Springfest in Caro

This past Thursday I had the opportunity to go with Angie to her mother's school and see an exciting event called Springfest. Angie's mom works at a school as a teacher of cognitively impaired kids. There are about 200 kids in the school ranging from 3-4 to 26 years old. Their disabilities also range from mild to severe.

It was really amazing to see the love and attention that the teachers and paraprofessionals gave to each of the kids. They made sure that each kid had a role in the musical that they performed. I remember one kid who was I think a parapaligic and his teacher put a drumstick in his hand and hit a cymbal with it, all of a sudden the kid began to smile! It was very cool! All of the kids appeared to love this event.

I also was able to be in Mrs. Moakes room to get introduced to some of the kids, and to see their excitement for this event was awesome. I also got to see some of their parents and the love that they showed their kids.

I was very impressed with the love that was shown in the classroom by Angie, her mom, and the other workers in there. They have a special job. If you ever have an opportunity to visit a school like this or go to an event like this, I would recommend that you do it. It will touch your heart.

Update

Pam wrote me and said that I needed to update my blog. The problem is that I don't really have anything to say. So I will just give you an update on things that come to my mind. I am currently reading in Deuteronomy, which is a speech given by Moses to the Isrealites before God takes Moses from this earth. It pretty much is a summary of the first four books of the OT. Moses reminds the Isrealites that God is the Lord your God in almost every chapter, that He is their guide, defender and conquerer. That He has many rules, guides for their life, but will make them prosper if they follow. It is enjoyable to read.

Angie is doing good. If you've noticed that she hasn't updated in a while, it's because she has been stressed with homework. One of her main projects is due on Wednesday and this will be a relief for her. Please pray for her to remain focused and to do well in school. She is also getting ready to go to China this summer for 8 weeks. Please pray for this also.

So there is my update for my sister, Pam. ;)

Righteousness

Have you ever noticed how much God talks about the concept of being righteous in the Bible? As you know, I have been reading through the Bible this year. Basically I read a few chapters of the OT/NT in the morning and a Psalm or Proverb in the evening, (there is a schedule).
As I read through, I have noticed that the Bible is loaded with God's desire for us to be righteous, or what I've determined to mean, being right with God and his standards for our lives. The books of Psalm and Proverbs is full of references to righteousness. This must be important to God!! It should also be important to us!!

Audio Adrenaline/Mercy Me Concert

Well, Angie and I went to another concert. :) This time we went to South Bend, IN to see Audio Adrenaline, Mercy Me, and Aaron Shust. This was Audio Adrenaline's final tour. The concert was in the Morris Performing Arts Center. This was a great place for a concert. It was fun because it was a place where you would go and see the symphony, but there was good Christian Rock there. Here are some pictures from my cell phone.

Skiing at Caberfae!

So I haven't been downhill skiing since I was in high school, and as you know that was a while ago. The last time I went was also at Caberfae. I remember it having a good variety of different runs and I wasn't disappointed. As the picures show, Angie went with me skiing. It's her spring break and I took a couple of days off of work. It was a beautiful day, below freezing, but very sunny all day!! We did mostly intermediate runs, although I did do one of the big hills once. It was slow going down for me, but Angie was at the bottom before I barely got going. Angie is a very good skier compared to me.















We saw this cute couple on the ski lift and thought we should take their picture. They didn't mind.
















I was going to go down this section, but Angie had to hold me back because it was closed! (Actually, I just liked the view).















The view at the top of the big hill was amazing. It helps when Angie is in the picture!
It wasn't a big hill, but you could see for miles.
















Angie wanted to get my skies in the picture, I think she just wanted to prove that I was actually skiing.