Sabbath at home

I love this video about keeping the Sabbath at home.   As much as I love singing in the choir or teaching children about the Lord or being convicted in my spirit about some new concept that the Lord laid on the pastor's heart, keeping the Sabbath at home with my family is oh so wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope that you can begin to grasp how much this means to me by listening to these deep thoughts.

HAPPY SABBATH TO ALL!

 Dawn

Late notice

Hi everyone,
I've never posted from my iPod before so this definitel will be short. It's just that time has slipped away from me. I
said to the boys at supper that it's probably too late for this but they said that they disagreed.
Anyway, our friend Chris is hosting an Appleseed at his place this weekend.
The boys decided to stay home because the Keister family is leaving us early next week. We're having a farewell party for them on Sabbath. We all think that the Appleseed project is great but we cannot have our friends leave us without one more day together! It
Makes my heart ache to think of
No more tea parties with Sarah!
Well, if you'd like to get in on the last Appleseed shoot of the year in ND, you'll need to register at the site which is listed on my sidebar. This is a great program which teaches us the value of freedom and how to preserve it! If you can't attend, then please keep the shoot in your prayers. Please keep the Keister family in your prayers and us too as we learn to let them go!
OH HELP!

A wonderful trip

Canada was beautiful this time of year.  The leaves were just lovely everywhere and it felt much like home to me until I saw this gas station sign,

 and this highway sign with Canada on top.  All of the speed limit signs are in the metric system which surprised me the first time that I saw the speed limit was 100.

 Many of the stores have names like KING, QUEEN, PRINCE, and PRINCESS as I captured in this "Princess Auto" sign.

 Elizabeth just loved this rounded building in Winnipeg.

 Here is my dear friend with her daughter and grandson in our classroom.  When it was all over I realized that I did not take any other pictures of our classroom for some odd reason.  It was a nice hotel and everyone was very friendly and helpful.

 On Sunday at break, Elizabeth came in all excited to show me a picture.  She had taken an up-close photo of this sign which you can see says, "Kintyre Street."  We knew that our hotel was located on Portage Avenue but did not realize that it's intersecting street was Kintyre Street. 

We just HAD to get a picture of me under the pole.  I said to Elizabeth, "That just goes to show that, no matter where you are, you can always be at home."  When she ended the AT HOME with me, I teared up with joy.

 The class was fantastic--that's all I can say.  As the instructor spoke, and explained the new techniques, I kept thinking of different people whom I work with that this could help--including me.  You may recall that the reason I went into BodyTalk in the first place was to save my life and my never-ending pursuit of good health will never leave me I am sure.  That's why it's so exciting to keep gaining in my knowledge of how the human body works. 
I'll speak more on the different techniques as I learn them better.  Suffice it to say that most of the class was lecture time.  I kept hoping that we'd get time to practice the techniques, like we do in the earlier modules, but there was just so much to cover.  After all, I have the rest of my life to perfect my use of the new techniques.
On Sunday night, after eating out of my cooler for 3 days, I was eager to get out and eat a warm meal.  The class coordinator recommended the restaurant that we went to and I was so glad.  I can honestly say that I have never had a finer waiter--we all just loved him!!!!!!!
  Several of the ladies ordered ribs--the house speciality.  When Willy came with the ribs, he asked the ladies if they wanted bibs and they thought he was joking but he was NOT.  I asked him if he minded my taking a picture of him tying on Sandra's bib, but he didn't, hence this shot.  I truly think that this was the most pleasant meal of my life, even though I stuck to GAPS.  I had a wonderful Ceaser salad with sliced chicken breasts and said, "Hold the croutons" which they did.   

 Melissa and Sandra were my 2 roommates and we got along fabulously.

 Here are Elizabeth and Esther with their bibs on.  If you look closely, you can see baby Joseph too.

 After supper, Elizabeth showed us a wonderful wool hat that she treated herself to.  Being she was a monitor (one who had taken the class before), she spent some of her time in shopping for little Joseph and she found this wonderful, "Dream-come-true" hat.  I was so happy with her as she has "Always wanted" a wool hat and finally she got her wish.

 This is what our hotel looked like when we got back to it after our fabulous meal after class was over.

 Early the next morning, we packed up the vans and headed out of Winnipeg.  I caught a few pictures of it's loveliness.

 There were hanging basket s of petunias EVERYWHERE!  I wondered how they kept them from freezing.

 Here's my chauffeur.  :)

 There was a sweet little town that we went through called, Holland. This real windmill was on it's outskirts.

 How would you like to do your shopping in THE GROCERY BOX?  Eli and I both thought that this was such a cute name for a grocery store.

 This is the last photo that I have of Canada.  It was so lovely with it's Fall colors.  Driving in the hills all decked out for a gay party reminded me of that drive 5 years ago through the Turtle Mountains with our mutual friend, Paulette.  My how time flies.

It was a treat to visit my dear friend, Carol B after we left the Hansons in Rolla.  Then I dropped Melissa off at her house north of Rugby; got gas in Rugby; and made the roughly 3 hour journey with ease.  I was so excited to have learned so much that can help so many people and I was floating on a cloud.

