Miriam's Moments

Revival PEI 2009!

What amazing things God did during this time... each day we witnessed Him working in so many ways in all different people... I only wish that my pictures could give a taste of what it was like.. but I'm afraid they fall terribly short of conveying the true times of sweetness and innocence we found in God's Presence. All my pictures have to offer are a few of the fun times we had.. but those who were there know the reality of what we experienced in our lives and walks with God.. the times of refreshment and encouragement, the times where we could only sit and find our spirits just blessed by God's Spirit ministering to us.

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I really couldn't get to many pictures of this time after all because my camera broke earlier on.. but then a dear friend gave me another one so I snagged a few pics. :) *Thank you, dear friend* <3>

what better way to start off a new post than with a lovely Sunday afternoon walk? :)

the concert theh same Sunday night! :)

And in the new performance hall- praise God!

a group picture before some of our dear friends (Estella, Joanna, and Lynn) head back South.
We love you all so much!!

somehwere in my posts I always need to include a picture of this view :}

me and my friend Lisa :)

*who is also going to be a student at the Bible Institute*

a day at the beach! :)

Joanna and I =)

folding party!!!!

Ah he! :) (that "he" part goes up a bit for added effect in a laugh)

The last night of Revival prayer meetings! Ahhhh what an awesome bunch! :) :)

Praise God for the wonderful things He did during this time.

afterwards we decided to see how many can be stacked up--

Abbie's just about to the Moon- see that? :D

a wedding on our hillside- what a place for one, huh?? =)

this next part may be a bit random to most of you folks out there... but it's of our time going to see our friends Chuck and Albert (that's pronounced with a french accent), so I wanted to document it. =)

a night out :)

awaiting admission into the theater

some... have been waiting far to long...

Chuck signing Abbie's arm =D

group pic with Chuck and Albert after the show! Wahoo! =)

Me an' Serenity!! :) :) :) <3

*most of you folks don't actually know her... but um, she's my friend's little daughter from Riverview, N.B.*

And out for an afternoon tree-climbing adventures in our woods =)

using a fallen tree to bridge a gap

getting the right angle ;P

*it helps if you stick your tongue out*

a glimpse into heaven....

Rachel and Jenny through the foliage =)

Leigh-Ana through the foliage :)

Emily and I... through the foliage (gee but my captions are original :)

a last hoorah group-pic with the Dumaresqs

parting is such sweet sorrow...

Leigh-Ana and I

the Alliance gives Rachel an official send off ... *sniff choke...*BAWL*

(funny writing this a month later and Rachel is standing right next to me... :)

a trip into Summerside for an afternoon

Sir Sethalot and his ship anchored in the bay

reagailing tourists with his stories of sailing adventures

a shot atop a lighthouse

Sethalot's ship from the lighthouse

Hello down there, Jenny! :)

remembering days gone by...

Yes, it seems like a strange place to end a post.. but see, I really have to many more to come to actually put on the same post... so I thought I'd stop at the end of this particular day and carry on the next morn when comes the posting of our cousin's wedding and the events both preceding and thereafter. SO here I shall end.
Aheh. :) God bless you all and have a great night!!

Hello Everyone!
Hallelujah and praise be to God!! He hath done mighty and wonderful things in this last few months! And in ways that the world at large wouldn't notice.... little, quiet revivals starting in one person here and there... AH it is so sweet to see how the Lord works and how close He is!

Now then, do you suppose that once every three months or so I should post some pictures? Because, I don't want to like, cause anyone information overload or anything.. so I might just, you know, keep things reasonable and sparing...
Well, I finally got the time to sit down and post some pictures for you all, all who have been so kindly reminding me... that it's been... 3 months... since my last post... and some of you who have checked it every day... and finally gave up and just came up to our place to see everything that's going on... you know who you are.
SO for you and all, here is a first installment of our summer- the beginning of the summer when my dear sister and her husband and son came up to visit from GA(!) which was wonderful!! and the completion of the concert hall(!) Praise God! I wanted to make sure I put those pictures up for all those who have been praying so faithfully through the year! :) And then just some random pictures throughout the month of July before Revival PEI. :) You should have seen the busyness! But... we didn't take pictures... so... you can just only imagine! :) lol

Anyways, the summer went wonderfully and now I just can't believe that we're already into Fall(!) and on our tour in New England. We're heading out to PA tomorrow morning for the rest of the week, so if you think of it, please pray for us and all those we meet during the concerts because we so desire and pray that God would draw them to Himself, and bring life into the deadness, and light into the deep darkness. AND pray for your friends and non-friends that they would be drawn to God- that they would suddenly be touched by His Holy Spirit- our nation is impacted by the ones and twos that grow into thousands.

God bless you and keep seeking Jesus! His return is soon! :)
In Christ, Miriam

the newly completed concert hall!

from the balcony

further from the stage

and uh, closer.. to the stage ...
BUT... you can see the twinklies

WAHOO!

And a shout went out throughout the camp!

(hm.. I don't suppose that's an authentic Scriptural shout...)

bringin' in gear for the first time

my nephew Luke!! What a cute little buckaroo! :) :)

Don't ya just wanna tickle the stuffin's outta him?? :)

Uh, uh hey.. what you lookin' at?

Ahh.. a pleasant time out to lunch...

WOAH no paparazzi!! ;)

my darling sister with her darling Luke :)

awwwww *SIGH*

with our new friends the Reimers =)

us with the Polczynskis =)

a pause for a moment of ponderment and contemplation

oh, moment's over :)

the sun in such radiance!

