Oh, Christmas Tree!!

December 18, 2008

Inside Story We are frequent visitors to the ArcticCam web site, hosted by the Daily News Miner, a newspaper in Fairbanks, Alaska. We live in Minnesota, but our daughter lives in Fairbanks. Viewing this web cam shows us what the weather is like where our daughter is. But the ArcticCam web site has become more [...]

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Giving Thanks to the Father

November 26, 2008

Jan Smith – November 26, 2008 I recall a story once about a young woman who was showing off her new kitchen to her grandmother. The kitchen was bright and spacious, and had all the latest gadgets and appliances. After taking it all in, the older woman asked her granddaughter to name the one thing [...]

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Alaskan Adventure – 2008 (Part 4)

July 19, 2008

Jan Smith – 07/19/2008 It’s 5:17 AM (Alaska time) as I sit down to write this. In a couple of hours Joanne and I will be at the airport in Fairbanks. We’re heading home. What a GREAT time we’ve had!!We even had our picture taken, all the way from Minnesota: Here are a couple of [...]

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Alaskan Adventure – 2008 (part 3)

July 17, 2008

Jan Smith – 07/17/2008 Question: what do you do when you’ve come a long way to see beautiful scenery and the scenery looks like this? (There are supposed to be mountains at left in the background.<s>) Answer: you focus on things that are near, and leave the sky out of the picture. Example: We’ve remained [...]

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Alaskan Adventure – 2008 (part 2)

July 15, 2008

Jan Smith – 07/15/2008 I haven’t much time to write today and my internet connection is weak, so I’ll just let a few photos say it for me. I’ve included pics from various parts of our road adventure just to give you an idea of how far we’ve come. The first one is a nice [...]

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Alaskan Adventure – 2008

July 10, 2008

Jan Smith – 07/10/2008 I’m sitting in an RV parked at Eagle’s Rest in Valdez, eating fresh halibut for lunch while editing photos and writing this. Joanne shot this photo of the mountains from a vantage point at Delta Junction after 11:00 PM Sunday evening. The weather went from hot and sunny in Fairbanks to [...]

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Your Father Knows What You Need

May 27, 2008

if we whine about how much gasoline costs, do we not betray our unbelief in a God who provides?

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Work As Unto The Lord

March 22, 2008

Jan Smith – 03/22/2008   “23 And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.” (Colossians 3:23-24)   On this date in 1961, I began my first real full-time [...]

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Work With All Your Heart

March 11, 2008

Jan Smith – 03/10/2008 “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men” (Colossians 3:23) The essence of a genuine Christian spirit is this: how do we behave when nobody is watching? I thought about that as I left for work this morning. I had just [...]

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So Near And Yet So Far

February 27, 2008

Jan Smith – 02/27/2008 The telephone rang the other day. I answered and, much to my delight, my daughter Jenni was calling from Fairbanks, Alaska. (I should mention that Joanne and I live in Minnesota.) Jenni said they were on the way to a store, and realized their route would take them right past the [...]

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