Journeying in the Light- Part 4

Some of you may have been wondering whether I would ever get around to posting the next chapter of my story, Journeying in the Light.  Well, actually I thought that the file was locked away on a spare computer that Daddy and Evan use for the business, and which spends at least half the time disconnected in the back room.  It seemed that every time I tried to transfer the file something would malfunction, or the power would turn off, or something like that.  And now we don't have the computer any more, so I was despairing today of ever finding the file, when I got the (rather obvious) idea to do a search on the big computer and see if I had indeed transferred it.  And, lo and behold, I had!  To say I was relieved would be an understatement.  So here is the link to chapter 4 of Journeying in the Light.  For reference I am posting the links to the previous three chapters as well.  Enjoy!

Journeying In The Light

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Sometimes I thought this day would never come...

There were times when I thought this day would never come.  Some days the longing would be as much as I could stand; on other days, I would almost forget about it.  But never completely.

To feel the wind whistling by,

To hear the rhythmic pounding of hooves,

The feel of powerful muscles surging and rippling under you,

To have the full control over, love and respect of an 800-lb animal that could easily overpower you, but instead obeys your wishes willingly...

Snippets of Home Life...

I have sat down to write this blog post no less than three times, and each time I wasn't sure what exactly to write about.  So I'll solve the difficulty by telling a little bit about what each of us been doing lately.
     Evan and Daddy have been staying quite busy with selling/ installing Exede, and fixing computers, especially since they go every Saturday to a flea market to set up a tent for people to demo the Internet service.  They usually take Bo, William and Justice to wave signs and attract people to the tent.  The boys love the outing with Daddy, and always are ready to go bright and early in the morning.  Of course, it's even better on really hot days when they sometimes get ice-cream.

Book/ Author Review: Joseph A. Altsheler

Joseph Alexander Altsheler

Rating: 5 out of 10 stars

My term: “Streaky”

 

      From Wikipedia: “Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Hart County, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise (Snoddy) Altsheler.[1] In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.

      Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.”

At long last... Chapter III

Sorry I haven't posted on here for so long... Part of it has been due to technical difficulties.  Hopefully I'll be getting a couple more posts done later today, but for now, I just wanted to present the third section of my story, Journeying in the Light.

Chapter III

And I shall now inflict upon my longsuffering readers...Part II :)

 I had hoped to post this earlier in the week, but don't want to get too far ahead of myself by posting the chapters too quickly.  Also, some technical difficulties (or maybe "operator troubles"?) prevented me from accessing the file for a few days, hence it being posted this evening.  I hope it is encouraging and an enjoyable read, despite the fact that I am a very amateur writer.  :)

Journeying in the Light- Part II

And with fear and trembling I...

     Post part 1 of my latest writing project!  This was originally supposed to be a short story for my blog, but it has been sort of growing...  At the rate I'm writing it's writing itself :)  it will be a full length book by the time I am through with it.  I am fully aware that this chapter is more of an introduction into the rest of the story, but I hope you still enjoy it.  May the Lord use it to bless and encourage at least one person who reads it.  After all, it's not about me, but about Him!  All glory to God!

The below link takes you to a Google docs version of it.  If you want PDF shoot me an email (or comment) and I will send you one.  Enjoy!

Journeying in the Light. Part I

A Lady of England: The Jewels of Charlotte Maria Tucker

      Her real name was Charlotte Maria Tucker, but her books were published semi-anonymously under the pseudonym A.L.O.E. - A Lady Of England. Born in England, her father was twice chairman of the British East India Company, and her family was well off financially. Her original writings were not necessarily always Christ-exalting, but later on her focus changed and she wrote always with a very clear purpose- to bring glory to God and encourage her readers, especially children, to trust and follow Christ with all their hearts. In nearly every book she clearly presents the Gospel, and always ties it to the necessary change which will take place in the life of a believer. I am not sure if she is reformed in her theology or not, but in every book I have read by her the plan of salvation is Biblical. I first ran across one of her books soon after we listened to our first Lamplighter Theater audio drama. I hunted around online to see if I could find any free ones, and found the first two episodes of The Robber's Cave (a continuing favorite of mine). I was disappointed when it turned out to be only a sample, because I desperately wanted to find out what happened. How did the story end? So I got on Internet Archive and hunted down the book. Of course I really liked it, and wanted to read more of her stories, but got distracted and kind of forgot about them. Then just recently I was reminded of A.L.O.E. when browsing around the Lamplighter website, and decided to find a few more of her titles online. Here are a few that I've found:

Doing Homeschool While Listening to Handel's Messiah...

A glimpse at The Feldman Academy of Life...

Welcome Anna Frances Feldman!

Born at 5:05 PM, May 17th, 2013- weight is 7 lbs, 8 oz.  I'm not sure how long she is...

A Busy (And Exciting) Few Days

Well, it looks like my resolution to blog once a week has gone down the drain already, at least, for a while.  The last few days have been very busy.  First, we finally have a new, and good, schedule.  That's great, the one difficulty for me is the manager.  Since Mama will be resting a lot after having the baby, someone else has to keep things moving, and it's not Daddy; he will be working.  So, guess who will be doing it- that's right- yours truly!  Actually I am glad for the experience and good education it gives me, but I'm not sure my siblings are.  :-)

Congratulations Evan!

     Well, Evan is officially done with high school!  He graduated, along with four other young people from our church last Lord's Day, May 5th, 2013.  We are so happy for him as he enters this new phase of his life.  His speech was an encouragement to all of us, and I am realizing more and more how blessed I am to have him as a brother.  We love you Evan!

Below are some pictures of the ceremony and reception.

Pastor Harding did not actually preach during the ceremony, but he opened, and closed it.