Books I Like - Waiting For Her Isaac

 

I just read a wonderful book called "Waiting For Her Isaac" by Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Castleberry. 

"Sixteen year-old Beth grant is quite happy with her life and has no desire for any changes.  But God has many lessons in store before she is ready for courship.  The story of Beth's spiritual journey toward godly womanhood is told along with the story of her courtship."

"Waiting For Her Isaac" encouraged me very much!!  It talked about trusting in God through all circumstances, honoring your father, and protrayed courtship in a very good light.  It didn't seem weird that their parents were totally part of it, or that they didn't talk about silly little things, but about what would happen if they did marry.  I was also encouraged to save even my thoughts - that I don't think about any boy I notice!

I would defiently suggest this for any girl highschool age and up!  You can buy it at http://www.castleberryfarmspress.com/  They have also written two other books about courtship - I hope to read them soon!!  But if you're not in that age group or are a boy, there is also...

Jeff McLean: His Courtship

(about courtship for boys)

or..

The Farm Mystery Series

(for younger kids or read-aloud-to-the-family.  There's no murders!)

They have also wrote "Call Her Blessed", for mothers.  "The Delivery", for fathers.  "The Orchard Lane Series", for ages 5-10.  "Our Homestead story: The First Years", about the Castleberrys. 

Thank you for reading!! 

Blessings, Amber

Mother's Day

How was your Mother's Day?  Our's was very fun, even for us kids!  We planned a special tea for Mom of:

Tea (of course)
Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Blueberrie Muffins

Pasta Salad

Raspberries & Watermelon

Carrots & dip

Rice krispie bars

Anna and I had loads of fun planning, and I think we came away with ideas that it would be fun to have our own tea room or bed & breakfast! :D
And then that evening we went out to Perkins for dinner and also got ice cream at DQ.
Then today we went to a tea room and store.  The food is really great at the tea room (more like a cafe), like I had said to Mom - "I wonder if there is anything here that isn't good".  And the shop is so fantastic!  It is just full of fun, old - fashioned things, we always come out of there feeling girly, with creative thoughts running through our brains, ...and wanting a thounds dollar shopping spree!! :D
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Hope you have a wonderful, girly, vintage, one thousand dollar shopping spree sort of day!!
~Amber

Rain Day

Rain = Overflowing rain barrels = Loads of puppy fun

MACHE 2010

MACHE stands for Minnesota Association of Christian Home Educators, and each year they have a conference with lots of speakers and books for sale!!  And this year was extra fun...
It was actually Anna and my first time going to MACHE and we worked at the keynote speaker's booth -Sermon on the Mount.  He takes horses and uses them to talk about Christian character traits and such.  Well, at the booth we sold his books & DVDs, filling out the forms and informing people about his things, fetching things from the back and restocking them.  The first day was busy, but we did have lull times to shop around or get caught up at the booth.  But the next day was like a rush that never ended!!  We were sooo busy, I think that has been the most sales they ever had!  It was a crazy couple of days, we got to go in the "authorized only" section :), the Mallys were there, and Mom got to wait on Mr. Mally. 
And Sermon on the Mount was soo nice, they let us take home some things for free, and then I guess we didn't take enough because just a couple days ago we received a box in the mail with even more things!!  That was very nice!!
Anna and I at the booth.
We didn't have much time to spare, but I did get to meet one of my favorite authors - Lois Walfrid Johnson!!
Thank you for reading!
God Bless, Amber