Participants: Janice Smith
Series Code: JA
Program Code: JA000004
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00:01 Hello! I'm just making a birthday card for one of my
00:04 friends. Do you like making your very own cards? 00:07 It's fun! You just need scissors and glue and markers and 00:11 colored paper. I'll tell you what, I'll show you how to make 00:15 one in just a minute ok? 01:03 For these kind of cards you really only need to have 01:07 colored paper and scissors and the first thing to do is 01:10 choose a color of paper. Now I think I will use light pink 01:12 and purple, do you think that they will look ok together? 01:15 I think so, so make a nice fold going this was, 01:18 rub your fingers good on the fold and then make a good nice 01:24 tight fold going this way, again rub your fingers, now this one 01:27 is a little bit harder because you have to line up this long 01:29 side with the shorter side and make it into a V shape. 01:33 See how that's the shape of a V, and then if you have 01:38 scissors that are nice and sharp do it again, 01:41 because the more folds you have the more designs you will be 01:44 able to get in the end, ok, and then you start cutting. 01:48 And you can make little triangle cuts and you can make little 01:53 curvy cuts, and over on this side you could make bunch 02:00 of little zig zaggy kind of cuts, really you can make 02:03 any kind of cuts that you want because anything that you make 02:07 will end up having a really pretty design in the end 02:10 once you open it up like those other ones, and remember 02:13 when you are making cards you don't just have to wait until 02:16 someone's birthday or something, you can make a card for 02:20 somebody any time you want. 02:22 It can be just a card to tell them that you love them 02:25 and that they are your good friend, or it can be a 02:28 thank you card, I think I will make this a get well card, 02:31 and it will be for my friend grandma G, she hasn't been 02:34 feeling very well, there! 02:36 Then when you have your design made, open it up 02:40 isn't that pretty, all the little designs, just brush your 02:44 paper aside and then it's time to glue it down to your 02:48 other color, it's nice to use two different colors so they 02:51 could contrast. 02:54 I like using a glue stick because it is less messy 02:57 and it's a little bit easier to use than some of the other 03:00 kinds of glue, but you can use whatever kind of glue that 03:03 you have or even scotch tape will work if you don't 03:05 have glue. 03:06 Remember the idea is that it's just fun to make it and 03:10 give it to people because then you can make other people happy, 03:13 then you turn it over and flatten it down centered 03:20 on the paper and then flatten it down, isn't that nice? 03:23 and then fold it over like this real carefully, 03:28 and then make a nice firm crease and then it's nice 03:33 to write a message on the inside of it. 03:35 You know I think that I would like to write her favorite 03:39 Bible verse into this one, and one of her favorite 03:42 Bible verses is in I Thessalonians 5:18 03:47 and it says: "In everything give thanks because that's God's will 03:52 for you." In everything give thanks because that's God's 04:09 will... It's important to give thanks, it's important to have 04:14 a happy attitude, did you know that by having a happy cheerful 04:17 attitude you make other people happy? 04:19 Did you know that when you have Jesus' love in your heart 04:22 it can't help but shine right out on your face. 04:55 Hey! There's my bell basket I better go see what's there. 04:58 Oh! It's mailman Kenny, ok, can you come up 05:05 so I can sign it? Great! 05:07 He's coming up with an express mail for me, I'm glad you will 05:11 get to meet him because he has become good friends with me 05:14 all the people on our street, come on in mailman Kenny. 05:16 - Good morning Janice, I've got this Express mail that you have 05:20 been looking for. - Oh great! 05:22 - I need you to sign for it please. 05:23 - Ok! I'd like you to meet my friends. 05:25 - Good morning! - Do you have time to visit us 05:29 for a minute? - Oh maybe a couple of minutes 05:32 I'm running just a little bit ahead. 