The Ort Family

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!

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

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)

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.

With our excellent instructor, Kathy Blankenship, who also became a dear friend.

Principles of Harmony graduates! (L-R: Alicia, Ana Marie, Courtney, Kathy, Jesse)

The classroom.

Our chord progression work.

More chord progressions...yes, it does make sense .

Working on assignments.

Assignments!

We girls decided to go outside for a change of scenery.

Working on the 13th floor one evening.

Discussing my final project with Kathy.

Our snack table

Working in the lobby one evening.

Enjoying the Blankenship's hospitality on a Sunday afternoon.

What every Harmony student loves seeing on his/her assignment: the green check-mark and smile!

The Blankenship family.

Encouragement on final exam day.

Working on my final project.

Composing for my final project.

My home for 6 weeks.

Trying to take some creative pictures.

Another one

Another

Entering my final project onto my laptop.

One of our last meals together.

Encouragement during Final Project week.

Singing my final project at the final concert.

Our class playing a hymn arrangement at the final concert.

Singing a blessing song for Kathy.

This is what greeted me in the morning on the 3rd of February!

Here, Kathy is teaching, and we are working with chord progressions on the board.

Here are the students of Principles of Harmony 1 with Mrs. Gomez and the Blankenship sisters. The Blankenship family had us all over to their home on Sunday the 15th. Their hospitality was a great blessing!

The Harmony class with Mrs. Gomez

My roommate and me at the Banquet

The Girls in Principles of Harmony 1

The view from the 13th floor

The view from my room yesterday afternoon. Aren't the clouds beautiful?

This is what I've been doing since February 2nd.

Couples Conference in Dallas

11 years at LEI - December 2008

11 years in America - Paul Stefan now LEI tech support

Assisting Daddy in his work

The Christmas fellowship of Grace Bible Church young adults (some not present)

Grace Bible Church goes caroling in the neighborhood.

We gave a plate of cookies to those who opened the door.

The LEI Falam Chin primer - ready for use!

We attended a wedding in Sapulpa, and this gazebo presented a pretty picture in the town.

Have you ever seen a wedding cake this nutritious? (No joke)

Spending New Year's Eve with friends and visiting missionaries.

Paul Stefan taking a turn in a unique game we played with the whole group.

Exhortation for the new year.

The clock strikes 12 - it's 2009!

Our first Saturday in January was a very busy day. First, we hosted a neighborhood brunch to get to know our neighbors better. It was a success, in our opinion, and we are glad that a good number showed up.

One of Peter's former lawnmowing customers enjoyed looking at his pictures.

After the brunch, we drove to Oklahoma City for an Institute in Basic Life Principles reunion.

The IBLP reunion.

After the reunion, Paul Stefan and I attended another meeting across the hall.

We learned more of what is going on regarding our freedoms, and how we can be vigilant to keep our government in its place.

One Thursday evening, Ana Marie enjoyed babysitting for some co-laborers at LEI while they attended a dinner for LEI directors.

Some friends and neighbors of ours host a yearly Christmas brunch, so we again walked the block to their house where we saw many friends and enjoyed their gracious hospitality.

A turkey dinner!...Notice the flower placed prominently on the table. I was amazed to find it blooming in our sunroom, but realized that it is so fitting for this time of year since lilies(a similar-looking flower) are used at the time we celebrate Christ's death and resurrection. The whole reason we can celebrate Christ coming to earth is His atonement for sins that sinners may be saved.

Paul Stefan helped me figure out how to play Barista .