Special people flashback
February 6th, 2010Updating our blog has not been our priority recently, as you can see.
Since our last post, we have had special times with special people – both at our home and in other states. Here are some of them:
August - AR - Georg and Martha spent a weekend in Hot Springs, and saw a friend while there.
August - AR - Georg was sung to for his birthday in Hot Springs.
October - Ana Marie and Paul Stefan attended the 90th birthday celebration for Alice Rice - wife of the late Rev. Robert Rice, founder of Literacy & Evangelism International.
October - WI - Georg and Martha attended the wedding celebration of Matt Stewart and Naomi Kamps.
October - TX - Georg and Martha attended Martha's High School reunion.
November - MO - We attended the wedding of Steven Loomis and Rebecca Serven.
November - We celebrated Thanksgiving with Martha's mother and brother's family at our home.
November - With Travis, our cousin who lives the closest to us.
November - Family members displaying a picture that Peter took and had in his gallery at a coffee shop for the month of October.
December - Peter Serven visited us on his way to MO from TX.
January - VA - Paul Stefan and Ana Marie enjoyed a few days at the home of the Roe family.
January - VA - Paul Stefan and Ana Marie at the wedding rehearsal dinner for Becca Green and Elliott Garber.
January - VA - With Elizabeth Kellogg, an excellent cellist who played with us for Becca and Elliott's wedding.
January - VA - Paul Stefan and Ana Marie with the Green Family and newlyweds Becca and Elliott after the wedding.
February - VA -Staying over after the wedding to spend time with friends (members of the bride's family) and new friends.
February - VA - The Wilkes family showed kind hospitality in having us over to their home for a visit.
February - VA - We spent a week in VA for the wedding and sightseeing, and met this sweet British lady who had come all the way from England for Becca's wedding.
International Literacy Training Institute 2009 – Tulsa
August 30th, 2009For 5 weeks, we were blessed to have a group of students from around the world attending ILTI at the LEI headquarters.
Congratulations to the ILTI 2009 graduates!
fellowship with students
Georg sharing a testimony during chapel time
Ana Marie teaching an introductory session for the Primer Construction module
playing music at the graduation luncheon
students singing in various languages at the graduation
Paul Stefan playing prelude music at the graduation
Ana Marie playing postlude music at the graduation
Public Testimonies
July 7th, 2009A month ago, the Grace Bible Church congregation gathered in front of the church building after the Sunday morning service to hear testimonies and witness baptisms of 9 brothers and sisters in Christ.
We should never be ashamed to own him as a brother whom God will own as a son.
Thomas Manton
Sinners are saved individually, but they are not saved in, or for, isolation, but in a way that binds them together as members one of another and makes them useful to each other.
H. Cartwright, Paper of the 1999 Youth Conference of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland – ‘What the Bible Says About Church Government’, F.P. Mag. Vol.112, No.8, August 2007
The following gave public testimony of the Lord saving them and then were baptized in obedience to Him. The Lord’s work is marvelous!
Tutor Training Workshop – May 2009
July 6th, 2009
eyes are opened to the words
read about Jesus
this is how to read
we practice teaching how to read
learners...teachers
now go change someone's life!
String Workshop – June 2009
July 6th, 2009
- String Workshop students and instructors (front row)
- watch yourself
- concentration
- masterclass with Larry Shapiro
- demonstration of consistent bow hold
some friends kindly hosted 5 of the students on Sunday
Paul Stefan and Ana Marie went on their first road-trip to and from Indianapolis – an over 10-hr. drive. There were some adventures along the way!
- driving home…running out of gas
- recovering
- driving through a storm
- something’s going on
- Fulton…we found out later that there had been a tornado there…around the time when we were driving through!
- beautiful
- our destination for the night…a welcoming home and hosts
- Lake of the Ozarks
- good reminder
Memorial Day with Friends
July 5th, 2009
the chef grills the meat
necessities
fresh stuff
meat to eat
fellowship is done well around a table
nothing like a cake decorating book for entertainment
talented brother...adoring sister
settling Catan
Spring 2009 – part 3
May 25th, 2009
The German American Society of Tulsa (GAST) hosted their annual German Fest.
Georg and Martha volunteered for a few hours in the kitchen.
Schnitzel (a piece of breaded meat), Kartoffelsalat (potato salad), Salat (salad), and Apfelstrudel (apple strudel)
Ana Marie turned 22 on April 26th.
Paul Stefan added to his library again 
.
We celebrated Mother's Day by going out to Souper Salad for lunch after church. A friend from church joined us.
Peter has talent in many areas, including ice cream sculpturing .
Our beautiful mother on Mother's Day afternoon.
Paul Stefan turned 20 on May 12th, but since he was going to be out of town then, we celebrated his birthday on Mother's Day. You guessed correctly - there are books in those packages!
Spring 2009 – part 2 – string workshop
May 21st, 2009Paul Stefan and Ana Marie attended a Creative Tension string workshop in Indianapolis from April 13 – 22. They worked on violin technique with Mrs. Gardner, who teaches students to play without wrong tension, thus producing an excellent sound.
all the students and teachers of the Creative Tension string workshop
listening intently to technique and practice explanations
Mrs. Gardner teaching
working on bowing wrist movement
Ana Marie with Christa - student of Mrs. Gardner and excellent practice assistant
Ana Marie with her roommates
Spring 2009 – part 1
May 20th, 2009No, this blog hasn’t died. The owners have just been busy! Here is the first of some picture post updates on our life in the past couple of months.
On March 21st, Paul Stefan and Ana Marie went to the Duggar Family book-signing event at Barnes and Noble here in Tulsa.
meeting Jinger Duggar (15 years old)
Check out the websites of the Duggars and their oldest son and his wife!
On March 27th, Tulsa received a blanket of snow.
the view from our front porch
Surprisingly, it snowed about 8 hours straight!
pretty design on a neighbor's shed
the view from a window
Recently, Peter replaced his red motorcycle with a yellow one.
On April 10, we attended a Messianic Passover Seder.
Our table at the Passover Seder.
The whole group at the Passover Seder remembering the payment Christ made for our sins.
We sang a song called Dayenu, and truly if you think about how undeserved any of God’s gifts are, it can and should kindle abundant gratefulness.