Old Paths Christian History Conference

This was the Battle Cry of the American War of Independence

http://www.abolishcompulsoryeducation.com/

Dinner with conference friends:

Vladimir told us about his grandfather,

the first Christian in his village,

who was tortured by the Communists.

Familiar View
Photo by Micah

Photo by Micah

Friends

Photo by Micah

Always Ready
Photo by Micah

Drama

Photo by Micah

Vladimir grew up in public schools in the USSR,

where they were taught to recite

"Linen was alive,

Linen is alive,

Linen will be alive."

Deer near the Cemetery

Eric Hovind is great fun,

teaching creation

or rubber band shooting.

He is so much like his dad!

With Magic (Our favorite arms trainer) and Sheriff Mack

Richard Mack recently won a Supreme Court case,

stating that the County Sheriff

has the authority over his jurisdiction

and is not obligated to obey or enforce

Federal directives.

Ed said, "I want this picture framed."

Produce at Cairn's Corner,

a 100 year old family business.

Shopper

Ben, Lance, Brian

Ben & Brian with us

Melody

Extracting Honey

De-capping

Honey Bees

Stung!

Unfiltered honey straight from the extractor

Un-capping

Filling a Barrel

Bush is a universalist?

A Future Family blog

Steven and Rebecca have started their blog, complete with a wedding countdown,

which is at this moment is: 26 days, 23 hours and 0 minutes!

We praise God for His work in this special couple.

http://srloomis.com/blog/

“He hath made every thing beautiful in His time. (Ecclesiastes 3:11)”.

Bringing Up Teenage Boys

Straight Talk to Moms and Dads

by Geoffrey Botkin

According to acclaimed American schoolteacher John Taylor Gatto, school harms boys far more than it helps them because it takes from boys the tools they need for critical thinking in the real world.

Says Gatto in his book Dumbing Us Down (1992; reprinted, New Society Publishers, 2005):

Around the year 1850 all the free-form, casual schooling that made our nation of farmers far and away the best-educated the world had ever seen was done away with in a series of strokes of the legislative pen.

In the 1860s, Herbert Spencer . . . pronounced government schooling a preposterous endeavor doomed to failure. He said that this would happen because it deprived children of raw experience and responsibility precisely at the moment their natural development demanded it, and that this experience and responsibility could not be made up for later.

“I feel ashamed,” states Gatto, “that so many of us cannot imagine a better way to do things than locking children up all day in cells instead of letting them grow up knowing their families, mingling with the world, assuming real obligations, striving to be independent and self-reliant and free.”

My purpose here is to help us imagine and pursue a better way.

Read the rest here:

http://www.homeschooltoday.com/news/175/23/Bringing-Up-Teenage-Boys.htm

Photo: Homeschooling Today Magazine

Subject: A Brief History of Government Immunizations

Ron Paul tells a great story of the Swine Flu Scare in the 1970’s. He and Larry McDonald, the only two MDs in congress voted against the regulation, because they did not believe government should be involved in telling people what they should do for their health care. It turned out they were right medically as well, Ron said that more people died from the vaccination than from the flu.

While vaccinations have helped in many circumstances, as all fans of Louis Pasteur have heard, they should be left to family and individual discretion, not to a Nanny State.

A Brief History of Government Immunizations

WRITTEN BY ALEX NEWMAN

TUESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2009 14:45

As the start of the federal government’s most ambitious vaccination program approaches, it is worth taking a second look at the history of similar campaigns in the past. Since most of the media and government health officials constantly laud vaccine successes, this article will dwell more on the stories that are not as widely disseminated.

http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/history/world/1875-a-brief-history-of-government-immunizations

Retreat Presentation

The Idiosyncrasies of Nox-4 Proteins in Rats

Half of the Audience

Dyes and Pumps

Almond Harvest

Campasina

Jackrabbit

Jackrunner

Man at Work

Gathering Almonds

Picking up the Missed Almonds

One Trailer Filled, One Not Needed

Discipleship

Monopoly

Practice

Morning Walk

Prayer for Safety

Keep on the Firing Line

Sisters

This one doesn't kick

See "The Last Defense:"

http://colonymovie.com/stings.html

Keep on the firing line.

Melody is ready.

Victor

Gina

Grego

David

Reload

Our Drill Master

Gina

Dinahmight

Our Annie Oakley

Reload

Weaver Stance

Daddy

Lance

"This is a funny one. My hair got stuck in the branches."

~Melody

Morning Walk

Fiona the Grand-kitten

Concrete Plans

Our Birthday Girl, Melody

Jodavid’s Birthday Letter to Melody

Melody is 15