TianhongShi

2011年8月29日星期一

Canal, Solar House, Windmill, Fireworks -- Celebrating Independence Day

July 2: we visited Delphi Canal Festival and learned how schools were run in rural areas in 1800s. It very much resembled what we saw in the "Little House on the Prairie" movie series. We learned how bricks were made. Joy bought one red brick home. We learned how glass jewels were made and how yarns were made. It was a fun trip. (Delphi is a small town about 30 minute's drive away from where we live). There used to be a functional Canal that went all the up to Lake Erie.

In the evening, we went to Purdue Campus to visit the Solar House. It is very interesting to see what a future house might look like. The Solar House tour only lasted about 30 minutes. The coolest part I learned is that you can turn on and off all your solar-powered devices in your home with a computer online application.

Then we went to a little town 30 miles north of where we live called "Fowler" or "the Windmill Town".
We were looking for the recycling station to see a blade of deserted Windmill. (My coworker gave me this information). We were lost and a police came to guide us there. The kids were amazed to see the real size of a blade. It is humongous.

7/5: All 5 of us went to watch Independence Day Firework over the walk-over bridge. I am very glad that Jianliang went with us. Joy took some picture of the fireworks. It turned out to be like some kind of painting.

Little House on the Prairie

June 2011: I was so busy at work for the whole month, I had no break, no time off. In the evening, I went to a nearby park or Joy's school's playground to play with the kids. And we watched many videos of the "Little House on the Prairie" series. I skimmed through a few of the books. The kids loved Laura's experiences. I think they got some history lesson this way as well.

Joy came out of mistake

May 2011: I misread the clock and we were at church one hour early on a Sunday in May. So I took the kids to visit the beautiful spring Purdue Campus. Joy started busy climbing up and down the big trees on the Memorial Mall right outside my office. I never realized that she like climbing tree so much. That morning God opened my eyes to see that how beautiful and lovely the kids are, just as the trees and flowers He created. I remembered how terribly worried and how hard I cried each time when I found out that I was pregnant with a child back in Utah. What a fool am I! If I had accepted the gifts from God gladly, life would be easier for me during those years.

It's hard to believe that one year passed by since I last posted to update my journey!

2010年5月19日星期三

满有怜悯的神

前面的几个星期我心里积累了对我的先生很多的不满。周日我在家指责他。周一我当着两位姐妹的面指责他，令他大怒。后来我就后悔，不该用这样的方式和他沟通。神是满有怜悯的神。就象在撒迦利亚书第３章所描述的：大祭司约书亚虽然满身污秽，神却怜悯他，赦免他的罪，洁净他，并给他戴上华美的头冠。神藉着姐妹们为我祷告，使我家的争站在第二天就平息了。感谢神的怜悯。