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Feb. 2007 Issue

School

By Melody Schamel

For our character study in February, we concentrated on diligence vs. slothfulness. Slothful people do not think they are slothful. Do you know what helps them become slothful? It's little surrenders like sleeping a little longer or thinking,"I'll clean that up later."

We studied the sloth. And do you know that some sloths can stay in one tree their whole lives? That's right! I don't want to live my whole life without seeing more and doing more!

Diligence is working like the ant or the beaver. The beaver works till the work gets done. That is like our family rule: Rule #1 The Work Gets Done!

A Stay at the Hospital

By David Schamel

One Monday at 3:00 a.m. I woke up. My knee was very painful and swelled up, so I woke up my brother. My knee hurt so badly that my brother gave me a piggyback ride to my mom. My mom gave me some medicine.

Later that day my mom took me to the doctor. They looked at my knee and sent me to the emergency room at the Parker Hospital. Then the Parker Hospital drew my blood and sent it to the lab at Children's hospital. After that, they took an x-ray and finally decided to send me downtown to The Children's Hospital (where I caught up with my blood)!

The next morning at 7:30 a.m., I went into surgery. They cut open my knee to drain out all the bacteria and gunk. My knee was very swollen! When we went down for the surgery, they gave me laughing gas to make me go to sleep and my dad made me giggle and it put me to sleep! When I woke up, I was in a room with dad and a doctor and we talked before they took me up to my regular room.

When my mom told the doctors that my cousin had shingles and I'd been exposed, I was put in a room by myself and couldn't go to the playroom! This got very boring! There was nothing to do but play legos (which made me miss John), watch animal planet, and watch movies.

The best part about being in the hospital was Stephani coming and giving me a whole duffle bag full of stuff! I also got flowers from my dad's business, and balloons and candy from my cousins, aunt and grandpa. Brother Ken also came to visit me.

On Friday night I finally got to go home. I never want to go to the hospital again!

GOD`s Animals

By John Schamel

Lately my brother and I have been taking care of our chicks.

When? Well, they were born on Saturday February 3rd and we received them in the mail on Monday February 5th when they were only 3 days old.

Did you know you can get live chicks in the mail? How can they stay alive when they are mailed? When the egg hatches, the chicks eat the egg white and they do not get hungry for 3 days. The 3rd day, they need fed, so we had everything ready when they arrived. Now they are 1 month old as of March 3rd.

How do they stay alive in the cold Colorado weather? Well, we had heat lamps that kept them warm, but they huddle together, and keep each other warm. When they become chickens, they have feathers, but when they are chicks they are fuzzy. Our chicks are getting their feathers. Chicks cheep until they are about three months, then they cluck. And you thought your voice changes!

I enjoy having chicks because they are cute and when they grow up, they give us good fresh eggs to eat! Taking care of chicks is hard work but they give us a chance to work on our diligence!

Travels to Tucson

By Ben Schamel

Our family flew to Arizona February 22nd - 25th. We went mainly to visit Brother Green in Tucson. Dad wanted to take us kids to spend time with him because of his experiences with Brother Branham. Brother Green was flying back from Germany when we arrived. He got back on Friday.

Thursday we flew into Phoenix and had dinner with some of our relatives. About 20 of dad's cousins met us at the Hometown Buffet to see us and their Aunt Carolyn (my grandma). I mostly talked with Stephani, which was nice since she works so much I don't get to sit and talk with her very often. I met about 3 cousins near my age. Since they are my dad's cousins kids, I guess that makes them my 3rd cousins.

The second day, we waited on Stephani's bag because it got lost from our flight to Phoenix. When we finally got her bag, we found out that it went to Texas! Then, we went to a cowboy show at Rawhide, a replica western town. We watched a guy do tricks with his gun. It was really cool! Dad bought us his DVD on gun slinging and I�ve been practicing. Mom says I can now twirl my toy pistol almost as good as John Wayne! (Maybe you can ask for a demonstration next time you see me.)

After that, we drove down to Tucson and had the evening meal with the Petersons. The Petersons are a home school family that attend Brother Green's church. Brother Green had wanted us to get together with them last time we were in Tucson, but we ran out of time, so we got together with them this trip. Mrs. Peterson made us a really good Turkey dinner. It was fun to meet with another large family. They have 7 children, but the two older boys were gone. Enoch, their younger son is about my age. We had fun playing games. We both listen to Jonathon Park and had fun talking about that.

