House Plans

 House plans found here.

Garden

 

Cambridge

Pictures as I randomly walk around:

I love the way this tree is growing along the building:

It was a gorgeous day when I went out to the American Cemetery in dedication of Americans that died in WWII:

I took some videos below of the landscape and the chapel below (press play on each video):

Corporate Confession of Sin

Adapted from the 1585 Reformed Liturgy of the Palatinate:

I, a poor sinner, acknowledge before you, my God and Creator, that I have terribly and in more ways sinned against you, not only outwardly, but much more with inward blindness, unbelief, doubts, despondency, impatience, pride, covetousness, envy, hatred, malice and other sinful affections, as you, my Lord and God, know well, and I cannot deeply enough deplore.  But I repent of these things, and am sorry for them, and heartily ask you for mercy, for the sake of your beloved Son Jesus Christ.  Amen.

The Happy Man

My good friend Jason shared this with me. My spirit could only say "Amen" and moved me to share it!

The Happy Man
by
Lachlan MacKenzie

The happy man was born in the city of Regeneration

in the parish of Repentance unto life.

He was educated at the school of Obedience.

He has a large estate in the county of Christian Contentment,

and many times does jobs of Self-denial,

wears the garment of Humility,

and has another suit to put on when he goes to Court,

called the Robe of Christ’s Righteousness.

He often walks in the valley of Self-Abasement,

and sometimes climbs the mountains of Heavenly-mindedness.

He breakfasts every morning on Spiritual Prayer,

and sups every evening on the same.

He has meat to eat that the world knows not of,

and his drink is the sincere milk of the Word of God.

Thus happy he lives, and happy he dies.

Happy is he who has Gospel submission in his will,

due order in his affections,

sound peace in his conscience,

real Divinity in his breast,

the Redeemer’s yoke on his neck,

a vain world under his feet,

and a crown of glory over his head.

Happy is the life of that man who believes firmly, prays fervently,

walks patiently, works abundantly,

lives holy, dies daily,

watches his heart, guides his senses, redeems his time,

loves Christ, and longs for glory.

He is necessitated to take the world on his way to heaven,

but he walks through it as fast as he can,

and all his business by the way is to make himself and others happy.

Take him all in all, in two words,

he is a Man and a Christian.

The Gospel

I haven't heard such a thorough preaching of the Gospel like this:

The first time I had heard of Steve Lawson was at last year's Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals conference. But praise God for his thorough message. Every preacher should be preaching the Gospel like that!

Wales

I know this has been long overdue ... my pictures at Wales and just in time before my next trip there! Hahaha. So without further delay, here is the coast of Wales ... think this was around the Mumbles:























Looking toward America. :o)














Terry and Rita walking along my view. :o)




This was taken as we were on our way to Brecon Beacons National Park .. or maybe we were already there and just driving through. :o)
It's common to see sheep walking freely on common land.










Brian and Terry taking turns sitting on the a stored preacher's chair. :o)





They took me to St Fagans National History Museum, where they show how welsh lived over past centuries.

The post office:

Museum guide sitting by the fireplace.
Nice Welsh cabinet.

Hay roofing!


Rita, Audrey and Brian speaking with a museum guide.



How the house looked like on the outside. See the hay roofing? :o) Apparently there were still some construction going on with scaffolding in view.
Apparently the Welsh found entertainment in cock fighting. This is the mini-stadium.

General stores
Their hardware store
Their grocery store
And believe it or not, this is their pigsty. looks like a huge beehive to me! OK, maybe a beehive made out of stone! :ob
Some theology books ...





OK, I like sheep ... so I take many pictures of them!

This one just kept staring at me. :o)

Some Catholic church. They seem very simple compared to your average Catholic church.






In Spain, they have the running of the bulls. But in Wales, they have the running of the sheep!


An old school house.

This is where I stayed, at Rita's house, who is the perfect host!
Back yard view
Some pictures I took on the train ride back to Paddington to eventually catch my flight at Heathrow. One of the few sunny days there....