The first installment in my series “Our Heritage” appears in the June 3ABN World magazine. I wanted a creative introduction to this first story, and this is what I came up with:
I stand at the edge of a small lake. It’s quiet here—a good place to meditate, to think. As I skip a rock across the water, I notice the ripples. At each point where the stone strikes the surface of the lake, waves radiate outward. Together they look like a series of points, each sending out signal waves in every direction. In a sense, that’s what this series is about. Our Christian heritage is a string of pivotal events, each with its own lasting repercussions in the stream of time. It’s a story that inspires me every time I think of it.
I thought it would be cool to add a little thumbnail illustration. I tried to look for stock photos of a rock skipping across a pond, but couldn’t find any. So Adam and I headed down to the nearest little pond, and this is what we got:
The original photo:
Unfortunately, despite numerous attempts, we couldn’t quite capture the feel of skipping stones. The surface of the water was really icky. We did get some nice splashes, but they just didn’t look like what I wanted to convey.
Add “Pond-Scum-Be-Gone” (aka, Photoshop):
Ripples:
A nice reflection:
Some nice early morning mist, and we’re done!
On May 11, after leaving my mom’s place, I headed to the Indian Creek Camp for the wedding of Erin Worf and Chris White. Erin was one of my regular weekend buddies when she was living in this area for a while. Her dad works at 3ABN.
The hall was decorated really nice. Lots of lights, candles, lanterns, and greenery. There was beautiful music playing too; I later learned the album is called “Celtic Wedding.”
Two bridesmaids; two groomsmen. One of the bridesmaids sang I song a really like, “Bless the Broken Road.”
The sermon:
The kiss:
The cake (decorated with rose petals):
A special presentation in honor of the mothers (it was Mothers Day):
Happily ever after:
This past weekend, April 9-11, I went to Tennessee to visit my mom for Mothers Day. We had a nice time. We went for a walk Sabbath afternoon. In the evening I presented her some small gifts I had bought while in Sweden, and then we played two 3-round games of Boggle. (I won both times. Sorry, Mom!) Sunday we went to Wal-Mart and bought some mulch and flowers (creeping phlox), and I helped her mulch around her house. I had to leave at around 11:15 a.m., to make it to the wedding.
This is Violet, about one year old now. My mom has been babysitting her occasionally for some months now. My mom purchased this dress for her, so she would have something special to wear to church.
Tishka:
As I mentioned on April 30, I am now the happy owner of a 2005 Prius. I have never had so many people asking me about my car. Once even a stranger at a gas station asked me about it (and I’ve only been to a gas station about five times since I’ve owned it!).
One of the most common questions is what kind of mileage I’m getting. So far it is about 45-50 mpg. But on a recent trip, there were 15 miles of mostly downhill driving in which I was getting 75-100 mpg. (You can watch a running mpg meter while driving.)
The built in GPS navigation works well, but is not perfect. It successfully got me to the wedding this past Sunday, even showing me all the little back roads at the private SDA campground where the wedding was. On the other hand, it gave me wrong or confusing directions later, causing me to miss an exit that I wouldn’t have missed if I had simply followed the handwritten directions I had with me. (In my experience, this seems to be the case with any GPS navigator. You’re always better off if you start out knowing where you are going. But in a pinch the instrument can be very handy.)
Here she is:
Pretty roomy for a car this size:
The white box on the left is the battery box:
Loma Linda gets a passing (1 second or so) appearance in a CNN video about coyotes attacking small children.
Although it is not named in the news commentary, the above picture comes on for a brief moment while talking about a girl who was taken to the emergency room after a coyote attack.
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