What's that song... "Make us shine like stars in the Universe!"

Ah! The season for baling! I do love this one... of course..

I am rather fond of all of the seasons...

Mr. Pickering's tractor in the soft afternoon light

~*~Grandmother Pat, I took this one just for you ~*~
:)

Rachel's art

Rachel's art again

you know, some people can just be so impatient.. here I was snoozing

on a hay bale, and then comes by Mr.Pickering and...

just kidding- he just drove right up and offered to let me up on his lift! So kind! =]

"Hi there, Cutey, Patutey" :)

*Rachel's art- a new perspective for Katie*

performing at the camp Evangeline in N.S.

What a great night! :)

a very memorable moment for all present :)

back on the Island...

look at these canola fields! Aren't they amazing?

The gold against the deep green and the light, airy blue is just sooo rich.

and look at the stalks on those things! Whew!

*well.. maybe they looked bigger in person....*

~*~dear friends ~* ~

don't you just love unique angles :)

us with the Williames!! Our families go wayyy back and so it

was awesome when they came up for a concert all the way from... well, wherever you all are these days! :)

We love you guys!!

after a good hard day's work (which happily I didn't get any pictures of :)

it started pouring!! WAHOO!

what else do you do when it's pouring??
yippee!

And with that I shall conclude this post- BUT 'tis only the first installment

of this summer's happenings. :)

God bless you all!

Hello Everyone!!
I'm sorry things have been a bit scattered, we've been quite busy around here (on the Island), so I'm a bit behind (as usual :). haha So these next pictures are of the rest of our time in Ontario. It was SO blessed! We just had such a sweet time of fellowship with our dear friends in Collingwood.
Right now we're on the Island, and the guys have been working steadily on the concert hall. God provides enough each day for us to continue in some way, and when He doesn't, there's always a good reason for it! It's been a real faith-builder all fall, winter, and spring, but it is coming along now! Praise God!

WOW so we've been just rejoicing in the hope of the coming Jesus! We just can't wait for Him to come and

reign here on earth and set all things to right-- Hallelujah! Here are some verses we were thinking about a couple nights ago:

"Great and marvelous are Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty;

Righteous and true are Thy ways, Thou King of the nations.

Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Thy name?

For Thou alone art holy; for all the nations will come and worship before Thee,

For Thy righteous acts will be revealed(!)"

~ Revelation 15:3-4

Just awesome verses! So exciting!

I hope you all have a wonderful day and keep earnestly seeking Jesus to better know and understand His nature before His return. God bless you!

In Christ, Miriam

in Collingwood, Ontario!

Wasaga Beach from a top a mountain-- we can at least say we've seen it!

(it's the longest freshwater beach in the world, so they claim)

and anybody who has been following my blog long enough may recall last year's

trip up this mountain and the view that wasn't there :) it was all foggy that time

wait just a minute for me too greet it properly

HELLOOOOO WASAGA BEACH!!!

Joel seems to be having some difficulties methinks...

do you s'pose I should help him.... or just keep taking pictures...

dearest Ryane :)

beholding the works of man

after the Bible study that night with our dear friends Cathy,
Ron, Kirsten, and Ryane :)

and Jim (Cathy's husband) who came in just a
little to late :)

now back in CT... these are just a few art-type
pics I was taking in the yard at my Grandparents' house :)

art

azaleas
(if these aren't azaleas, please just tell me.... I think they're azaleas :)

dragonfly

ALRIGHT, now here I just have to tell a little story--

While we were in CT (calmly taking pictures and you know, twittling our thumbs and such :) we were stuck in a really hard spot. You see, we were supposed to go to Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina from here, but SO many things were going wrong: concerts cancelling, no advertising, unable to afford vehicle insurance (of course we trust God to handle our vehicles, but the state doesn't seem to go with that), unable to afford outdoor liabilities for the show in VA, plus we had SO much work to do up on the Island... that we were actually feeling like... maybe we should be heading home... maybe God is actually closing this door.... We almost never feel this way, but rather press on no matter what happens, type thing.. but this seemed to be really incredibly... different. Well so, we prayed about it, and just left it in God's hands knowing that this weekend's outcome would determine things. So we set off to the Boston area for a Bible study and on the way we got several phone calls, the result of which being a very decided "you must go South"! A pastor called us saying that he had gotten us another school and that he had teams going all over the place advertising the concert, and our friends the Dumeresq's were like "There's no way you're NOT coming!" haha :) WOW well, ... alrighty then.. we're not just a little surprised... but OK! Now we just need God to make a way to get there. (no small thing for us, but very small to God)
Now off to the Bible study...

that night we had just a wonderful, wonderful time of fellowship with dear friends of ours and God just really blessed the night with His Company.

having nacho ministry with our dear friends the Luekens and Scott =D

The next day we did a concert in Weymouth which was amazingly blessed in so many ways- seeing awesome things that God did with different friends who went there.. and reconnecting with dear friends who we hadn't seen in a long time.... it was just so blessed :) Thank You Lord!

After the concert in Weymoth where we got to reconnet with
the Bonnets! yay!

When we came out of the weekend, God had provided miraculously for everything we would need to go down South. Praise God!!! :)

Virginia here we come! WAHOO!
*with banjo music blaring!*

This next post is of our time with our friends the Wainwrights in Ontario-- we got to spend a couple days with them and here's an idea of what those days were like: