https://www.letsconnectoutdoors.org/blog daily 0.75 2022-07-18 https://www.letsconnectoutdoors.org/blog/yoga-xlasr monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61805df91217f33cc1463288/68b1b7fe-bb60-47d6-ad4c-489a18afe5a2/tempImagez5gmAE.jpg Blog - Beauty from Ashes https://www.letsconnectoutdoors.org/blog/soul-dwbr5 monthly 0.5 2022-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61805df91217f33cc1463288/725b88ff-c7b0-4cb4-813d-1cdf2534d6f9/tempImagejGjhGE.jpg Blog - Heaven’s Confetti Somewhere in the mountains of Colorado (Oct. 1) https://www.letsconnectoutdoors.org/blog/summer-retreat-63kpd monthly 0.5 2022-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61805df91217f33cc1463288/e120199a-8285-4a80-be9f-03bea647beee/tempImagelhVlXR.jpg Blog - A Token of Mercy photo shot at Letchworth Falls, NY (Nov. 2021) https://www.letsconnectoutdoors.org/home daily 1.0 2022-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61805df91217f33cc1463288/040db21f-6698-4d79-8976-1fbed4957b62/tempImage4TtZ0Q.jpg Home - Know Him, Show Him In order to connect others with God, we first must experience the connection with God in nature ourselves. Come and find love and value in God through His Creation. Make sure you bring your Bible and something to write on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61805df91217f33cc1463288/ea6e9ef0-1d12-4cfb-9955-dff20e62216f/tempImageYx2gZ4.jpg Home - Disconnect to Reconnect Why is God's voice so hard to hear? Why do the world’s voices scream at us? Why do we reflect social media more than God’s words? Could our daily connection with technology and our lack of daily connection with nature play a direct role in our relationship communication with God? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61805df91217f33cc1463288/6a61f29b-17e8-4e6a-93f9-22f1eb3a5c27/tempImageqLtIqX.jpg Home - Connection through Community Wait! Wait! Wait! Why is that word so difficult? God's timing is often so different than ours. We struggle with patience in our fast paced, instant gratification world! Come learn how to find hope in the waiting as you observe the patient processes of nature. Experience that as you connect to God, you connect to others! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61805df91217f33cc1463288/62268cc5-72d9-4add-96d2-6e26629e5951/tempImagegpDGXC.jpg Home - Connecting with the Creator in His Creation If nature is "God's First Book", how do you "read" it? How can you better hear God's message in nature? How can nature help you to know God more deeply? Do you want ideas on how to enhance your personal devotional life by studying Nature & Scripture? https://www.letsconnectoutdoors.org/teacher-workshops daily 0.75 2022-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61805df91217f33cc1463288/186e662c-ee41-4a59-9d48-668c101460cf/tempImageLpMQCz.jpg Teacher Workshops - Meet the Trainer: Angela Boothby Frauenfelder Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. 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Our story began in March 2020, yep that’s right when COVID hit. Angela was at Arise, (A Bible Missionary Training School) which was forced to shut down. Meanwhile Kris’s work dried up. Angela chose to stay in Australia. During this time, Kris got to catch up with sister, who told him all about this girl, Angela Boothby, who did outdoor Education! Kris’ sister, Sharri-lynne, had taken the position of co-host on the Breakfast show with Pastor Lyle. She is studying to be a teacher and after lamenting the current trends of education and a desire to get the kids outside more. Pastor Lyle said, “you need to talk to Ange!” The girls connected in early August and were excited to share ideas. Kris came to see his sister soon after this talk. After a drawn out process of a couple of weeks of Kris trying to connect with Angela, with the simple honest reason of networking in the SDA outdoor education world, they finally landed a phone call September 10, 2020; the day after Angela blew out her knee. They had an hour-long conversation about taking kids outside and the methods they were using and that was it or so they thought. In the process of trying to connect with Angela, from Aug to Sep, Kris had listened to all of Angela’s Audioverse presentations and knew all about her love of connecting nature to Scripture verses. And that afternoon after their first and only phone call, he had all sorts of close nature encounters. So he sent some photos across, just because he thought she would enjoy them with being stranded with her busted knee. While there is some discrepancy about who initiated the next conversation, conversations continued nonetheless. The texting went on for several months, lots of questions and ideas about living the outdoor life were exchanged. At the end of November, Angie was very interested in the relationship but could not tell what Kris was thinking. So after some open text messages, she asked him the big question, “What is your intent with this relationship?” He said he felt like God had asked him to be encouraging and he was just looking for friendship. After that the text messaging came to a stop. Angie was in Virginia for Christmas. She was alone because everyone had gone to pick up her Grandad from hospital. She felt impressed to go and look at her phone which had not been working and was in another room. Lo, and behold, Kris was calling! Why was he calling, they hadn’t texted in weeks! And they had only talked on the phone once but she was alone on Christmas Day, so why not? They talked for 2 hours about life, Outdoors, God, etc. And then finally Kris said, “I’ve been thinking and praying a lot about your intent question.” Angie thought, “What?! That was a month ago, I thought it was over and done.” But she said out loud….ok… And Kris said, “If you are still interested, then I’m willing to be in a committed relationship with you.” Angie was in shock! Willing to move to America? Willing to talk on the phone! But yes, Kris was committed, completely. He applied for his visa a month later. He through many sets of miracles (more to the story later) made it to America on May 19! They have enjoyed mission trips and traveling and doing ministry together ever since! Kris and Angie were engaged on August 30, 2021, a little shy of a year since their first phone call. God certainly worked in mysterious and wondrous ways! And never a day goes by that they don’t thank God for the gift of each other and the gift of being together. https://www.letsconnectoutdoors.org/book-a-class daily 0.75 2022-06-06