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Monk Linda & Monk Preston take a break and give thanks to God on nearby Mt. Hood. |
Prayer Foundation / Prayer / God's Word / FYI / Monks / Features / Books / Movies / Search Our Site / Home / Site Map / Become A Monk / Contributors Gifts / Contact Us Skiing Monks! "Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow?" -Job 38:22 |
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Mount Hood's snow-covered peak rises 11,249 feet (3,429 m) and is home to twelve glaciers. It is the highest mountain in Oregon and the fourth-highest in the Cascade Range. Mount Hood is considered the Oregon volcano most likely to erupt... -Wikipedia: "Mt. Hood" ____________ "Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. -Psalm 51:7
"Skiing is one of my favorite things to do in life." "Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? -Job 38:29 ____________ Have you received Christ as your Lord and Saviour? Find out how to do so on our page: Plan of Salvation ____________ "Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire. -Lamentations 4:7 ____________ Tell others about Jesus like Monk Preston & Monk Linda do: Though we are not all called to the ministry of Christian Writer, we are all called by God to share our faith (witness) with those who are not Christians. Some Bible verses that you will find helpful for doing this, and that you may want to commit to memory are found on other pages on our web site (see: Memory Verses; 2nd Set: Salvation!, Plan of Salvation, and Statement of Faith). ____________ "I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: his clothing was white as snow..." -Daniel 7:9 "His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. -Matthew 28:3 "His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire..." -Revelation 1:14 ____________
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"If we can only take an afternoon off, we go Mountain Biking---if an entire day, we hit the slopes of Mt. Hood." "For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth..." -Job 37:6
"Mt. Hood offers the only Skiing available the entire Summer anywhere in all of North America." "...though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow." -Isaiah 1:18
"X-Gamers Tanner Hall and Andreas Vide were training here while we were skiing." "...he went down also and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow." -I Chronicles 11:22
"One day I accidentally skiied onto the U.S. Olympic Teams' Slalom Racing Course and made it about halfway down through the course before someone stopped me and asked me to leave." "As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him, for he refresheth the soul of his masters." -Proverbs 25:13
"10,000 ft. below, at the bottom of the scenic gorge behind me, flows the Columbia River, the third largest river on the Continent." "...by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself." -Job 16:16
"I like the ski runs to be as steep as possible, so that I can ski as fast as possible." "She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed..." -Proverbs 31:21 ___________________________ |
"When you ski with Monk Linda, every run is a timed race to see who finishes first. Even if we're skiing for six hours straight. And if she beats me twice in a row, the first thing she wants to know is if she beat her previous time." "He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?" -Psalm 147:16,17
"The U.S. Olympic Ski Team trains up here all summer, every summer." "As snow in summer..." -Proverbs 26:1
"Of course, the skiing is even better up here in the wintertime---many more Ski Runs." "When the Almighty scattered kings in her, it snowed on Zalmon." -Psalm 68:14
"In the Summer (yes, even in July!), we ski on the Palmer Glacier. I like it because it has a Double Black Diamond Run." (Advanced, or Expert Level.) "Lightning and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind, fulfilling his word..." -Psalm 148:8
"The best thing about skiing, is that you're with our Lord Jesus Christ in the midst of all the beauty of God's wonderful Creation." "For as the rain cometh down from heaven, and the snow from heaven...so shall my word be that goeth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." -Isaiah 55:10,11
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