What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
All the great religious leaders of history have one thing in common: they are dead. Only one man has risen from a grave never again to taste death. Jesus Christ died, was buried, remained in the grave for 3 days, then was raised to life again.
Jesus is unique. He is the only one proven to be the Son of God because God validated His Kingship and accepted His payment for our sins all with one incredible stroke: He raised Jesus from the dead!
Paul opens his letter to the Romans with this evidence about who Jesus is:
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, which He had promised before by His prophets in the holy scriptures, concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh, and declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. Romans 1:1-4
Because Jesus Christ is very much alive, five things are true right now that wouldn’t be true if He were just another dead religious leader like Confucius, Mohammed or Buddha.
Because Jesus was raised from the dead and is alive…Prayers are answered, We can talk to Jesus 24/7
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I love to hear your experience and am sure some others do.
You may leave your name out if you like. Just share okay?.
Do you have prayers that were answered and would like to share those?..................jenny
I understand taken to church since you were a baby...........lucky you.
Yet there comes a time that you have to make your own decision, your own commitment to invite
Jesus into your life.
Some kids realize at a very early age that they are a sinner, that is the time to make that commitment.
to the Lord...................
The last call Jesus made in the book of Revelations is;
"Behold I stand at the door and I knock". The Lord Himself is the one who knocks on the door.
(Meaning the door of your heart) Talk about being humble.............
It is the last call made to unrepentant hearts, not much time left to make a decision..............
In the futurist view of Christian, the Tribulation is a relatively short period of time where everyone will experience worldwide hardships, persecution, disasters, famine, war, pain, and suffering, which will affect all of creation, and precede judgement of all when the Second Coming takes place. Some pretribulationists believe that those who choose to follow God will be raptured before the tribulation, and thus escape it.[citation needed] On the other hand, some posttribulationists (Christians who believe the rapture is synonymous with the resurrection that takes place after the Tribulation) believe Christians must endure the Tribulation as a test of their faith.[citation needed]
According to dispensationalists who hold the futurist view, the Tribulation is thought to occur before the Second Coming of Jesus and during the End Times. In this view, the Tribulation will last seven prophetic Hebrew years (lasting 360 days each) in all but the Great Tribulation will be the second half of the Tribulation period (see Matt 24:15 and Matt 24:21 showing the Great Tribulation is after the Abomination of Desolation, the midpoint of the Tribulation).
In this view, this seven-year period is considered to be the final week of Daniel's Prophecy of Seventy Weeks, found in Daniel chapter 9. It is theorized that each week represents seven years, with the timetable beginning from Artaxerxes' order to rebuild the Second Temple in Jerusalem. After seven weeks and 62 weeks, the prophecy says that the Messiah will be "cut off", which is taken to correspond to the death of Christ. This is seen as creating a break of indeterminate length in the timeline, with one week remaining to be fulfilled.
The time period for these beliefs is also based on other passages: in the Book of Daniel, "time, times, and half a time", interpreted as "three and a half years," and the Book of Revelation, "a thousand two hundred and threescore days" and "forty and two months" (the prophetic month averaging 30 days, hence 1260/30 = 42 months or 3.5 years). The 1290 days of Daniel 12:11, (rather than the 1260 days of Revelation 11:3), is thought to be the result of either a simple intercalary leap month adjustment, or due to further calculations related to the prophecy, or due to an intermediate stage of time that is to prepare the world for the beginning of the millennial reign.
Among Futurists there are differing views about what will happen to Christians during the Tribulation Pretribulationists believe that all righteous Christians (dead and alive) will be taken bodily up to Heaven (called the rapture) before the Tribulation begins. According to this belief, every true Christian that has ever existed throughout the course of the entire Christian era will be instantaneously transformed into a perfect resurrected body, and will thus escape the trials of the Tribulation. Those who become Christians after the rapture will live through (or perish during) the Tribulation. After the Tribulation, Christ will return to establish his Millennial Kingdom.
Prewrath Tribulationists believe the rapture will occur during the Tribulation, halfway through or after, but before the seven bowls of the wrath of God.
Midtribulationists believe that the rapture will occur halfway through the Tribulation, but before the worst part of it occurs. The seven-year period is divided into halves—the "beginning of sorrows" and the "Great Tribulation".
