Aug. 27, 2008 - ~Welcome Home Santi!
Last week we asked for Prayer for our friend Santi. We thought you might like to see his homecoming from yesterday. Here's Santi.........
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Aug. 27, 2008 - ~Our first attempt at Peanut Brittle~
While watching a recent episode of The Waltons, my husband made the mistake of rolling his eyes in a look of joyful remembrance while saying: "I LOVE Peanut Brittle!". I had no idea!!!
In this particular episode, the Walton family was cooking up delicious Old Fashioned Candies to raise money for a family in their community. Side note: If you haven't seen the Waltons you might want to check in to the series for your family's movie nights. You can purchase the series anywhere from ebay to Amazon and if you have a Netflix rental, they are there as well.
So here's our first attempt at Peanut Brittle. This was a delicious recipe for a thick and airy peanut brittle, and although my husband loves the flavor of this recipe, the peanut brittle he's most fond of is half as thick, and twice as brittle. More than likely I'll have another picture uploaded soon. 
Can't have that man of mine thinking he can get better Brittle someplace else - can I?
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Aug. 25, 2008 - ~Lessons From My Apple Tree~
First some background information...... A few/several months ago we purchased two apple trees. One of the trees already had 4 apples growing, which I was sure would be lost during the transplant. Long story short - Only one was lost during transplant. Weeks went by and hubby and I thought it best to pluck two more apples off the tree. Our thinking was that we wanted the tree to be able to focus on getting rooted and grounded (I know, there's another lesson here as well>grin). So off came two more apples from the apple tree. Last minute though, we decided to leave one lonely apple on the tree. Many weeks went by and the small apple grew and ripened and the eight of us shared in the eating of that one piece of fruit. It was absolutely delicious! Yes - you can grow apples in Florida!
That particular apple tree is a dorsett apple tree. Much different than our other tree, the Ana, which has lots and lots of leaves - the dorsett does not. They look so very different! So we have these two trees about 25 feet apart from each other, one has barely any leaves and has already produced fruit, and the other is very bushy and hasn't hinted at production yet. It's the bushy tree, the Ana, I'm going to write about today....
The tree is gorgeous! It has a beautiful shape, and like I said, is full of leaves. And for almost as long as we've had this tree I have been fighting for it! For a time I was having to go out every single day rubbing each and every young leaf to rid the tree of aphids. The ants were being so very diligent in carrying these yummy pests to the tender new leaves, and I was being so very diligent to kill them.
It was an ongoing battle that went on and on and on....... As long as I visited the tree every day I was winning the battle. There were times when I couldn't make it out there and a day would be skipped. I was able to keep up even then, although it took a little more work.
One day it had been 3 or so days when I visited my apple tree and I immediately realized I needed a higher power to help in my fight against these life sucking aphids and their limo driving ants!
I had tried to find some organic fighting material that I had read about, but it's only sold during a few months here in Florida, and so I was totally out of luck. Then one day my husband visited the hardware store and found an 8.00 bottle of various herbs that would help us in this ongoing battle with the ants and aphids. We tried it and it worked! It held the ants and aphids at bay for 2-3 days at a time. After many weeks it gave me the breathing room I needed to fight the fight, but live my regular life as well, lol. That is, until...... the bottle ran out. The 8.00 bottle of herbs was only a temporary fix. The bottle was not endless and so my fight began once again :O(
Then we used the old soap and water trick, which honestly worked even better than the herbs! That gave me breathing room and I was finally not only able to keep up, but I was winning the battle! I would visit the apple tree every couple-three days and rub a few aphids and ants to death without much effort. So lovely......
Somewhere along the way, the aphids disappeared, praise the Lord! I've got several ideas about all of this, but the bare bones of it all was that I was persistent and used something beyond my physical power and it finally paid off! That is, until....... yesterday! Here we go again.........
The moral of the story from my apple tree is this:
We need Jesus! We can fight this battle to the best of our ability, visiting the enemy with our best, and being as consistent as humanly possible, but it's never enough! We need the word of God daily and we need His higher power daily! And if we do the work to store His word in our heart, it's like a spray on my apple tree, leaving a residue that protects in the battle even though it looks like I'm not fully engaged!
