Hanging in there at Sea Perch

High tide has come and gone and will come again.  We did not have to move to higher ground.  It's still very rainy and windy.  But five new RVs have come into the park, so I guess they all want to celebrate the new year no matter what.

Rocking and Rolling

Rain, wind, and waves in Yachats.  High tide is at 11 am.  We'll see if we have to suddenly move to higher ground.  We brought in the living room slide just to be safe.  That slide is on the south side and that's the direction the wind is coming from.  Charlie and Pam were going to come here today from Vancouver but they decided not to come.  Probably a wise choice!

I just took this picture from inside the motorhome, but it can't capture the power of the storm:

What the Bible is Not

From Tullian Tchividjian's blog http://www.crpc.org/blog/?p=772#comments
What the Bible is Not
Posted December 28th, 2009 by Tullian Tchividjian:

Contrary to what many Christians have concluded, the Bible does not tell two stories: the story of Israel in the OT and the story of the church in the NT. No, the Bible tells one story and points to one figure: it tells the story of how God rescues a broken world and points to Christ who accomplishes this. In the OT God revealed himself through types and shadows, through promises and prophecies. In the NT God reveals himself in Christ who is the substance of every shadow and the fulfillment of every promise and prophecy. In other words, the OT predicts God’s rescuer; the NT presents God’s rescuer. Therefore, the whole Bible–both the Old and New Testament–is all about God’s rescuer.

Even though it’s a children’s Bible, The Jesus Storybook Bible is, in my opinion, one of the best resources available to help both children and adults see the Jesus-centered story line of the Bible.

Sunset at the beach

While our friends and family in Portland/Vancouver enjoyed an unexpected snowstorm yesterday afternoon, we had a rainy and windy day at the coast.  After one more rain shower around 9 am, we had no rain the rest of today.  Tomorrow morning a high tide event is predicted along with high winds.  We'll move to higher ground if it becomes necessary.

When we were at Newport this afternoon, I took this picture of the Yaquina Bay lighthouse.  We didn't have time to take the tour but we look forward to doing that another time.

Tonight's sunset was interesting.  In just a few minutes the sky changed from the first picture to the second picture:

Sixty-Six Clouds

OK, I admit it, I like to post things that I've seen on other blogs or websites.  This one is really cool.  Really.  Click on this: http://identity33.com/blog/?p=531#comment-443 

Quoted from the website link:

Sixty-Six Clouds is a visual exploration of word frequency in the Bible.  Each book of the Bible was individually imported into http://www.wordle.net/ to create a unique word cloud for all sixty-six books.  The significance of word clouds is that they quickly present the gist of large bodies of written materials at a glance.  Wordle gives greater prominence and size to words that appear more frequently in the source text.  Therefore, the larger the word is in the cloud, the more prominent it is in the text.

Fun in the Rain

As predicted, it's raining today.  One of the good things about Sea Perch RV Park is that they have a very nice clubhouse where we can hang out if friends visit (hint, hint!) or if we each want some time to ourselves.  We've been using the workout room almost every day.  Here are pictures of the treadmill and the bike that we use:

Last night we watched a pretty sunset from our site:

8 Months After Surgery!

It's been exactly eight months since I had my aortic valve replaced with a mechanical valve.  I am feeling great.  I am so happy that I was able to make the walk up to visit Heceta Head lighthouse this morning.  Nine months ago I would not have been able to make the climb because of being short of breath.