Trying Simple Life in Taiwan

If you are an animal lover, and full of pregnancy hormones like me... then this short clip will make you cry.

It's an incredible, apparently true, tale of two men in London in 1969 who bought a lion cub from Harrods and raised it until it got too big to keep, so they relocated 'Christian the lion' to an African wild-life park.

After a year they travelled to Africa to be reunited with Christian, though they were warned that the lion may not recognize them.

Here's the clip:

Reunion with Christian

Apparently they are bringing out a book about it, and you can read more of the story from

here

A fellow HSler hosted a 'playdate'. WHAT  HOOT!  Those ladies are a riot! Joey was a bit of a pill, but I guess he got over it. I don't know if he's missing Mat or what.

And next week (when I host), one lady is bringing me kombucha 'scobies'?? The starts!LOL I learned of a few other things as well--where I can get raw milk (to make kefir), different butchers, etc. And another lady is bringing me more goat's milk soap! She also makes and sells goat milk cheese and makes some dip that she's supposed to bring next week. The ladies who had it were raving about it!

Probably the funniest thing was that there were 2 ladies there and they both looked familiar. I'm pretty sure that one is DH's customer. I met her at one other HS event. I think we might have scared her off this time tho.........LOL I heard the other one mention horseman's name, but it wasn't clicking so I figured that I had just seen her there at one time or another. So she asks me if I am 'the one'. I said, I  don't know, but you mentioned horseman's name and I live on his road so I"m going to guess yes!ROTFL! Turns out she's the lady who stopped by in the dead of winter once and Dh had the quilt nailed to the front door and I had to talk to her while I was stooped over thru the screen in my bedroom window (the porch runs along there)!ROTFL! So we had a lovely chuckle about how DH winterizes the inside of hte house......:)

Well, after taking a much needed blogging break ~~ I have prayerfully decided to resume my blog here at HSB!  I I want to use my precious time wisely, so I will try to blog with purpose & under God's direction. I am not sure how much time or how consistent I will be this time around. We'll see how it works out. :)

I have chosen to call my blog: " In all things give thanks" based on the passage from Ephesians 5:20:

" Giving thanks all ways for all things unto God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."

One of the things that God has been showing me over this past year is to be truly thankful in all things ~~ both the good things, the great things, the hard things and yes even the painful things of life! In ALL things we are to give thanks & it is my hearts desire to use this blog to bring glory to Him and to lead others to do the same.

May you be blessed!

~ gloria ~

This afternoon I have been spending some time reading and studying Proverbs 31. I have a small bible that I keep by my desk , handy to use when I have a moment in between schooling moments with the children.

I have read thru Proverbs 31 many times, but today I really spent time studying and pondering it's meaning and application in my own life.  There are so many nuggets of wisdom in this passage!

I am sure most of you have studied this passage many times and this is not new "stuff" to you at all, but  I am learning slowly but surely. :)

I am going to be blogging about this passage & taking it one verse at a time. Feel free to join me in the study or just drop me a note and let me know what your own thoughts are!

May you be blessed!

~ gloria ~

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