Posttribulationists believe that Christians will not be taken up into Heaven for eternity, but will be received or gathered in the air by Christ, to descend together to establish the Kingdom of God on earth at the end of the Tribulation.
In pretribulationism and midtribulationism, the rapture and the Second Coming of Christ are separate events, while in post-tribulationism the two events are identical or simultaneous. Another feature of the pre- and mid-tribulation [/s
Answer: The books of the Bible were written at different times by different authors over a period of approximately 1,500 years. But that is not to say that it took 1,500 years to write the Bible, only that it took that long for the complete canon of Scripture to be penned as God progressively revealed His Word. The oldest book of the Bible, according to most scholars, is either Genesis or Job, both thought to have been written by Moses and completed around 1400 BC, about 3,400 years ago. The newest book, Revelation, was written around AD 90.
The books of the Bible were not being written continuously. For example, 400 years elapsed between the completion of the last book of the Old Testament, Malachi, and the beginning of the New Testament with the gospel of Matthew. The “400 years of silence” occurred because the Spirit of God did not inspire any Scripture during that time. Although Matthew’s gospel is placed first in the New Testament, it is believed that the first New Testament book written was actually the epistle of James, written in approximately AD 44—49. The entire New Testament was written in about 50 years, from AD 44 to 90 or 95.
It is impossible to know how long it took each author to write his particular book. Moses wrote the first five books of the Old Testament in about 40 years (1445—1405 BC). Does that mean he was continually writing for 40 years? We just don’t know the answer. Paul’s letters to the New Testament churches, especially the shorter ones such as Philemon, may have been written in one sitting. The same can be said of 2 John and 3 John, which are very short letters written to specific individuals.
We do know that each of the Bible’s authors wrote only as much and as long as they were led to do so. Each author wrote at the direction of the Holy Spirit who “breathed out” Scripture to him. Peter explains this process: “Prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit” (2 Peter 1:21; cf. 2 Timothy 3:16).
I was raised learning about Jesus and God and the Bible...but I had no concrete evidence of any of it until I was older and got serious about it and started asking God questions. It was a solid 4 years and finally he answered me and he shook my world, I won't go into details here cause I don't want to be dragged down the hocus pocus road.
But my life has never been the same.
Becoming a Christian took me about 5 years asking questions etc.
At my home, there was no talk about God I had to find it myself and I did find it.
I told it all in here if anyone cares to read it...........
Hi lovecanbereal and hplady love you all..............
Since you asked OP, I became a Christian when I was 5 years old. My parents and sister came into my room during my playtime and asked if I wanted to receive the Lord. I said yes, and we prayed.
Am I a strong Christian today? No. I felt that my parents were strict in my upbringing so I have veered off track a bit. And now I hear people say once a Christian is not always a Christian and that has scared me a little.
But today I decided to lay down alcohol once again to attempt weight loss. Then I come to this blog and bam! The Holy Spirit is telling me hey, you’re sober. Now’s the chance to pick up my Word and read it!
So He obviously has never left. He just wants me to reclaim my Christianity.
Wow,and I was going to delete this blog.
Jesus never left you girl, remember "Foot prints in the sands?"
Yes at certain difficult times, He carried you, never stopped loving you...............jenny.......
Covers Adam and Eve too.
Simple as that.
If every ancient artifact, scroll, tablet, cylinder could distract me I would be doing nothing to improve my relationship with God, myself and others.
It certainly would be premature to tell others their
Beliefs are wrong until mine are sorted.
Jenny, you and others have the peace, joy and love intended to be shared with others: inspired by God and through the name of Jesus Christ.
I have read enough of the Bible to know God comes to even the most arrogant, stubborn or resistant Lucifers, because He already knows your heart is troubled from spinning in every which direction.
Even good Christians will never attain His power
and accept this humbly to best serve God.
Once the days of challenging and testing God's love are over .. Hallelujah!
Even so, Lord Jesus come quickly..................
The Gospel is really simple, yet still, leaves questions at times especially when seeing other believes so different than your own.
Yes also contrary, to what one knows of their own.
One good thing the Bible says that we only know things in part but someday we will see the whole picture revealed..................
Do we get to ask questions, just kidding..............
My dad often told me that I could ask more questions than ten wise men could answer.
