CAPE COD TO BLAINE WA - MY BEGINNINGS

LONG AGO IN THE LATE 1800'S 

MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS 

HOMESTEADED IN

CAPE COD - IN EASTHAM, MA. 

Here they are, in front of their home

in Eastham MA.

Luther Wilbur Brewer and his 

wife,  Vida May (Ingalls).

SUCH A MARVELOUS CONNECTION

I HAVE TO MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS

Here is a look at York Beach, Maine.  

It is where they moved later on.

I visited this in 1987, and it still looks

very much the same, except the 

beach has had building built and more roads.

I am living in Blaine WA 

I attend Lighthouse Baptist Church in Birch Bay, WA   My life is here on the western coast of the United States, right close to the border of Canada.   

It is a part of me that sees how blessed I am to be by the Sea even as my Grandmother and Grandfather.   

            

THIS IS THE HOME THAT THEY BUILT 

IN YORK BEACH, MAINE  

In this photo the porch was not finished,

but they did it as they could, and eventually

had a lovely sitting porch.

Luther Wilbur Brewer 

An old photo that does not do justice

to his fine features.

Here are Bampy and Mamie  (May-mie) 

playing Croquet on their property.

Luther was a Leather Tanner in his living, 

and they both were active in the 

little Methoditst Church there in 

York Beach. 

They had two daughters 

Florence (Flossie) 

and 

Lillias 

Lillias was my grandmother.

LUTHER WILBUR BREWER

 b.Oct. 18, 1859  d. April  10, 1949

VIDA MAY (INGALLS) BREWER 

b. June 25, 1863  d.  Aug 27, 1948 

They were married Nov. 1, 1883

Florence Vida Brewer   b. Aug 11,1844

married  June 26, 1912  South Berwick, Maine

died  Sept  17, 1974

Lillias May Brewer b.  Feb 5, 1891

married   July 16, 1914

died   May 16, 1979  North Adams, MA  

In my photos  this is one of my 

grandmother Lillias - I believe it was 

on her wedding day.

Taken at York Beach, MAINE  

My Grandmother married Forrest Raymond Carpenter

Here he is at that time.   1914. 

Somehow, because his father had three sons - 

the oldest Bert was in business

the next one  Lester was married

which left Forrest to farm with his father.

So he did not go into the W W.

Here in York Beach, MAine   is the family with

Forrest,  Lillias, Florence and  Mamie (Vida May) 

Mamie is on the siting next to Lillias

Here is Lillias May Carpenter

with her first-born

Vida May Carpenter

born April 8, 1915.

Then here is a photo of my father and mother with

me, just newly arrived.

THIS WAS MY FIRST PICTURE

HARRY HUNTER DONATO

AND 

WIFE, VIDA MAY (CARPENTER) 

WITH ME 

JUNE ESTELLE DONATO

born June 9, 1933.

HERE I AM IN BLAINE WA

ABOUT 8 MILES FROM 

BIRCH BAY, WA

ABOUT 1/2 MILE TO THE BORDER

OF BRITISH COLUMBIA IN CANADA.

York Beach MAINE

TO 

SEEING THE SUNSET 

FROM 

BIRCH BAY WA 

My Father is rich in houses and lands,

He holdeth the wealth of the world in His hands,

Of rubies and diamonds 

Of silver and gold,

His coffers are full - 

He has riches untold.

I'm a child of the King,  A child of the King,

With Jesus my Savior, I'm a child of the King.

My Father's own Son, the Savior of men, 

Once wandered the earth as the poorest of them,

But now He is reigning forever on high,

And will give me a home in heaven by and by.

I once was an outcast, stranger on earth,

A sinner by choice 

and an alien by birth...

But I've been adopted, my name's written down 

An heir to a mansion,

a robe,

and a crown.

I'm a child of the King,  A child of the King,

With Jesus my Savior, I'm a child of the King.

Since my hip operation of 2016  I have done well

With my walker "Ebenezer"  and my  walking cane "Caleb" 

I am enjoying my life in Blaine. 

I welcome you to JOURNEY WITH ME 

here 

as I blog 

Biblelady Junebug99  

VISIT YORK BEACH, MAINE

WHAT TO DO IN BIRCH BAY AND BLAINE WA

WHERE ARE YOU? - GOD CALLS OUT

GOD'S WORD DECLARES THAT ALL HAVE SINNED

by LILACLADY-JUNEBUG2

Romans 3.verse 23

All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

          WHERE ARE YOU ? God was calling.

Adam was hiding.   He knew God had told him not to eat 

of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, but he had done it anyway.

Genesis 3.verse 6

       And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise,  she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also to her husband with her; and he did eat.

                                    Genesis 3.verse 7 - 15

       v.7  And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked: and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

        v.8  And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of  the garden.

        v.9   And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, WHERE ART THOU? 