Hebrews: For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword,
And to tie this post with the one from yesterday....... Psalm 149:6 says- Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
The Bible makes it clear what that two-edged sword exactly is. It is the word of God. When we store up (memorize) those truths/scriptures, our sword is already drawn and ready for battle. And to bring this back to lessons from my apple tree..... My spray bottle is in hand ready for any rapscallion ants and aphids.
Just like the enemy of our soul he is engaged in sucking the life from us. He uses circumstances and discouragement. He is diligent with his devises. But he can be defeated, and is defeated, through Christ and the power of the spoken word. The enemy comes at us for a time (I've heard it said). He's consistent and persistent. If we stand strong in the word, praising God, and speaking truth....the enemy retreats. But don't fret or be fooled.... he'll be back. He always seeks whom he may devour, doesn't he? Sometimes I think we forget that. Much like I forgot about the battle over the apple tree. I thought the battle was over. Yesterday I was reminded that it is not.
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Aug. 24, 2008 - ~The foreskin of my heart~
I'm home today with our littlest one. He woke this morning throwing up. No fever....nothing but this tummy thing. I have a sneaky suspicion it was the jelly on the side of the garbage can that he couldn't resist!
He finally fell asleep and I hopped online (ever so quickly) to do a little scripture study. Gary and the children are at church getting their daily feeding and I surely don't want to be left out, so I head over to the Bible gateway looking up interesting facts on 'praise'.
If you're close to me you know that I think there's something special about praising the Lord. I believe that there is a spiritual power that is literally unleashed in the physical when we do what we were created to do....'Praise the Lord'.
One of my favorite verses is: 'The Lord inhabits the praises of Israel'. Love it! That's a pretty short statement, but it's jam packed - don't you think?
So today I head over to the gateway and read this:
Deuteronomy 10:16+ Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
The first thing that caught my eye was the fact that my heart has foreskin! I must have read that 5 times thinking 'never have I imagined that word used in correlation with my heart!'. After I got over the shock of that I read on and realized how wonderful the word of God is. The Lord really cuts to the chase, doesn't He? I must have gotten my southerness from Him >grin.
He has this way about Him....able to use the perfect words, the perfect pictures, to give me a visual of something absolutely fantastic! It would take a theologian 150 pages just to try to pass along the same truths.
The first thing I noticed was that my being stiffnecked is a heart issue.
Then what was really interesting was that the next sentence was full of praise to the Lord. God of gods, Lord of lords, great, mighty....
After this- it speaks of the fatherless, the widow, the stranger, a person needing food and raiment.....
THEN it says HE IS OUR PRAISE!
This is what I thought was interesting (and remember that very smart theologian - I am not), just an interesting perspective from a wife and mother who has been bothered by lots of grief in the world lately....
He addresses our heart. He speaks of His greatness. He speaks of the lowly or the hard times we face. Then He says HE IS OUR PRAISE!
See, it's in the hard times that we find it difficult to praise the Lord. But we have to see that He wants us to circumsize the foreskin of our heart, not be stiffnecked, and do exactly that! We want Him with us as we face struggles, adversity, etc..... etc....... Trials will come to all of us. It rains on the just and the unjust. But it is the just - the ones who have been saved by His grace, that have an opportunity to unleash his love, mercy, strength, peace in our lives, etc... during that time....during those moments.
There have been times where I've faced circumstances with absolute fear and trembling. I have had NO PEACE. Honestly, that is my bent. I can easily get totally freaked out over the smallest things. I wish it weren't true....but it is. I'm easily bothered :O(
Then there were those times where I have experienced the power of God. He literally made it known to me, in that moment, to praise Him. The difference is absolutely unbelieveable! There is no possible way that I can ever put into words what happens when I knew and acted on this truth.
I have no idea if someone will come across this blog today and need this post. I do know that I need it. God is so good and merciful. His word and truth are such an encouragement to my heart!
