The Transfer.

Transfer 2013.

Location: Orlando, Florida at Rosen Shingle Creek Resort

The Speakers:

(some of our favorites)

Sinclair Ferguson. A Scot and a passionate follower of Christ.

Ian McConnell--a young pastor with a heart for the Lord.

CJ Mahaney: Author, Preacher, and very talented with sharing the gospel.

Some Assorted Pictures

Another perk was that Daniel got to take off and come to the conference with us! :)

a gigantic and legit bird cage in the lobby of the hotel!

Every worship time was such a blessing to us all.

We wouldn't have been here, were it not for the generosity and support of Rebekah and Abigail!

A new, and very fun friend, Ashley. :)

I can't scratch the surface of all the sessions that challenged me but I can say that God used this weekend to work in my life, and He showed me several new and exciting things about Himself. :) 

Have any questions about the conference (or anything else) PLEASE leave a comment and we will answer them the best we can!
(photo credit, Sarah Heffington and Miguel Gonzalez)

Chippokes: First Family Vacation in 6 Years! :)

First of all, we wanted to alert you that the Movie Quote Contest is going to remain open for entries until next Wednesday, May 29 so go ahead and check it out! Even you can only guess a couple, please enter!

As I said, the whole family (minus Daniel who is living/working in NoVa) went camping at Chippokes State Park, which is our first family vacation in 6 years! (And even then it's been 8 years for Sarah and I because me missed the last time, as we were away in New York visiting relatives) We all had a lovely time after the first day and a half in which it rained cats and dogs and thundered half the time. Our tent was the perfect habitat for a turtle, a newt, or any other amphibian or reptile who likes dampness in their bedclothes. :P Not knowing if it would rain on the second full day of camping, we headed to Williamsburg and lolled around there for the afternoon. At the Chipoltes Sarah and I saw two people who closely resembled some of our Romanian friends. Even though I knew they weren't the same people, I still got all excited and happy and bubbly over nothing. ;D

Sarah, Leah, and I had the HARDEST time putting together that screen tent. When we finally got it together, each admitted that logic had totally gone out the window....the pieces were all numbered but the sequence of putting them together was entirely random. Way to confuse us, tent manufacturer!

Chippokes is on the beautiful, moody, stately James River, and I always feel so at home there. I was able to snag a couple hours of complete alone-ness yesterday morning, and read a book, wrote in my travel journal, and wandered along the wild and tangled beach till I came to the far scoop of the bay where the rest of the family was fishing.

There were sweet moments...

And sleepy/grumpy moments...

 And of course, plenty of silly moments.

I seriously look like Dopey.

How attractive! ;)

On the ferry-boat, Pocahontas

I was feeding Levi honey-suckle. His first! He looks so much like a tiny baby frog! <3

Adding initials to the Sweetheart Tree. ;)

On the way home we stopped at College Run Farms for some of their homemade icecream. Best. Ever. Ohmygoodness.

Well, that was our weekend and we're home now with lots looming on the horizon! Have you ever been camping? Where is your favorite spot? Leave a comment and let us know! And while I'm at it, may I recommend Chippokes State Park? ;)

Movie Quote Contest!!! Come one, come all!

Since It's been FOREVER since we've done one of these, Sarah and I made a movie quotes challenge for you! The rules are simple: Don't Google it (or any other search engine for that matter), but you MAY ask family members for their opinion. For each quote you have two choices of movies. (The correct movie is shown, be assured.) Leave your answers in a comment and we'll announce a winner when we return from our family camping trip on Wednesday! We have chosen quotes from movies spanning from the 40's (or earlier) to movies that have come out quite recently. Your job is to choose which are which. :)

Ready?

Set?

Go!!!

1.) "Who's got worts?"

Pride and Prejudice 2005                                or The Sword in the Stone

2.) "What is this mania with the Oriental?"

Cranford

The King and I

3.) "Fried chicken just tend to make you feel better about life."

The Help

Gone with the Wind

4.) "Look, genius, you're part of a TV show."

Bolt

I Love Lucy

5.) Character One: "We read five times that you were killed, in five different places."
Character Two: "As you can see it was true every time."

Casablanca

Davy Crockett

6.) Character One: "Is that all you've got? A cheap trick and a cheesy one-liner?"

Character Two: "Sweetheart, that could be the name of my autobiography."

Iron Man 3

Star Trek

7.) "I'm a concert pianist...that's a pretentious way of saying I'm unemployed at the moment."

Singing in the Rain

An American in Paris

8.) "Cuz I out-rank you, that's why. Now stop beatin' your gums and sound the attack!"

Sergeant York

The Aristocats

9.) Character One: "Beautiful house. Sweet little...rabbit."
Character Two: "It's a hare, actually."

Amazing Grace

Miss Potter

10.) Character One: "...I fear you have burdened me with a debt I can never fully repay."
Character Two: "Nonsense. Name a shrub after me. Something prickly and hard to eradicate."

The Swiss Family Robinson

Master & Commander