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Sunday, October 29. 2006

Pics 'n more

So, my server disabled some functions so that I can't upload any more photos to my gallery, so I have to opst them here. These are mainly from last sunday. Autumn has been quite lovely.

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My cute kids

Liani Spring, 1 1/2

Kay & Kenny, skipping stones

Ken & Darren

Darren, 5

Kaylena, just turnd 9 this week

Kenneth Rylan, 4

The cutie, Liani

Liani, at the chicken ranch

Linani, & partner in crime: Arkos

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Saturday, October 21. 2006

Scary spending

by James Westhead
BBC Washington correspondent

A figure I came across tonight suddenly put American spending on elections into a frightening context. We Brits tend to think US politicians raise and spend a scarily absurd amount to get themselves elected. In an earlier blog I mentioned the total had reached more than $1bn for both Republicans and Democrats combined on these
mid-terms. A lot to obtain a satisfactory result on 7 November. Well perhaps not.

Guess how much Americans will spend exactly a week earlier on an equally horrible occasion populated by some equally scary characters. Yes you guessed it - I'm talking about Halloween. Well, according to the National Retail Foundation, Americans will spend more than $4.95bn - yes billion - on costumes, candy, cards and decorations -that's five times more than they spend on democracy. Now that really is scary!

From the BBC blog

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Monday, October 16. 2006

BE

Be still and know that I am God

Be still and know that I am

Be still and know that

Be still and know

Be still

Be

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Saturday, October 14. 2006

New home, new life, new beginings...

Our new home

After a year in a pretty much all young folks home, we moved to the Provisioning home here in Switzerland. It's been a week today since we moved over here. Been setting up beds, cupboards, unpacking, etc this week. I guess the coming week I dig into real work again.

Anyway here are some pics of the kids and the new house. Thank you all for you love and prayers. The Lord brought us through to yet a nother fase of our lives.

My handsome Darren

I was talking to someone this week and was thinking about the last few years, all that we've been through...and the way it came out was, "well, these last few years have been.....(tough? No....) years of strengthening. That's the positive way of looking at things. We are growing stronger. PTL.