SNOW!!!

   Yes, we had 9 inches of snow in OCTOBER!!!

On Friday evening a wonderful family from Western, PA came to our house for the week-end.

Bethanny, David M., Joshua, and Hope built a snowman

Chantel and Nicholas her dog

Our adventurous snowhike to the neighbors for fresh cows milk with a
layer of cream on top....the adults wanted cream for their coffee.  :)

Snowball fight!!!

Sword drills with more competition are always fun!

 Malachi  and Joshua

Bethanny taught Joy, Elainah, and David "school".  They were so cute!

 Hope and David M. playing Battleship

Bro. Andy and David

 Bethanny and David S.

The trees haven't lost all their leaves yet so with the added weight

of the snow the branches were sagging and quite a few broke off.

 

Fall one day, Winter the next

Journal Making

   Aunt Rebekah taught the Keepers Club about journals and their role in the lives of famous people. She had a paper for all of us to read together about how Brother Branham's mother kept a journal about his visions, and how God keeps a journal of our lives.
  We made two journals and a duck tape flower pen.  One journal was covered in scrapbook paper and the other one was covered in fabric. 

Aunt Rebekah demonstrating how to make a duck tape flower

 Thanks for all your help, Abigail!

 Joanna selecting her paper

Anna and I

 Ironing "heat-n-bond" onto our fabric as an adhesive

Zoe and Hopie

The boys... Lincoln and Joshua

 Faith

Hopie

Grace

Choir practice - Sweet Jesus


Everyone was asked to wear their tye-dye shirts and we
took a group photo for the Keepers photo book we make each year.

Back row left to right; Kaitlyn, Emily, Grace, Zoe, Abigail, Joanna, Lincoln, Joshua
Front row; Bethany, Hope, Lillia, Faith, Anna, Elisabeth, and Joy


Thanks for another awesome meeting, Aunt Rebekah!

Sister Mary Norman & Friends

   Saturday we were privileged and honored to have Sis. Mary Norman and her daughter, Sis. Mary, for dinner.  Sis. Norman was a close friend of Sis. Meda Branham, often accompanying her to doctors appointments. Sis. Norman's husband, Bro. Gene was also a close friend of Bro. Branham's.  A portion of Sis. Norman's inspiring testimony is in the GENERATION book, by Angela Smith. 
   Two ladies from New Brunswick were visiting Sis. Mary and wanted to tour Amish Country. Sis. Brenda and Sis. Sharrell were very entertaining.  We enjoyed buggy rides, dinner, and a hilarious reenactment of Anne of Green Gables by Sis. Brenda! 
      

 Sis. Norman and I taking a pony ride

Sis. Brenda

 Sis. Sharell and I

 Sis. Mary and Lillia

Sis. Norman and David
Can you believe this fine sister is only 88?

Mary Ellen, Linda, and Kathryn came over and gave buggy rides

 Sis. Brenda

 Sis. Mary and Joy

Sis. Sharell is a retired piano teacher so we had a sing-along after dinner.

 David and Sis. Brenda

 They are so much fun!

Sis. Mary and Sis. Norman