Benjie-Blog

No, not a written letter… well not the kind you’d think, but it’s the Letter H. And you could have one of these too if you want, all you have to do is comment and I’ll give you a letter and you need to list 10 things that begin with the letter I give to you. A good example is(and mine):1. Haitian Coffee(Mary brought some home and yes, it is gooood!).2. Home(There’s no place like home…)3. Hacky Sack(ok so I don’t play it, but it’s ok)4. Holstein(ok so I don’t want one, but I had to put something)5. Hover(whatever kind of hover you want)6. Hallelujah!(:) )7. Happy(Happiness is to know the Saviour).8. Honesty(I’d rather someone be upfront, blunt and honest than roundabout and slightly dishonest).9. Horses (not for me, but they’ve served their purpose in the past)10. Hamburgers(teehee)so there y’are

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1. How many US states have you been to?ummm 4, Idaho, Nevada, California and Oregon(hehe)2. Do you like chicken pot pie?yes :D3. Play an instrument?weeelll depends on what you call play. I can play a little piano, a few chords on the guitar and I do play the accordion by ear :P.4. Ever seen the Northern Lights?No, I’d like to though!5. How much time do you spend on the computer a day?hehe… it varies… anywhere from 2 to 10!:D

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I passed hunters Ed with a grand score of 100%! Two people in the entire class got that score. Me and some other girl… think her name was samantha. Anyways, we both got a cool oregon hunters callender which is now on the wall in the living room. The entire class passed, and the instructors said that this was actually their first class ever to have everybody pass! It was cool :D. Feild day was fun and you can read about it HERE, yes, right here…

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umm ok I was just talking to the bot frank and he says “I don’t know what that means. I’m actually pretty stupid.” and he just repeats himself until you type help this is strange

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Hey, Today’s Mary’s Birthday! She’ll be 19 and she is in haiti right now so, if anyone would please leave her a comment wishing her a happy birthday, that would be most apreciated :).

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It’s my new word… ha! I’m gonna be 15 in a month! Christy tuned 16 yesterday, she’s exactly a year and a month older than me :D. Should be interesting to be 15… I dunno, everybody told me 14 was a good year and… well… it actually was :). I wonder what 15 is supposed to be… Any ideas?? I haven’t updated this blog much this year though… I was very frequent when I was 13 :). ok so enough rambling! I bet you’re wondering what’s been happening…Mary’s in haiti and she just made a New Post about a waterslide! She says it’s about 96 degrees out :D. Nice and warm around there… It’s cold here though! Not extreem cold but pretty cold. The furnace hasn’t required much maintanance due to it not being extreem but it’s still been cold… Anna and Caleb and their family now have their new house! I haven’t seen it yet though, I should see it sometime soon… They live by the river supposedly, that’s cool… Ummm yeah, I think I’m gonna learn C++ maybe, that’ll be cool… I’m now in Revelation in my bible reading… Last time I got done with the bible the night before my birthday. This time, well I guess it’s gonna be a couple weeks!Been going to hunters ed. Last night was about field dressing. They showed a video :P. It was… interesting. I’ve decided that I’m best to study before I go to bed and let my mind calculate it over night. Before I go to bed is when I actually feel like reading or doing anything of the sort… but the only problem is that I like going to bed late! I guess I’ll have to fix that… Late isn’t always great. Oh well…So, It’s a sunny day outside today, but it’s cold :P. maybe it’ll warm up :D. At any rate… I don’t know what else to say sooo bye!Benjamin