It's been fascinating to have these new links come up in my sessions.  I am so thankful to my family to cover things for me here while I was away!  Thanks guys!!!

Dawn

PS.  I'll write about our border crossings later as I am tired and I have an early client tomorrow morning.

Module 6

Well I'm off for Winnipeg this morning.  Please keep me in your prayers as I travel and learn new information.  Did you ever notice how learning is HARD WORK?  Also please cover the class with your prayers as we have had some opposition to it already.

I banged up my finger yesterday trying to fix the disc.  Let's put it this way, the disc still is NOT fixed and neither is my finger.  I am a little disappointed that I didn't get the field finished but God always has a reason.

I'm excited to say that I noticed this morning that my waistline is definitely shrinking and I'm not even on the full GAPS program yet.  I urge everyone to listen to the posts of Dr. McBride's wonderful GAPS program.  I am taking along my broth, lots of protein foods, and some frozen goat's milk.  I think I'll be OK as Elizabeth said last night that she and Esther are taking their food along too. 

Best get everything packed up and in the car.  OH I AM SOOO EXCITED to be able to spend 3 days with BodyTalkers again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To those whom I'll miss seeing at Harvest of Thanks tomorrow, I truly regret missing the day.  However, God has called me to take this class so here's a hug for all of you that I will miss seeing. 

Love to all God's people!

Dawn

PS.  Elizabeth told me last night that there are 33 people taking the class so it will be a big one!

Link that could change your life

Here's the link to learn more about the GAPS diet: http://gaps.me/.  I decided to post it separately so it's more noticeable.

Hope it helps!

Dawn

Dr. Mercola interviews Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride Part 6

Here it is, folks! This is the conclusion of the interview which has changed many lives already.  Once again, if you're joining me late, please go back a few posts until you find the beginning of this very important interview.

I have decided to plunge into GAPS when I get back from class next week.  In the meantime, I've been slowly changing my thinking about grains being "Indispensable" or even "Wonderful."  What is wonderful about a nearly 54 year upset stomach?

At noon I ate a bowl of beef broth as taught in the GAPS diet.  I also ate about a cup and a half of our small zucchini and crookneck squash sauteed in butter.  For desert I had a couple of the coconut balls that we found the recipe for in INTERNAL BLISS.  It is sooooooo wonderful to have less churning and I KNOW that I'm on the right track.  PLEASE consider making a study of the GAPS diet if you, or someone you love, has chronic stomach upset AND brain dysfunction of any type.  It's amazing how the 2 are linked.

Well, I have much to do but I am happy to say that I started packing as my clean things came out of the laundry.  I do believe that this is the earliest I have ever packed so maybe the GAPS diet is already helping my thinking too?  I just can't stand that feeling of not being able to decide what to do.

Well, I can tell that it's time to make supper.  I had 2 clients today, one brand new one.  Tomorrow I'm getting a brand new dog client so life is very busy and I just LOVE it!!!!!!!!  Early Friday morning, I'll be heading for the Scott and Elizabeth H. home and then I'll jump into their van and we'll be off for Winnipeg together for Module 6 or the BodyTalk protocol system!!!!

As always, I appreciate your prayers for safety for myself and my family as we do the work of the Lord.  Not everybody is actually excited about the work that we're doing but then, WE ALL GET OUR REWARDS IN DUE SEASON!

May God bless the faithful,

Dawn

Dr. Mercola interviews Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride Part 5

Hang on folks--there are only 2 more parts to this interview.  I hope, though, that you are finding this as captivating as I am.  I am so greatly encouraged, as I read in GUT AND PSYCHOLOGY SYNDROME, that my constant upset stomach will someday be a thing of the past. 

Please be in prayer for us.  Last week, when I was really mad at the goats for breaking down the electric fence AGAIN, I told the children, "I am selling ALL of the goats."

I reasoned that, now that I have the GAPS diet, I no longer need the goat's milk to help calm my digestive system.  "I can get along fine with cow's milk," I told Jacob and he, who has never been a great goat lover said, "GOOD!" 

Then, last night when I brought it up to the entire family that I am thinking of selling all of the goats and start drinking Sally's milk, Andrew snickered. 

I asked, "What's so funny?"

Robert chuckled then and said, "He was just telling me that he is thinking about selling Sally."

"OH NO," I groaned, "we can't be entirely without milk."

As I just listened to part 4 of this interview, I became absolutely CERTAIN that we will not be selling all of our milk producing animals around here.  My goodness, lacto-fermented dairy products are some of the BEST things to help heal a sick gut.  Now, which ones to keep and which ones to sell?  THAT IS THE QUESTION!

Love to all of you truth seekers out there,

Dawn

PS.  Have I told you how heavy my heart is to be loosing my friend, Sarah K?  They have accepted the call to a church in South Carolina where there are more home schooling families in the church.  Although I'm happy for them, I will soooooooooooooo miss Sarah.  Why did I think of this now, you might ask?  Because it is Sarah who told me about GAPS.  What a wonderful gift to share with a friend--thank you Sarah dear!