Valentine's Day Blizzard

Okay, I showed you the beginning of the storm in the last post. Check out the end! (Click on the pictures to enlarge.) If you've never been to the Walker homestead, you'll see by these pictures that the driveway is a lot of fun in the winter. :-) (Berlin doesn't get much snow and I miss these family bonding times!)

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!!

Snow Day!

The most beautiful place on earth! BBC


Todd & I, bundled up & enjoying the elements

Yep. Northeastern Pennsylvania is buried. Presently at 3:00pm today we have about a foot, and it's still coming down. My flight was canceled yesterday, so I'm here to enjoy it. Todd & I walked to BBC this morning (driving would've been impossible) to get his girlfriend. Enjoy these pictures . . . :-)

(I return to Berlin on Saturday . . .)

Time to Go Back

My dad & Glenn Amos bonding in a hot tub at the National Youth Ministries Conference in Sandusky


The Walker clan with Rich Rudolph & fiance, Julia (my future teammates!)


Lana & Grandma


Tim Holdridge and I the night Ohio State lost. :-)



I've been in the States since December 11th and it's been great! I've been all over the place as usual: Indianapolis, Cedarville, Sandusky, Chicago, Moody Bible Institute, Purdue University, Toledo and finally back to BBC's Missions Conference - which was fantastic! It's been a great 7 weeks. The highlights have been getting to see so many people that have been with me in Berlin on short-term trips, as well as getting lots of quality time with my family. There were two times that I thought I was going to have the opportunity of seeing my niece, Lana, again for a couple hours when I was on my way somewhere and near enough to Kalamazoo; and both times it fell through due to weather. It was disappointing. But then, when I got back to Clarks Summit, my parents decided to fly Trav, Kaci and the baby to Clarks Summit for one more visit . . . for a week! This just goes to show that a quote I found recently is true. This quote is from one of my favorite books by my favorite author. It says, "Let's never forget that some of His greatest mercies are His refusals. He says, 'No' in order that He may, in some way we cannot imagine, say, 'Yes.' All His ways with us are merciful. His meaning is always love" (Elisabeth Elliot, Keep a Quiet Heart). God knew I needed to have this truth illustrated for me in this way. I hope I never forget it!

Enjoy these pictures of fun moments with family and friends . . .

Berlin Thunder to Superbowl!

Just a little fun fact for ya. As some of you know, Berlin is part of Europe's NFL. Berlin's NFL team is called the Berlin Thunder and my teammate, Fritz Good, has spent some time offering spiritual support to the "Thundering Herd" (as they're affectionately known) in past years. A few years ago, he got to know a player by the name of Bryan Fletcher. Here's the cool part: Bryan is now on the Indianapolis Colts and is playing tonight in the SuperBowl! He's a strong Christian and my teammates have had him over for dinner several times in Berlin. So, go Bryan! Make us proud!