Noahs Ark by Peter Spier was ful of lovely illustrations teling the bible story that was told in Genesis chapters 6-9… I find the story truly incredible and such a miracle… God decided to destroy sinful men and so he made the flood it rained for forty days and forty nights and all creation was ruined except for Noah and his family also all liveing nature was boarded onto him great big ark… Has anyone ever seen the movie "Evan Almight?" thats a great movie with the same Noah and the ark concept. Without ministers, leaders, christians, friends, and authors like Peter Spier then how would the lovely bible stories just like Noah and the ark be spread? How would children learn about the promises from God to his people? Anyone who is reading this then i want to let you know that you are the voices of Jesus… While on the earth its your job to spread love and peace… Its your job to share the bible and the stories that it contains and frankly i love doing that because seeing the expression on a childs face whenever they learn something new is PRICELESS! I look up to my sis/ friend Julie Grippo! I admire my pastor James Bradford and Crystal Martain!
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Knowing that the year was her last real chance of writing professionally, she would spend her year interning in a cramped law office while writing her first novel in the Star Touched Queen series of novels. Nonetheless, being a law student made it even harder to concentrate on her writing as in her last year of college, she had to prepare not only for the LSAT but also for law school. Like many other successful writers, Chokshi had always had a dream to be a writer and has had her manuscripts rejected several times. While she has asserted that the worldly mythology that she came in contact with while growing up tends to tell the same stories over and over, the cultural framework of her narratives offers a different perspective. Most of the narratives of the Star Touched Queen are therefore a celebration of her childhood. As such, Chokshi for the most part spoke English at home, leaving fairy tales the only way to reconnect with her cultural heritage. However, she and her siblings never learned how to speak either Indian or Filipino, as her parents did not want them to be confused. Chokshi comes from a mixed race home with an Indian father and a Filipino mother. Roshani Chokshi is a fantasy writer best known for the Star Touched Queen series of novels. Whichever Dreamer Trilogy book has the mirrors you know what I mean and I don't want to use a spoiler box because Calano will look at it >:( you should draw that. I love that scene so much! For the Raven King . You need to draw the final scene in Dream Thieves where Ronan, Gansey, and Blue show up to Kavinsky's party and he turns up on top of one of the Mitsubishis. That's probably not great, but it gives me extreme satisfaction. Case in point - I read this post and I became so happy that I had to take a break and do something else before responding. I have pain when I read about their pain and it is a bit worrying sometimes. 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