So asking questions is nothing new for me how else do I learn...............Next.......................jenny
In all my reading bcjenny i found out man down through the ages has not been able to live without a reason or knowledge for why he exists at all, So at one time early man worshiped the sun and nature for that is how they saw there crops grow. The man liked to, or some like to rule over others and religion was born and grown and grown. I do not say that is wrng or anything just how i see things.
Good to be back
That is what I read somewhere..................makes sense to me....................
just trusted the writer.........................
The Tower of Babel stood at the very heart of the vibrant metropolis of Babylon in what is today Iraq. It was a city of open squares, broad boulevards and narrow, winding lanes.
It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, 2 with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss. 3 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom. At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. 5 Finally these men said, “We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.”
So these administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said: “May King Darius live forever! 7 The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den. 8 Now, Your Majesty, issue the decree and put it in writing so that it cannot be altered—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.” 9 So King Darius put the decree in writing.
Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before. 11 Then these men went as a group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help. So they went to the king and spoke to him about his royal decree: “Did you not publish a decree that during the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human being except to you, Your Majesty, would be thrown into the lions’ den?”
The king answered, “The decree stands—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”
Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, Your Majesty, or to the decree you put in writing. He still prays three times a day.” 14 When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed; he was determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until sundown to save him.
Then the men went as a group to King Darius and said to him, “Remember, Your Majesty, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed.”
A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel’s situation might not be changed. 18 Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.
At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den. 20 When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?”
Daniel answered, “May the king live forever! 22 My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”
The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions’ den, along with their wives and children. And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
Then King Darius wrote to all the nations and peoples of every language in all the earth:
“May you prosper greatly!
“I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel.
“For he is the living God
and he endures forever;
his kingdom will not be destroyed,
his dominion will never end.
He rescues and he saves;
he performs signs and wonders
in the heavens and on the earth.
He has rescued Daniel
from the power of the lions.”
So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Christians are NOT perfect and never will be. The only perfect one was nailed to a cross and sacrificed His life for sinners like me.
A lot of people, the moment they can find something the Christian is not doing or saying that is according to them not right, we hear;
I thought you were a Christian, you just a phoney.
What would you like to see the Christian as spineless, not having a mind of their own?
Well we are not yet so Heavenly bound that we are no earthy good..............
We strive to do better all the time but being human we also fail.
Yes, then have to bear the consequences ............: ... ................. crying: then...
In the 1960s and 1970s the Peruvian government took steps to improve conditions for the Quechua people and to give the Inca heritage more prominence in national life. Quechua was made an official language of Peru, together with Spanish. The portrait of Tupac Amaru II now appeared on Peruvian paper money. And government officials made speeches to Quechua audiences, proclaiming, nkarrí" s=""Inkarri"-->"Inkarri is here!"
At the same time, schoolchildren in Peru were being taught to recite the names of the Inca emperors — the way young people everywhere learn multiplication tables and the alphabet. Some Peruvians can recite all 13 names in a single breath.
John Bierhorst
Author, The Mythology of South America
The Inca Empire was the largest in the world in the 1500s. Extending across western South America from Quito in the north to Santiago in the south, the Incas boasted of a large population blessed with wealth, knowledge, and an organized class system (read more about the Inca here). With their general size and prosperity, the great Inca Empire seemed an unlikely victim to the Spanish conquistadors, who were greatly outnumbered by the native Incas. While there were many reasons for the fall of the Incan Empire, including foreign epidemics and advanced weaponry, the Spaniards skilled manipulation of power played a key role in this great Empire’s demise.
When Spanish Conquistador, Francisco Pizarro, arrived in 1532, the Incas were fighting amongst themselves in a fierce civil war between two sons of the Inca ruler Wayna Qhapaq. Pizarro skillfully persuaded some of the factions created by civil unrest to turn against their own people, successfully increasing his small army of only 168 men. Even with reinforcements, however, it still seems incredulous that a few hundred could defeat an empire of 40,000 Inca rulers and over 10 million subjects. Material power seems to have favored the Incas. The Spaniards succeeded, in part, because of their manipulation of ideological power, or the ability to have people readily accept your agenda, without considering other options. Pizarro correctly discerned that the Inca people placed a large amount of ideological power on the Inca kings, who were considered living gods. By ruthlessly, and publicly, killing the Inca king in each region he conquered, Pizarro took the power held by Incan royalty, and gave it to the Spanish: the people who could kill gods. With their royalty and focus of worship destroyed, the general population readily accepted Spanish rule as “what was done.” This created local assistance which, along with outside factors, allowed the Spanish to completely conquer the region by 1572, marking the end of the Inca Empire.
