Xfest Again, wake up

     We are planning to be in Vancouver soon.  We are attending Xfest in Stevenson WA again.  This time we get to camp all weekend.  If you are going to be in the area, please stop by and see us.  I am telling 4 stories and Leon and the children are playing their 60's garage rock music.  They play the old hymn Revive Us Oh Again.  When they all shout/sing "fire from above", it would bring the most placid, sleepy Christian to their feet and those without Christ might look up warily and duck.
      We need suitcases for a big trip that we are planning to take.  So, if you have any that you don't need, we would be thankful if you gave them to us.
     

Please consider adopting this little girl. Yes.., you!

This is about the little girl that I've been writing about on this blog.  If you scroll down you can read more about her and see pictures and videos that she is in.  She responds to touch and voice.  Mckennaugh and her family were able to be with her for a little while.  She cried when they went away.   Mckennaugh and her family have become friends of ours.  Please read their plea and add your prayers to all of ours.  There is a fund already begun to raise money for her adoption.  Desperate Need for child in Ukraine McKennaugh Kelley writes: I went with my parents to Ukraine on our journey to adopt two special needs boys, Timur and Misha. Circumstances in Ukraine for a disabled child are often terrible, where they are sentenced to live out their short lives confined to cribs, even if their disability is minor. During our seven weeks at the orphanage, I met a little girl named Levina. Due to the care the children are given, although she is six years old, she is only 15 lbs.  She is dying and needs a family that is willing to come for her quickly and save her life. Levina is blind, has microcephally (a small head), and was supposedly born with brain damage. She also has other complications. Imagine being six and never in your life hearing the words, "I love you." Imagine never being held from the time you were born. Imagine lying in the dark because you are blind and no one will talk to you. This is Levina's life. Please contact me and help me save her. I have pictures, videos and her medical record. Email me at:kelleycrew@npacc.net or go to my websitewww.ukrainianorphans.com OR Ph: 507 549 2442. McKennaugh Kelley, 15 years.

August Photo's

Naphtali (7), Happy Birthday this month Zuriel (10)

Zion (11) making tortillas
Havilah and I made these shop aprons out of worn out jeans, for Ephraim and Leon last Christmas.

Sometimes during reading time I wrap Elsie (barely 2) up in my skirt.  Naphtali works on my hair.

Havilah (14) climbs trees.

Elsie's Little Book

The best part of my whole day is taking you for a stroller ride.  The beauty all around us is too big for my eyes.  Sometimes the woods are full of trees that are shaded all the way down the stem.  It is so dark that it looks wet.   The sun shines full on the rest.
I wonder with you, how many greens, grays and blues can be found in this forest while we walk by.
I say to you, "see, Elsie how story-like is that little white cloud that floats among the dark ones?".
I pour out my yearnings and thanksgivings to God while you listen in and we inhale the same clear air and the contentment that it brings.
You ask me questions about life, motorcycles and, 'bad goggy butterflies that buzz Hoddee's ear'.  (Hoddee is your name for yourself).   I love to hear your earnestness and answer you in the same serious and trusting tone.  Your concerns are very important to me because they are your's.