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Bible Story Quilt

21 Aug

A missionary came to our church in Tennessee (West Hills Presbyterian). He had a Bible story cloth with him. The International Mission Board makes fabric panels of forty-two pictures of stories from the Bible. These panels are used to spread the gospel to the non-literate peoples of the world. Missionaries teach the stories of the Bible using the pictures printed on the fabric. Each panel comes with a paper listing the corresponding scriptures.

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Paper Crafts

20 Aug

I absolutely LOVE my paper craft book from Japan. Thanks, Jeremy and Kristin!

aren't they pretty?

aren't they pretty?

Misty already requested some in yellow for her bulletin board. I’m too happy to oblige!

Love,

Tiff

 

From the Orient!

17 Aug

While here to help us with the flea market, Mom gave me some treasures from Japan.

Jeremy and Kristin gave me a really cool paper craft book. I can’t wait to try my hand at something.

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Flea Market

16 Aug

Brendan and I decided that most of our possessions were not worth keeping, especially when the cost of moving it all to Upper Peninsula Michigan was researched. On Saturday, August 7th, we sold a large portion of our worldly goods at the drive-in movie theatre flea market. Read the rest of this entry »

 
 

Reunion IX: Lovely Ladies

22 Jul

The family reunion was wonderful. We had a lot of fun. I really enjoyed watching the people who mean so much to me, especially the influential women in my life.

Grandma is an amazing example of a woman of God. I am so grateful to know that she is praying for me.

Grandma Leibbrand

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Reunion VIII: Jeanette

21 Jul

Jeanette designed the T-shirts for our family reunion. She used the flower that Grandpa always used on his cards and letters. Before I could read, I knew the packages from Grandpa based on that little smiling flower.

JEB, 7/17/10

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Reunion VII: Connecting Grandma

20 Jul

Tom set up a laptop for Grandma to use so that she can be connected to the world via the Internet! Grandma will be able to receive the family emails and check our blogs. Right now she relies on my Mom to print off the emails and blog posts and snail-mailing them to her in Florida.

Grandma and Tom, 7/16/10

Tom spent part of Friday evening tutoring Grandma.

Grandma looks nervous

Thanks Tom!

Love,

Tiff

 
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Reunion VI: Game Night

19 Jul

While the “adults” (generations one and two) went out to dinner, the “kids” stayed home with spaghetti dinner followed by game night.

Ticket to Ride Europe

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Reunion V: Talent Shows

18 Jul

Each evening, we were entertained by various talents from the grandkids. Based on these photos, we had a good time!

Tom, Anna, and Brendan, 7/16/10

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Reunion IV: Donuts

17 Jul

In honor of Grandpa Leibbrand, we made donuts Thursday morning.

fresh donuts!

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