The Incas continue to be revered for their buildings. A popular method of construction was that of ‘pillow-faced’ architecture, where sanded and shaped stones would interlock without need for mortar. This technique was often adopted for temples and palaces – structures that were to last for centuries, if not in perpetuity. The royal estate of Machu Picchu boasts arguably the finest examples of the method, the durability of which was required in such a seismically sensitive landscape.
These earthquake-proof buildings were built to last. Innovative Inca engineering was also demonstrated with the construction of a 40,000km road network. Based on a north-south main road off which other roads branched, it attempted to link up this long, stretched-out empire.
As Billy often told, I only talk for about 10 minutes, but a few people have stayed for a few days in a
hotel to pray, it is them who did the real work...........
What joy to see the families going to church.
The children in their Sunday best, the man wearing hats and so did the women, hats and gloves.
Their thinking was we dress up going to a party can we do less for the Lord?
In the white church I have seen cut-off, blue jeans. Some still wearing tennis clothes.
This pastor had found the start of this church at the beach, so that is why he did not care how
people came to his church.
The pastor said; hey at least they are now here in my church, very true too.
It was a joy to go to that church especially on Wednesdays the singing was very special.
Just the people, and maybe one lonely guitar...........
Back in Canada I wrote and ask would they sell and send me a few tapes, they send the tapes but refused money
I was still living at the time next to an all black neighbourhood.
He had run out of gas and had gone to the corner gas station to bring back a container with gas.
The car was a convertible and looked expensive. It was a very hot day.
My own so loved Mustang was parked right next to this young men's.
Oh, no! The car had caught fire.
I run out of the house managed to get into my car, as onlookers later told me, never seen anyone getting in their car so fast and moved it across the street.
Oh, good the fire department had come, and they did their best to safe the car.
No such luck, that beautiful car was totally destroyed.
Then oh my, one fireman spotted something in all the rubble and took out a bible.
The two firemen looked at each other and shook their heads, this was amazing
Not a mark on that bible.........The onlookers cheered and that young man was so happy to still have his beloved bible............
What makes the Earth habitable? It is the right distance from the Sun, it is protected from harmful solar radiation by its magnetic field, it is kept warm by an insulating atmosphere, and it has the right chemical ingredients for life, including water and carbon. The processes that shape the Earth and its environment constantly cycle elements through the planet. This cycling sustains life and leads to the formation of the mineral and energy resources that are the foundation of modern technological society.
As you can read here the Amish people are not Dutch at all but German.
So how come many call the Amish, Pennsylvania Dutch?.
The explanation I have been told is that when the Amish first came to the US, people asked them where they were from.?
The answer was; we are Duits , meaning German.
The people did not know what Duits meant so thought, oh you mean Dutch,
Ja ja......now you know the whole story lol
Amish youth decide if they want to join the church in their late teens and early twenties, and if they choose to be baptized, they submit themselves to the order of the church for the rest of their lives. In doing so, candidates make a confession of faith and agree to comply with the order of the Amish community, or the Ordnung, an unwritten tradition that spells out expected behaviors and regulations. Church members who break the commitment and refuse to repent and confess their sins are excommunicated and "shunned." The Pennsylvania Amish try to persuade the wayward to cooperate with the church, but those who continue to be disobedient must be banned from fellowship in order to maintain the purity of the church. The shunned are prohibited from engaging in any social interaction, cut off from all close friends and associates. Shunning happens infrequently, although it serves as an effective form of social control for the Amish that preserves their spiritual purity.
Selection of Amish Ministers
Each district usually has two or three ministers, one deacon, and one bishop, who is typically shared between two districts. The Pennsylvania Amish do not believe in going to a religious college or seminary to become a minister in the church. No one is "brought in" or feels he has been "called" to serve as a preacher. Rather, ministers are chosen by lot from the men in the Amish church district congregation. Deacons are chosen by lot as well, and bishops from among the ministers.
