One day Farmer Green and Farmer Purple were finishing the last of their fall harvest. They had just dropped off the last load of ripe Skittles and were driving their bright pink tractor to the barn to put it away for the winter. They were arguing about the same old thing, their bright pink tractor […]
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Wildfire Christmas – New Life
The last person to get an ornament for the branch that was substituting for a Christmas tree was the teenage boy. Everyone was curious about the type of ornament that he would bring. He had been very quiet and seemed very sad. After being gone for a long time, but teenage boy came back into […]
Wildfire Christmas – A Baby
It was Christmas Eve, but the small group of refugees was not in a festive mood. There was no snow, no decorations, no food, no music, no presents and almost no family. They had to walk carefully because the ground was still hot in some areas, and there were hot coals and embers where there […]
Medford Forest Nature Camp – The Final Hike
In the morning Joe woke up all the kids by banging on a metal pan with a big spoon! The kids came out of their tents grumbling and complaining, it was still dark! Joe pointed to the east where there was a gap in the trees. The sky was glowing orange, and he told the […]
Medford Forest Nature Camp – Skunks
One cloudy, cool day Haley was leading the kids through the woods and her pet raccoon Daniel was riding on her shoulder. They came to a fork in the trail and had to decide which way to go. Haley had taken the kids down the trail to the right the last time they came on […]
Stories from Medford Forest – God will not leave us
Haley sat in a Church on Saturday evening. It was not the Church that she usually attended. A big Church in a city about an hour from the farm was having a dinner/theater, so she and Joe went to that. The food was very good, and Haley was very careful not to spill any of […]
Stories from Medford Forest – The Father’s Voice
One night just before dawn Daniel the raccoon climbed down out of his hollow tree and went across the field to Joe and Haley’s farmhouse. He knew how to open the door to the house, so he let himself into the house and went exploring. Daniel stopped first in Joe’s room, he was looking for […]
Stories from Medford Forest – Easter at the Tomb
It was evening on Easter Sunday. Joe and Haley were sitting at the kitchen table, and Joe was reading the Easter story from the Bible. He said, “Haley, pay attention to this next part of the story because one of the main characters is a young woman named Mary Magdalene! Why don’t you try to […]
Stories From Medford Forest – God’s Love Takes Away Our Fears
In the last story, the Black River that runs through the Medford Forest flooded, and Joe and Haley performed a daring rescue to save a baby raccoon that they named Daniel (after Joe’s brother). They adopted Daniel into their family and made a cozy room for him in their barn. One morning, a few days […]
God-Connections in National Parks – New River Gorge National Park
They thought that all the helpers had given their reports, but they had forgotten the youngest helper! He was just 18 years old, and he was the son of the teacher. The door to the room burst open and this young helper came running into the room. He apologized for being late, but he had […]