My friend Lance is battling cancer. He’s been battling for a while now. Six years in fact. As so many of you know, this battle is a hard one. Lance is gearing up for the next stage of his battle. He needs a bone marrow transplant. As a result of the transplant he’ll have to quit work and stay away from the public for 6-12 months. This will hinder his ability to earn money and pay his bills. Lance has set up a site for people to donate toward his expenses for the next year. Would you consider helping Lance? Even the smallest amount will make a big difference for him. You can read more of his story on his website: Lance Wiedenhaupt Will you also join me in praying for Lance? We know that our Lord is the great physician and he can work miracles in Lance’s body. Thank you!
Carnivale di Venezia
Carnivale di Venezia. The Carnival of Venice. Amazing. A couple of weeks ago, we traveled to Venice with our friends Amanda, Carrie, Nicki, Kristi-Anna, Amanda, RheaAnne, and Petra. Venice is about a seven hour drive from Vienna, so we left at 4:00am (yes, you read that right), drove to Venice for the afternoon, then arrived back home at 11:30pm. It was a whirlwind trip and totally worth it!
Carnivale is the celebration before Lent. Apparently, there are a great many of these celebrations the world over. At least, according to Wikipedia there are. The concept is to get all of your partying done before the beginning of Lent, so that during Lent you can focus on God. Here in Austria, the celebration is called Fasching. We usually celebrate Fasching by eating the donuts that Petra brings to school. 🙂
Carnivale in Venice is fairly tame. Nothing like what I’ve heard about Mardi Gras in New Orleans. It’s a whole lot of people dressed in amazing costumes milling about, participating in parades, etc. You can have your face painted or buy carnivale masks. You can take gondola rides through the city or eat lunch along one of the canals.
Venice is such a beautiful city! Both of the times I’ve been there, it has only been for a day. I would love to spend a week there sometime and visit the various islands. While we were there we saw several people in kayaks. How amazing would it be to tour Venice by kayak!?! Maybe someday.
More pictures here: Carnivale
Fly Like a Cheese Stick: MS Basketball Final Update
The ICSV MS basketball season ended with a 3rd place trophy last weekend.
Our first game was the best game of the tournament. We stormed back from an 8 point, 4th quarter deficit to send the game into overtime, only to lose by one point to the eventual champion. We easily won our next two games to finish 3rd overall.
We finished the season with a 9-4 record, placing 2nd in our mid-season tournament and 3rd in our final tournament. I’m very proud of my team for how much they improved over the season, and how hard they played each game!
More pictures to come.
New Recipe Search? Yes, Please!
Google added a new section to its search engine! Now when you want to search for recipes, you can use the new Google recipe search. You can even filter your results by ingredients, cook time, or calories. This is going to be handy!
Elementary SEW – Friday
On Friday, Jerry shared with the students about how once we are saved by the blood of Christ, there is nothing that can separate us from Him. He talked about what it means to be free in Christ. We are free to be good. We are also free to give in to sin, but we’ll be miserable. He shared from Romans 6 about how the Lord has promised that our sin was covered once and for all on the cross.
We love Uncle Jerry and Aunt Michaela and, as always, we are sad to see them go. We are so thankful that they are a part of the ICSV family and grateful because we know we will see them again.
More pictures here: SEW
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