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March 30, 2012 By

Hey again!

 

Tuesday night we went to the fair! It was dollar night so we got in for $4.00! (Elijah was free.) We went to a petting zoo there and we saw: A giraffe, some zebras, a camel, a Watusi, a Chinese “BearCat” some llamas, some goats and sheep, lemurs, parrots, a long haired cow, and a pony. It was very cool! My favorites were the giraffe, BearCat, and parrots. We had lots of fun watching people ride really scary rides and scream. 🙂

 

Wednesday morning we got up super early and went to Homosassa Springs! Granny and Pap came with us. On the boat ride I saw:

Some Ibises

A Red Shouldered Hawk

Some Great Blue Herons

A Swallow Tailed Kite

A Green Heron

A Cardinal

Some Wood Ducks

Two Barred Owls

An Osprey

Some Great Egrets

A Cormorant

A Wood Stork

In the zoo part there were lots of birds and animals native to FL. There was also a HIPPOPOTAMUS named Lu! The best things were the MANATEES!They look like cows with flippers and tails. We got to see so many different creatures! I hope we get to go back. I got a pinched penny with a manatee on it as a souvenir. I  On the way home we stopped by Fort Island County Park. It was on the gulf and we put our feet in the ocean and splashed around.

Wednesday night we went to the First Baptist Church of Lake Panasoffkee. There was 4-6th grade Bible study. They were doing the 10 commandments. After that, we played some games and then did some praise and worship. We had fun!

So All May Know,

Madeline S.

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March 15, 2012 By

Hola amigos!

 

On 3-10-12 Sunday night  we went to the Interdenominational Worship Center! Dad told everyone about how we are going to Ecuador. Then he sang ‘You Live’ again. It sounded really good. Then Abigail and I took Elijah to the nursery. Then we sang ‘Born Again’ by Third Day with Dad. After that, People signed up get our news letter.

 

On Monday night we went to the fair. We rode some of the rides and Mom and Dad gave some of their friends our cards. We also met a man who had a llama, some ponies, goats and donkeys. He also had a very cute mini Brahma calf. He told us that he’d be praying for us.

 

We are going to start visiting different churches on Wednesdays because we will only be in Florida for a couple more weeks. Then we’ll go back up to Georgia in May. I can’t wait to see my friends!

 

I hope that we will be able to blog more. We are very busy but my Grandpa says that he likes reading about what we’re doing.

 

 

So All May Know,

 

Madeline Studebaker

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March 1, 2012 By

                                                                                                                                                                           

Hola!

It is super hot today! 82 degrees in the shade! I decided that if this is March in Florida, I am totally unprepared for the heat of the Ecuadorian jungle! I know that my sister, Abigail, will probably have 2,000 bug-bites, too. She is constantly getting bitten.

We went birding the other day and saw:

two Pied-Billed Grebes

two Common Moorhens

a nesting Limpkin

a pair of Sandhill Cranes

an American Coot

a Great Egret

two Great Blue Herons

a Little Blue Heron

some Loud Crows

a group of Turkey Vultures

and a looooooong, scary Black Snake

I really miss Blairsville and the people there. But I am glad that I am going to missionary kid to Ecuador, because I can’t wait to share the good news down there. I am going to be able to tell lost people about the Living Water!

So All May Know,

Madeline Studebaker

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February 28, 2012 By

2/28/12                                                                                                                                   Hey again!

We’ve been so busy! Sunday morning we went to First Baptist of Coleman. Dad sang ‘You Live’, a song that he wrote. Everyone loved it. After that, we went to the Sunday evening service at Fort Cooper Baptist Church. Abigail and I took Elijah to the nursery and Mom and Dad listened to missionary Steven Heidenreich.

I am getting ready for the Georgia Youth Birding Competition. I can’t wait! I’m also trying to finish my drawing for the T-shirt Contest. It is almost finished.

I am very excited that a volunteer group at the Jungle School has started drying in the  house we will be living in. We will be living on the school’s campus! I can’t wait until August when we will be in Ecuador. There are more birds in two acres of the rain forest there than in all of North America. That is a lot of birds.    

So All May Know,

Madeline Studebaker

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February 28, 2012 By

Hola!

I am very excited to be starting this blog! I don’t know how often I’ll be able to update it though, because there is no internet connection where we are staying. We’re in Floral City, F.L. And it is already pretty hot here.                                                                                          

We are on a canal, so I’m seeing plenty of birds. Great Blue Herons, Ibises, Great White Egrets, Black & White Warblers,  an Osprey, and a Red Shouldered Hawk that likes to sit and watch us play.                                               

We have been visiting different churches. Sometimes Daddy gets to sing. It is hard going into a different church every week because I don’t know or remember any of the people. 

I am excited about going to serve in Ecuador soon – I’ve always said that I wanted to be a missionary. I’m also a little nervous, but I know that God will help me through it. Spanish is hard but it can be kinda fun. Sometimes.

I hope I can update you with everything that has been going on.

 

So All May Know,

Madeline Studebaker

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