INVITATION: Memorize 100 Bible verses in 1 year

     Okay Diana, I'm in. I expect it will mean reviewing verses I learned at Multnomah Bible College umpty-ump years ago. I was torn because I had just determined to start memorizing verses in Spanish. But I realize I can do both. When you post the verse on your blog, I'll just take the reference to http://www.biblegateway.com/, scroll down through the translations, click on La Biblia de las Americas, and memorize that instead.
     For those of you who don't know about this, but are intrigued by the idea, check out Diana DePriest's blog, My Walk of Faith or her Facebook. Then, summon all your wandering IQ points and get ready. We start in ten days.

     Question: Do I get extra Brownie points for learning them in Spanish?

Eggs Benedict on our balcony

What would we have to pay for a room with a view like this? Thank You, Lord!

Beautifuller and beautifuller

     Indulge my obsession with this tree. I was wrong again. It's still peaking! Our friend Tom, who lives with us, planted tomatoes and zucchini around its base earlier this summer and has watered them religiously. The crepe myrtle has never been so ecstatic!

To those on the East Coast

We're praying for all of you in Hurricane Irene's path!

Former Iranian radical makes angels happy

Why I renounce Islam and choose Christ  Pray for Reza Kahlili, our new brother in the faith.

Our crepe myrtle is peaking!

New photos added.
     I guess when I posted the pictures of our crepe myrtle blooming back on July 30 it hadn't peaked after all--because look at it now!

Crepe myrtle in our back yard from neighbors' front yard.

Their bouganvillia is in foreground. (Our house is on the right.)

View from our bedroom balcony.

We have been  enjoying meals on the patio under this magnificence.

Two neat opportunities

     1. HARVEST http://www.harvest.org/crusades/2011/anaheim/ Harvest just ended at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, California but if you weren't there, you still haven't missed it! You can watch all three nights of wonderful music, stories and interviews with people like Bethany Hamilton, who still wins championships for her surfing despite losing one arm to a shark, plus powerful, personable messages by Greg Laurie. (There will be another Harvest at 6 PM on Sept. 10 at the Dodger Stadium in L.A. See http://www.harvest.org/crusades/2011/los-angeles/get-involved/upcoming-meetings.html  You need to get there 3-4 hours early, if you can.) 
     2. METAMORPHOSIS www.illustramedia.com has just produced a beautiful documentary, Metamorphosis: The Beauty and Design of Butterflies, filming the transition of a caterpillar becoming a butterfly inside the chrysalis, evidence of intelligent design. You can read about it, see a trailer, order the DVD and/or--if you live in Southern California-- attend the premiere screening in Fullerton on Sept.17. 

See you on Sept. 10th at Dodger Stadium in LA and September 17th at Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton!