A strange "FRUIT"

 When Jeff and I were in the produce section of one of our main grocery stores,  we came across this big, almost twice the size of a regular grapefruit fruit.  To our surprise, it was a strange to us fruit, a PUMMELO, and a "PINK PUMMELO" at that.  

 We decided to buy one and give it a try,  after all,  we had never even seen on of these gigantic grapefruits let alone taste it.

 Here you can see how big it is next to my hand, my favorite coffee mug and a couple banana's.

 I must say I was a bit disappointed when we cut it open to reveal more soft spongy shell then fruit. The seeds were quite small and all gathered on one side of the fruit. The sections were not as organized as a orange or grapefruit, but it was pink and did resemble a grapefruit.

Dose anyone know if there is a special use for the thick shell of a "PUMMELO"?

Now for what you have been waiting for!    THE TASTE!     It did taste a lot like a grapefruit  only much sweeter.  Almost as if you were eating a grapefruit that had a few t-spoons of sugar on.  The flavor was good and it was very juicy but the fruit was harder to eat then a normal grapefruit and there really wasn't much of it!  It tasted like more but at the high price of the USA Good Luck Fruit,  I think I will just stick with grapefruit,  "PINK GRAPEFRUIT"!

The Concert

 On Nov 18, 2012 we enjoyed watching our two oldest granddaughters sing with the Lincoln Homeschool Choirs.  The large group was divided into three groups.  The youngest group was called Preparatory Choir and had 21 members.  They sang beautiful.    Above you will see the second group with 35 middle age members, they were called Deo Gratias and our 10 year old granddaughter sang her heart out.   It was a joy to watch her and the enthusiasm and love she has for singing.  

 Our 10 yr old granddaughter is the second from the right in the middle row.  The one with the dark hair and red bow.

 Our oldest granddaughter, end of back row, sang with the Coram Deo choir of 34 members.  She is absolutly beautiful and reminded me so very much of her mother as she sang in many quality choirs in her teen years.   I was amazed at the hard songs they sang and the wonderful job they did.  Their director was very talented and did a great job teaching the choirs.

 This is the

 After the concert all the members lined the hallway that led to the refreshment room.  

 Our youngest granddaughter had her eye on one certain cookie out of the dozens of choises.  Here she is enjoying the sweet treat.  FINGER LICKING GOOD!

Both girls were very kind to pose for a few photo's.  They know their Nana with her camera!

 You can see that little 4 yr old granddaughter wanted to sneak in for a picture too. What a fun evening for Papa and Nana.  The whole family has lovely voices.  It is very special to sit in church and listen to their beautiful voices praise and worship our Lord.  

Baker/Bacon/Thanksgiving

Golden brown Thanksgiving Turkey with  "Bacon" on top.

 My daughter, the cook.

 Dressing (stuffing)  with "Bacon" on top.

 Creamy smooth mashed potatoes with "Bacon" on top.

 Delicious seasoned green beans withy "Bacon" on top.

 Beautiful table with the light of the days warm sun shining through the dining room windows.

 Birk, the man of the house carves the turkey.

After giving thanks for the many gifts God has given us, we were ready to enjoy the tasty Thanksgiving meal.

Reformation Carnival at the Porcupine Lutheran Church.

 Preparations for the Reformation carnival were many and shared by all the members of our mission team.  These are the posters for labeling each booth and letting everyone know what color ticket they needed for each booth or game.  Each got 6 different color tickets.    Top left was the Adam and Eve, Fall Into Sin.   This was the bobbing for apples with Larry and Doris Belitz.   The tower of Babel was the yellow ticket. This was presented by Jennifer and Jim Tilley, it was Bowling,  thus scattering the people and knocking down the tower.   David and Goliath was red ticket  and a Nerf gun was used to shoot at Goliath.  Green was Jesus the Good Shepherd.  This was pin the tail on the sheep. or get the lamb in the pen, ran by Pastor Al Sutton and wife Sarah.  Fishers of Men and the Pumpkin Prayer was supplied by Jeff and Diane Falin.  The Fishing booth was very popular with donated books as the prize.  The Pumpkin toss was to get the glow bracelets over the pumpkin stem.  You will see many pictures of all these further down.      

     

 Many people, about 29 adults and 45 children showed up for our worship service.  This was the fourth in a series of covering the Bible with God's plan.   This Sunday was on Abraham and how we, as believing Christians are all part of his family, as many as sand on the sea shore.

 After the worship service Larry Belitz did a excellent job with Reformation.  He used CPH flannel graph pieces to tell the story of Martin Luther, latter he used Christian magic to explain that indulgence was not the truth and needed to be exposed as false.    Below you can see his finish with THE END.    

 Everyone started the Reformation carnival by decorating and writing their name on a white bag.  These had their 6 "FREE"  tickets inside and would be used to carry the six Bible lesson cards and prizes they received from each booth.

Bobbing for Apples!  I am not sure how many had ever tried these game before!  They did enjoy it a lot and also the Apple and Bible lesson of Adam and Eve.

 Larry and Doris provided this fun Bobbing for Apples booth.  you can tell this little guy is trying to find the easiest apple or maybe the biggest apple.  
  YEA!  He got his apple.    This is the Adam and Eve booth,  Fall into sin.


 Below is the Bowling with Jim Tilley working at their booth.  Knock them all down and "scatter" those pins! Everyone got a story card and yummy bag of Halloween shaped pretzels.

David and Goliath booth with Arron manning the booth.  The popular treat from this booth was a decorated cookie donated by Ilene's Cookies.  You should have seen the line up for shooting at Goliath!

The all time favorite  FISHING BOOTH was ran by two special guests for the day.  They did a excellent job and we were all so thankful that they could come spend the day with us and be such a big help.  The prizes were reader books that were donated by a very good friend's of mine who had the opportunity to visit our Porcupine Mission Church during summer.   Thank You Leslie and Ryan, the children were very excited to get a fun book at the end of the fishing line.

The Pumpkin Toss with Jeff Falin at the booth.  It was quite hard to get those glow rings around the stem but there were some who were quite good at it.  Young and old had a blast with this game.  

NO ,  that tail dose not go there!  A fun way to learn about Our Good Shepherd.  Pastor Al  and Sarah Sutton had a lot of fun working at this booth.  

 Pin that tail on the lamb.    The treat was a small bag of M&M's.  Look at that line.  We were all pleasantly surprised at the great turn out for our carnival.

 Almost got that glow bracelet over the stem!

 A mother instructs her young son how to do the Pumpkin toss.  They all went away with a prize of Green glow in the dark Bible Verse bracelet and a card with the Pumpkin Prayer . Handing out 5" X 7" Bible lesson cards from all 6 booths is a good way to get God's word into the homes of many. We pray they will read and share these with their family and friends.

 The final part of our big day was to share a meal together.

 It was a great day and we pray that God will use His word and the message of His Love and Forgiveness according to His will.