Yes, there's lots of snow

This winter, we have been "blessed" with an almost record breaking amount of snow. This winter has been the second snowiest since records have been kept. However, we had some warm days and rain in the middle, which kept the total accumulation at one time down to a minimum.

Last week, some of the girls and I had some fun on the snow bank that has grown outside of our dorm. Most of the snow is from the drive being plowed. Since then, it has begun to melt.

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A Lunar Eclipse

Wednesday evening, we were allowed to stay up a few minutes past bed time to watch the total lunar eclipse.
This was the same eclipse that helped Columbus on one of his return trips to the New World. He and his crew had landed on an island, and they were completely out of supplies. The islanders refused to give them anything. Columbus had been reading a book that predicted a lunar eclipse for the following evening, so he told the islanders that if they continued to refuse the provisions, he would make the moon disappear. Well, the next night was the eclipse, and the islanders begged for their moon back. So, Columbus and his men got their supplies and the islanders got their moon!

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Winter Bible Conference

Yesterday was the first day of our annual winter Bible Conference here at Dublin Christian Academy. Basically, we bring a camp-like atmosphere to school. The kids get out of classes for a couple of days, and they go to chapel, games, team meetings, and evening services instead. This year, our guest speaker is Evangelist Keven Brownfield. He has already brought some powerful messages, and the students (and faculty staff) are excited to hear what all the Lord has for him to teach us. Tomorrow night, though will be a special concert from the SMS men's group.

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First Day of School....First Day of Life

As we were all in bed getting rested for our first day back to classes after Christmas break, our neighbors (and teachers) were adding to their family. Jacoby Dallas Chisholm was born at 2:26 in the morning. What a great "welcome home" gift!

It's a crazy time of year...

Yes, it's Christmas time once again. Life gets pretty crazy around DCA during the Christmas season.
Monday night, we had our dorm party. We walked up a big, icy hill to the pastor's house. There, we played some crazy games--including a white elephant gift exchange (aka "yankee swap"). Mrs. Emberley gave us a short challenge, and then we went back to the dorm. (Oh yeah--and we ate a lot of food)
Tonight, we are planning on going Christmas caroling, even though the weather report is calling for snow. Tomorrow night is our annual Christmas banquet (the gift from the DCA faculty and staff to the students). And then Friday we have a Christmas vespers and then we go home!
Time flies, but it's good fun...

More Pictures

Here is a recent picture of the school's "backyard." Mount Monadnock is about a five minute drive from campus and we have a great view of the mountain from our pond. It is very beautiful at this time of year. (As always, you can click on the picture to see a bigger version.)

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

I'm sure many of you have heard the reports of this great winter storm coming through our area. Just so you know--we are in a funny area with Mount Monadnock in our "backyard." Usually, we end up getting mostly snow in these kind of storms.
Today was no different (or, should I say, "Last night was no different."). When we woke up this morning, there was about 4-6 inches of snow on the ground. The guys had been up shoveling since about 5:30, and one of the maintenance men was up earlier to plow the roads (eventually, they'll send the town plows out).
Here is a picture of the front of Miss Miller's apartment about 6:30 this morning.