05:33 - Ok! Here is your pen so I won't forget 05:35 to give it back to you. 05:36 - Ok! - Tell me something mailman 05:39 Kenny, every day I see you carrying these elastic bands. 05:42 Do you collect elastic bands or something? 05:44 No, not hardly, these I keep around my mail to kind of hold 05:48 them together and that keeps it organized in case there's 05:52 something, or I might fall well this kind of keeps it from 05:55 going in all four different directions. 05:57 Have you ever fallen down when you have been delivering 05:59 our mail? - Oh yes! 06:01 Yes, many times. - Just to deliver our mail, 06:04 can you imagine that? 06:05 Tell me something, every day I'm watching you go down the 06:09 street with the mail, do you think people like getting mail? 06:12 - Well sometimes around check day, yes, but you know when 06:16 they're looking for a check, but when I'm bringing bills 06:18 they don't like to see me sometimes. 06:20 - Don't want to get bills, what about letters from friends? 06:21 - Oh yes! Yeah! Everybody likes them. 06:23 - I think this is what this is so I'm happy to get it. 06:27 Do you think any of the kids watching are to young to 06:31 send a letter through the mail? Can anyone do it? 06:34 - Any one can sometimes you have the groups come through 06:37 the post office and they take a tour and show them how to 06:39 address a letter and how to put a stamp on it, 06:42 even sometimes they will put their name and address on there 06:45 and mail it to themselves. - Mail a letter to themselves! 06:48 - Right! - That would be kind of fun. 06:49 - They get it the next day. - That would be really fun! 06:51 - Right! So the important thing is just to get the address put 06:54 in the right place and the stamp up in the right place. 06:56 - Right! - Well that's great! 06:58 - What's your favorite part of being a mailman? 07:00 - Well I think most of the time being friends with the people 07:05 you deliver the mail to, you kind of get to be part of their 07:07 family. - How long have you been 07:10 doing it? - Almost 29 years. 07:12 - Twenty nine years, so I bet you've made some good friends 07:15 over the years. - Right! Yep! 07:17 - Wow that's great, you must have to hurry on right. 07:20 - Yeah! I'm going to have to go. - Well thanks for stopping by 07:24 I'm sure that there might be some kids that want to be 07:26 a mailman or a mail-lady when they grow up and maybe 07:28 you've been an inspiration to them. 07:30 - It would be a good job for them! 07:31 - Well great! Well thanks for stopping by! 07:33 - Ok! I'll see you tomorrow! 07:34 - Have a good day and thanks for my mail! 07:36 - You too! - Ok! Bye Bye! 07:38 I wonder what this will be! Oh! It is a letter from 07:44 my friend! Listen, I'm going to open this 07:47 and then when we come back we're going to go meet another 07:51 friend of mine who's really had to learn a lot about being 07:54 thankful in everything, so meet you there. 08:07 Hey kids! If you love all the fun thing you get to do with 08:10 Janice and her friends, you'll flip over this: 08:13 It's Janice's Activity Book, loaded with fun this book: 08:21 and more, and the best part is IT'S 08:25 Let's take a look inside! 08:28 The scripture on this page says: 08:33 Now let's circle the pictures that are the same! 08:36 That's right! You got the idea! 08:39 There are many more fun filled activities in this book 08:42 just waiting for you! By the way did I mention IT'S 08:46 To get your very own copy have your mom or dad write to: 09:03 Don't wait order yours today! 09:23 Hi! I'm glad you made it here with us, I'd like you to meet 09:26 my friend Melissa! - Hello! 09:28 and my friend Thad. - Hi! 09:30 You know we saw you working on the computer Thad 09:33 and that was real interesting, you can type pretty fast! 09:36 Is it hard? - It's not hard, No! 09:39 - You know Thad, you showed us some paintings that you had done 09:43 and I would like to be able to show them to our viewers, 09:47 would you like to see them? 09:48 They are real nice! This one I think is really 09:52 pretty, I really like the way the fence shows and the blue 09:57 and the bird in it! Would you like to look at it 10:00 Melissa? And then there is this one 10:04 with the little clown, I really like that one! 10:06 How old were you when you learned how to paint? 