Enjoy one of Buddy's newest dinosaurs!!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Bethlehem Blessing
This week has been a very busy one at the Creation Museum. Everyone has been getting ready for the opening for the Bethlehem Blessing event. We went last night and really enjoyed the entire experience. It is a must see event here at the museum. There are two dramas in the Special Effects Theater. One is on Elizabeth with a great actress (Geri Campbell), and the other portrayal is of a Temple Guard. Both are wonderful and very professional. Outside the museum, you travel thru the marketplace and then to Bethlehem where you see Jewish dancers and an archaeologist explaining what he has found thru the light of the scriptures. Then you see Joseph and Mary with the baby Jesus. It is a powerful presentation. From there you travel thru the gardens and enjoy the beautiful lights and find one of the wise men telling about his encounter with the Christ child. Going further you go to the petting zoo and see all the wonderful animals. You won't want to miss this wonderful time here at the museum. The evening events start about 5:30 pm. Oh, and don't miss seeing the new dinosaurs that Buddy made out of metal. The newest one arrived this week and today should get all of the lights on it. It should be lit up tonight. We will check it out!
We had almost 1200 people here for the Bethlehem Blessing event last night. As Buddy and I walked around there were a lot of people who greeted Buddy and lots of children who were excited to meet Buddy and get their photo taken with him. One gentlemen was thrilled to meet Buddy because he played guitar and would often put Buddy's DVD on and play along with him. In fact, his wife told me that she got the DVD originally for her Mom but her husband had taken it to practice along with Buddy so she had to get another one! Another couple recognized Buddy from the Answers Magazine. It was a lot of fun to meet the visitors.
We shared last week about Buddy getting a piece of metal in his eye. He had to go back to the eye doctor this week because it was still bothering him. The doctor found some rust from the metal still in his eye and removed it. He is on two different types of eye drops and has to go to the doctor Monday morning. We were going to go home tonight but will stay here until Monday. Pray that Buddy's eye will be completely restored and he will have not further problems with it.
This week has been special because we have had lots of guests here that were coming to a conference in the Cincinnati area. They came a little early to come to the museum. Buddy had lots of children in his workshops this week and his concerts had lots of people in them. Sometimes at this time of year, the numbers are down at the museum but this week was very special. We even got to meet Kirk Cameron who is the actor that played in the "Fireproof" movie. He told Buddy that he had seen him in some of the videos that Buddy has done. Kirk was given a tour of the museum with Carl Kerby. We enjoyed meeting him.
God bless you this Christmas season.
We had almost 1200 people here for the Bethlehem Blessing event last night. As Buddy and I walked around there were a lot of people who greeted Buddy and lots of children who were excited to meet Buddy and get their photo taken with him. One gentlemen was thrilled to meet Buddy because he played guitar and would often put Buddy's DVD on and play along with him. In fact, his wife told me that she got the DVD originally for her Mom but her husband had taken it to practice along with Buddy so she had to get another one! Another couple recognized Buddy from the Answers Magazine. It was a lot of fun to meet the visitors.
We shared last week about Buddy getting a piece of metal in his eye. He had to go back to the eye doctor this week because it was still bothering him. The doctor found some rust from the metal still in his eye and removed it. He is on two different types of eye drops and has to go to the doctor Monday morning. We were going to go home tonight but will stay here until Monday. Pray that Buddy's eye will be completely restored and he will have not further problems with it.
This week has been special because we have had lots of guests here that were coming to a conference in the Cincinnati area. They came a little early to come to the museum. Buddy had lots of children in his workshops this week and his concerts had lots of people in them. Sometimes at this time of year, the numbers are down at the museum but this week was very special. We even got to meet Kirk Cameron who is the actor that played in the "Fireproof" movie. He told Buddy that he had seen him in some of the videos that Buddy has done. Kirk was given a tour of the museum with Carl Kerby. We enjoyed meeting him.
God bless you this Christmas season.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Christmas Lights
You ought to see the beautiful Christmas lights at the Creation Museum garden area. They have the dinosaur that Buddy finished before Thanksgiving all lit up and it looks fantastic. They are picking up the 2nd metal dinosaur, Triceratops, tomorrow and they will be busy putting lights on it to have it ready for the Christmas Nativity starting for the public this Friday night.
We did a wild game supper in Indiana on Friday night. There were about 140 people (mostly men). They had a great meal with lots of game such as squirrel, elk, deer, turtle, rabbit, etc. with all the trimmings. Buddy did his Alaska - Hunting in the Last Frontier talk and gave a mini-concert. He always gives a gospel message with his talks. 7 or 8 men raised their hands that they made a commitment to Christ that night. That is why we are so excited about this type of ministry. It reaches out to hunters.
May God continue to bless this aspect of our ministry.
