Christmas Letter 2013
Christmas 2013 - Dearest family and friends, Greetings to you all this blessed Christmas season! We have been blessed beyond measure during this first year of…

Christmas 2013 - Dearest family and friends, Greetings to you all this blessed Christmas season! We have been blessed beyond measure during this first year of…
2013 is history, and we have now been retired one year. We have been very blessed to travel not only in Florida, but “around the edges” of the US, from Michigan across…
Gulf Shores, AL beach offered a relaxing and refreshing opportunity for a stroll into the sunset. Some would say to us, “What’s next?” We don’t have a ready answer for…
As we contemplate Thanksgiving that will soon be upon us, we can’t help but give thanks to our God for all that He has allowed us to see and do during 2013. We have seen…
God does indeed move in mysterious ways. In fact, the scriptures tell us that His ways are past finding out. This blog entry is about one of those times! As we left the…
I’ve always had a bent toward science fiction as a kid. . .and even as an adult. When Star Trek came on the air in 1966, my wife told me about it and I was interested to…
That’s the name of a 1970 book by H. R. Rookmaaker. I’ve never read the book, and although I’d like to read it someday, in a way the title says it all. One doesn’t need…
When someone mentions “The Alamo,” perhaps one of the first things that comes to mind is the ballad of “Davy Crocket” and the Walt Disney portrayal of Fess Parker as the…
This video wasn't taken by us, but was on YouTube. Cameras were not allowed at the Bat Flight show. This was a fascinating display of the thousands of bats emerging from…
A visit to White Sands, NM presents us with an amazing landscape The sound on the second part of the video is not very good because of the winds blowing as they did. But…
Unlike the Israelites, we only spent two and a half weeks in the desert. Even so, the terrain often reminded us of our trip to the Holy Land, with lots of wilderness!…
In Western Phoenix, Phillip Williams pastors a small Baptist church called, “Church of the Valley.” We were looking for a place to park our van and spend the night so we…
Since Phoenix (actually suburban Scottsdale) was the winter residence of Frank Lloyd Wright and his school of architecture, Taliesin West, (they spent summers at their…
When my Aunt Ruth was dying, the Lord brought cousin Judy (Ruth’s only living child) one of the “old” songs each day to comfort and encourage her, songs like “It is Well…
We love sand! It’s fun to play with and to walk on too. We like going to the beach where we can make sand castles and write in the sand, only to see it washed clean when…