, so hope she can figure it out.  Wish I were there to show her.

I'm going to explain further on some of the pictures that I shared yesterday.
The Apache women come from the White River area.  We did talk to some of them on Saturday, and asked if they knew Wayne Cole.  The first thing they said was he spoke Apache fluently!!  They also knew Morey.  

The first workshop that I attended was by Pastor Michael Hartman, Latin America called "Let your light shine before others".  It was very informative (all of the workshops and missionary moments were) and he talked about using the internet for outreach.  Apparently smart phones are widely used, while laptops are not as widely available.  We have a latin website to reach out to all of our spanish speaking Christians.  Missionary work has surely come a long way by the grace of God!!  His picture is one of the first ones from yesterday.

Our first missionary speaker was Pastor Michael Vogel from St. Paul, Calgary, Alberta Canada.  

 
Then our missionary administrators were introduced, Rev. Keith Free (home missions) and Rev. Larry Schlomer (world missions)

We also were introduced to the LWMS board of director officers.

I think that's all I'll say tonight.  We were asked not to share pictures or information on our missionaries and work in Pakistan as that would put them in danger.  How sad a statement!  I would just say that it is remarkable what they have accomplished and also what they have endured.

Richard and Debbie have listed their house for sale, so if you know of anyone in the area looking for a beautiful house in the country, pass on that information!  It's near Montello, WI (listed near Neshkoro, WI)  

It was really hazy all day, they said it was from the fires in Canada.

Have a wonderful night, hugs, Orrin, Linda and Teddy

 I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Matthew 10:16

Sunday, June 28, 2015

Hi!  Long time no post!.  It's been a busy and awesome weekend!  We left early Thursday morning for Rapid City for the LWMS national convention.  Starting with the opening service on Thursday to the closing service on Sunday, it was just such an informative, enlightening time!  I promise I will post in more detail, but I'm just tired tonight.  So what I'm going to do is post some pictures tonight, and go in  more detail later this week.

The Apache women from Arizona, they come every year (since 1980) to sing for the convention!

The workshop explaining the Spanish language website and outreach through electronics.

The Minnkota circuit contigent.

And the St. Martin's group from that circuit!  I need to add more to that another night!  Orrin took the picture, and he'd never done it before.

Our table at the Saturday night banquet.

And some of the entertainment from Saturday night, the Hill City Slickers! 

And more of those Slickers!

A skit presented by the current board.  (Pastor Shevey only brought one pair of pants!)

I will be posting more during the week, and explaining them better.  I'm sorry, some of them are fuzzy, I just used the phone, and didn't realize they didn't focus in better.

Luke was there with Trey and Zoe, so got to spend some time with them.  And I forgot to take any pictures of them!

And I'm done for tonight.  Hugs, Orrin, Linda and Teddy







 

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Good evening!  Just finished making a pan of apple bars to take along to Rapid City.  We're going to the national convention of the LWMS. We're leaving early tomorrow morning and will be gone through Sunday, so I will probably not be posting until Monday.  Unless I use Wendy's 'puter and send a few lines.

We were up early this morning to go to Watertown for Orrin's eye appointment.  We stopped at Vicky's to drop Teddy off for a grooming, I was not going to travel with a stinky dog!!  Orrin's appointment went well, not much change.  The doctor said he should keep his eyes lubricated and gave him some drops to start using.

We stopped for a few things at HyVee, they had some good sales, and it was senior discount day!!  I did get 4# of strawberries to clean and bring along.  I know the boys like them.

After that we stopped at Culver's for lunch.  They had Andes Mint Avalanche for FOD, that's Orrin's favorite.  We had also gotten some coupons again, so we shared a value basket of chicken strips and each had a sundae, with a BOGO coupon.  :)  We saw the cutest thing while we were eating.  A little guy, maybe 3 or 4, come in with his mom.  And he was a cowboy!!  From his cowboy hat, to his neck scarf, to his pistol and holster, and right down to his boots and spurs!!  Couldn't help but smile at that.  There is a rodeo happening at Clear Lake, maybe he came from that?  Or maybe he's just a real little cowboy!  I think the spurs were what got us.  LOL That and the swagger.  :)

Then home.  Orrin mowed lawn and I did some packing, baking, etc.  Eileen will be here at 6:30 so we can get an early start.  Opening service is at 7, and she's singing in the choir so needed to be there early for practice.  

