By Conduct and Courage

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Now for the pictures

Back from CO... now heres what we did

Today we got home from a trip to Colorado; we went to the Generations with Vision Family Economics Conference in Castle Rock, CO and had a Great time. We were out there four days. (Thursday through Monday) On our flight out there, I met this really nice guy, who had been a limousine driver, and many other things. But that was not what made him interesting, he was really good at basketball, and he told me some very interesting things about the game that I did not know. He said that I should be a forward, playing the net and getting rebounds on offence.

Here is a picture of him.

When we got to Denver, we went to the rental car company, and after some trouble, and waiting we got our car.

Here it is a 6 cylinder Dodge charger. (We were not satisfied with the performance

We had made arrangements to stay with a family (thank you Megan Roach) and they were 20 miles from Denver. But it took us 53 miles to get there (even with a GPS and map) but they were very gracious to us. And when we got there we had time to unload our bags out of the car and head out again, for friends of theirs the Gibas family. The speed limits are very high out there, 75 miles per hour, and people speed. It took about ten minutes to get to the Gibas’s house. And we had dinner there, it was very nice. After dinner we had a mid

week Church service where Mr. Bobb preached on the Ten Commandments for today, which was very interesting.

Here is a picture of the Gibas’s house.

Then we went back to the Bobbs for some much needed rest.

The next morning we had breakfast at about seven in the morning, and left for castle rock, which is about 40 minutes away (the Bobbs live in Strasburg).The conference started at 9:00, with check in starting at 7:30 Am. The conference started with a song by Daniel Craig

Here he is singing the first morning

After he sang Bill Roach led us in a couple of songs and then came Kevin Swanson with some thought provoking words to start of the conference. After the first message was through we split up and went to different messages so that we could all take notes and then share what we learned, I went to a message by Kevin Swanson about the Deaconate which was very good, after that message was over (and the Q. and A. had started) we met up in the front room and got our lunch out of the car, it was a very good lunch, thank you Bobbs. After lunch we went in for the next session which was by Kevin Swanson and a panel of the other speakers and was titled How to break free from our economic chains, it was really good and I enjoyed the way that they answered questions. After that lecture we separated again, I went a message by economist Doug Tjaden entitled Money, Gold, and Your family’s economic freedom. It was very interesting how he showed us the way that the Federal Reserve (which is as federal as FedEx) cheats us and is destroying the economy of

America. And how the banking system of America is already fallen but has not been announced yet. After that we met up again and went to the keynote panel on Family Entrepreneurship. This was done by Dennis Peacocke, R.C. Sproul Jr. Scott Brown, Kevin Swanson, and James Lansberry. It was really good, but by this time mom had a really bad headache because there is no air (practically) up at that elevation and it is so dry that you have to drink a ton of water. Which we had not done so when the Bobbs had to go because they had to do some cleaning for their grandfather we decided to go with them. But before we got there we had to stop at Wendy’s for some supper, and after supper they decided that they could do it faster if only Mr. Bobb (Carl) and Aninna Went. So the rest of us piled in their van and went back to their house. And it’s too bad that we had to go because I’ve heard that the message that followed dinner was really good, it was by Dennis Peacocke. So when the next morning came we got up early and got ready to go again, we had breakfast at 7:30 and left for the conference. Saturday started with more singing and another song by Daniel Craig which was very nice. The Winton’s who had sung the morning before did not sing this morning.

Here is the Winton father and sons Trio singing on the first morning.

The opening message of that morning was by R.C. Sproul Jr. and was titled Simple, Separate, and deliberate… in tough Economic times, It was a message to remember.

Here is a picture of R.C. teaching us in his morning message.

After that we went our separate ways again, I went to the message by Kevin Swanson called the Mentorship program, this was the message that everyone who wants to know how to get a great education and retain it for life, in a truly biblical way. We then went out

to our car and had lunch. After lunch we went to two different messages, Dad, Ruth, and Amanda Went to A message by Eric Weir and Panel called the Corporate Economy and Your Family. Mom and I went to Raising Sons to be Providers, by Bill Roach, and Mike Cheney,

You have to be the provider, not just the breadwinner, and what you do at 12 - 15 will have a huge impact on what you do at 20 so you have to develop a good work ethic early, and we will work in heaven. Those are just a few things that I learned from that message. I left that message a little early because I needed to get a couple of books from Chalcedon by R.J. Rushdoony. After I bought the books I went out to the foyer and talked to Chad Roach for a few moments. After that we went to the last session of the conference by Kevin Swanson, called Bondage or Freedom! A Biblical Vision for economic and political liberty, this message was defiantly a good one. We then went to the pizza party that they had set up (with the Bobb’s and Gibas’s) and had a great time.

