About Me

• We live in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (60 miles west of Toronto), in a quiet suburb on a corner lot.  Gardening has become a year long hobby for me.  I look forward to adding more photos in the weeks ahead.  In January, I hope to add some photos of seeds and some germination pictures as I get ready for the 2005 gardening season.

• I enjoy working in the garden, and often sit and reflect on the beauty of nature.  It is such a refuge from the sometimes hectic world in which we live.  I have written a brief testimony below regarding my faith in God.  I hope some will find it beneficial and helpful in their own lives. 

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. 

 Isaiah 9:2

• I have added some Scripture verses to some of the photos on my site.  The reason for this is because of my desire to honor and revere the God who has saved me from my sins.  I became a born again Christian in December 1987.

• I grew up in a small rural hamlet called Kinlough, which is located near Kincardine, Ontario.  I attended Sunday School and learned Bible stories and memorized the Ten Commandments.  In spite of this religious training, I didn't know God and knew no lasting peace or joy of knowing that I had eternal life.

• As I entered my mid thirties, I began to experience an earnest desire to know God.  I began to read some books by a  woman named Corrie ten Boom.  She was a Dutch woman whose family had given refuge to Jews during World War II.  In her books, she spoke of knowing God and His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ in intimate terms.  I began to hunger to know God and His Son in this way.

• I attended a ladies' Bible Study at a friend's church one morning just before Christmas in 1987.  A speaker told of getting up early in the morning to spend time with God.  She spoke of having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.  She invited anyone present to pray with her that "all their life, they had tried to do it themselves."

•  I realized I had been trying to come to God on my own terms, with my own good works and righteousness.  I cried out to God in my heart, and asked Him to forgive my sins.  I understood for the first time in my life, that Jesus was the only way to God.  I asked Jesus to come into my heart and to cleanse me from my sins.

• That eventful day was seventeen years ago,  and all through the years, my Heavenly Father has become more precious to me.  He has been my constant companion, even as He promises in His Word ... Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. ... Hebrews 13:5 

Reading Suggestions

• The Hiding Place by  Corrie Ten Boom, written by John Sherrill - ISBN: 0553256696

• Five Silent Years of Corrie Ten Boom (The), written by Pamela Rosewell - ISBN: 0310611210