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DECEMBER 7, 2022
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Fresh Fruit For Families BY ANN MEAD ASH
he Fruits of the Spirit, found in Galatians 5:22-23, are love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Knowing that the Bible says God’s Word will not return void, New Holland resident and children’s author Shelleen Weaver has chosen to write about the nine fruits in her series “Fruit Fables.” The third book in the series, “Sir Beaver Finds the Missing Peace,” was published earlier this fall. In the book, Sir Beaver frets and fusses as he puts his teeth to the next tree trunk while others plan to play. When a toothache derails his work, he takes the time to rest and dine with friends, and a wise field mouse advises him to trust in his Maker rather than the work of his own paws. While the story features animals, the lesson for adults is not lost. “I have had adults tell me they cried when they read my books because it’s truth,” said Weaver.
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“(The lesson) is in a sweet little packaged fun rhythmic story with beautiful pictures so it’s bite-sized, but it’s powerful because it’s right out of Scripture.” Weaver’s first book in the series, “Love Bird,” about a bird that rudely repeats everything that is said to him, came out in 2020. In late 2021, Weaver released “Glub Glum’s Ship Flip,” about a fish she called “a bottom feeder” with “victim mentality pessimism.” “Sir Beaver” tackles workaholism with poetry that evokes pictures - “Once upon a winding creek, where brook trout swim and bullfrogs leap. Sir Beaver lived, but couldn’t sleep nor leave his work for fun.” As with the first two Fruit Fables, Weaver turned to animation artist Cody Wood to fill the 40-page paperback with rich illustrations of her anthropomorphic characters. “(Wood) brings my stories to life in picture,” said Weaver, who praised the lighting and sense of movement Wood captured in his illustrations of the animals. See Fruit Fables pg 2
Shelleen Weaver displays the three books she has published in her Fruit Fables series.
Offering Support From Half A World Away BY ANN MEAD ASH
BY ANN MEAD ASH
Natalie Sensenig of Denver has been taking part in sewing competitions since she can remember. Taught by both her mother and her grandmother, Sensenig has entered her creations in fairs, in 4-H competitions, and in 2020, she represented Pennsylvania in the national Make It With Wool competition in Scottsdale, Ariz. As a seasoned competitor, Sensenig was prepared to be a contender in the 2021 PA Make It With Wool competition held in the PA See Make it With Wool pg 4
Pham Nghia, better known as Lam (right), with his daughter
The kidney donation and transplant community is made up of people who have often connected in life-and-death circumstances. Barb Lundberg of Lebanon, who had previously received a kidney, met Dorlee Martin of Terre Hill, a kidney donor, a few years ago. Since then, both have gotten to know Pham Nghia, better known as simply Lam, a dialysis patient living in Vietnam. Lam is 29 now. A single father raising a young daughter, he first learned he has polycystic kidney disease (PKD) in his early 20s. PKD is hereditary. Lam’s mother
died of the disease, and his daughter may have inherited it. Lam has been on dialysis for eight years. Three times each week, he takes a bus to a hospital to undergo dialysis. Each treatment costs about $20 - an astronomical amount in a country like Vietnam. Lam had hoped to receive a donated kidney from his father, but that did not work out, so he is now on the list to receive one from a deceased donor. The odds of that are not high, but in Vietnam a donated kidney by a living person must come from someone who lives in the same household, and Lam has only his daughter. See Offering Support pg 3
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