New's Update
Greetings Friends!
Nature’s Workshop, Plus, has been blessed with another successful year of business growth. We know it is because of you, our customers, that we continue to be able to bring products that enrich the lives of many. We further know it is the hand of God which enables us to carry on the mission of offering quality items to enhance your study of nature and science.
We live in difficult times! Announcements of good news one day, followed by bad news the next. Peace talks one day followed by the threat of more war the next. One report claims economic recovery, while the next declares disaster. Unfortunate natural disasters all over the globe summon an unending pendulum of emotion. However, there is one piece of rock-solid news on which this world can’t report. It is the ultimate headline, the Good News...Our hope is not in this life! So while we anticipate the day that our faith will be made sight, we carry on with the good things to which we’ve been called: hard work, family responsibilities, home schooling, and meeting each others needs. We praise Him for the blessings that He sends our way. We praise Him for helping us when times are tough. We praise Him when we realize that He alone is the giver of peace, and we praise Him just because He is God.
Our family has much for which to be thankful. It seems that as the family matures and the children grow and leave home, we look back and wonder just how it happened that time took flight. We are down to only 1 daughter in college, and three children still at home. Our two married children live close by and bless us daily. Deanna and husband, Bradley, just moved back from Dallas, Texas where Bradley earned his Masters degree in Christian Education. He is currently working at Nature’s Workshop, Plus and is responsible for the new lab kits that will be arriving in the market place this Spring! Watch our web-site for the exciting new things he is developing. Deanna is a critical care heart nurse, and is busy settling into their recently acquired home. Donny and wife, Dana Leigh, are very busy building a mowing/landscaping business. He does beautiful work, and Dana works for Nature’s Workshop, Plus assisting Bradley in product development. This year, our son, Douglas, was commissioned into the United States Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant. We really miss having him around. I no longer have an adult son raiding the refrigerator and swiping Dreah’s cookies as soon as they come out of the oven. Dana is now a Junior in college. She is very busy with many life enriching activities. Her perpetual smile and love of life are absolutely contagious. Dreah and David have assumed the roles of oldest daughter and son in the home. Dreah has become an artist and is now occasionally commissioned by people outside of the immediate family for her work. Being paid for doing what she loves is thrilling. David is 13 and is a very active member of our local Civil Air Patrol squadron. He is learning many useful skills through the very disciplined organization. He enjoys riding his bike the 20 mile round- trip to the office and home . Derek is as lively as any 4 year old can be. He currently assumes the imaginary role of “rescue man” , working as a medic/fireman rescuing people from danger all day long! You wouldn’t believe how perfectly a vacuum hose doubles for a fire hose, or how a box of plastic tools can be transformed into emergency medical equipment!
Our crew here at Nature’s Workshop, Plus is an amazing bunch of folks. Their hard work and dedication to the job is what makes our business successful. Grandma Ruark and Grandma Evans both continue to work several days per week. Grandpa Evans went home to be with the Lord on December 22, 2010. He is sorely missed. We are thankful for the positive role model he was for us all.
These are the very special people who make NWP an amazing business to own: Mrs. Phyllis Evans (Grandma Evans), Mrs. Shirley Ruark (Grandma Ruark) Bradley Moreau, Timothy Boyd, Dana-Leigh Ruark, Elise Knapp, Ross Porter, Mrs. Kay Hunter, Kate Boyd, Jared Boyd (the Lord is helping him recover his health as he battles cancer. His is an amazing story of the power of prayer), Luke Boyd, Jordan Boyd, Grace Boyd, Alec Nilsen, Noelle Bryan, Jessica Ray, Nora-Leigh Reed, Caleigh Ganahl, Mrs. Susan Ingersoll, Victoria Ingersoll, Claire Hazleton, Josie Knapp, Dana Ruark, Dreah Ruark, David Ruark, and the little guy who thinks he is the boss, Derek!
Sincerely,
Donald & Diana Ruark
