Weekend Adventures

On Saturday, I took about 27 youth to St. Louis for a day of skiing at Hidden Valley Ski Resort. It was a great day and I had several beginning skiiers and boarders. About 2 pm, one of my youth found me to tell me one of the girls had fallen and broken [...]

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Four …..

Carmen tagged me a couple of days ago so here goes:
Four jobs I wish I’d had:
- Archeaolgist
- Anthropologist
- Author
- A pastor (had to keep with the “A” theme)
Four places I’ve been on vacation:
- Gulf Shores, Alabama
- Estes Park, Colorado
- Gatlinburg, Tennessee
- New York, New York
Four places I’ve lived:
- I’ve lived in Jefferson City, Missouri, all [...]

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Family Time

Tomorrow is ski day with the youth. We are heading to Hidden Valley Ski Resort for the day and it should be alot of fun. 30 youth with many first-time skiers + my camcorder = hilarious footage. I hope more funny than tragic.
I’m really just looking forward to spending the day [...]

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Ice, Ice Baby

It has been a weekend of ice here in Missouri. It began Friday (which seems like ages okay) and is still robbing people of power today. Very rarely are we sequestered. Usually, if you want to get out and about you can do it. But this weekend made it challenging. I got [...]

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The Road Repeatedly Traveled

People have told me that I should write a book. Since I am easily susceptible to praise and compliments, I decided I should write a book. But no one would tell me what to write about. I guess they assumed I could figure that out but I obviously have difficulty thinking for [...]

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Youth and the Church

The youth are currently in my living room starting their Bible study. The lesson is on taking care of our bodies. As they are discussing the issue, they are eating puppy chow and brownies and drinking Fanta Grape and Mountain Dew soda. Notice any irony? They are so funny to [...]

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Protection

My nephew came to visit me at the office today. It made the day. It’s like he blesses my office when he comes. Blesses and rearranges my office. So sweet and innocent (most of the time) is the child.
How in the world does God expect us to come like [...]

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Friday Five: Birthday, Redux

Friday Five: Birthday, Redux
1. “It’s my party and I’ll [blank] if I want to…”
Favorite way to celebrate your birthday (dinner with family? party with friends? a day in solitude?) Celebrating with family is a must at some point. One of my favorite traditions the past three years is a trip out-of-town all by my [...]

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Welcome

Welcome to my newsite. I will continue with my Typepad account for a few weeks before I switch over my www.melissahatfield.com domain to this account.
Hope everybody can make the transition! Please pass the word along.
Oh – a leave me a comment that you’ve made it to the new site!!! I’d hate [...]

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Wandering …

I’m checking out WordPress today to see if I’m interested in moving my current blog from Typepad. One of my goals for 2007 is to rethink my finances and losing the monthly fee for blogging would help. I want to see what WordPress will offer me here at no cost before I [...]

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