Here is a music video I have been working on for over a year!
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Summer and Fall!
We have had a busy time with Jesse’s graduation, weeding, cherry picking, helping with Joshua’s house, picking apples, digging potatoes, starting carrot harvest and many other things!
After 12 years of hard work Jesse graduated from school. We had a short program including a graduation song and a few words of encouragement from one of Jesse’s friends and a farmer Jesse has worked for. And then, of course, lots of food!
Cherry picking went well except for this variety which had a lot of mold so we just picked a few.
Dad picking some delicious apples. Other people in our family do help pick too 🙂 . You can click here to see the price list.
A picture of the sunrise down the road.
Hawk and his ball. He enjoys playing fetch and watching the yard.
When the guy Jesse works for harvested our field, Micah and I used his drone to take some pictures and videos.
The wheat about to be harvested.
Micah got this picture of the sun shining through the harvest dust.
We dug many potatoes this year with a borrowed plow. (This is only part of them). We have several varieties of red, white, purple and Yukon gold.
They just poured the basement recently at Joshua’s house so we put in the stairs and framed the basement.
We then insulated the main floor. And you can see that they also did the poly.
We worked hard to finish the stone and got done just before the weather got cold and snowy!
Another event I attended in Regina on Oct. 1st, along with Mom and Dad, was Levi’s graduation from the CPA/CGA program .
We also got most of our chickens butchered at a Hutterite Colony that is a federally inspected facility and then butchered the last few along with some friends’ chickens. We haven’t dug many carrots yet so I don’t have any pictures…the snow has to melt first!
Another bit of exciting news is that Joshua got engaged on August 27 to Shaylyn Fehr. Their wedding is on January 7, 2017.
Even though we didn’t want snow now, we know that, “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” Genesis 8:22.
This Is My Father’s World
Filmed in our blooming cherry orchard this spring.
ACCFM 2016 Video
Here is a short film about the 2016 Alberta Conservatory for Christian Film Makers conference!
ACCFM 2016
On September 15-17, Mom, Andrew, and I and some friends from Manitoba, went to the Alberta Conservatory for Christian Film Makers. This was the second time we have gone, and we had a great time and even mom enjoyed the camping (she slept in the van while us 4 guys tented)!
The speaker line-up this year was quite good.
Brett Varvel: House of Grace Films– The Board, The War Within, and upcoming film Disciples in the Moonlight
Joel Steege: Little Crew Studios– Runner from Ravenshead, The Defense of New Haven
Greg & Dallas Lammiman: Moviemakers– Remember, My Grandpa Detective, and upcoming film Mayflower II
Kurtis Kristianson: Spindrift Photography- Fort Mac Samaritan’s Purse interviews, Adventure photography
Ted Byfield- journalist, started Alberta Report, helped put together Christian history books
Andrew & I with Joel, Harrison, and Addison Steege (Little Crew Studios).
And with Brett Varvel (House of Grace Films)
I entered two films into the 3-minute festival. They both were finalists, and Education Without Limits won The Best Documentary award.
I will hopefully get a behind the scenes post up soon for A True Witness.
This is a shortened version of the 17 minute film we did for the SHBE Conference’s 25th year anniversary this past year.