After spending 10 days in California packing, I headed to Utah. Not without a few hangups though. 100 miles outside of Bountiful my tire blew and my battery was dead:). Thank heavens I added roadside assistance to my car insurance a few days before!
Things are great in Utah. It's snowing, and it's too cold for me, but it's good to be around family again.
Europe!
Book #5 was just finished in my Children's Book Series, "Speak With Me".
Sally and I made an Applestrudel! Merry Christmas to us.
Thanks Christina! I ripped out sections depending on where I traveled. :)
My first time making swiss cookies!
Poland...for the New Year!
Darling lady at church in Wroclaw, Poland. Spoke on Trusting God specifically for me.
Then I visited a little church dating back to 1200's by Mom's special request. With a little divine intervention, somebody happened to let me in while they were practicing the organ. This is where I found this picture..words on picture: "Jesu Ufam Tobie" It wasn't until the next day I found out that this means, "Jesus I trust thee".
"A Polish Sky in Winter"
A fellow traveler:)
Paris's Christmas Tree
Eiffel Tower blinks for Christmas every hour. Please turn your monitor to the side:)
French men...
This french man insisted on getting our picture taken after he chatted with Cheryl in French...he was a little much! A picture speaks a thousand words:)
Neuchatel, Switzlerand
Thursday: Just because I can, I took a trip to Neuchatel Switzerland. I stayed at a little hostel and then went to the Swiss Temple on Friday. Saturday, after Kyle and Sally went to the Temple while I watched their girls, we all drove to Interlaken/Grindlewald and saw the Jungfrau upclose:) and the darling town of Luzern.
December plans..
from ChristmasMarkt in Nurnberg with Mom and Papa!..to Paris before Christmas! And I'm in the process of writing a Childrens Book Series for phonological/phonetic disorders. Just finished book #3! Still blessed to enjoy the company of Kyle, Sally, Elli and Abby in Gaertringen, Germany. And prepping for a Holy Land presentation to a few families who requested one in the International Ward here in Stuttgart.
Reading Time
I was reading the girls an ABC book in German:) Teach them young, that's my philosophy!
October's activities...
This past month Kyle, Sally, the 2 girls and I saw the Stuttgart Zoo, Ludwig's Castle, Pumpkin Festival "Noah's Ark", and the Frankfurt Temple! I borrowed their car and drove to Rothenburg:) and discovered another cute house. (8 years ago I found my favorite european house and tried to paint a picture of it. it's still not done:) I found another one. Then I visited Hitler's haunts in Nurnberg and saw a very interesting film on the trials of Nurnberg.
Pictures are uploaded on the Web Albums site. enjoy!
Pictures are uploaded on the Web Albums site. enjoy!
Israel..to Italy..to Germany!
After traveling around Israel and Italy for a month, I am currently in a little town outside Stuttgart, Germany with my 2 darling nieces. We went to the zoo yesterday and saw the most beautiful butterflies.
I visited my parents this past week in Nurnberg, Germany and spent an entire day in the restricted Catholic Archives doing geneology work! Viva La Geneology!
I visited my parents this past week in Nurnberg, Germany and spent an entire day in the restricted Catholic Archives doing geneology work! Viva La Geneology!
Relaxing in Italy
Beautiful Torricella! I spent a weekend doing absolutely nothing except read, draw, eat, played guitar, and biked partially around this lake!
Eating in Israel
Our group in Israel eating a meal in Nazareth!..most of the time we used our hands:)
Learning in Israel
Scripture Study in Nazareth after running from place to place! (I wouldn't change a thing:)
Africa: Kenyan native dances
One of my favorite memories in Africa! We were on top of a roof in a little village on the border of Kenya and Tanzania. Mt. Kilimanjaro is behind us to my right!
Africa: Stay Alive Skit
I wrote this Skit for the 'Stay Alive' program in 2003 for Africa. It's entitled: 'The Difference Between HIV/AIDS". The children act out how the white blood cells protect the body by fighting off diseases. Then HIV kills off the white blood cells which allow diseases (malaria, common cold, diarreah, etc.) to attack the body. This is when HIV becomes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), the body acquires these diseases and it eventually dies. This is a very simplified version of the actual process:).
We were finding that the teachers would ask us questions about basic HIV/AIDS and what was going on in the body. They didn't understand the process of how the body contracts HIV/AIDS and the process even when they contracted it themselves. See www.reachthechildren.org for more information.
Kenya-Stay Alive Chant
Children from Kenya (Nairobi area) singing the Stay Alive Chant. Stay Alive is a abstinence-based program for children before they become sexually active to help them learn to make good choices. www.stayalive.org for more info.
Sixteen Stones with piano..
Marguerite, here's another verse..and I put a rough piano in the back. the 3rd verse can be in the normal verse format or I tried a new tune for a different feel which can be added at the end if it gets too monotonous. thoughts? Verse 2 is taken from Ether 2:25. I changed the chorus from "lead the way" to "light the way" - which seems to make more sense. here are the words...This time it's in a lower key - Bflat I believe.
The higher key was G. It can work either way. I can add more verses, but I'll wait to hear back from you on the themes...
The higher key was G. It can work either way. I can add more verses, but I'll wait to hear back from you on the themes...
“Sixteen Stones”
Girls Camp, 2008
Through Faith I make my way
By taking steps I’m able to move
Forward and to say,
“I’m stronger than before”,
with Sixteen Stones.
Chorus:
Sixteen Stones to light (lead) the way
Along my traveled journey
Sixteen Stones and I can say
“I’m growing strong I know”,
with Sixteen Stones
Verse 2
The Lord said, “I prepare
You against the waves and winds and
…and the floods.
What will ye that I should
Prepare for you”
Chorus:
At times I need a hand
from others on this road
I know just where to stand
by those who have the light
of Sixteen Stones.
Chorus:
©Angie Holzer - November 2007
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