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Aug. 22, 2008 - ~Groats and good deals~
My first mistake was to tell them we were going to stop eating oatmeal and were going to start eating oat groats. In hindsight I should have never said anything and they would have been none the wiser. The issue was in the word *groat*...just wasn't very appealing :O(
Here's our breakfast recipe that you'll want to try. It is yummy - REALLY! It's super healthy and as long as you don't say the word gr***, you'll be good to go!
*1 cup Oat groats
*1 cup of brown rice or millet
(I use 1/2 cup each at the moment)
*spices, cinnamon and nutmeg, etc...
*8 cups water
*1/4 - 1/2 cup oil (coconut, grape seed, etc...)
Mix your dry ingredients in crockpot, pour and mix in water and oil. Cook on LOW all night. Do not try this recipe using Oatmeal! You could likely ruin your crockpot! Ask me how I know 
Now for the good deals part of this post.......
Yesterday was our day for shopping. Equipped with our list we headed out the door to get the weeks supplies. Nothing was to deter us! Sticking to our list was the name of the game and that's just what we planned to do! We would emerge victorious...... staying within our budget..... and, as I previously stated, stick to our list!
We made it through Wally world with just a few non essential necessary items. Denim shorts at 2.00 each for the boys. 2.00 each!
A few pair of shorts @ 2.oo each (have I said that already?) really isn't that bad, and we were still well within budget. Then from the corner of my eye I spotted her. A sweet friend that I haven't seen in a while. She came bearing news...... news of a sale across the street. "Sale?!" My ears perked a little before determining I would not succumb to the extoxicating lure of the 'sale'. No..... I would be fine. I would stick to my list and move on to the next stop.
That's when it happened....... She said something too horrific for me. Had she said 30% I would have stayed the course. Had she said 50% or even 70%, I know I would have been fine! But she said it! The words every budgeting woman longs to hear...... 90% off!
So, I'll end the drama, cut to the chase, and show you my SUPER buys for the day. Afterall.....90% is almost free!
Notice the candles in the picture - they are NOT votives. They are 3" pillars. These are the ones I usually buy, same brand and everything! They are usually 1.50 (which is a good deal) but yesterday I paid .15! My husband thought it was a great deal too. He asked me why I didn't buy any more, I told him I wanted to but that I didn't think he'd want me to buy more than 30. That's when I saw the smirk on his face and realized he was kidding. 30 was definately enough!
The giant flags are gorgeous, aren't they? The regular price on these were 50.00! 5.00 was more fit to our budget, so I got them. Luckily my mom isn't online yet so she won't see her christmas present
This was soooooo pretty. Regular price 37.00 (methinks).
In case your wondering - all of these items were found at Michaels. If you have one that's close I'd check, but I wouldn't take a long trip as I got the leftovers and most items were already gone. I was just lucky enough to run in to a friend who was lucky enough to stop in the store earlier that day.
And guess what...........though there's no wiggle room..... we're still in budget!
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Aug. 19, 2008 - ~Rules of the House~clear as mud
*No whining allowed
*No whining aloud
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Aug. 18, 2008 - ~Pray~
Little Santi Huron is in surgery right now. They expect the surgery will last for 13+ hours. To keep updated, visit his blog at: http://santihuron.blogspot.com
Blessings,
eunice
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Aug. 11, 2008 - ~Fearless~
I'm making a decision. Or should I say I'm re-making a decision? We have been like a derailed freight train here lately and are getting back to the Word of God!
With that being said - God is ALWAYS faithful! He forgives.....He speaks and renews! This morning we gathered together in our living room and read Proverbs 1. One of the verses, Proverbs 1:7, said: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.....
We camped out on that just a little bit before heading off to a few others in the same chapter. What was really neat though, was that after wards while taking song requests from the children, our 7 year old requested Amazing Grace. We began to sing and I was so touched by the truth in this verse....'Was Grace that taught my heart to fear and Grace my fears relieved...' Wow - The theology in hymns! We just finished reading Prov.1:7 about the fear of God and now we were singing about it too! The fear of God cancels out Fear of anything else! The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Knowledge!