10:09 That was probably a long time ago, I was probably nine! 10:15 - Nine! How old are you now? - I'm 14! 10:19 - Fourteen! Wow! So I understand you are a 10:22 Christian right? - Yes! 10:24 - How so you think that has helped you with being a 10:27 quadriplegic? - Well I think reading 10:30 Bible verses and praying encourages me a lot and 10:34 helps me get along in every day life. 10:38 - And if you had some advice to give to Melissa and to give me 10:42 and our television friends what might be the advice 10:45 that you would give us? - Probably to do your best 10:51 and pray and ask God to help you and He'll do it! 10:59 - Yeah! I think you are right! What other kinds of things 11:02 do you like to do? - Well I like sports a lot 11:05 I like to watch sports! - Do you like to go out and 11:09 be with your friends at school doing that? 11:11 - Yeah! - Do you mostly watch them, 11:13 or how does that work? - Yeah! 11:14 I watch them! - Well do you ever play sports 11:17 yourself Thad? - Yeah! I can use a mouth stick, 11:21 like I used on the computer and I can use a Nurf ball 11:25 or a ball like that and shoot at a basket. 11:29 - And you can actually get it in the basket ? 11:31 - Yes! Sometimes! - Sometimes, I bet you do it 11:34 pretty often. I think it would be fun to watch you do that. 11:37 - Would you mind showing it to Melissa and I and my 11:40 television friends? Ok! 11:42 Well I think that would be fun, do you want to come outside 11:44 and watch him too? Let's go! 11:46 Well here we are, I'm wondering how you are going to do this 11:52 Thad, I'm glad Allison is here to help with this! 11:56 Are you ready to help Allison? Well let's see what Thad does. 12:00 Can you give him his mouth piece? 12:02 That was super! Well this has been lots of fun 12:26 and we really enjoyed meeting you Thad, and now if you guys 12:30 come with me, we're going to go see a doctor in his office. 12:33 Let's go! 12:35 - Slip your hand through there Becky, and your thumb through 12:39 the hole, that's good. - Hello Dr. Lowe! 12:47 - Hello! - I'd like you to meet 12:49 my friends! - Hi! 12:51 - I see you are putting something on Becky's arm, 12:54 she doesn't really have a broken arm does she? 12:56 - No! That's correct! - What are you doing to her arm? 13:00 - We are putting a cast on her arm before we do that 13:05 we put some soft padding inside so that the cast will 13:09 feel comfortable, the cast is very hard on the outside 13:13 and to hold the bones straight so they will heal nice and 13:17 straight and to keep the bones from moving so that she won't 13:20 have any pain. - So this soft stuff on the 13:23 inside is to make her comfortable? 13:25 - That's right! - Even though the outside is 13:26 hard. Well what are you doing now 13:30 Dr. Lowe? - Well we're getting ready to 13:33 put on the outer shell, and it a soft kind of wet roll 13:42 right now. 13:43 - It does, you've dipped it in water I see. 13:46 What's it called that you are using? 13:50 - This is some fiberglass material. 13:52 - Well how does it feel Becky? - It's going to get a little bit 14:01 warm inside Becky, as it dries. 14:05 - Will this dry up and get hard? 14:10 - This will dry up and get hard! Want to move you arm back 14:15 a little bit? That's perfect! 14:16 - Then when it gets hard that's what holds the bones 14:20 in place right? - That's what holds the bones 14:21 together. Nice and straight! 14:24 Well Becky even though this is a nice and hard waterproof 14:31 type of covering, you are going to need to try to keep from 14:35 getting wet, ok, because the inside of this cast is still 14:39 soft and can get wet quite a bit and then get really sticky 14:44 and uncomfortable when it gets wet, now we're going to need to 14:47 let this dry a little bit more so you just hold your arm still 14:51 like that, while we let that harden up some more. 14:54 Ok! - Well thank you Dr. Lowe! 14:59 Well you know sometimes kids are frightened to come to a 15:04 doctor's office and they might think that getting a cast 15:06 would be scary, and I'm wondering Becky, 15:09 can you tell the kids what it was like to get the cast on, 15:11 was it scary for you? 15:12 Not at all, did it hurt? - No! 15:18 - No! Well that's good news to hear isn't it, 15:20 that it doesn't hurt. 15:21 What did the doctor say you couldn't do when you 15:24 got this cast on? - Go swimming! 