We had sweet corn for supper, it was okay, but not real tasty.  I cleaned the strawberries, so they are ready to go. And now I just have a few dishes to do and then off to get some sleep!

Hugs from Orrin, Linda and Teddy.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you.  Plans to give you hope and a future."  Jeremiah 29:11

Monday, June 22, 2015

Good evening!  We woke up to a lot of rain overnight, and some wind, but no damage.  Just a few of the usual tree branches.  My gauge says 1.8", Orrin said 1.5".  I think his was closer to actual.  Not sure why there's always a difference.  

I did some cleaning up this morning, and then stamped 22 images from 2 different stamps for a stamp swap that I'm involved in.  Should be fun.  We exchange the images and then color as we wish.  I like the new watercolor marker/brushes that I have, but might try some alcohol markers, too.  I'll share when I get them done.

Just a couple of the cute stamps I got last week.

Then Ted and I had to fill the bird feeders.  I dropped the hummingbird feeder and broke it, so luckily, I had another one I hadn't used yet, so filled that.  The birds did clean up the ground under the feeder pretty well, as I hadn't filled it for a couple days.  So they did their "housekeeping".  

Teddy's bunny hopped out from under the bay window, and just sat there east of the peonies, watching us.  And for some reason, Ted didn't see him!!  Or it would have been a merry chase.

I ran into town, needed to do a few things at the credit union and then I stopped at the library.  The other street is usable now, so I could get a little closer, just hard to find a parking spot back there.

I got one of the pizzas we picked up yesterday out and that was our supper.  I think we'll be eating on that for the rest of the week!  We got family size, so half of it was left.  

And that's about it, other than spending too much time on the computer.  :(  Orrin is already relaxing (asleep) in the magic chair, and I'm thinking of heading there.

Hugs, Orrin, Linda and Teddy

Be joyful.  1 Thessalonians 5:16
Keep on praying. Ephesians 6:18
Always have hope. Psalms 71:14
Do not be anxious. Philippians 4:6
Have courage. Joshua 1:9
Trust the Lord. Proverbs 3:5

Sunday, June 21, 2015 Jordan Spieth day!!

Good evening!  For you non golfers, Jordan Spieth just won the U.S. Open, the youngest since 1923.  He won the Masters this spring, he really is a remarkable young man and a good role model for young people.  We watched quite a bit of the tournament, especially the last part.  I know many of you don't consider golf an exciting sport, but this one really was!

We made it to early church and bible study, and then I took Orrin to Applebee's for Father's Day lunch.  Well, actually I used a gift card that we got for Christmas, but hey!

We didn't have any shopping to do today, (for a change) so headed home from there.  Well, we did stop at Papa Murphy's again for their special deal.  We got 3 family size pizzas for $10 each!  2 for the freezer.  On the way home, Orrin had a couple phone calls wishing him Happy Father's Day.  Thanks, Jeremy and Wendy and family.

We didn't do much this afternoon, we both had a nap and then just odds and ends.  We're supposed to be getting storms tonight, I think Cori and Josh had some already in ND.  

Today I read that a 50/50 mixture of Lysol and water sprayed on oneself is supposed to ward off flies.  Hmm, Listerine for mosquitoes and Lysol for flies, we will smell like a hospital cleaning crew!  Wonder if that will really work?  Alan?

 And that's about it for today.  Have a great evening,

Hugs, Orrin, Linda and Teddy


Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
Deuteronomy 5:12
 

Saturday, June 20, 2015 Barn Party Day!!

So sorry, it's been 3 days since my last post! Cori came late Wednesday night and we've just been enjoying time with her and the kids.  Riley was a little cranky on Thursday, I think she was just tired from the day before.  We still enjoyed her though, and her smiles.  Isaiah is getting so grown up! We visited Opa in the shop and went out on the swing set.  Isaiah can really swing high!