Here is a picture of the place we had the party at.

I got to play basketball with a few of the boys after we ate, but only half of the people who has been scheduled to come came, so of the 65 pizzas that were ordered there were 27 left. After that we left for the Bobb’s and we went to bed. Sunday morning we had a nice breakfast and learned a fraise of Swiss German Have a good meal, I cant spell it in German so I wont try but anyways we left for church and got there on time. The morning’s sermon was by R.C. Sproul Jr. and was very good. After church I played four square and capture the flag with the kids from church it was fun. We were then invited (with anybody else who wanted to) to go to the Swanson’s for a late lunch and fellowship, and guess what we had for lunch… pizza! Their house is huge, I played ping pong in their cellar, and after lunch we went to a park to play some ultimate Frisbee… but ended playing soccer instead. After that we went back to the Bobb’s (they did not come to the Swanson’s) and talked till 11:00. And then Monday, the day that we have to go home, Baaaaaaa… oh well we will stay longer next time. And then we went home and we are there now .

So that is the end of a very good trip.

Samuel Barton

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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

We've got company

While we are getting ready to go to Colorado, Amanda Chick is staying here. to help us by taking care of the chickens, and Modavi.

Ruthie and Amanda (Bad shot)

Thats better.

Of course, as soon as she got here we put her to work.

Shrimp Wiggle for supper, mmm....

there all at work.

We were just talking about the trip Vision Forum is taking to Europe this summer.

To bad we do not have the money to go.

See you when we get back.

A trip to the Millers Wood shop

Last weekend, as most of you know Dad and I went to the Millers for the woodworking class that they were holding. It was great, I really enjoyed it, I met some really interesting people, and most importantly I learned a lot. so here are a few pictures to wet your interest.

This is the inside of the camp (on their property) that we stayed at.

this is the way into the sleeping loft.

Not everyone (including yours truly) stayed up there.

This is the shop, or a part of it.

The two people in the picture are.

(from left to right) Mark, Allen, Ian Miller, and David (K1SK?)

Just a picture of fellow ham radio operator. k1sk

That is Taylor Keiser, from RI

with the keiser family cabinet.

Our Host, Gilbert Miller.

Standing in front of the table saw.

and Allen, and Ian Miller are behind him.

Gilbert Measuring for the face frames.

Gilbert showing us how to use a miter saw.

Noah Miller, and some of the other boys.

Gilbert showing us how to properly use the Machine that cuts the angle holes for the face frames.

The wide belt sander, an essential part of a cabinet making shop.

It is shown sanding the tops of the cabinets.

Meanwhile, what were the ladies doing...

Why making us lunch, of course.

They made a very good lunch at that!

After lunch there were some visitors to the shop.

from left to right, Joel (the little boy of course) Mrs Keiser (hidden behind Joel)

the two Keiser Girls (I was not told their names) and Kim Miller (the Hostess).

Later on, Dad standing behind our finished cabinet.

And me.

Thank you so much mister Miller for having us come and do this.

It was a really neat experience.

And thank you Daddy for taking me to do it, we had a lot of fun together.

See you all when we get back.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Superbowl 44

well the game is over, and the Saints have won, so now comes the question, "can the Colts as a team win in post season play? My answer.... nope why, you ask because even though Payton Manning has four MVP's he only has one Super-bowl win. not a good sign, now on the other hand Tom Brady has one MVP but has three superbowl wins in four years. so the choice is yours, would you rather have four MVP's and one Superbowl. (looks like your a regular season star) Or one MVP and three Superbowl wins......hmmmmmm a good questions comment with your answers.
P.s it was really fun to watch the Superbowl in HD on our tv.
and for those who have not seen it heres the game recap.
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-cant-miss-plays/09000d5d81646e9e/SB-XLIV-Can-t-Miss-Play-Porter-seals-it