Without this relief, these applicants not only would suffer the delays caused by USCIS’ rejection of their applications, but many applicants or their family members would be rendered ineligible because they were unable to file the required forms by timelines specified in the statute. In addit...
Symbol of our unity in Christ’s church: Above I noted Pastor Andy Hamblen’s ordination/installation in Twin Falls. Pastor Phil and I continue to nurture relationships with leaders of full-communion denominations across our synod. I am grateful for the mutual support and concrete collaborations t...
Christmas in the Northwest is a special time of the year and we are so fortunate to have so many special holiday events this season to enjoy. Many of them are even free. We have put together a BIG list of Christmas events & ways to celebrate the season with your family here in 2023....
We had no idea how butour old toyssomehow found themselves into Grandma’s basement and closets as playthings for the younger grandkids during family get-togethers. You’d be sure to tell those ungrateful cousins “These were MINE…” and it was weird when some would magically find themselves...
1. Great Falls Billy Goat Trail Great Falls Park is just outside the beltway on the Potomac River, where the river has carved a rock paradise that seems perfectly designed for an excellent afternoon of hiking. The Billy Goat trail is 3 miles of climbing over rocks and exploring hidden crevi...
of Joseph Barnabe, the son of Francois Dagneau Barnabe of Quebec, Canada, and a member of a highly placed family Q.P. (Church records and Tanguays dictionnaire) (also the Mantle of Elias by Nicholls, Pp. 277.306) Joseph Barnabe was one of a number of French-Canadians who left French...
There is a diversity of voices in this anthology that reflects on the displacement of nearly 150,000 people and the sorrows on the loss of home, family, animals, farm―what we hold dear. The style of writing is vernacular and direct, adhering to common speech, but more intense, briefer ...
But that has almostnothingto do with why I visit the farmer’s market, or buy boxes of fruit in season from the family farmer just over the mountains in Central Washington. Really, I can my tomatoes, make jam, keep chickens, bake bread and – perhaps most consumingly – grow a rather ...