Then....to bring it all home to me.....the phone rang. It was my aunt and she was telling me of all the goings on lately. Apparently my great aunt, whom I have never meant, is dying. Problem is she wasn't saved. She was having all sorts of bad dreams, dreams about what was to come, a dark cloaked figure, could only sleep 20 minutes at a time, and was totally void of any peace. My grandmother flew up there and shared the gospel with her immiately as they did not expect her to survive but a few days at most. She accepted Jesus and is now saved! That was almost 2 weeks ago. My entire point to all of this is that she is sleeping now. She has total peace! She is going in to a nursing home because her heart is still very weak, and her time is coming to a close, BUT the peace that surpasses all understanding has engulfed her - God's Spirit is with her! She is spending her final days in peace! Simply put....she is about to exit her earthly home for a far better eternal home and her countenance is one of the evidences of the Peace of God!
Her eyes were blinded to truth....The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge! Twas Grace that taught her heart to fear (fear God) and Grace her fears were relieved (fear of man, peril, the unknown, death....). Gods grace makes us fearless! Amen!
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Aug. 9, 2008 - ~That's one hard working man~
And those ain't breeches folks!
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Aug. 7, 2008 - ~The Chapmans on GMA
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Jul. 30, 2008 - Birthday Surprise~Couldn't wipe the grin off her sweet little face~
Jo is a natural born rural gal - was born this way - that's the only explanation. She wasn't raised around chickens or horses, but has a natural inclination towards both! The day we brought the chickens home she scooped them up in her arms with no hesitation. And today, was very at home atop this gentle giant.
If Dad looks like an old-pro... it's because he is. It's just been a long while since he's ridden.
My favorite part was when she came around the corner and realized where we were and WHAT we were doing! It's the first picture with the big beautiful grin. That grin stayed on her face the entire time. Even the guide said she saw her smiling face every time she turned to look at her.
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Jul. 29, 2008 - Braces, Dinner, 'little' rain barrel, and Clara
Before:
after:
I know....I know.... the afters are always suppose to be better than the befores! But we were tired and hungry and this was just about the only moment I had! roflol....
Anywho, he finally got his braces off today. What a blessing those braces were. He's got such a nice even smile now :O)
Now.... for those of you that know we've been patiently waiting for something, here's a picture of our little rain barrel. It's here! It's finally here!
On another subject: Dinner tonight is a little something my mother and her family had on almost a nightly basis - Tomatoes and Rice. Of course we're having a salad and some corn muffins with ours - YUM! I can hear some of you right now - "Where's the beef?!" And on that subject I'd like to introduce you to Clara. We found Clara last year and have been watching her ever since. I love to hear her stories wrapped up in a dish:
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Jul. 23, 2008 - ~Visual Representation~
Thought I'd share a visual representation of what seems to be happening in our country right now. Just today I filled up our small vehicle with 17 gallons of gas. The damage..... nearly 70.00!
Anywho.....to make light of it all, here's a great shot of what we saw at Wally world just a few days ago:
Times they are a changing
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Jul. 20, 2008 - ~From the garden~
A lovely salad from our little garden. Actually, this was ALL the salad we grew (an experiment you know) but it was very rewarding to eat the little bit that we did grow. Just thought I'd share since this was the last we saw of our cute little salad....down the hatch - yum!
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Jul. 6, 2008 - Aren't they cute?!
On the way home from church today we received permission to pick up our chickens! We have wanted chickens all season, but we did not think we would actually be able to get them until next year.
This was the very first presentation of the chickens....... Boy was he surprised!
Then we called the other two from outside and this was their reaction:
This was an absolute hoot! I think the key was to keep us waiting Daddy
The younger two were taking a nap while all this action was happening. They may have woke up a little groggy and possibly a little moody (shh don't tell the little one I said so), but as soon as they saw that pen filled with chicks they LIT up! Little one:
Little two:
I can't imagine not having children! I can't believe at one point we only wanted one or two at the most! It's not those chickies who are adorable..... it's those blessings from God that melt me!
To all you seasoned foul keepers out there - do they light up like this with each new addition? If so, I can see why they might add up quickly....... How many do you have now Misti? 200?
