Happy Birthday to a Dear Mama

Happy 38th birthday Mama. We love you. I know we often don't realize how much you do for us but we want to thank you for the many things that you do 'behind the scenes'. Thank you for your love, consideration, wisdom, reminders, comments, and your good example. Thank you for memorizing so much scripture and so many songs with us. Thank you for forgiving us. (Even when your oldest daughter breaks your best teakettle and you know that you'll probably never get one like it again.) Thank you for being our teacher and being concerned about what we learn. Thank you for faithfully cooking our meals and washing our clothing.  Whenever I read Proverbs 31 (as I did this morning) I have to think of you. Here are some verses from that chapter which I think describe you: (after the picture.)

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband does safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool and flax and worketh (and worketh and worketh) willingly with her hands. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household. She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. She is not afraid of snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet (warm clothing {I am often thankful that you have taught us to dress warmly}). Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. (Behind every godly man, is a godly wife). Strength and honor are her clothing: and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. (And teaches her daughters to follow her example.) Her children arise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he trusteth in her. Many daughters have done virtuously but thou excellest them all. Favour is deceitful and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands: and let her own works praise her in the gates.
                                 Yesenia, For all the rest

Mama and Leandro. (six months)

Reading to the children.

Combing Elfrieda

Washing windows in spring.

Mama with her loved one at Basaseachi.

Groszmama and her youngest daughter, Mama

Our happy Mama.

                                     

In Alberta winds, with her daughters.

Our dear teacher.

Seamstress, a favourite pastime.

Making fruit cake with Imelda.

Kneading our daily bread.

Comments

Dear Readers,
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                                   Sincerely,
                                                 Yesenia

My 15th Birthday

Sorry for this belated post. It's actually written on the 19th.

 I don't feel that I'm fair to you readers if you don't get a post on my birthday although I do feel a little odd, doing it for myself.
Well, I'm 15 now. (Since the 17th). I had a wonderful birthday to say the least. In the morning, we went to the biannual Rummage Sale at the church across the street. We always enjoy going there and finding all sorts of cheap goodies. I enjoyed having it on my birthday. After cleaning up some of our goods, we carried on our regular day.
  In the late afternoon, we started cleaning up the house and making supper. We had invited Janice and Nacho, Grandma and Grandpa, and Eric and Anna. During our supper making process, Linda came in and gave me a bar of homeade soap and the book A Chance to Die, the Biography and Legacy of Amy Carmichael, by Elizabeth Elliot. I am really looking forward to reading it.  We had roast beef, mashed potatoes, corn, canned beets, and coleslaw for supper. YUM!! Anna is the cake decorator around here, so Mama asked her to make my cake. She did a wonderful job. I was happy.















Janice gave me the book Me? A Home Missionary? by Nichole Hiebert, a birthday record book,  and some decorations. As for Mama and Daddy, they let me order a violin for my birthday. I am very excited about it since playing a violin has been my dream for quite a long time.

Blowing....

Opening Gifts

Here's some news for today. We got a new table today. We also got the news today that Denny Kenaston has only a little time left to live due to a fast growing brain tumour. Your prayers would be very much appreciated. And to those of you who know them, Nicholas and Judy have a little boy since Monday.

Our table

Well I had better go,

                            From a 15-year-old blogger,
                                                                       Yesenia
P.S. Here's a link for a birthday posts by my cousin for me. By Jonathan

At Baseachi, a 1000-foot waterfall in Mexico.

With some of my 2nd Cousins in Mexico.

Sisters are the best of friends

I love Elfrieda

Puzzling with one of the best boys I know.

Writing Journal, a Daily thing

Canning our daily bread, Beans.

Being Elfrieda's teacher

My 14th Birthday with Cousins

Mowing with Leandro

Sisters

Barbecuing 

Daily Life

Disappointment and Joy

  This week has been a week of joy and disappointment. We were planning on going to Great Falls MT for some shopping this weekend but then Mama caught a head cold and was in bed all day Thursday and some of yesterday. We didn't want to go when she wasn't feeling well so now we pushed our shopping trip off till next weekend. It was quite a disappointment since we were looking forward to going for almost a month or maybe over. We children were hoping so much that Mama would be better on Friday and we could still go that we cleaned the house all by ourselves and made carrot and banana bread. But we accepted the disappointment and are looking forward to next weekend.
  One joy is that I passed my learner's test yesterday. I am very glad to have that over and done with. Now every time I look at my learner's book I can breathe a sigh of relief instead of "I should take that learner's test". I only had two wrong out of the five I can have wrong. I wasn't looking forward to driving very much but I'm actually starting to get excited.
Last weekend we went to Two Hills. Grandma and Grandpa are living there to help start a church. We had a very good weekend (except the driving was a bit long {5 hours one way})
  I really enjoyed the youth girls they have there. I didn't know what I was missing with not having a bunch of youth girls at church. But we still have fun, right Elizabeth? I'm glad to have you back again. Looking forward to Sunday.
 Well, I guess I should help with the Saturday cooking so,
                                                                                    till next time,
                                                                                                            Yesenia
                                                                                                    (your very faithful blogger Smile.)
BTW Can't you get the math?

Prayer Request

Dear Blog Readers,
Prayers would be appreciated for Kathy Hofer. She is flying to Romania today to work in a hospital and preschool for two weeks. Pray for health and strength for her.
 Kathy has lived at our house for two years but now she has been living in Manitoba for almost 2 years. She has wanted to go to Romania for a long time so we hope that she will be able to enjoy it.
                                                    Thanks for your prayers,
                                                                                         Yesenia

More Math

Good afternoon blog readers. It is a very beautiful afternoon in southern Alberta with our warm weather coming back.
 Yesterday we had Janice and Nacho over and since they started the blog that I linked you to, we were talking about blogs. Joshua let me know that he would like some more math challenges so here you go. I'll give you one example and then one problem.
 EXAMPLE: Find three consecutive odd integers such that 4 times the first is 14 less than twice the sum of 2 and the third.
             N, N+2, N+4,                            So the Integers are -1, 1, 3
             4(N) + 14 = 2(2 + N+4)         4(-1) +14 = 2(2 +3)
             4N + 14 = 4 + 2N +8             -4 +14 = 4+6
             4N +14 = 12 +2N                    10 = 10
         _____-12__-12__________          
             4N +2 =2N
        __-4N       -4N             
                  2 = -2N
Okay, now here is the problem:  Find four consecutive even integers such that -6 times the sum of the second and fourth is 8 less than 11 times the opposite of the third. Please comment for your answer. I hope that I made sense to you.
                   Yesenia