              Now let us look at this for a moment.   

               The LORD God who made all things 

                                       knew exactly what He had made

                                       knew exactly where everything was

                                       knew exactly what His PLAN was.

              Remember?   He had given Adam and Eve all the blessings of the things He had made, by giving Adam the authority to rule over it all.   Then He gave Adam a help meet for him - Eve.  They were walking in the Garden  totally unaware they were naked -   they were His creatures, walking in innocence.

             WHAT HAD HAPPENED?

             LET US LOOK AT THE CHOICE THEY HAD

              The command to Adam was (Gen. 2.16 -17)  And the LORD God commanded the man, saying,  Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat. but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it, for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

             In the Hebrew it is rendered " dying thou shalt die." 

            Adam was naked and unashamed, with his wife, before he disobeyed and ate of the fruit.     He had the responsibility to obey.  He had a face to face encounter with the LORD God, but chose to listen to his wife.    

             When Adam answers, Genesis 3.10, Adam says, 

I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.

              And he said "Who told thee that thou wast naked?  Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat? 

               God is asking Adam to tell him what he did.

                God cannot "do" anything for someone until we admit 

our sinfulness.     It is a change that Adam and Eve have had: no longer are they covered with the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.  Created in the image of God, they have a soul, a spirit, and a personality....and when Adam sinned,  he became a sinner.

               God was not taken by surprise.   We must remember God knows exactly our humanity, and we are indeed created by Him, so He knows and understands.   He had it all in His Wisdom and Foreknowledge planned out.  

                   The Bible record tells us that God asks each one

  and so, today, we are each accountable.

                    First, the man's excuse was: 

                            the woman that you gave me 

                            to be with me, she gave me of 

                            the tree, and I did eat.

                      Oh my !    God you gave me more than I 

                                        could handle - it is your fault God,

                                        you gave me the woman.

                         Oh my !   God you gave her to be with me

                                         and she gave me of the tree

                                         and I did eat.

                             So there it is said.    I ate it.   

                              God then says nothing and goes on to Eve.

                              "What is this that thou hast done?"   

                              She responds with an excuse also.

                               Her excuse?   

                                         "The serpent beguiled me and I did eat."

WHERE THE GULLS CRY - LILACLADY-JUNEBUG2

             WHERE THE GULLS CRY

August 28, 2017

Walking By the Sea, where the gulls cry

The trains travel by here in Blaine often.   Their tracks are down by the ocean edge, so no one sees the train go by unless they are opposite the bay.   I can watch the train if I walk across the street, and go near to the edge from where I view the train as it passes by.   The regularity of the wheels thumping along can be heard miles before they arrive.   The sound and the thumping begins and by the time the long horn sounds its arrival everyone can tell it is about to arrive.   
                         The gulls are beginning to cry some these days, calling to each other, but they for the most part are clustered in groups in trees and bushes where they stay out of the cold.   There is rain and warmer weather here in Blaine and Birch Bay than in Central Washington.   In Cle Elum and in Roslyn the snow has gone to about 4 feet I understand.    Here, we are with somewhat milder weather, and the birds know it.    I think they are a little confused, because it is so much less colder than it has been.    Perhaps we will have an early Spring?   I do not know.

                           The Bible says "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the holy is understanding."   Proverbs 9.10   Again, it says in Proverbs 1.23 "Turn ye at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you."
Jesus said, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;  knock, and it shall be opened unto you."  Like the birds crying to each other, letting each other know they are there, and what they want to do, we are here, and Jesus has told us to Ask, to Seek, and to Knock.  
                         
                            ASK.   To ask first means we need to want to know something, or to have something.   We must therefore, be willing to receive an answer.   Sometimes, I think, some of us are afraid of asking, because we are afraid the Lord will give us an answer different from what we picture.   So, many folk decide that ASKING God for something they can do  on their own  is much better than trusting the Lord for His answer.   Walking by the sea, we can see the tides come in, and the tides go out.   The birds watch for the low tides, because then they can skim over and find lots of delicacies they can feast on.    So too, the low tides of how we feel life is treating us can give us
"feasting" of which would not otherwise be possible.    Proverbs 10.3 tells us "The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish, but he casteth away the substance of the wicked."
 Again, it tells us in Proverbs 10.22 "The blessing of the LORD maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow to it."   Proverbs 11.30 "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise."
                          Walking by the sea,  I know I can view the tides at low and at high levels.   In my life, I am resolved that by the One who Alone is Righteous and Holy, that I will take what my life brings me.   I will ask Him to help me feast even in the scanty times.   I will ask the Heavenly Father to give me a willingness to let Him reprove me in my life, if need be, so that I can discover the joy of what Jesus said when he told the disciples "If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you wish, and it shall be done to you."  John 15.7