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Jul. 1, 2008 - ~Updates~
I have been very busy fighting for my squash. We have had so much rain lately I don't know if they're going to make it. This is very discouraging as I was hoping for about 25 pounds and they were doing great! I haven't given up yet though - we'll see......
On a happier note, the lettuce is doing fantastic! The soil has been so moist and cool that my lettuce has thrived. I'll be officially planting lettuce in a couple months, when we have cooler weather, and will definately be planting them in the pool.
Every other day we get a little something from our garden experiments and the children absolutely love it when they get to pick and eat a little something. We've gotten our hands wet dirty and learned so much already. We're excited about the upcoming season.
The best news yet, I suppose, is that my water tank will be on it's way by the end of next week. So, I should expect my tank in roughly 2 weeks! Every day I kick myself a little that I didn't order it sooner. We get rain every single day! There is little doubt that the 1100 gallon tank would have probably been at least halfway full by now.
And for at least one picture in this post, here is what we found wandering around outside by the garden (muscadine) bushes yesterday!
Rat snake....RIGHT? I hate snakes! Yuk - yuk. I was anxious to kill the critter (thinking it was poisonous) until hubby told me the snake would keep those other unwanted varmits away. I quickly weighed the two options...... plague? Slimy critter? And decided to let the slimy critter live.
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Jun. 22, 2008 - ~Only 2 days left~
With only 2 days left I thought it might be a good idea to put this on the blog as well. We're looking to raise some money for a little fella getting ready for surgery (Santihuron.blogspot.com). A wonderful family donated some beautiful jewelry, complete with a three page gemological report, and we listed the items on ebay. If you're in the market, just copy and paste the following link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220247726175&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=012
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Jun. 16, 2008 - ~Learning About Variety~
We have just finished another whirl-wind weekend. With Fathers day and my grandmothers 80th birthday, I am spent! Yet during all the hoop-lah of each event we were able to take some time for the finer things in life... gardening at the top of the list of course
Early yesterday morning hubby and I headed out to check on our patch of squash. We were hoping to see lots of critters in our squash garden - and that's just what we saw! Our squash patch has been so very silent during these past weeks of growing, but now that the blooms are out every critter in the neighborhood has found out about our secret garden. This is very exciting and just what we were hoping for!
Hubby and I watched as one lonely bee came buzzing by. He flew around the garden and landed in one of the giant yellow blossoms. He sat in that bloom for about 3 minutes, working, sniffing, whatever it is that bees do, then just as suddenly as he flew in....he flew out. He was gone for about 2 minutes before he was back again (at least I think it was the same bee). This time he flew in to another blossom and instead of picking and sniffing, began to roll around inside that big bloom much like a pig does slop. So interesting to see!
I've read about these sort of things, but I've never experienced them first hand like we're doing now. I have read countless books to the children about God's creation, animals, insects, seeds and growth, but I have never learned so much as I am learning now! It's one thing to read about something, another to experience the thing first hand.
The best part about putting our hands to the earth and having something grow is how it speaks to you about other things.... more important things. I think this may be one reason why the Lord announced that consequence on Adam and Eve way back in the beginning days of Genesis. There is so much more to gardening, to growing, than just plopping the seeds in to the ground and being blessed with food. And there's a mystery as to the multitude of things that has crossed my mind while tending to these little seedlings.....
Over and over again our little crop has ministered to me about our children and my own nature as well. About sin, the 'type' of seed they/we are, and the soil, sun, and nourishment each individual needs. The environment for each of my seedlings are basically the same..... they need good soil, sun, and water to grow. But there are a multitude of differences as well.
Some need pollination. Some do not. Some may be planted during Spring and Winter, and some only during Summer time. Some insects do not seem to bother one plant, but can literally obliterate another. There are strengths and weaknesses for each variety. Each has it's own peculiar way.......
I suppose that's one of the unique lessons I am learning these days. Each of our seedlings are unique. The Lord has blessed us with 6 of the human variety and each one is so incredibly peculiar. Each has strengths and weaknesses, personalities and traits, and each created quite unique by the Lord himself.
