Mary Jamison had a relatively happy life on her family’s farm in Pennsylvania. Until a band of warriors broke into their house and took everything, including Mary. They traveled with her to a Indian village - right where New York now is. Separated from her family and everything she is used to, Mary must learn to adapt to the Seneca ways. Although the Indians are nice to her, Mary misses her family horribly and tries to run away several times.
Living with the Indians, she learns many things about plants and animals, and how to live in harmony with nature. Finally a opportunity to go back to the world of white men arises. Will she stay with her new brothers and sisters, the Indians, or will she go back to the world she once knew so well?
It wasn’t my favorite writing style, as it seems to fit two different emotions on each page. Other than that, excellent. Its based on a true story.
Singing Christmas Carols in Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve was interesting and mostly enjoyable. The square was packed with Arab men, hardly a women in sight. When some teens came up from behind Nathan and untuned his guitar while he was playing it, he gracefully turned it into a drum. When other boys were getting too aggressive with making sexual faces at Renae, Karen pulled her in close and returned a glare only a protective mother could give, asking, “Don’t you have a sister?” in an attempt to shame them. Many, if not most, Arabs in Bethlehem understand English because their livelihood depends on the tourist trade. Despite these uncomfortable instances, the time was great fun and many gospel tracks in Arabic were handed out.
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“I want to know you more” sung in Spanish at the Santa Ponsa Community Church, on the island of Mallorca, Spain, January 27, 2008, evening meeting. An hour or so before the service, Pastor Rafael mentioned that he didn’t think he had anyone to lead worship. Karen and Nathan quickly put a Spanish set together and were delighted to help out. Usually the church has plenty of talented Calvary Chapel College students to lead but the semester wasn’t starting for a few more days and most had not yet returned from Christmas break. Pastor Rafael is an excellent teacher in both English and Spanish. We had a great three day visit before flying onto Madrid. It is so nice to have family where ever we land.
Sam Vimes, The main charictar of this story, was chasing a ruthless villian on the rooftop of the library of the Unseen University when suddenly he falls through the roof and gets thrown back in time. He meets his younger self, and sees a lot of his comrads, but they don’t know him, and they are a lot younger. He gets mistaken for his former commander, the man who taught him how to be a good watchman.
The city’s on the brink of revolt, there’s a curfew, the police are corrupt, and that killer he was after him in the future is with him here in the past, which is now the present…sort of. Now all Vime has to do is figure out how to get back home-but first he has to change the outcome of a horrible revolution. There’s a problem, though: if he wins, he’s got no wife, no child, no future…
Great plot, makes you think, and you can’t tell what the ending is going to be.
The Todd family sets out from Arkansas on the two thousand mile journey across rough terrain. There are hostile Indians to worry about, and horrible diseases to worry about. There true pioneering must come to light, or , well… they will die. With winter coming on, and the lots of mountains to cross, the journey seams more and more difficult. Will the Todd family make it?
Its a good introduction to the Oregon trail.
David Wilkerson was inspired by God to help gang members in New York, armed with the simple message of God’s love and the the promise of the Holy Spirit’s power. He fights against such things as prostitution, Violent gangs ruled by warlords and drug pushers.
Very good, One of my favorites. Its inspiring. P.S. There is practically a miracle every 10 pages or less, and this is a true story.
A science fiction book about a girl named Pattie and her family who are the last of a dying human race on earth. They land on a distant planet that the youngest names shine. Their iron supplies (thats what they eat) are dwindling, and the planet seams to not support life. their lives suddenly seem in jeopardy. There is a box of death pills that seem kinder than starvation, and as time goes on, the last humans begin to think about taking them. Pattie and her sister decide to take the one chance that might make life possible on Shine.
This book is O.K. My favorite part about it is that you don’t know what the ‘green book’ actually is until the last page, and the green book is really quite interesting. ps: its short, 69 pages.