http://www.kennedysonline.net Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:06:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lest anyone be concerned that my reading list only consists of books featuring pain & suffering, allow me to dispel that notion with a MUST NOT MISS recommendation.  I cannot believe I am 37 years old and am only now reading this amazing story.  If you've never read The Phantom ... http://www.kennedysonline.net/?p=1417 "You can't unknow what you now know." A friend reminds me of this truth regularly.  When my dear friend Rachel began ministering to women trapped in prostitution in China, she began a journey into a world I knew nothing about.  "Blissful ignorance" is the phrase that best describes. Today, Rachel is ... http://www.kennedysonline.net/?p=1412 Just fun pictures from today's great trip to a local blueberry farm -- for you Richmonders, Swift Creek Berry Farm "U Pick" blueberries for $2.09 a pound! [caption id="attachment_1403" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Our great pickers - over 20 pounds in the buckets and lots more in the tummies!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1404" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Zach's ... http://www.kennedysonline.net/?p=1402 And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive and pray to the LORD for it; for in its peace you will have peace. Jeremiah 29:7 (NKJV) Ah, Richmond.  My hometown.  The city that loomed large when homesickness hit hardest. I've recently joined ... http://www.kennedysonline.net/?p=1374 Quick update on... Sara. The team made it safely to Entebbe, Uganda with no issues or delays (unheard of!). I have only talked to her twice and quite briefly, but we do get daily email updates from different members of the team which are then posted to our church's website. My ... http://www.kennedysonline.net/?p=1358 [caption id="attachment_1343" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ok, one trio of considerably cute cousins"] A few updated family pictures celebrating the joy of beingTOGETHER![/caption] Daddy & Hannah at Bon Air 5K [caption id="attachment_1344" align="alignleft" width="186" caption="Noah ready for Greek Festival; Mia as Pocahontas"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1345" align="alignleft" width="286" caption="Mom & Sara chatting after church"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1346" ... http://www.kennedysonline.net/?p=1342 "The Swatted Fly" An iambic tetrameter poem by Zach Kennedy A fly flies into a small house It loudly buzzed past the man's spouse The spouse screamed and grabbed the swatter She swatted at it -- now harder. And finally, the fly gave in So there it was, extremely thin. So thin it could have been paper Its body ... http://www.kennedysonline.net/?p=1338 A few photos from the last few weeks of homeschooling ... a trip the Virginia State Capitol with a particular emphasis on the grounds and statues, a visit to the newly re-opened and magnificent Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the discovery of a very special creek in a local ... http://www.kennedysonline.net/?p=1330 If you liked Three Cups of Tea, you will love this new book.  A friend in Colorado sent it to me after reading about the remarkable soccer game my ESL class (made up of refugees and immigrants) played a few weeks ago.  Thanks, Erika for the introduction to this great ... http://www.kennedysonline.net/?p=1326 Where to this week? In all my years in Richmond, I never knew we had a zoo until this week.  Called upon to be the official photographer for Mia's class fieldtrip to the Richmond Metro Zoo, Zach and I enjoyed taking pictures of the class - then dashed off on our ... http://www.kennedysonline.net/?p=1321