Unity: ONE Truth

     Albert Schweitzer was a German Doctor who operated on sick African people.   I read a book about him for my home schooling.  He helped to cure Leprosy, and infections.  Those people in Africa needed lots of help.  Dr. Schweitzer hated cruelty.  Even fishing bothered him because it was harming a living thing.  He was a vegetarian all his life.  He hated to eat meat.  

    He loved to help people.  He lived in Africa almost all his life.  Once he got put in a prison camp because he was a German, and he was on French land in Africa during the war.  In all, Dr. Schweitzer built and helped to work in 3 hospitals in Africa.  The first hospital was made from a clean chicken coop.  He even helped a sick Pelican.  It's leg and wing were injured.  The Dr. helped the Pelican to fly, and it became his favorite pet.  




     The people in Africa loved Dr. Schweitzer.  So did a lot of the animals.  He said he was a Christian man.  He taught the African people to sing 'Jesus Loves Me."  But he was a hypocrite because he didn't believe that Jesus rose from the dead.   Albert Schweitzer did lots of good things, but that did not help him to go to Heaven.  The Bible says, 

"After Jesus rose from the dead early on Sunday morning, the first person who saw him was Mary Magdalene,  the woman from whom he had cast out seven demons." Mark 16:9      Albert Schweitzer did not believe the whole truth.  Neither do Mr. Sal and Miss Donna, some people who came to study the Bible with my Parents.  They were Jehovah's Witnesses.  There is only ONE Truth.  But Dr. Schweitzer didn't believe in it.  There are thousands and zillions of lies about religion.  But the Bible tells us the Truth, because it is the Word of God.  God inspired the people who wrote the Bible.        Dr. Schweitzer was kind and not prejudiced against the Africans.   He is a role model because of this.  But in the end, I think he was wrong.  He believed the lie that others told him about Jesus being only human.  Don't be like him.  Read the Bible for yourself.  Jesus died for us on the Cross, and He rose from the Dead on the Third Day.  Lots of people saw Jesus after He rose.  The apostles saw Him.  Mary saw Him.  They weren't lying about it because when they were killed, they still stuck to the story that Jesus raised up from the dead.  I wish I could have talked to Albert Schweitzer so I could have told him these things.  Jesus Christ was the Son of God, and will always be! "Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." --John 14:6

Unity: ONE God

We went on a Field Trip to "Farm City" today.   We saw all kinds animals, and did science experiments, too

 In all of the looking and walking around, I kept

thinking about God. 

I thought that He was so

awesome because He made every animal here.

Baby Chicks just hatched

Only God could have made so many different things, like the people, the goats, the cows, the chickens, the horses, and the little tiny baby kittens. 

Some people say that the world started with the Big Bang Theory.

But this couldn't have been true.  Something had to have MADE this stuff.   Nothing can't just happen.  Nothing is just Nothing. 

God told us in the Bible that He made world. 

Of all the other planets, this is the only one that can suit life.

All the other persons that people worship were

either only stone, mud, or humans.

For example, Dagon in the Bible was the "god of the harvest." 

When the Ark of the Covenant was

brought in to stand by Dagon,

Dagon fell on his face.

The next day, when they put him back up,

Dagon was broken.  His head and arms were

broken off.  God did that.

All the ones who worshipped Dagon

thought he was real until then.  After God

broke Dagon, those people were scared.

God made them have Tumors because they

worshipped stones and made up gods.

I bet if I went to ancient Egypt, and the Egyptians

were all around, and I went to each of the statues

of their gods, pushed them down and they

broke, they would realize that they were

just statues made of stone.  

Unity: ONE Way

Be Subject to the Elders (I Peter 5:5)

We have some great Elders at our church!  

They lead us in our church.  They are put to certain tests and they have to do a lot of hard work and take care of everyone in the whole congregation.  

They are my friends. 

"Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” -I Peter 5:5

 Our Lads to Leaders kids had a dinner for them.   We all cooked, and did all of the preparing for the dinner.  It took all night Saturday, and then the Dinner was Sunday after services.




Some of the kids made meatballs.

Some of the girls made little garlic bread sticks.

As for me, I got to do the cucumber peeling and grating with a cheese grater.  



We made little slices of cucumbers for the salad. 

We set up fancy tables in the basement of the building. 

 It was not hard, but Mrs. Ashley wanted us to set the silverware perfectly. 

The napkins had to be placed on the table just so. 

Next, we made Desserts, which were little brownies put in cups, then made in layers of pumpkins and then brownies and pumpkin again.  Then at the top we put whip cream.  












We decorated the Tables with acorns and leaves and little pumpkins and pine cones to make it look like Autumn. 









 Last of all, we made salads for everyone. 

Each kid had an assigned Elder and his wife to tend to.  I got Mr. Larry and his wife.  

He was fun because he talked a lot.   


 

 We talked about fishing, hunting, Arkansas, getting in our Boat, and just having plain fun.

All the kids served the Elders and their wives.  

