http://renaespeaks.org/news.html Renae speaks: Journal Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:57:23 -0700 http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#26 Our family has had a great summer. Really am finding it hard to believe that it is mid July already. Don't tell Benjamin cause he is wanting it to be June not July.
I have been very busy at Prairie River Camp and having a great time with all 3 youth camps. We completed our new "River Lodge" and it is just plan GREAT!!
What a blessing it is to have a place for families and youth to stay in.
www.prairierivercamp.org

As summer comes to a close I am looking forward to speaking this fall with the message of having a DASH.

Have a great rst of the summer.]]> http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#26 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 ... making an impact! - Renae speaks - Journal http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#25 I am so thrilled to be here in 2010. I don't think when I was in high school the thought of speaking to students in high school in the year of 2010 every crossed my mind.. and look here it is and yes I am speaking out, loud and clear.
My family received a really cool gift for Christmas. It was an age progressive picture of Emily to the age of 18 years old.
I will post in the album. NRHEG High School is having a memorial page in the year book this year. JWP High School is having a chair set out in her memory at Graduation. Both of these classes have been very kind to us and we so appreciate the very kind thoughts.
Hope to see you soon.
Keep asking yourself
How Is Your DASH?
Renae]]> http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#25 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 ... making an impact! - Renae speaks - Journal http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#23
A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...You will never look
at a cup of coffee the same way again.

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her
life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know
how she was going to make it and wanted to give up, She
was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one
problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots
with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots
came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second
she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee
beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She
fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She
pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she
ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to
her daughter, she asked, ' Tell me what you see.'

'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied.

Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the
carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother
then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After
pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.

Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee.
The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The
daughter then asked, 'What does it mean, mother?'

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced
the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently.
The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However,
after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and
became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell
had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the
boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground
coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the
boiling water, they had changed the water.

'Which are you?' she asked her daughter. 'When adversity
knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot,
an egg or a coffee bean?

Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong,
but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and
lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes
with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a
breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I
become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same,
but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and
hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the
hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When
the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you
are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better
and change the situation around you.

When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do
you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle
adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough
trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human
and enough hope to make you happy.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of
everything; they just make the most of everything that comes
along their way. The brightest future will always be based on
a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of
your past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around
you was smiling.

Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and
everyone around you is crying.


May we all be COFFEE!!!!!!]]> http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#23 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 ... making an impact! - Renae speaks - Journal http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#24 http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#24 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 ... making an impact! - Renae speaks - Journal http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#22 http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#22 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 ... making an impact! - Renae speaks - Journal http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#21 Looking forward to Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch.. open September 19 thru Oct 31. Saturdays & Sundays 2 to 6 pm.
Come and enjoy all that fall has to offer.. www.prairierivercamp.org]]> http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#21 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 ... making an impact! - Renae speaks - Journal http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#20 I was given this amazing idea of organizing a night just for Fathers & Daughters.. and on March 7 the idea came into being.. the 1st Father-Daughter Purity Ball in the Mankato, Mn at the Alltel Center. We were thrill to have SOLD Out at 450 people.. we might need 2 nights in 2011.
We are planing a Father -Son event for March 2010.]]> http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#20 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 ... making an impact! - Renae speaks - Journal http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#19 I am so excited to tell you about this amazing event I have been blessed to help plan.
Father-Daughter Purity Ball
Saturday March 7, 2009
Alltel Center Mankato, Mn
Daughters ages 12 years and older
www.purityballmn.org
Dinner, Program, Rose Ceremony, Dancing, and LOTS of Fun!!!


Please help us let people all over Mn know about this.]]> http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#19 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 ... making an impact! - Renae speaks - Journal http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#18 What a special time to celebrate the birth of my Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. Our family is enjoying special time of being together and with family & friends. We are enjoying the 2 week break from school doing lots of fun things together.
Looking forward to a 2009.
Renae & Joel Amanda, Ben and Anna]]> http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#18 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 ... making an impact! - Renae speaks - Journal http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#17 I can not begin to Thank YOU!!
You taught Joel & I so much about us. I was an Honor to spend the afternoon. Guys I hope the motorcycle tips were interesting. Ladies I see great things in future for all of you.
Set your sights high and remember the Jar of Life. Keep things in Priority.
God Bless, Joel & Renae]]> http://renaespeaks.org/news.html#17 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 ... making an impact! - Renae speaks - Journal