As one of my little guys is more sensitive, I am blessed with knowledge and discernment as to how to guide him with the strengths and weaknesses of his gift. One sees very plainly, very black and white. This also is a gift from the Lord. Several are creative - This is how the Lord created them and it is my job to help develop their unique personality, cultivating for their full potential.
How horribly plain to have a diet of 100% squash! No onions for flavor, no salad on the side, no other variety at all..... Nothing but squash! And how horribly plain and boring would be our home as well! I am reflecting and thanking the Lord for variety today!
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Jun. 13, 2008 - ~Blooms~
How exciting it was to wake up to blooms in the squash garden this morning! Ain't it perty?
And here's some more maters:
Near as I can figure, our little wading pool should produce about 25-30 pounds of squash and zuchini. That's assuming our little bees arrive and they all pollinate and grow well (if not...we have a plan). Only time will tell and we are getting a crash course in patience. Lord willing, we'll run across a good food scale at our local thrift store and be able to keep a log of the weight of our pickings.
Here is a photo of a wading pool garden from http://www.arts4all.com/elca/
This is on the roof top of a Chicago church. The yield is approximately 40 pounds per 6 foot wading pool! For some really neat photos and lots of information, head over to this link:
http://www.technologyforthepoor.com/UrbanAgriculture/Garden.htm
Great site!
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Jun. 12, 2008 - ~Great thoughts from Nancy~
FOLLOW THE LEADER!
John 10:3-4, "The sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out ... he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice."
Jesus is the great Shepherd of the sheep. He is the One who shows us how to be shepherdesses of our little flocks.
I was born and bred in the land of New Zealand, down the bottom of the world. New Zealand is a sheep country and my father was a world champion sheep shearer. In New Zealand, the sheep farmers do not have a little flock of sheep like the eastern shepherd. They have thousands of sheep. When bringing the sheep in from the paddocks for drenching, crutching or shearing, the shepherds drive the sheep. They do this, riding on their horses and with the help of trained barking dogs called Hunterways. My father was an expert trainer of these dogs.
However, the Eastern shepherd to whom Jesus is likened does not drive his sheep. He walks in front of them and leads the way. He watches out for the pitfalls. He faces the danger first and protects them. When visiting Israel, I loved to watch the Bedouin shepherd leading his little flock of sheep and goats across the desert.
This is what we have to do, dear mother. We must not drive our children. It only leads to rebellion and defiance. We walk in front of them and lead the way. Jesus beckoned each of his disciples to "Come, follow me." In the same way, we tell our children, "Come, children, follow me. I'll show you the way to go. I'll lead you on the right path. You won't stumble if you follow me." (Jeremiah 31:9) We give them vision. Inspire them to greatness. Motivate them to godliness. Encourage them to dream great dreams. Stir them to fulfill their destiny which has been marked out for them before the foundation of the world.
I am always challenged by the Scripture in Ezekiel 16:44, "As is the mother, so is her daughter." As we walk out in front of our children, what kind of an example are we giving them? Are we happy for them to follow in our footsteps?
The good shepherdess also leads her flock to still waters. She makes her home a place of peace. I know this is not an easy task, especially if you are raising a large family. Children are not perfect (nor are we) and there are often storms to quiet. The good shepherdess not only protects her children from the storms outside but seeks God's wisdom to quell the storms inside the home. (Psalm 23:3 and Isaiah 49:10)
We are to also lead our flock in the paths of righteousness. Did you notice that it says to lead them? Our children will watch what we do and follow in our paths. They notice whether our walk with the Lord is genuine or hypocritical. They notice if we take them to church on Sundays but do not live like a believer throughout the week. They notice whether we love to pray. They notice whether we love the Word of God and it is a living book to us. They notice if we watch movies that we wouldn't want them to see. Do we have one standard for our children and another for ourselves?
Remember, we are out in front showing them the way. May we be like the great Shepherd "Who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way you should go." (Isaiah 48:17)
Love from NANCY CAMPBELL
PRAYER:
"Lord, please help me to shepherd my little flock like you shepherd me. Help me to be a good example for them to follow. Amen."
AFFIRMATION:
I am walking out in front of my children, inspiring them to godly living.
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