Kay's Mom is doing somewhat better but it is a day by day battle. She is on oxygen off and on and the stroke has affected the right side of her body including loss of vision in her right eye. She was able to pick up a water bottle and drink out of it which is a great step for her.
One of our retrievers, Buffy, has cancer and is not doing too well. It is a difficult time.
We are at the museum this week doing concerts and workshops every day. We will be here thru Saturday and then will be off for two weeks. We are going to visit some family and friends over the Christmas break. We are also going to go deer hunting for a day when the 2nd season is in. Kay's brother, Mark, harvested a buck on their property and he said he has two bucks picked out for us. I doubt if we will even see one but you never know. He gave us some deer bolgna and deer sticks which were really tasty!
Hope everyone has a great Christmas season. May we always celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
We did a wild game supper in Indiana on Friday night. There were about 140 people (mostly men). They had a great meal with lots of game such as squirrel, elk, deer, turtle, rabbit, etc. with all the trimmings. Buddy did his Alaska - Hunting in the Last Frontier talk and gave a mini-concert. He always gives a gospel message with his talks. 7 or 8 men raised their hands that they made a commitment to Christ that night. That is why we are so excited about this type of ministry. It reaches out to hunters.
May God continue to bless this aspect of our ministry.
Kay's Mom is doing somewhat better but it is a day by day battle. She is on oxygen off and on and the stroke has affected the right side of her body including loss of vision in her right eye. She was able to pick up a water bottle and drink out of it which is a great step for her.
One of our retrievers, Buffy, has cancer and is not doing too well. It is a difficult time.
We are at the museum this week doing concerts and workshops every day. We will be here thru Saturday and then will be off for two weeks. We are going to visit some family and friends over the Christmas break. We are also going to go deer hunting for a day when the 2nd season is in. Kay's brother, Mark, harvested a buck on their property and he said he has two bucks picked out for us. I doubt if we will even see one but you never know. He gave us some deer bolgna and deer sticks which were really tasty!
Hope everyone has a great Christmas season. May we always celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Smokey Mountain Retreat
Thanksgiving evening we traveled down to Kentucky to spend the night before traveling on to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. We wanted to stop for coffee on the way and stopped at least three times trying to find a shop that was open. We did find one but they were closing in a few minutes. We got our coffee and ordered a donut but to our surprise they gave us six boxes of donuts FREE as they wanted to get rid of them before closing!!! Buddy had a big smile on his face and knew this was a great day.
The next day was a sunny travel day down to the Smokey Mountains. We stayed in a gorgeous log cabin in the mountains. It was at the top of the mountains with a beautiful view of the surrounding mountain. We went to Country Tonight variety show that evening in Pigeon Forge. There are several different shows that you can see each night. The next day we spent in Dollywood going to different music shows including one with the Kingdom Heirs, an Appalachian Christmas show, and Smokey Mountain Christmas. We really enjoyed them. We even rode two awesome roller coasters. We stayed until dark just to see all of their Christmas lights. There were thousands and thousands of lights... That night, we went to see "The Miracle" which is about the life of Christ. The next day we went to the Cowboy Church for Sunday services and in the afternoon went to the Ripley's Aquarium. The aquarium had a lot of cool fish and other creatures like cuttlefish, leafy sea dragons, stingrays, etc. We really enjoyed it. We got to touch a horseshoe crab there.
The next day we went to a dinner show that featured the Smith Family. We enjoyed their singing. The weather was quite nice the entire time but it did start raining on Sunday evening and it turned cooler. We traveled back to Kentucky today and the weather is nice and sunny. We really enjoyed our time in Tennessee.
The next day was a sunny travel day down to the Smokey Mountains. We stayed in a gorgeous log cabin in the mountains. It was at the top of the mountains with a beautiful view of the surrounding mountain. We went to Country Tonight variety show that evening in Pigeon Forge. There are several different shows that you can see each night. The next day we spent in Dollywood going to different music shows including one with the Kingdom Heirs, an Appalachian Christmas show, and Smokey Mountain Christmas. We really enjoyed them. We even rode two awesome roller coasters. We stayed until dark just to see all of their Christmas lights. There were thousands and thousands of lights... That night, we went to see "The Miracle" which is about the life of Christ. The next day we went to the Cowboy Church for Sunday services and in the afternoon went to the Ripley's Aquarium. The aquarium had a lot of cool fish and other creatures like cuttlefish, leafy sea dragons, stingrays, etc. We really enjoyed it. We got to touch a horseshoe crab there.
The next day we went to a dinner show that featured the Smith Family. We enjoyed their singing. The weather was quite nice the entire time but it did start raining on Sunday evening and it turned cooler. We traveled back to Kentucky today and the weather is nice and sunny. We really enjoyed our time in Tennessee.
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