For His Glory http://galena.avlux.org "And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him." - Colossians 3:17 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:16:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 A gift that I will treasure… http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/26/a-gift-that-i-will-treasure/ http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/26/a-gift-that-i-will-treasure/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:50:59 +0000 Lena http://galena.avlux.org/?p=200 About a month back, we listened to a lecture on Charles Haddon Spurgeon as part of our Humanities studies. Motivated by that lecture, I started reading a book of his lectures to his students. However, I didn’t get too far before I wanted to start underlining and marking the things that stood out… unfortunately I couldn’t do that because it wasn’t my book - it was the family’s.

So, I requested that for Christmas I wanted a book of Spurgeon - I didn’t really care what - just as long as it was by him and was my own (so I could mark in it).

Well, guess what I got? Something far better than I had hoped for!

My Dad got this for me - a beautiful, hard-bound 10 volume (5 book) set of Spurgeon’s sermons - in one of my favorite colors, no less. Furthermore, they are mine - which means I can make as many marks and highlight as many things as I want - with impunity.

I’ve already read one sermon and am looking forward to reading more…

Thanks Dad!

Galena

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]]> http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/25/199/feed/ Pride and Prejudice in 10 minutes http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/24/pride-and-prejudice-in-10-minutes/ http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/24/pride-and-prejudice-in-10-minutes/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:03:03 +0000 Lena http://galena.avlux.org/?p=197

I found this especially humorous because it gives me a clue on how guys view P&P.

Galena

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]]> http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/19/pictures-part-5-snow-day-part-2/feed/ Pictures - part 4 - Snow Day part 1 http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/19/pictures-part-4-snow-day-part-1/ http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/19/pictures-part-4-snow-day-part-1/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:35:43 +0000 Lena http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/19/pictures-part-4-snow-day-part-1/ These are from today:

]]> http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/19/pictures-part-4-snow-day-part-1/feed/ Pictures - part 3 http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/19/pictures-part-3/ http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/19/pictures-part-3/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:31:51 +0000 Lena http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/19/pictures-part-3/ I believe these are from November/early December - the first few are when I was taking pictures for calendars which we put together for our relatives:

]]> http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/19/pictures-part-3/feed/ Pictures - part 2 http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/19/pictures-part-2/ http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/19/pictures-part-2/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:25:34 +0000 Lena http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/19/pictures-part-2/ These are some of the pictures from our Thanksgiving English Country Dance (I think all the ones of people dancing were taken by my Dad):

]]> http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/19/pictures-part-2/feed/ Pictures - part 1 http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/19/pictures-part-1/ http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/19/pictures-part-1/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:14:05 +0000 Lena http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/19/pictures-part-1/ My brother, Victor, and I bought a camera a couple months ago - a Nikon D40.
So, I’m finally getting around to post some of the pictures I’ve taken (pretty much all of the ones of me were taken by Lydia):

These particular ones are from October through the middle of November:

]]> http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/19/pictures-part-1/feed/ From the mouth of my sister… http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/09/from-the-mouth-of-my-sister/ http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/09/from-the-mouth-of-my-sister/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:50:22 +0000 Lena http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/09/from-the-mouth-of-my-sister/ after being spoken to concerning a five-line sentence in her paper:

“An intellectual elite is defined by saying nothing in as many words as possible.”

(Oh, this was Lydia, in case anybody was unsure.)

]]> http://galena.avlux.org/2008/12/09/from-the-mouth-of-my-sister/feed/ All is not Gold that glitters… http://galena.avlux.org/2008/10/13/all-is-not-gold-that-glitters/ http://galena.avlux.org/2008/10/13/all-is-not-gold-that-glitters/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:58:47 +0000 Lena http://galena.avlux.org/2008/10/13/all-is-not-gold-that-glitters/ I act for money, no other reason. Since I made my first picture in 1941, I haven’t done a thing worthwhile. I have never enjoyed making films, and I don’t like being a so-called film star. I haven’t the emotional make-up for it, nor the love of exhibitionism. I am much too shy. [I'd rather find] one good man I could love and marry and cook for and make a home for, who would stick around for the rest of my life. I never found him. If I had, I would have traded my career in a minute.
Ava Gardner, arguably one of the most beautiful and talented women to grace the “silver screen”, quoted in the Arizona Republic’s article on her death, January 27, 1990.

Taken from “Verses of Virtue” - compiled and edited by Elizabeth Beall Phillips

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My darling sis.


Karl and I.


Greta, Iona and Peter


Mom and Dad.


Greta, Iona and I.


Greta, Lydia and Iona


Anya.

~Galena

]]> http://galena.avlux.org/2008/08/29/vacation-photos/feed/ Tagged http://galena.avlux.org/2008/07/21/tagged/ http://galena.avlux.org/2008/07/21/tagged/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:26:15 +0000 Lena http://galena.avlux.org/2008/07/21/tagged/ I was tagged by Lydia.

Two names I go by:
Lena and Nena (what Iona calls me)

Two things I am wearing right now:
a sports jacket and a jean skirt.

Two of my favorite things to do:
Almost anything that involves the kitchen and food (i.e. baking, cooking etc…)

and

Reading.

Two pets you had/have:
The only pet I ever had was a blue and white parakeet named Sky.

Two things you did yesterday:
Went to church (twice) and went on a walk.

Two things you ate yesterday:
Blueberries and salad.

Two people you last talked to:
Mom and Lydia.

Two things you’re doing tomorrow:
Helping build a chicken coop (probably), mowing the lawn (maybe), studying (hopefully)

Two longest car rides:
Same as Lydia’s - 5 hours up to Leavenworth, WA and 4.5 hours to Bend, OR.

Two favorite holidays:
Christmas and Thanksgiving.

Two favorite beverages:
Water and flavored water (tea).

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