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Sep 20, 20111 min read
Little Britches
I’m very happy to be home again with the family after a wonderful weekend with the ladies at Patchwork of Grace. Tonight Jacob crept up...
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Sep 16, 20111 min read
A Droopy Soul
I’ve enjoyed reading a book by Linda Dillow called Calm My Anxious Heart. In it she talks of an old translation of Psalm 42v5: “Why...
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Sep 15, 20111 min read
CALEB Shortlist
I’ve just been informed that Where Arrows Fly is on the shortlist for the Children’s books section of the CALEB Prize 2011. Exciting!...
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Sep 15, 20111 min read
Special Message for Jada!
I’m hoping you’ll read this, Jada, because today I got the most beautiful letter and pictures from you!! I want to write back but there...
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Sep 15, 20111 min read
Enjoy Your Young Children!
I’ve just had fun looking through some old videos and photos of the children. It put a real smile on my face and in my heart. To hear...
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Sep 13, 20112 min read
Singing Competitions
Ellie, Milly and I have just had a fun but exhausting weekend at the Northland Performing Arts Competitions. Both of them were competing...
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Sep 7, 20111 min read
September 2011 Engagements
8 September – speaking at the Otumoetai Christian school, 1.30pm 16 – 18 September – Patchwork of Grace, El Rancho, Waikanai....
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Sep 4, 20111 min read
Mind the Present
I read a beautiful quote yesterday from George MacDonald – a reminder for us to not worry about tomorrow. “It has been well said that no...
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Aug 31, 20111 min read
Meet Fairlight
Two days ago, I got a tiny three day old Jersey calf for ‘my very own self’!! I’ve been wanting to get a calf that I can hand rear and...
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Aug 22, 20111 min read
Rose, the Milkmaid
Well, this afternoon I milked a cow for the first time all by myself! I have had the odd attempt at milking Blossom (may she rest in...
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Aug 21, 20111 min read
The Pool Fence is Finished!
Today Sam and I worked together nailing the last hundred and fifty battens on the pool fence, while the rest of the children stained...
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Aug 19, 20112 min read
The Samboga River
I’ve just dropped my sister Penny and her husband Dave off at their airport on their way to London. Pen was very excited but a bit...
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Aug 17, 20111 min read
Snow on Maunu Mountain!
Today at 11am Milly, Penny and I went up in the freezing rain to move the horses. It was bitterly cold as we rode the quad up to the...
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Aug 2, 20111 min read
The Booms Were Here!
We had fun in Tauranga last weekend. I was speaking at a women’s camp in Papamoa, so the whole family (other than Ellie who stayed behind...
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Jul 26, 20112 min read
Holiday Fun
We’ve had a full busy two weeks, starting with a visit from some of Chris’s family from Europe; two of his cousins – Jacqueline from...
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Jul 14, 20111 min read
July 2011
17th July 2011 We are doing a family concert at the Manukau City Baptist, 10am. Love to see you there! The address is 9 Lambie Drive,...
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Jul 11, 20111 min read
Where Lions Snore at Night??
Just have to show you this photo of Shasta sleeping by the fire. He’s been lying in the cane wood basket the last few days and several...
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Jul 11, 20111 min read
Hurry, hurry, hurry!
Sometimes it can seem like our days are overtaken with haste. We hurry here, we hurry there, we attempt to do too many things, and in our...
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