On Saturday morning, our family went to an airplane museum. We saw fighter jets and a replica of the Wright Brothers airplane. It was interesting to learn about how Orville and Wilber maneuvered and steered their plane. They had a control in their hand to move up and down, and moved their body to steer side to side. We also saw some old presidential planes. Another plane could fly higher and faster than any other aircraft. The military used it to take pictures. On one mission, pictures were taken of an island. One picture showed the entire island, the next showed the military camp, the next was of a group of people standing around, then it zoomed in on the name tag on one of the men! These were all taken from really high flying really fast.

That afternoon, Brother Peary Green took us on a tour of the city of Tucson. He showed us where he had just had a wreck. He took us up on a mountain outside of town and showed us the surrounding mountains. He said that the first letters of the Mountains surrounding Tucson spelled C-H-R-I-S-T. We saw finger rock where the cloud came down over Brother Branham. The cloud could be seen for miles and was photographed by many people. The University there studied the cloud and said it was too high in the atmosphere to be a cloud.

Sunday morning we went to church and heard Brother Green tell about his mission trip to Germany. After church, we drove up to Phoenix in our rented 12 passenger van and flew home. Visiting is nice, but there's "no place like home".

In the Multitude of

Counselors

By Amber Schamel

I Kings 12

Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehoboam, "Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you." He said to them, "Go away for three days, then come again to me." So the people went away.

Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, "How do you advise me to answer this people?" And they said to him, "If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever." But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him. And he said to them, "What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, 'Lighten the yoke that your father put on us'?" And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, "Thus shall you speak to this people who said to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us,' thus shall you say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's thighs. And now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.'"

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, "Come to me again the third day." And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him, he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions." So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of affairs brought about by the LORD that he might fulfill his word, which the LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam hurried to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

Proverbs 15:22

1) We need counsel:

King Rehoboam's Father was the wisest man in the world, and yet he didn't heed the advise of his father's counselors. And look where it got him! Not only do we need to have mentors, but we need to choose them wisely. In most cases the best counselors are your parents. God put our parents in our lives to teach and protect us.

2) We need to pray for our mentors

No matter who it is, everyone needs prayer. As Christians we need to be praying for our leaders, our families, and our country. If the Christians aren't praying, then who is?

 I Thess. 5:17 says " Pray without ceasing." And I Timothy 2:1-2 says "I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

3) We need to become good counselors: Just as we need to have good counselors we need to be good counselors. Jesus picked 12 men and became their mentor. Those twelve men in turn spread Christianity throughout the whole world, wrote several books of the bible and, overall, changed the world. If you were to Mentor 12 people who would mentor 12 people, then after 4 generations you would have won 20,736 people to Christ. Imagine what an influence that many people could have in the world! This is the way God designed it to be.

Recently, we had the honor of having our father's mentor, Jeff Moore, and his wife in our home. And as the adults, and some of the young people as well, were gathered around the table listening to him, it filled our home with a godly spirit of respect and honor. Mr. Moore had a very large effect on my Father's life. He introduced the idea of home schooling, gave him many ideas that have helped him immensely in his business, and also helped him to realize that children are a blessing from the Lord. The influence Mr. Moore had on my Dad, changed his entire life. Our whole family was thrilled to have him in our home.

In my life, my parents have been my mentors. God has given me a dream of becoming a mentor not only to my daughters, but also to girls around the world. I want to show them that marriage is not a "Prison" and children are the greatest thing that could happen to you. I want to show them that a woman belongs in the home caring for her household, and it is not a curse; it is a blessing. By gaining a position in the workplace, we have lost the greatest influence we have as daughters, wives, mothers and sisters. I want to show the world that the only way to be truly happy, is by being the family God designed us to be. I hope to fill my life with many mentors, and to become one as well.

Duet. 4:5-9

Our Family Vision

Behold I have taught you statutes and judgments; even as the Lord my God commanded me. That ye should do so, in the land wither ye go, to possess it.

Keep therefore and do them, for this is your wisdom, and your understanding in the sight of the nations; Which shell hear all these statutes and say: Surely this great family is a wise and understanding people.

For what family is there so great that has God so nigh unto them as the Lord our God is in all these things that we call upon him for.

And what family is there so great that has statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law that I set before you this day.

Only take heed to thyself and keep thy soul diligently; lest ye forget the things that thine eyes have seen and lest they depart from thine heart all the days of thy life. But teach them to thy sons, and thy son's sons.