Becoming a minister is not viewed as an honor, but rather as a serious and heavy responsibility. Ministers usually serve for life and receive no salary. In most Amish communities, a young man cannot be baptized into the faith unless he is willing to become a minister, should the lot fall on him some day. It is normally taken for granted that the candidate will be a married man. New ministers are needed when one dies, or when a district becomes too large and must divide.
The actual event of choosing a new minister is considered one of the most emotional and important to be experienced in the Amish religion. An announcement that a new minister will be chosen is usually made at least two weeks prior to the communion service, so everyone has time to pray and meditate. There are not to be discussions among the people as to who they plan to "nominate," nor does anyone indicate his desire to become a minister. Voting is completed by the congregation after the communion service, and those who receive three or more votes are named the candidates. Each candidate selects a hymnal, and the one who finds a slip of paper with a verse written on it tucked inside is deemed the one chosen by God from among the congregation.
From such a strict upbringing now to be turned loose at only 16 years of age.
From one extreme into another.....................fascinating people.
At stake for the Amish community in the rumspringa, process is nothing less than the survival of their sect and way of life. For if the unbaptized children who venture into the world at sixteen do not later return to the fold in sufficient numbers, the sect will dwindle and die out.
What a tremendous risk these Amish parents and communities take in permitting their adolescents a rumspringa! The threat is that these children, once let loose, may never return; but that gamble must be chanced by the community because its members sense that the threat of not permitting the children a rumspringa is even greater. Absent a rumspringa process, there would be a higher probability of loss, of much more Amish youth succumbing to the lure of the forbidden, perhaps even after marriage and baptism, with resultant defections from the sect and havoc within it. The Amish count on the rumspringa process to inoculate youth against the strong pull of the forbidden by dosing them with the vaccine of a little worldly experience. Their gamble is also based on the notion that there is no firmer adhesive bond to a faith and way of life than a bond freely chosen, in this case chosen after rumspringa and having sampled some of the available alternative ways of living.
Judged by practical results, rumspringa must be termed largely successful. According to studies done by Thomas J. Meyers, a sociology professor at Goshen College, more than 80 percent of Amish youth do eventually become Amish church members. In some areas, the "retention rate" exceeds 90 percent.
Still, questions arise about the process. Is the choice of returning to the sect made in an entirely free manner? Have the children really "been there, done that" before they return? When on the loose, did they master the emotional and intellectual tools needed to survive in that world before deciding to give up on it?
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After the war, there was a severe shortage of housing, so the government encouraged people to leave. Countries like South Africa, Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand were the most popular.
We succeeded in getting our visas for Canada quite unexpectedly, and we could leave in May. We had only four weeks to make plans. We sure were busy beavers now, things to buy at the last minute, and we had a wedding to plan too, all in a few weeks' time.
We were married on May 3rd. ‘58 at city hall in Groningen.
My younger sister Marge was married before me and she too had a small wedding.
It had been the wish of my youngest sister Ina, to be a bridesmaid.
She was the youngest of us six and eight years old at the time.
With four sisters above her, the possibility was there, but now two of those chances were gone.
Ina's girlfriend Ann came over just as Ina was helping mom with the dishes.
Ann was beside herself so excited.
"Guess what Ina, my sister Ruth is getting married and I am going to be the bridesmaid, and guess what Ina, I will be walking right behind the bride and groom.“
Talk about rubbing salt in an open wound!
“Poeh”, was Ina's reply; “So what? When my mom and dad got married, I walked right in between them. (Top that one if you can)
We were on our way to a new life in far-away Canada. I was twenty years old my new husband was twenty-two. I spoke no English, he spoke the language a little bit, some English he had picked up in the navy.
We had two hundred and fifty dollars among us, which was all we were allowed to bring into the country.
The government gave the immigrants a choice, boat or plane?
We chose the boat.
So it was that the "Grote Beer", (the large bear), brought us to Halifax, pier 21, arriving on May 19th ‘58.
As often as we could, we would buy bread, butter, and some luncheon meat at the little convenience stores along the way. Some people looked at us with disdain, when they saw we had put a towel over a suitcase and had our meal that way.
Soon others joined us and we told each other from this day on, when something cost 10 cents in Canada, we would not change it back to Dutch money. Ten cents was now ten cents.
