A highlight for us was to hear and meet Joel Salatin (who introduced the idea of raising poultry in pens to us through his books), a third generation farmer from Virginia. A devoted Christian, Joel Salatin gave challenging messages inter-woven with practical advice and ideas. (He gave three different messages, and we had only planned on going to one, but after hearing it, we couldn't resist going to all three!!!! :)) After his sessions, we were able to meet him in person, and join several other people in further discussion.
In-front of the little river winding around the conference center!!!Through some dear friends of ours, we were hooked up with a wonderful Christian family living not too far from San Antonio, who graciously offered us the use of their guest house. It was wonderful to meet the Patty family, and we so appreciated their generosity in allowing us use of their home. Although our packed conference schedule did not allow for much time to visit, we enjoyed the time we did have to get aquainted. Thank-you Patty Family for housing us!!!!
After a long day of sitting, Dad and Noah let off some steam in a game of ping-pong!While in Texas, Elizabeth got to meet one of her pen-pals, who lived near the Pattys. Ruthanna attended the first night of session with us, and it was great to meet her!!!!! :)
Elizabeth and Ruthanna Prislovsky!To break up the 13 hour trip, we spent the night (both ways) with Aunt MaJana in Oklahoma City. We had not seen her for quite awhile, so it was great to see her and get caught up on all her recent happenings!!!!!!!
Noah, Aunt MaJana and Dad!!!! The Lord was gracious and gave us safe travels for the 26 hour round-trip! It was such a blessing to attend the conference and be so richly encouraged.
7 comments:
What a neat trip! That's great that you were able to go and be so blessed by your time and fellowship. The first picture is so pretty by the water!
(Noah! Stop growing up, seriously! You're taller everytime I turn around!)
Love you guys!!
Bryant,
Did you hear how we met the Bryant family (Tom and Dana) in Texas!??!?! It was funny, because Mrs. Bryant came up to me and said she recognized me, and she thought from the home-school convention in KC. I told her I hadn't been there, but as I got to thinking about it, she looked familiar too! So we were trying to figure out where she knew me from. I started talking to Sarah and we talked about a few things, and I mentioned that I liked the harp and that I had a friend from the KC area who had one! She said she knew you, and then Mrs. Bryant realized she knew me from looking at our blog (she found our blog through your blog!!!) And I figured out I recognized her from seeing her picture on your blog!!!! :0 Small world, isn't it!!?!??!?! :)
Wish you could of been as the picnic, Bryant, but as it was it POURED rain most of the time!!! So we all ended up at Rippe's which was just as fun!!!!! :)
Hugs,
Elizabeth
I'm glad ya'll had a good time!!!!
Hey Elizabeth, have you gotten my letter??? I forgot to tell you I mailed it....until just now!! :)
gotta run..
Love~
Hannah Beth
Very nice, Elizabeth, you didn't mention the fact that the picture of you know who was taken at 1:30 a.m. or so. :-)
I love all your pictures and news clips on your blog. This is the first time that I have seen it.
Hope to write you soon.
Love ya!
~I (as in me :-))
Hello Ulmers! It was so great to meet your family there at the conference. Isn't it funny that though we live near you guys we met in TX!? We also enjoyed meeting Ruthanna who you met.
We have talked about visiting you guys at the farm someday... :)
~The Bryant Family
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