Isaac has been off school this last week. It's exam week at high school but he doesn't have any exams. He was supposed to have one large assessment on Thursday morning but due to two days when busses were cancelled, he now has to do that assessment next Tuesday morning and his second semester will start on Wednesday. He's thoroughly enjoyed his first semester of high school. We were looking at his course selections for next year earlier today. He has two electives. He wants to take music and he's deciding between technology and business. He starts his first technology class next week so hopefully he'll get a good idea this next month as to whether he enjoys it.
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| Isaac made beef biryani. Yum! |
One of my highlights was taking the van in to get the sliding door fixed. They probably spent a good 40-45 minutes figuring out what the problem was and fixing it (something had seized and they ended up removing bearings and greasing them - or something like that). He told me it was "easy work" and didn't charge me a dime!
It's been a lovely white January with some extra cold days. That reminds me of another highlight - having the mixing valve on our water heater fixed. Hot showers are a blessing. I was hoping that we could fix it by following the instructions on Youtube but alas we needed a new one.
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| Better late than never! |
I was however able to change the cartridge in our bathtub faucet that was leaking. I ended up having to buy the tool to remove the old cartridge but after asking the worker at Home Depot what I needed, he told me that if I had a Moen faucet, they had replacement cartridges for free. And ... it was a Moen! Yay!!! PTL! There was certainly no sign to tell me this so if I hadn't asked, I would have just bought the new cartridge.
This past Sunday we celebrated the life of Robert Thomas. It was a wonderful service full of the music and people he loved. Near the end, his children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren sang a song composed by Bob, "Praise God Anyway". The chorus is, "Praise God anyway; Everywhere, in every way. Get the habit every day; Learn to praise God anyway!"
Isaac and Graham went to a Jazz Concert tonight at a local theatre. Isaac was definitely the youngest in the room but both he and Graham thoroughly enjoyed the evening. There's supposed to be a jazz band starting at Isaac's school so he's looking forward to that.
Kohen and Lily-Anna are doing well. Lily-Anna was home a couple of days this month and Kohen was home one day due to colds. Kohen is enjoying playing dodge ball for Intramurals and Lily-Anna just started floor hockey at recess today. Her team lost but she told me she made a very good pass. Kohen also plays lots of soccer outside at recess.
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| Starting my days with breath prayers |
We are going to be studying the book of Mark in our small group. We were going to start it last week and then lots of people were sick. Last night a number of people couldn't make and along with other reasons, we decided to just have a short time of prayer and hope to start the study next week. I'm leading the first session. I enjoy reading the commentaries and looking up answers to questions. There's going to be a new couple in the group so it will be nice to meet them.
Graham is heading to the church for an event in the morning so I think I'll head to bed soon. I'm hoping the photos work this time.
Blessings,
Elizabeth
Mark 1:10,11
'Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” '
