I missed Sharing my world last week because I was away in the Berkshires leading worship and caregiving for guests at the New England Special Touch Getaway! So this week I am answering question for two weeks to catch myself up. When you have finished sharing a bit of my world find out about other worlds by going to:
http://ceenphotography.com/2014/09/08/share-your-world-2014-week-36/
Let’s start with this week’s questions from Cee:
Do you prefer reading coffee table books (picture), biographies, fiction, non-fiction, educational?
My first book is the Bible. I read several chapters daily (that’s non-fiction in case there might be any confusion) After that I am a big fiction reader. I am currently fascinated by anything to do with the English royal lineage and I am particularly stuck in the War of the Roses.
What is your biggest fear or phobia? (no photos please)
I dislike new things and change. That means currently I am being HUGELY stretched because everything in my life is new experiences.
What is your favorite cheese?
I love Gouda.
What is your favorite month of the year?
I like November. It is my birthday month and Thanksgiving and this year we will have my daughter’s wedding in November!
Now as to last week’s questions:
Have your blogging goals changed?
When I started blogging on “Reinventing the We’ll” I thought I would be talking about the empty nest. I ended up doing a whole lot with photography and of course sharing the Christian message. I also never expected to get so involved in the blogging community. That has been a happy surprise!
If you were to perform in the circus, what would you do?
I think I would be a clown.
If you could go back and talk to yourself at age 18 what advice would you give yourself? Or if you are younger than 25 what words of wisdom would you like to tell yourself at age 45?
I think I would tell myself to take better advantages of the opportunities that presented themselves. To be more proactive and less reactive. Time passes quickly and some things only present themselves for a brief period.
What is your favorite comfort snack food?
I have to have my daily nutty buddy with a hot cup of coffee.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I am so thankful for the opportunity I had to help my friends at Special Touch Ministry. The work we did there will last into eternity. I was privileged to baptize three of our camp guests. The joy each guest expressed coming out of the waters of baptism is not something I will soon forget.
The chapel and gymnasium at Eisner Camp
I am looking forward to planning out the Toy Town Fall Festival this week. It is my next big project and now I can put my full attention to it!
Lillie-Put 
I look forward to reading about this Toy Town Festival and seeing pictures of your daughter’s wedding. Now one question..Nutty Buddy as in ice cream cone?
No Nutty Buddies up here are these bars of peanut butter chocolaty goodness.
Nutty Buddies and a cup of coffee: you are indeed a man of great taste.
I appreciated so much what you said about being blessed by the people whom you had baptized. There is something so unique about the feeling connected with coming up out of that water, isn’t there? When I was 12 I was baptized by sprinkling in the church we attended. But in later years, as I became even closer to the Lord and experienced the infilling of His Spirit in a greater way, I realized that I wanted to be baptized by immersion. I realize that the Lord was looking at my heart both times, and He saw that I was in faith and seeking to please Him both times, but there was something so different and so “completing” about going under the water and coming back up that I did not experience by being sprinkled.
I agree with you. While I was baptized as a child there was something so affirming about being able to make my own choice about following the Lord in the faith and immersion was such a strong seal to my faith.