15:26 - Go swimming! Boy we all like swimming don't we! 15:30 That will be sad to miss out on swimming won't it Becky? 15:34 But you know what I think will be fun for Becky, 15:37 she can practice being cheerful even though she has a cast on 15:41 she can be cheerful and try to have a happy attitude 15:44 about it. I think I would like to sign my name on her cast, 15:47 would you like to watch? 15:48 May I do it Becky? Can I sign my name? 15:50 First signature on your cast! - Yeah! 15:52 - Ok! Here goes! J- Oh I'm making it so big 15:57 aren't I? J- A-N-I-C-E- 16:02 There's my name! There all done! 16:05 - Well, it's time to get your cast off now Becky! 16:09 - Well how are you going to do that Dr. Lowe? 16:12 - Well we are going to use a machine called a cast cutter. 16:15 - Ohhh! - And it looks rather scary 16:18 and sounds very scary, but it's very safe. 16:22 - Oh good! - There you go! 16:47 Becky we are just about ready to finish cutting the soft 16:50 inside and let you out and be free you've been a really 16:54 good patient and holding nice and still even though it was 16:57 so scary sounding. - Well thank you Dr. Lowe 17:02 Becky and I have both really learned a lot and I know that 17:04 my friends at home have too, thank you. 17:06 - You're welcome! 17:07 Oops! That's better! 17:13 Did you know that one of the best ways to become a 17:17 good friend of Jesus is by spending personal time with Him 17:20 every day? Well adults do that by praying 17:23 and by reading their Bibles, but if you can't read 17:27 it's kind of hard isn't it? Or maybe you just like 17:30 listening to tapes, well here is a fun way to have your 17:33 very own devotions every morning when you get up. 17:36 Janice has made these Morning- Time Devotions for her kids 17:39 and for you complete with: 17:43 for more information have your parents write to: 18:13 You know I was just sitting here looking at this card 18:17 that I got today, it says Have a Happy Day! 18:20 It sure brightened my day to get that card, 18:23 Jesus likes it when we do things to brighten one another's day. 18:26 We've had a busy day haven't we, going to see my friend 18:30 Dr. Lowe and my friend Thad and learning all that we've 18:34 learned about how we want to be thankful and contented in 18:37 everything that happens to us. 18:39 You know, I have a story about that, and I was just thinking 18:43 this is such a cozy evening up here in the attic, 18:46 would you like to get a pillow and just sit down and listen 18:49 to the story? I'd like it if you would! 18:52 Are you ready? 18:53 Let's see! 18:56 It was recess at the little village school, 19:00 and all the pupils were outside in the bright sunshine playing, 19:05 that is except Mary Gray. Mary was sitting at her desk 19:10 carefully working on a difficult math problem, 19:12 after awhile Miss Martin kindly said Mary you weren't 19:17 here yesterday, were you sick? I wasn't sick said Mary, 19:21 but I stayed home and sister Nellie came to school. 19:24 Well said Miss Martin, I didn't know Nellie Gray was your 19:28 sister, yesterday was her first day here 19:31 but why didn't you come? Mary looked sad and almost 19:35 embarrassed as she said, it wasn't because I didn't want to 19:39 but you see mother can't spare both of us conveniently, 19:43 and so we're taking turns coming to school. 19:45 I see said Miss Martin as she patted Mary on the shoulder. 19:49 Well you better run outside Mary and get some fresh air, 19:52 you've studied so hard today. Oh, said Mary I think I will 19:58 stay inside and watch the others from the window 20:00 I might tear my dress if I go outside. 20:03 It was then that Miss Martin realized that Mary had worn 20:08 the same dress every day for two weeks, it was just a simple 20:13 cotton one, it wasn't fancy or expensive, but it was carefully 20:17 made, what a thoughtful little girl she said to herself. 20:22 She doesn't want to make any trouble for her mother 20:25 and that's why she's being so careful with her dress. 20:28 I wish there were more contented children like her. 20:32 The next morning Mary was absent but sure enough her 20:36 sister Nellie sat in her desk and Nellie stayed indoors 20:40 during recess just like Mary did. 20:42 When Miss Martin gently suggested to Nellie that some 20:45 fresh air would be good for her, she received the 20:48 same answer that Mary had given. I might tear my dress. 