United Kingdom Class

Posted on September 8, 2019 by vanbraman

You might think from this title that I will be teaching in England.

But, this is not the case. I will be teaching a class on Sunday mornings about the United Kingdom of Israel starting next week.

Israel relief map, Arad, Arad guest house, Dan to Beersheba, Israel bordersThe course will start with Eli and Samuel and then continue on with Kings Saul, David and Solomon.

Nebi Samwil, High Place of Gibeon, Samuel, IsraelI am looking forward to teaching the class as I will be able to share information about some of the places I have visited in Israel. I will use a lot of my own pictures during the course, and also some from friends.

Shephelah, Lachish, Judean Hills, Archaeological DigThe Shephelah is one of the main settings of this time period and it will be interesting to look back through my pictures looking for the right ones to use.

Tel es-Safi, Gath, Goliath, Archaeology, Tel, Steep ClimbGath will be another location that will be covered in the course.

Valley of Elah, Goliath, David, Melon Patch, Khirbet QeiyafaSince I am thinking about Goliath of Gath I will also be talking about the Elah Valley.

City of David excavations, Jerusalem, King David, ArchaeologyI will also be talking about the City of David excavations in Jerusalem.

There are of course many other places that will be covered, as well as some of my favorite accounts from the Bible.

As I work my way through the course I will probably write a few posts about what we are covering.

Now for a lot of study!

Steven

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Must Do Yard Work II

Posted on September 7, 2019 by vanbraman

It has been three weeks again since I have done yard work.

It was way too hot last weekend, and I had just returned from two weeks in Canada.

So, there was Must Do Yard Work to complete today.

back yard, volunteer trees, yard workI again had a bunch of volunteer trees in my back yard. Hopefully I won’t have any for awhile as I should be home for the next month and I can do regular yard work.

ladybug, tree leaf, yard work, back yardThe little trees are home to ladybugs and other insects, but they had to go.

edger, yard work, stringing, weed whackerI no sooner got started working with my string trimmer that it ran out of line. I then had to restring the trimmer which can be a bit frustrating. Good thing I have some mechanical ability 🙂

The front and back yard had to be mowed and edged. After these tasks were done I looked to see what needed to be done next.

tree triming, leaning tree, back yardIt was a very windy day today and this made it really obvious that one of my trees was getting too close to the neighbors roof. I had to do a bit of tree trimming.

tree trimming, branches, back yard, ladderI soon had branches all over the place and had a lot of cleanup to do.

I moved all the branches along the side of the house and will have to work later to get them into the yard waste container. I was too tired by the time I got done.

Still to do is cleaning up my rose bushes. They need a lot of work, especially as the heat has not been too good on them this summer.

Steven

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