Paul Yoder  and Miss Janet

Miss Jennifer and Darren Crowden

Miss Lori and Grant Deitch

Tim Williams and Miss Patti

Making Dessert

Making the Salad

I like having Elders because they can help me memorize verses, learn about the Bible,

 and they are fun to talk with. 

"So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ,

as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:

shepherd the flock of God that is among you,

exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly,

 as God would have you; not for shameful gain,

but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge,

 but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd appears,

you will receive the unfading crown of glory."

I Peter 5:1-4

Super Heroes: Beating Down Evil

     My cousin, Brayden and I like to dress up like Superheroes.  

We imagine we have super-powers, and we do lots of good deeds and help beat down evil and let good win. 

"In due season, we shall reap, if we do not lose heart." 

Galatians 6:9

I think this verse means that if we keep believing in God,
 and we don't give up (lose heart), 
will overcome 

anything in life.   

Our enemies may be nicer, 
our schoolwork

will come easy to us, and we will have friends. 

Our life won't be as Hard as it used to be,
 because we will grow close to Jesus by praying,

 listenting to music that praises Him, 
and reading more about the Bible. 

Unity: ONE Life

     A friend of our family went to Afganistan.  He was 20 years old.  He was a Marine.  His name was Dane.  He saw all the people that were dying, on his team and on the other team.   Other people got diseases.  He saw all that death, and got depressed.  

     Dane was so depressed that he couldn't eat or drink.   He had super bad dreams and got so scared when he got home.  One day he felt so depressed.  He told his mom "I'll feel better some day."  He was so sad that he got a pistol and he shot himself right in the heart.  

     He died.  The whole family was so, so sad.  

     There was a walk, a 5K, called "Walking out of the Darkness."  This was for helping suicide prevention.  Every fifteen minutes, people die of suicide.  That is not right.

 Dane's Family and my family walked in the 5K, 
remembering Dane.
We look happy, but we were very sad.

     The Bible says not to kill.  That includes not killing yourself.  Dane was a Christian.  He went into the Marines because he wanted to help people.   He wanted to help our country.   But he was so depressed because of what he saw and maybe even what he did.  He didn't want to think about that anymore.  

     I wish I could have stopped him.  I wish I had prayed to God to help him not be so depressed.  If I was at his house, I wish I could have found his gun and took it out of his room.   I wish I could have spent time with Dane and comfort him.  But I didn't know he was going to kill himself.  Nobody knew.

 I think Dane is in Heaven.   He is not sad anymore.  He is with Abraham and Jesus in Paradise, with many Angels.  I did this walk because I hate suicide.   I want people to know they don't have to destroy themselves.  There is a friend who loves them, and someone can help them, but they have to tell that they are feeling like they want to kill themselves.  No one can read minds.   We only have one life, and we must not kill ourselves or it is wasted.   That is the reason I did the Walk.  Life is too precious to let it go.

In Memory of Dane


"You are the Light of the world, oh Lord,
And You make Your servants shine,
So how can there be any darkness in me, 
If You are the Light of the World,
Yes, You are the Light of the world."
--song by Michael Card

Unity: ONE Future

Search me, O God, and know my heart.

 Try me and know my thoughts.

And see if there be any grievous way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting!

Psalm 139:23-24 (ESV)

This is one of my memory verses I am learning this week. 

I am thinking of things that I can do to serve

others as I start being a Lad to Leader this

year. 

My Lad to Leaders Group is going

to do lots of fun projects,

but I want to do some of my own

to help other people and to show Jesus that

I love Him a lot.

The End is Near

A sign we saw while driving to Arkansas

March is coming near, today is the Mass Media deadline,

 and it is time to stop and submit my blog. 

So this IS the End!

But not really! 

 

I am very excited about the L2L Convention this year.  

We are going to Kentucky.

We have 31 people from our congregation signed up, 

so it should be the best one ever!

  I want to tell anyone who likes to write to make a blog of your own.  It is easy to learn, and it is FUN!!  

But more than that,  I hope in reading all these blog posts, you have figured out how IMPORTANT it is to make Jesus real in your life.  

The Bible says that He is the only thing worth seeking in this life. 

 The rules for L2L say that I have to end my blog today, to wrap things up nicely so they can check it out and see what I have done. 

 But I plan to keep on writing.  You couldn't keep me from writing. 

Source:  Mod Resdes Prints

What if the "End" really was near?  Are you ready to face Eternity today?  

The Bible says that you must "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved." (Act 16:31). It also says in the book of Acts that Baptism is needed for true salvation (Acts 2:38).  

Have you given your life, heart, mind and soul to Jesus?  Have you been Baptized?  If you haven't, please go to the link on the Page for my congregation above on the home page.  

You can call my church minister, Doug Hamilton, or just leave a comment, and I will help you to find someone to help you discover the REAL Treasure in life. 

 It will make all the difference!

Please check out Ladstoleaders.com for more information about all the ways you can grow and  learn more about the Treasure Worth Everything.  I hope this blog has helped you to want a more exciting life of seeking Treasure in the Bible. 

Are you ready for "The End?"  

Source:   Maranda Hawthorn

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