Wednesday, November 29, 2017

God's Love In Action

There is a picture from Amazing Grace Church in Atwater that I have been meaning to show you since we were there a couple of weeks ago. This picture is of Benji Burris and eight of the children that have been adopted by various families in the church. 


Eight children adopted by families in one small church. That is amazing! That is a church that is putting their money where there mouth is and practicing what we preach as Christians.

We say that life is valuable. We say that children are a blessing from the Lord. We say that every child is a treasure. We say that every child is a wanted child even if the mother and father of that child is without natural affection. We know that God loves the little children and commands us to do the same.

We believe the principle but these families grow legs on that principle and put it into action!

Taking in a child that is alone in this world is the ultimate demonstration that a family believes all the statements in the paragraphs above and they are willing to prove it. Wow!

A few families in one church have made a difference in at least eight precious live and they are not near done yet! I salute these great friends for doing what it takes to be a transforming influence in the life of a child. 

They have opened their hearts and opened their homes. In doing so they have saved lives and inspired a bunch of folks that are watching, including us!

One more picture today. This is Bro. Benji, Sis. Laura and Blake. 


They added Blake into their family of five several years ago and he is a fine young man that loves God and God's people passionately. He is cheerful and polite. The impact on his young life by this Christian family can not be calculated. May God bless them all.

Thank you for reading today.

Davy

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

A Drive Into Sequoia National Park

Today we have pictures of our little trip into Sequoia National Park on Saturday. We usually start at the south end of the park and drive all the way through Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and exit east of Fresno. With the very short daylight hours this time of year we knew we did not have time for that.

Instead, we entered the south entrance and drove to General Sherman tree and then turned around and came back. We got out and walked at Tunnel Rock, Big Fern Springs, the Giant Forest and the trail to General Sherman. 

The weather was perfect and the whole day was too. The weather was cooler and it was much more foggy when we were there the last time in November 2014. Saturday was gorgeous!

We were gone about 8 hours, drove a bunch of miles and enjoyed one of our favorite places on earth. Some day we need to stay in the park several days and get further off the road and see even more of this amazing place.

It is so hard to capture the beauty in pictures but we surely tried.

Odie took a few pictures.



Kelly Jo and I climbed to the top of Tunnel Rock.









Kelly Jo took a bunch of pictures during the day too. I love this picture of Odie at Tunnel Rock. The light shining through and onto the walls and ceiling of the tunnel is beautiful.



















We had a hard time taking a selfie with one of the big trees in the background. We captured Odie's fingers in this one.


There is a little piece of her head.


There she is!

























Wow! What a day! I hope you enjoyed the pictures. Thank you for reading.

Davy