We had a train ride of about 5 days ahead of us, on our way to British Columbia.
If you started in the North of Holland you would cross into Belgium in about 4 hours.
So we could soon see that this Canada was an enormous large country. .........
When the day came that the “kist” arrived, the container that held all their belongings from Holland, many farmers became jealous and did not know what to make of these people, whom they thought came to Canada, because they had nothing.
The Dutch furniture was often better and nicer than what the farmers themselves had. The main reason the Dutch came to Canada was a shortage of homes in their own country, and not a good future to be had for their children.
Holland is so small and it does not have the possibilities a country like Canada has.
The men would be glued to the windows of the train see a car and say; “I will have something like that, as soon as possible.” You can be sure that the first pictures that found their way back to Holland, were the ones posing with the “new” car.
Everyone would wonder what was in those little black boxes they saw some people carrying. We found out later that these were lunch-boxes.
A lot of people went out of the train in Montreal, as Dutch officials came on board to tell the people, they better get off here, as there is no work further west. Your train tickets are good for one year, so there is nothing to worry about, they were told. Most left the train at this point.
We didn't.
Then it was by train further to Vernon, a town in the Okanagan fruit valley, in B.C. It took days!
My mother had a brother living in this town. I had only met this family one time. While still in Holland I now send them letters telling them that my new husband, and I would be coming to Canada soon, and would my aunt tell us what to bring with us or not to be bringing.
My aunt and I exchanged a few letters.
Then came the letter that the family were very sorry but would be unable to help us once we were in Canada.
Outch!
I wanted to learn as fast as I could for even telling people; "No speak English" they would even speak louder or repeat themselves.
I had bought a radio and a newspaper, the radio was no help as I could not make out the beginning nor the end of a sentence.
Using the newspaper and my Dutch-English dictionary soon became very tiresome, so I got some children's books
After four weeks a lady asked me how long I had been in Canada, she was stunned when I told four weeks, four weeks and you understood and could answer me?
Oh I made many mistakes when having learned a new word, I soon found that I chose the wrong worded every time as the English had one meaning the Dutch had two for the same word that I
chose.
Oh, look at the beautiful air tonight, meaning sky. My husband is carrying his new suit today, instead of wearing it. May I lay in your garden?
I could not differentiate between girl and curl. Of course, I told one little girl that she was a nice curl.
The same problem with hat, and head, as later working in a store a lady trying on a hat, I told her head was too big meaning the hat..............
I will tell you next about my then-husband who working as a finishing carpenter and came home with words I had not heard before...........
They loved taking us out for an "Ice" as we told them we called ice, cream.
They were so impressed with us having to learn a new language. Their son loved
the Dutch licorice we must have over 40 different kinds, salty, double salt, and sweet kinds.
One day I asked Mrs. Gregson to have a look under my bed as we had been there now two weeks.
Too shy to just open closets to find cleaning stuff I had just let it go.
Now I made her look under the bed and said; "snowflakes" Where did that word come from, it was May and
already hot out.
Mrs.Gregson managed not to laugh but I am sure she told this to the people of their church
About a year later she asked me if there were still snowflakes under our bed and we now had a good
laugh about it.
Dust bunnies really a good description, still never found out where the word snowflake had come from.
I had made it my practice that when I heard a new word to use it often so I would become more familiar with it.
My husband working in construction came home with the word Sh.t
I thought it was a stop word it, had some oomph to it. Haha...............
I happened to be alone with Mr. Gregson and waited for him to say something, anything, so I could add, “oh Sh.t to it.” I managed to use it a few times.........
After a while, Mr. Gregson had enough of this and told me not to use that word again, as it was a bad word.
I learned to be more careful, especially with words that Matt brought home from construction.
I like to talk, that is a big help when learning a new language.
I managed to do canning on that hotplate. No shower, no bath, just a toilet, and sink to share with an old man called Charlie.
Not much, but it was home to us, our first.
A box of cherries, forty pounds cost one dollar. We bought two boxes.
To keep them from spoiling we placed the cherries underwater, they all busted.
Yes, it was living and learning all the time.
We were living in the Okanagan, the fruit valley, orchards everywhere...........
Appels, pears, cherries, apricots, plums, what riches...........
3 large lakes, all of Holland could have fit in there easily...........