Every year in early spring the Discerning the Times Bible Conference occurs at the Ramada hotel in Saskatoon. There are always several different speakers, one of which is usually a creation science speaker.
The speakers this year were: Carl Kerby, one of the founders of Answers in Genesis who then branched out and formed Reasons for Hope,Warren Smith, an author and conference speaker on deception in the churches, Tom McMahon from The Berean Call,and David Hocking from Hope For Today.
All the speakers were very good, but I especially enjoyed Carl Kerby who showed the fallacy and deception that is in the theory of Evolution.
The Creation Celebration is a family friendly conference that occurs in the end of Feb./beginning of March every year in North Battleford, SK. A lady organizes it for Creation Science of SK (CSSI). This year was our 2nd year to go. Here are some of the events!
On Saturday we did memory verses. Andrew recited Psalm 100. I recited John 1:1-14
Jesse recited 1 Peter 4
and Josh recited Romans 1:16-32.
These are some of the medals we received for doing speech arts, family music and Scripture recitation. Everyone that recited scripture also got vouchers to spend at the CSSI book table!
Anyone that plays an instrument practices with the orchestra and then performs the hymns which were arranged by the conductor.
And then is Bible Quizzing! There were four age level groups. The group Andrew was in joined the group I was in for a few quizzes. Everyone received numerous prizes from the prize table for their involvements in quizzing! It is “non-competitive” to encourage everyone to be involved.
Levi’s up to bat! The older kids group was a little more, uh, animated (competitive??) as you can see…
There were also tables of science experiments and projects.
The whole idea behind the day is to play godly music, memorize scripture and be able to speak well in front of others to share your faith. We had a great time and hope to go again next year!
I know this is quite out of season, but a few people have been asking us how the carrot washer works. So here is a list of steps.
Step 1- Plug in and start the engine and water hose.
Step 2- Dump the carrots in the chute. The carrot washer has an angled slope to the other end, so the carrots usually go there by themselves.
Step 3- Quality control sifts through the carrots at the other end, cutting spots off.
Step 4- Grab the tray of carrots that has filled and set it on the ground and quickly place a new tray for filling. Go through steps 2- 4 again if the carrots are not clean enough!
So, here is a short video. Usually we have three people on the carrot washer and go a lot faster than shown here. Sorry about the quality of the video.
For the last 23 years, Saskatchewan Home Based Educators have had an annual convention. Saskatoon Inn has provided great service for most of the years with the big conference rooms and hotel rooms in one facility. It has usually been there, other than for a few times when it has been in Regina. Our family has gotten more involved in helping organize the convention in the past few years. Our duties this year were:
Performing music for the opening and Grad Ceremony (most of our family played for the opening but we didn’t get a picture).
Mom organized the Home Education Completion Ceremony.
Dad was the MC for the grad. He read the information about the graduates, as they walked up. Levi was supposed to, but the grad started at 6:45 and Levi only got there after 8:00 because of work. Last year there were 17 graduates, but this year there were only 3! Note Dad’s tie. Must be a special occasion!:)
Our family did a Family Ministry Workshop during the convention! Levi was also on a grad panel.
The men (No, we’re not boys) of our family also were responsible to help move the vendors in and back out of the convention hotel.
We had a good time listening to speakers at sessions and visiting with friends in between!
This past weekend we went for a family holiday to Christopher Lake (which is a bit north of Prince Albert). It included a lot of skiing, resting, and Bible time. Here is a couple of photos from the cross- country ski run by Anglin Lake. God provided wonderful weather and it was just beautiful out there!
Domino effect:)
We skiied up the Fire-tower road and then got to see a great view for miles.
Jesse sizing up the steep hill. He said it would’ve been easier just to ski right down there, rather than going the roundabout way. But, it was a bit too steep, and there were trees at the bottom to be avoided. So we just “flew” down the Fire-tower road.
After falling down into the snow, I decided to do some target practice on the scenery with my Canon:)
The MEN Guarding the Mountain!!
Josh and Jesse had fun changing the settings on my camera, while Andrew and I played games. So here’s a silhouette kinda’ picture that Josh took. It sort of looks like Andrew is outside, but that picture is just taken through the big window in the cabin!