20:53 That made Miss Martin look at Nellie's dress and right away 20:58 she saw that it looked just like Mary's dress, it had the same 21:03 pretty pink flowers on it. But she noticed that Nellie's 21:07 dress fit as well as Mary's, why Nellie's was to long. 21:11 Suddenly it occurred to her that maybe it was the 21:16 very same dress, imagine that she thought to herself, 21:23 they are so poor that they have to share a dress, 21:26 and yet I have never heard either of them complain. 21:30 They always act so contented and thankful just to be able 21:36 to come to school. In those days school teachers didn't 21:40 get paid very much and Miss Martin really needed 21:44 a new pair of gloves, but as she thought about those two 21:48 girls sharing one dress, she decided to try to mend her 21:52 old gloves and buy some material for another dress for the girls. 21:56 She hurried to the only store in the village and bought some 22:00 cotton exactly like their shared dress, then she asked 22:05 the store keeper to deliver it to their home 22:07 without telling them who it was from. 22:10 Friday morning Mary bounced into school a little early 22:16 she placed her books in her desk and then hurried up to 22:19 Miss Martin's desk and excitedly whispered in her ear, 22:23 Next week Nellie is coming to school with me and I'm so glad. 22:28 Well that's good news replied the teacher kindly, 22:32 something happened that mother didn't expect and now we are 22:36 all so glad that we both can come said Mary. 22:39 She hesitated for a minute but then she was so happy that 22:43 she decided to tell the teacher this little story. 22:46 Their mother was a very poor sickly widow and all winter 22:51 they had to stay out of school because they had no suitable 22:55 clothes to wear, but they had saved their pennies from doing 22:58 chores for the neighbors, and they were hoping to buy 23:01 each of them a new dress in the spring so they could come 23:04 to school. Finally they earned enough money to get a dress 23:09 for Mary and then when they had nearly earned enough money 23:13 to get a dress for Nellie, she got sick and the money that 23:18 was meant for Nellie's dress had to be used to buy medicine. 23:23 Oh said Mary, I felt so bad that I told mother I wouldn't 23:30 even go to school unless Nellie could come too. 23:34 But mother said that I had to because then I could teach 23:37 Nellie what I learned and that would be better than neither 23:39 of us going to school. Finally after two weeks I thought of 23:45 a way that we both could go. I told mother that I would 23:48 come one day and the next day I'd lend my dress to Nellie 23:52 and then she could come. So this week we took turns coming 23:56 and we're both so happy, but do you know what happened, 24:00 and at this Mary's little face just glowed as she continued, 24:05 last night the storekeeper dropped off a package of 24:08 material at our house, and now mother can make a dress 24:12 for Nellie, and we're all so happy. If only I knew who it was 24:16 that sent the material, I'd thank them for it, but I don't 24:21 and so I've done all I can. We got on our knees and we 24:25 thanked Jesus for it, and oh Miss Martin 24:28 we're all so glad now. 24:31 The following Monday little Nellie and the new pink dress 24:36 entered the school room with her sister Mary, her face was 24:40 beaming like sunshine, and she exclaimed, "I'm coming to school 24:45 everyday and oh I'm so glad!" The teacher was happy too, 24:51 and do you know every day when she put on her mended gloves 24:56 she though about the two little girls who cheerfully shared 25:01 one dress, and then she felt thankful to be able to help 25:06 Nellie and Mary both come to school in their 25:11 simple cotton dresses. And you know that's how 25:17 Jesus wants us all to be, is happy and cheerful with 25:22 everything that happens to us, and that's a fun way to be 25:25 because when we have Jesus love in our hearts, His love 25:28 just shines out on our face, and I love seeing His love 25:32 shine on your face. I better go now, 25:36 keep shining for Jesus. Bye! Bye! |
Revised 2014-12-17