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Welcome to our web site! I hope you'll find encouragement and a blessing here.
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March 2010
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YOU TUBE - 29 July 2009
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WHERE LIONS ROAR AT NIGHT
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Where Lions Roar at Night is an engaging book for the whole family to enjoy.
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But she never imagined that living the simple life would include mucking out a filthy water tank, gathering endless supplies of firewood, clearing the land and rescuing animals in a 'hundred year' storm.
Nor did she expect to hear deep groanings in the night...
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Recommendations
\"Where Lions Roar at Night is a truly wonderful story that will be loved by all ages. It has everything - animals, family drama, exciting adventures, pioneering spirit, disaster, triumph, laughter and tears, and a wonderful New Zealand flavour. A must read!\" ~ Cynthia Hancox, homeschooling mother, New Zealand \n");
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“This book is a winner! We devoured it as a ‘family read’ in less than a week. Many chores were left undone as my family pleaded for “just one more chapter, Mum!” again and again. We got to know each family member as a close friend, laughing at their antics, sharing their adventures with enthusiasm and their crises with bated breath. This is the captivating, real life story of a Kiwi family that every reader would want to know and be a part of, a family who cares for each other and shares each other’s triumphs and losses. It’s about creativity, making the most of life’s ups and downs, dancing in the puddles (or
canoeing in the floodwaters) on rainy days and living the great adventure with whatever’s at hand.
Where Lions Roar at Night is more than the New Zealand family biography that we’ve been longing to read, it’s an inspiration to families and readers of all ages. We can’t wait for the next installment!” ~ Jenni Anderson, mother
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THE GIFT OF VALUES ~ VOLUME 2
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Volume Two covers the following values:
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ENDORSEMENTS
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Joanne Van Vliet, New Zealand
Well done for writing such a readable, entertaining, honest and challenging book!
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\"Some would say values are better caught than taught. But both approaches are needed. It respects a child's intellect to explain clearly what generosity is, for instance, and why we should be generous. The Gift of Values is an excellent tool for teaching values. Use it while you also demonstrate consistency in living out those values before your children, and you will effectively pass on Godly values to the next generation.\"
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\"Family devotions should be an exciting time, a time that everyone looks forward to with great anticipation.
This book, The Gift of Values will help create such an atmosphere. It’s a fantastic book filled with inspiring stories, quotes, and wisdom, with lots of practical ideas. It is the best resource for family devotions that I have ever read. I only wish that I had had something similar when my children were growing up as I am sure I would have used it again and again over the years.\"
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THE HOUSE PROGRESS
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We set long tables up in the dining room/kitchen and lit them up with candles and lanterns. It looked like a medieval castle.
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SECOND EDITION OF THE GIFT OF VALUES~VOLUME ONE
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The Gift of Values ~ Volume One hard back edition was released
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AMAZON - I have just got my books on Amazon.com and would love any of you who have been blessed by either The Gift of Values or The Happy Prince to write a customer review! It only takes a minute and really helps with sales. Thanks.
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BARN NEWS
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We've had a week of rain and wind and the river is rising! The kids are delighted. Yesterday I heard giggles and peals of laughter coming from down by the river. I got my camera and put on some gumboots and crept up on them. There they were, swinging on the rope swing into the brown flooded river. And the river bank was one slippery, slimy mud slide. They showed me how they could have races sliding down the bank into the river. They were filthy!! But boy, they had fun. Chris and I took videos and photos. Made me think we all need to make time for mud slides somewhere in our busy lives.
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Great excitement for Milly - her milking cow, Blossom has just had a calf! She is red heifer and has been named Petal.
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Sir Francis Drake, Milly's Indian Runner drake died several months ago. The ducks became quite timid without him, and stayed around their pen most of the time.
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