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I don’t think I mentioned that Mary made it to haiti but, here’s the e-mail she shared on Her Blog(Please check her blog for further updates): EMAIL WE JUST SENT TO MINNIES FAMILYHello from Minnie and Mary,Share this email with the family please!Flying was long, we had a delay from Fort Lauderdale which was about an hour, so we were late. When we got to the airport it was really hot and there was a funny band playing banjos and dancing singing “shoom vaaa looom” (means “your not here”) or something like that. We wanted a video but we were to nervous to get it out!We met a lady on the plane that works at another orphanage, she is going to keep it contact with us through email. She helped us find where to go. There was an old man holding our sign upside down… We didn’t believe him, so the lady interpretted for us that he worked there and was showing us where the men were that were meeting us. We went and got the cart for a dollar and people were trying to help us, but we just said no and gave them looks. We went through customs and then he (the old man) made everybody move for us because we were American. We got outside and there were a whole bunch of people waiting on the other side of a fence greeting us and trying to help! Then the old man brought us to “Reggy” whos name is actuallu Sajay, but we didn’t know that til we got back. Pat sent her little girl Amanda who is 8 with the men and she speaks Creole and English well, so she interpretted. The driver was interesting. We were in an extended cab short toyota pickup and a lot of people drive them. Everybody honks and drives everywhere! Lanes are totally different and people walk in between the cars on all sides. It was amazing how he was able to dodge them! Once we were out of town, we would drive on the left side of the road a lot until somebody was coming, then he would drive to the other side and so would the other car or bus. It was a bumpy ride or about 2-3 hours up and around in the mountains, but it was relaxing compared to getting on and off of airplanes and all the travel. It’s really pretty out here and there are lots of villages with huts and interesting sights kind of like Africa! Palm trees, fruit trees and other greenery… There is some really good juice here that taste kind of like grapefruit/orange. The food is good and we like the meat. We’ve been holding babies since about 5 minutes after we arrived. There are 3 babies that need your prayers especially. Baby Paul is 9 months old and arrived an hour before we did. he is very malnurished and wieghs about 7 lbs. He is responding to our love and care and can eat 1 ounce at a time, but we have to feed him from a medican cup. The other babies are twins that are 2 days old. They arrived at the same time as Paul and weigh 3lbs 3oz and 3lbs 9oz. They are in Pat’s ICU incubators. They are doing well, but one of them is on Oxygen. Their names are Isaac and Luke for now. The little children (ages 1-5) are downstairs, and if we go down there, we just about get toppled over! They alllllll come around trying to climb on us and try to hold our hands and ask if we are their mommy. It’s really fun. We are learning their names and will hopefully be able to send pictures soon. (Minnie) is going to stay up with baby Paul tonight. He wants to be held constantly and his cry is very quiet and weak. Mamma, keep trying the cell phone! It’s busy because the company is limited, but it doesn’t charge her cell if you call.We better go now, we’v got work to do!Much Love, (Tell everybody we love ‘em)Minnie and Mary

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Micah e-mailed me today and he’s down under in Sydney Australia! he said “Hello, I have arrived in Sydney. Tell mom to stop worrying :)” soo yeah! That’s all about that. I don’t know if I mentioned it but, he went to the phillipines at christmas which was why he wasn’t here for christmas… he had fun though :). He’ll prolly have fun in Australia too :).Anyhow, Just thought I’d add that in!Benjamin

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so, I will tell this all in chronological order. Last night I went with Caleb to work at the bee shop from likr 10 PM to 4 AM. But, before actually going to work, Caleb had a Basketball game at 8. So, we left and got there at like 8 or so but I guess the game only started at 9 so, we just watched the other teams play. Walt asked me if I was planning on playing… I’m like "nah, I’m not good at all at Basketball" and in my head I say "I’d woop them at tetherball though!". Anyways, so they finally played and had a good game, Calebs team won :). After that, we went to the shop and almost hit a deer along the way. Work at the shop was alright, it was late at night so it wasn’t all that enjoyable. I don’t really want to work there full time but I don’t mind going and helping out every once in a while… We left there around 4 and I got home, took a shower and went to bed, I slept pretty well but was awfully tired in the morning. I’m pretty good now though, coffee does wonders! So, on to haiti. I’m not going to Haiti but somebody else in our family is. Yes, Mary is going to Haiti. Why? Because there’s an organisation called Haiti Children that needs help taking care of babies. They currently have two women taking care of 8 babies and, they need more help. So, Minnie M was going to haiti and Mary heard about it and decided to go! She’s leaving on the first of Februrary and will be there for 2+ months so it should be interesting. She’ll be keeping a blog which will probably be located at haitchildren.genesisgenius.com. I’m still setting her up a site there though. I guess I’m going to be doing the shipping and stuff for Mary though so that should be interesting as well! So, that’s the news. Benjamin

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well, I really need to get to bed but really need to write an entry… a lot has been happening lately… Not just here but apearantly around too :). Anna and Caleb are going to be staying with us for a month or so, that should be interesting… It’s been busy lately mostly because of christmas and New Years. I dunno, it’s a little over hyped. Anyhow, I hope you all had a wonderful christmas and hope you have a happy new year :). ByeBenjamin

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