 Friday morning I made pancakes (we had gone into town the night before to get buttermilk, since I'd forgotten to get some earlier). We just visited and played with the kiddoes most of the day.  We left early for town for supper at P.K.'s, Cori wanted to take Opa for his birthday/father's day.  Then we went to the movie "Inside Out".  It was a pixar movie and it was good, just very different.  I would recommend it, it was good for adults too, actually maybe a bit better for adults.

This morning we just enjoyed playing with the kids again, we don't get that opportunity very often.  I set the play cupboard home with them, it was time for a new family to enjoy it.  It's a cupboard that Grandpa Cole had made for each of the girls when they were little, so kind of special.  Isaiah was thrilled that they could have it.  If Riley could express herself better, I'm sure she will be thrilled, too!

Then after everyone was cleaned up and packed up, we left for Johnson, for Eugene's barn party!  It was great seeing all the relatives.  Not all Vogt relatives, but lots of Fuhrmans.  The girls did a wonderful job with setting it all up, and Bill Fuhrman helped a lot with bringing a tent, and his son brought out a beer truck!  Have you ever seen a truck with spigots?

This was Chris, John Rosenow and Jamie Rosenow with Isaiah in the corner.

And the barn!

and some of the older folks!

These were the 5 older generation cousins, Martin Fuhrman, Ruth Zimmerman, Donald Fuhrman, Eugene Fuhrman and Norma Damerow.  Great to see them all!

And this was the antique sled to be drawn by horses, that Eugene would bring out in the summer and Jane always put flowers in it.  Norma's daughter, Roxanne was kind enough to see that the flowers were put in.

They did take a group picture, too, but I didn't get that.  Al and Richard took some, so hopefully they will share.  My cousins Harvey Vogt and Richard (George) Vogt also came, was so nice to see them.

And I heard from Cori (she left about 2:30) that she got home okay. They had some wind damage, Bismarck had some pretty high winds and flooding while she was gone.  Their front door had some damage, and their grill was destroyed and a back window, I guess.  We had rain and thunderstorms last night too but no damage.  We got about .6" which was nice to see, that will perk things up.

Al and Lisa and the boys came over for the festivities too.  The boys and Isaiah had a good time together and can't wait for the lake!

I think I covered everything pretty well, and it's time to say good night.  Things will go back to normal, but we sure enjoyed having the excitement.

Hugs, Orrin, Linda and Teddy


We are pleading with You, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to relent of the judgment that is coming, and instead, leave behind a blessing. “You are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love.” (Joel 2:13)




 

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Good evening!  It continues to be cool and feels like it should rain.  We got a tenth yesterday, wish it would have been more.  It rained quite heavy over by Clear Lake.

I cleaned the strawberries and the melons yesterday morning, and made a batch of chocolate chip cookies.  I had Treadlers in the afternoon, so took a few cookies and melons with me.  I finally found the quilt I had been working on last year, so took that along.  I had rushed with it last year, so I unpinned, reset the backing, added some to the sides and repinned.  I started tying it, and got about 2/3 of it done before we stopped to eat.  We always eat well, pot luck seems to work out that way.  Found out that building across from the co-op was going to be another Dollar General.  They sure are putting a lot of those up, one in Canby, Dawson, Milbank and Madison, too.  We had gone in the one in Ortonville, and were just not that impressed.  But it would be a gain for these small towns, I suppose, people may stay and shop in town.

This morning I started cleaning out the office/computer area.  I cleaned out the file drawers and threw away a ton of stuff.  Some of it was pretty old.  Found out that Teddy will be 10 in August!  I'm about half way done with this project.  I filled two large boxes with trash.  :)  Good feeling.  But then I sat down after lunch and slept for an hour!!  I don't know why I do that, maybe it's my meds.

We got the new control for Orrin's side of the bed and I think we worked for at least an hour getting that synced with the bed.  It should be good to go now.  

I cleaned out the north bedroom, I had stacked all the things from the sewing room in there.  Several things will go to GSI again.  There are still boxes in the hall, but it's a start!  Still haven't found my sewing machine hoops.  

We are sitting up waiting for our ND people, they should be here any minute.  Yeaaa!!

Hugs, Orrin, Linda, Teddy and soon Cori, Isaiah and Riley

"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." -Romans 12:2