My family supports a number of missionaries financially. We have done this or many years. We think it is an important role for people to have in the work of the Gospel message. For a lot of missionaries they only get paid based on the financial support that they raise. This involves a lot of…
The First Actual Snow That Stuck – at the house that is
Today I woke up and we had the first actual accumulation of snow on the ground here in Idaho. It wasn’t much and it mostly melted by noon, but it was a buildup of snow. There has been snow on the mountains for a while now, but this is the first at the house that…
Try Out a New Church – part 3 – Non-Denominational (by myself)
This last Sunday I went to another new church here in the area. I was on my own because the rest of my family was at a Girl Scout Winter camp in another city. “B” and I thought it would be a good idea for me to try out another church on our list. This…
Winter – Music
Today I decided to listen to the album “Winter” by Jon Foreman. I have the seasons EP’s on vinyl (yes, it is signed by Jon as well), and I thought I would have a listen today. It is winter after all. This is a great little EP. It has 6 songs on it. I must…
Another Year!
I made it through another year of blogging. As I stated last year I was hopeful to make it through another year. I have enjoyed writing this year. I wrote a lot about us moving because that was a big thing. I had my biggest read day with my “Big Changes” blog. I had over…
“Element”al Differences
During our families last couple visits to Arizona (Thanksgiving and Christmas) we have stayed at two “Element” hotels: one in Moab, UT and one in Chandler, AZ. Boy were they different. We stayed in the Moab location on our drive back to Idaho during the Thanksgiving trip. It was very nice. They had a hot…
Christmas Music
I write about music on and off as many of you know. I enjoy listening to music. So, in this Christmas season I thought I would write about Christmas music. Last year I wrote about my favorite Christmas songs – https://ramblings.canhamcameras.com/2023/12/17/favorite-christmas-songs/ This year I am in a different mood. I have been trying to listen…
School Grading – Expectations
Here in the school district my kids are in they have a grading practice that I just don’t get as a parent and as a teacher (especially as a teacher). The grading scale works as follows: And pretty much everything is graded on this scale. Here is the thing, 90% of your grade is based…
Try Out a New Church – part 2 – Wealth and Health
Well we tried another church this past Sunday. Online it looked quite a bit more modern than the one we attended last week. There was hope that it meant it would be a bit more modern in its thinking/preaching/attitude than the last one as well. Well, it was certainly different in a ways. It was…
Trying Out a New Church – part 1 – What to Wear and What Bible to Read
I mentioned a few weeks ago about how the church our family was attending in Idaho went pretty political from the pulpit right before the election. That rubbed “B” and I poorly and so we decided during the Thanksgiving break to take start taking a look at other churches in the area. So, I spent…