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Guess who is 2 years old today!

Wingnut! Thats who.

Big Boy truly is a big boy now. Of course, being two means it’s time to start demanding that he gets to shave with daddy, even if it is just with a toy razor.

And wear big steel toe boots like daddy.

Now daddy Ethan gets all the cool toys, like Hot Wheels tracks, racing tracks, trains, remote control airplanes and cars, plastic swords, etc etc etc.

We measured E-Man and he is 33.5 inches tall. The theory is that you take their height at two and multiply by two to get their adult height. Sooo… Ethan will be about 5’6″, about his father’s height, or way taller than his mom.

Big boy is also about 35 lbs of running mischief, or, given his top velocity, enough to break the safety gate at the top of the stairs upon which he can slide down before it flips over and lands on him. Just like he did earlier this week.

Thank you Lord for this wild, funny, happy little man! We love him so much!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ETHAN!

WVANA Art Show and Sale

My first photo exhibition at the WVANA ArtShow and Sale was very successful. We had many visitors over the weekend to view the large selection of local artist’s work. I got to meet many of the other local artists in the association and have some new ideas for future shows.

My display at the Art Show and Sale:

One of the highlights for me was discovering my new neighbour was also a member and seeing his display of wood turning. I was quite surprised to see him there when I arrived to set up my display on Friday night and we got to know each other a bit more over the weekend. Some of Bob’s work:

At the show I also made my very first print sale! My large 20×40 canvas gallery wrap print of “Peggy’s Cove” has found a new home.

Another highlight of my first art show was being presented the People’s Choice Award. All guests were given a ballot and asked to vote for their favourite piece at the show, and a number of people voted for a few of my images.

WVANA President Michele Brewster presenting the People’s Choice Award.

I learned a lot and really enjoyed talking to the public who visited and had questions and also talking to the other artists. Looking forward to the next show!

Prints for sale this weekend

This weekend I’ll be participating in the Wellspring Visual ArtNetwork Association’s ArtShow and Sale at the Mountain View County Office, just south of Olds, Alberta on highway 2A. Here are the images that I will have on display and available for sale.

The show is on Oct 23 & 24, from 10 AM to 5 PM.

Ministry Update :: October 20, 2010

This [Worldview Evangelism] seminar has answered questions I have had from the beginning of my walk with the Lord. The big one was “why would Jesus have to to suffer all that pain and separation from His Father?”

This is one of the comments we received at the end of a Worldview Evangelism seminar that John Cross and I taught recently in Ontario. We once again visited the campus of the Word of Life Bible Institute, where I ministered for 5 years, to teach through the book “By This Name.”

I discovered something interesting this time: some of the students we had in the early years that I worked at WOLBI have finished other schooling and are now themselves in full-time ministry. More than that, several of the current students we taught are from the churches where these alumni work and are now encouraging young people to go to Bible School.

This Worldview Evangelism seminar gives the students the big picture view of God’s plan of salvation right at the beginning of their school year. We start with creation and work through key Old Testament stories, slowly building the foundations of understanding as God reveals His masterful plan of salvation through the history of the Bible, culminating with the life of Christ. I think this training at the start of their school year will really help them through the rest of their year at Bible School as they take other classes filling in the details.

As I grew up in a Christian home attending church, I had never realized how little people knew of the Bible. This book [By This Name] helped me to see the Bible in a whole new light. It was also a great reminder of the crucifixion and how amazing it is that God and Jesus cared for me that much!

I really enjoyed this because, although already a believer, it really connected the Old Testament with the New and really just showing how God had a perfect plan from the beginning!

Based on what you have heard in the Worldview Evangelism seminar, why did Jesus have to die?
Jesus had to die in order to free us from our sin debt. He was the perfect, willing substitute and sacrifice dying in our place. We could not pay the price or say “it is finished.” It had to be Jesus.

I feel more confident in what I believe and what the Bible says leading up to Jesus’ death. With all this information, I hope to share it with other people.

“By This Name” clearly shows who God is, that He can be trusted, and that I need Him.

I found it helpful because it helped to answer many of the questions I as a young believer still didn’t understand. It has also helped me in being able to articulate what I believe better to fellow Christians.

It has told me how to present the message to others in an informative and effective way that would not cause others to just turn away.