Praying You Through This Storm!

A wonderful video put together by my friend Kaylin. She lives in Colorado Springs where the wildfires - the fire storms - are bringing danger and disaster. Yet, through it all God can still be praised. As Kaylin puts it - God is for me. Yes, Kaylin, He is. We continue to pray for you from here in Florida. I love you, sweetie! Praying you through this storm!

So Long to Debby!

These are my new feed-the-horses-in-the-monsoon boots!

(Not a good quality picture - sorry - taken with my phone.) We needed to get hay to the horses, so we headed out. What a production! The first thing we noticed is that the road is still a major mess! See the pond where these teens are swimming? That's our road and they are standing up.

Thank the good Lord for our tractor! We were able to travel off-road to get a roll of hay in. Mark only lost the roll off the back of the tractor once - in the road :). Thankfully I was no longer standing on the side of the tractor at that point, because the front of the tractor lifted off the ground as the roll of hay splashed into the river! Uh, road!

The entrance to the fields is still under water, but it isn't quite as deep as it was yesterday. It is starting to receed.

And the front pasture is still under water, although not as deep :).

And in some spots it isn't horrible :).

This is the "higher ground" we moved the horses to. Normally the donkeys have full reign of this area, now all of the animals are housed in this field.

It is always safe to assume that Sawyer is thrilled to see food in any shape, form, or variety! What an awesome picture I got with my phone! I am still afraid to take my nice camera - and good thing when I almost got pitched into the river - uh, road - when we lost the roll of hay!

All in all, a very hopeful day! It didn't rain today - yay!!! The sun was shining for part of the day! The horses are fed, we didn't lose the tractor down a mudhole, and my fancy new boots kept my feet dry! Great day!!! Now, if our friends in Colorado could fare as well. 


Lifting prayers for the Sieberts, Yuens, Rutkowskis, Greens, Craddocks, Schlichtings, Jeubs, Hagoods, and Steve Warren! Several have been evacuated. We are hearing conflicting stories about the house of one family. Praying for safety and a quick end to the fires!

Prayers For Colorado

Many of our speech/debate/communications families live in Colorado Springs - in the area of the fires. They are pictured in this photo. We are concerned that one of the families may have already lost their home, others have been evacuated and are awaiting news. Please lift a prayer for these people we love so much! For their safety, for their homes, for their jobs, for calm and peace. Please pray for the firefighters, for wisdom and equipment and abundant supplies of water. Pray for rain, no wind, stamina, strength, and success. Thank you - we are drying out here in Florida from our floods. Our focus is now on our friends and family in Colorado.


(I made this collage to be my cover photo on Facebook. That would explain the open space towards the left bottom - room for my profile pic.)

The Makings of a Great Simulation

At Ignite, 2012, the Institute For Cultural Communicators welcomed the participants with one awesome simulation.
What do you need for an awesome simulation? A great plotline and some incredible interns, prospective interns, and
recommended staff assistants!

You start with a welcoming committee :),

some assistants,

some crazy makeup,

and some crazy characters.

You rehearse your storyline and get into position . . .

. . . and take advantage of a photo opp while you wait for the students to be escorted in.

Beef up your welcoming committee/security force . . .

. . . and get ready!

Wait a minute! He's one of the good guys!

Did I mention the crazy makeup?

Well, you've got to have some crazy hair, too!

Then, bring on the guinea pi ...uh, i mean, bring on the students!
Great job planning this activity, interns!

Ladies 50's Luncheon at ICC's Winter Ignite

What's that you said??? A ladies luncheon??? I haven't a thing to wear!

(The 50's Ladies Luncheon. Sweet! Let's get started with a little 50's lingo!)

No threads to wear? Well, maybe this lady could help you get in the mix with some lid advice :).

Gotta be hip with the grooviest peepers!

Have you picked out a sharp set of earth pads yet?

Time to get all dolled up!

We set a cool blanket . . .

. . . and some rockin' bee sticks.

Cast an eyeball on these getups :).

The joint was cranked!

Zoot suits were far out!

Hip cats dug the vibes. (Hahahaha! Mrs. Moon is a hip cat :))

Hangin' with the cool cats!

These two rocked a little jitterbug.

Everyone had a blast at the bash! It was like, crazy man!

ICC 2011 The Future Is Now Evening Program

The 2011 Institute For Cultural Communicators Intern Team with the author and director of the 2011 The Future is Now Evening Program.


Yes, they are quite a serious, professional bunch :).
Their mission is to reach as many students across the United States as they can,
and equip them to get out the message of Jesus Christ through communications skills.

At the parents' commissioning weekend, we got to attend the national debut of the Evening Program.

One of the literary pieces they presented was Cindermaid - the original version of Cinderella.




(A birdie in the tree.)

The children's story this year is Barrie's Peter Pan.

Wendy, with Smee and Captain Hook. In the background, lost boys and a really cute pirate - who happens to be my daughter Kali :).

The last piece they presented was called Hope and Despair. 






It was a great program and the interns did a marvelous job!


God has much in store for this group this year. Praying for the team as they are touring across the country, teaching classes and presenting this program. For more information on a conference in your area, you can contact me or you can see the ICC website here.