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Continue reading →: Hideaway in the Temple
“Shh! Not a sound! Go down this corridor and out the back door. You’ll have to go through the servants’ quarters. There’ll be a horse and rider waiting in the woods behind the kitchen.” These instructions were repeated now even though Maglon and Zorah had gone over the details time…
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Continue reading →: Laid in a…manger“Boy, things are sure hopping out there tonight! Did you ever see so many people? Who would’ve ever thought the whole town of Bethlehem would be completely packed out?” “Yeah. I heard that all the inns were full and even all the homes are full. There is not a spare…
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Continue reading →: To Love or Not to Love
Jul. 24, 2008 I have decided to quit trying to love. I am going to quit trying to be kind. I am going to quit trying to be gentle. I am going to quit trying to be good. I am going to quit trying – period. When I said this…
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Continue reading →: The Other Side of Prayer
Crossing the time zones Going through barriers Into a land that Is covered by prayer. Into the battle Joining the action Into the place that Was kept from the Son. Battle lines are drawn. The Spirit can’t let down. This is where we see The other side of prayer. (Chorus)…
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Continue reading →: The World’s Unluckiest Traveler?May 2010 In 2010 we traveled to Ukraine again. This time, after the adventure we had last time, we decided to get traveler’s insurance just in case… This traveler’s insurance would cover interruptions in our travel and unexpected costs associated with changes in our itinerary besides medical benefits. Little did we…
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Continue reading →: OUR ADVENTURESOME GOD
2008 Reading Wild at Heart, by John Eldredge has changed my entire view of God and the circumstances we find ourselves in all the time. We know from Genesis that man was created in the image of God. An insight Eldredge gives of man is that man needs adventure and…
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Continue reading →: The Negative Report
I’ve been studying the first books of the Bible and have just finished the book of Joshua. The prominent player in the book is, of course, Joshua. Joshua was one of the 12 spies who went into the land of Canaan to see if it was truly as good as…
Marilynn Lester
The journey never ends…
He who began a good work in you shall perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ. – Philippians 1:6
Current Project…
The Long Trek
A story about a family walking alone from Danzig, Prussia, to Chortiza, Southern Russia, in the early 1800’s. Napoleon and his soldiers are dominating the countryside. Gypsies are roaming by clans from place to place. The main character, Gertie, has a lot to process in dealing with people outside her comfortable Mennonite community and learning to forgive people within her home community. Her desire to reflect the love of Christ puts a challenging perspective on her encounters with other people.
Marilynn…
Was raised in the Mennonite community. She can trace her roots way back to the 1700’s in Prussia. Marilynn, as a history buff, has always been curious about the trip her ancestors took from Prussia to Southern Russia (Ukraine) and what they could have encountered between the two points. Marilynn has done an incredible amount of research to discover the political and social climate of the day and is attempting to put it in fiction story form for other readers to enjoy.
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In 212 instances out of 250 the most influential person (in an individual’s life) had been a woman. – Eugenia Price, Woman to Woman.
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