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Somehow I missed the big picture of Awana. I was only aware of it as some scripture memory requirements that earned prizes and praise for the children who obeyed. And I am not sure when the program was officially Awana or not, at the places that I attended. Thanks! I need to look closer at...

If your school did not require scripture memorization, did you require it of yourself in any systematic way? The Navigator stuff looks adequate and appropriate as a supplement to what is on the WVBS quizzes. Maybe they beef it up later, after students have their feet wet in the program.

I stocked up on Libby Vienna sausages tonight. They were our version of Bologna sausages on the island, when I was a child, and I am used to the taste. I opened a can and made a sandwich for supper. I really don't mind them. No water or fuel required. The cans are roach proof, and shelf-stable...

I was video chatting with a friend that lives just outside the city I was living in before the pandemic. We went to college together. He is beside himself over the water thing. He tried to have some water shipped to me, and the delivery people refused to deliver to my neighborhood. I had to fess...

I spent days and days researching creative options. And I gave up. I don't think I am going to be here that long, and I think I need to live some things fully enough to later on have stories, and write about them, and help problem solve group community solutions. Now, sometimes I watch my life...

I think soaking beans in water with a very high mineral content can make them tougher than never having soaked them at all. If I pay for cans of juice or broth to cook the dried beans, that will defeat the savings of money and manpower to carry them and even still make as much trash, that would...

I'm just speculating on their reasoning.

There are times that an introduction would best include something outside of a quote from a scholarly article. Sigh! But I just need to know the standard practices, and need to practice them first. You cannot make good choices about breaking rules until you know exactly what they are. You all...

The "scholarly" resources behind the paywalls are superior to the stuff outside the paywalls? Memorized scripture is "outdated" by the time the certificate would be awarded, and time spent reading and memorizing the Bible is "devotional"?

Yes, I bought a large pressure cooker recently. I think it is made in China to be sold in Mexico. LOL. Shopping here is interesting. We are not having a toilet paper shortage: ours is just from Korea. I can cook a whole chicken or a package of pork or stew meat and some vegetables, just by...

It takes Reverse Osmosis to even start on this water. I spent a lot of time researching this and gave up. If you don't do it right, you are just wasting your money. The water is not as full of minerals as sea water, but thinking about sea water gives you the idea of how useless a Brita would...

Oh, you mean that was already a self-imposed requirement, not one imposed by SACS? You meant that SACS might have forced them NOT to require that anymore?

Cooking beans takes water and good water. It is not efficient for me to cook beans right now. The tap water is very very mineral heavy, and similar to unsweetened Gatorade: the beans stay rock hard, and after washing the dishes, I can scrape white crystals off them when they are dry. In small...

Actually, I did: The Encyclopedia of Country Living. LOL. I managed to carry home 9 full seasons of TV on DVD and 24 books, including that monster ECL. I wasn't sure I was going to make it at one point, but I did.

You are not reading my post!!! My people did NOT isolate: they stayed behind when the larger group left to isolate, and got on their knees and prayed for guidance about which local mainstream group to join. In every way, they always did the opposite of isolating. They read their Bibles cover...

The prices all zipped right back up and the temperatures dropped. Our library is close-by and is going to close until at least January. Today, I am going to try and grab some books before that happens, instead of stocking up on food. I can keep them until they reopen.

That is a lot of power by an accrediting agency that doesn't necessarily translate into things that people think of when thinking of accreditation.

I am trying to google Bob Jones Memory and found this. LOL. How to Read Psalm 119 - BJUtoday [Psalm 119:] It’s the longest Psalm in the Psalter. It’s the longest “chapter” in the Bible. And at first, wading through all 176 verses can seem like a very daunting task! Perhaps the most unusual...

Did you have to memorize scripture at your Bible college? WVBS assigned the following for quiz 1: Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Gen 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave...

Good Bye, my new friend! Life has its seasons, and its hellos and goodbyes. God bless you.