Review- An Important Part of Memorization

I agree 100% with what Mom wrote. I have hidden passages of Scripture in my heart with great blessing.


I used to struggle to maintain what I have learned and to keep memorizing. Not any more! Late in February I ran across this website. It is the best solution to reviewing I have found. Not only does it help you keep what you have memorized reviewed, but it also encourages and helps you to learn more. They continue to make the site even better. The newest improvement is levels that get progressively harder. The levels provide instruction on how to use the site and help you use the site to it's potential. They encourage you to memorize from different books in the Bible. The more levels you pass, the more you will have God's word hidden in your heart. Or you can just memorize what you want because doing the levels is optional.
Once you get to a certain level, they want you to start referring people to the site. If anyone who knows me personally starts memorizing on memverse would you let me know so I can get to the next level?



I actually blogged about it in the Spring on April 19. This site is a link on our side bar. I encourage you to check it out.

~JoAn

Grandpa M's Youth

Our family was so blessed by our visit with our parents/grandparents. It was good to talk with them and hear stories of their youth, To learn more of our heritage. Many of us we were hearing the stories for the first time. Bill's mind is still exceptionally sharp, it just moves a little slower than it used to. He is in his 80's now.

The one story Dad told was of his experience in the military. His goal was to be an aircraft flight mechanic. His mom didn't want him to leave high school early and join up so he 'missed out' on WW II. He obeyed his Mom and joined right after high school for a three year hitch. The recruiter promised 'Sonny' (that was his family nickname) that he would get whatever program he desired as long as he was qualified physically and mentally. That was no problem as Dad is a very sharp guy. He did so well that they assigned him into the program working with the very first IBM machines/computers. It was cutting edge work and he did very well at it, only it wasn't what he signed up for, it wasn't what Uncle Sam had promised him. Dad made this known persistently to his commanding officer. He spent almost every day in the man's office on his lunch break. The officer soon had to resort to sneaking out the back door at lunch time as my father-in-law persistently reminded him that Uncle Sam had promised him that he could be an Army Air Force Flight Mechanic . Dad soon figured out the officer's trick and began to meet him on the sidewalk. The officer was so tired of his persistent pestering that he sent him out to the west coast to a cutting edge flight base...... where they had him put in cooking school. Dad had NO desire to be an army cook. He explained all this to his senior officers- repeatedly until they shipped him out to of cooking school and put him in a program to be an MP (military police). Things had gone from bad to worse. He explained to anyone that would listen that Uncle Sam had PROMISED him that he could be a flight mechanic. He even tried to find the recruiting officer that had made the promise, but to no avail. They put him on guard duty around a bunch of deserted barracks five miles out in the middle of no where here in the States. He was so despondent that he laid down and went to sleep while on duty. Not a good move. He was arrested and thrown into the guard house. When he was brought up before the judge he was told that they could shoot him for sleeping on guard duty, as they were still under war time regulations, but that they wouldn't (we all thank them for their mercy), instead they would either give him a dishonorable discharge or they would make him the latrine officer. He knew that his mom would be terribly disappointed if her 'Sonny' was dishonorably discharged so he made up his mind that he would be the best latrine officer he could be. He polished those toilets and sinks until they shone. He did such a good job that the officers in charge started noticing and one gentleman even went so far as to investigate and find Sonny. His name was Barney Oldfield, (but not the race car driver), he talked to Dad and heard the whole sad story. The officer did further checking and found it to be all true. He took Sonny into his unit and gave him some less disagreeable work until he could get him into the Flight mechanic program. He was then trained as a flight mechanic on a bomber (B-17 ?) He never did get to actually experience a flight in that role as all the guys who came back from the war got first dibs on those positions. He did get to work on the 'new' rocket planes and the cutting edge flight stuff. He found it very satisfying. He says that his final 18 months of service were much better than the first half. He was able to go to college under the GI bill once he finished his term.

Dad did have some parting words to the children. He didn't want them joining the military! Uncle Sam is just not to be trusted. He also shared his testimony about how he got saved AFTER he left the military.

~Mom

Wedding Musicians

Joan and Mr Boots got asked to play for a friend's wedding. The wedding was this evening down at the Yacht Club. It was beautiful. However, JoAn and Mr. Boots spent last week at camp and not working on the music. In fact, they did not get their music until Tuesday night. It has been a mad rush to learn the music and get it together. Did I mention that JoAn has switched to piano and hasn't practiced the violin for a couple months? The pressure was on! I thoroughly enjoyed their practice. They played hymn after hymn together as well as the traditional wedding music. It brought back so many memories of our wedding day. I was feeling emotionally sappy all week, and then I reallized it was from the music. It is amazing how music affects our emotions.

Last night was the rehearsal. They did well. It was a very rough rehearsal, as the place where the wedding was to take place was occupied. They did the rehearsal in the picnic pavillion. We guessed at timing and spacing.

Tonight was the ceremony. Did I mention that Dear Hubby performed the ceremony? He got out his 'marrying and burying' suit and was all set.

The musicians were in place and the ceremony went off well. There were a few blips, but nothing that affected the ceremony. I felt like we got a little bit of return on all the music lessons we have paid for over the years. It was a beautiful summer evening and a cool breeze came off the lake. What a lovely evening.

~Mom

Highschool Science-Advice and Warning!

This is specifically to my sibblings and any others who are before or still in highschool.

I have finally finished all my required science. Hurrah!

Advice/Warning:
BE DILLIGENT. Work on your science or any other subject you tend to dislike every school day. If you need to take a break, don't stop in the middle of a section, but right after you take a test. Otherwise when you come back, you likely will have forgotten what you already covered and have to redo work.

I have learned this the hard way. I did science every now and then through highschool, until the last year, specifically the last few months. Then I did it regularly and often because I wanted to get done. In April I realized that I needed to concentrate in order to get my Biology and Chemistry finished by the end of June. They became the focus of my schooling. I usually spent 2 hours a day studying. It was amazing how much progress I made. :) But, unless spending hours per day on science sounds good to you, just spend 20-30 minutes four days a week through out highschool and you'll probably be done early with all your highschool science.

But for now, enjoy your summer, and start to work with a will when school starts again.

~JoAn

P.S. Happy Indepence Day to everyone!