For these I am thankful (#23)...
HOMESCHOOLIING
I have not always been a fan of
homeschooling. In fact there was a time
when I considered myself such a failure at it.
I couldn’t wait to put them in a school while on furlough. And I resented God a bit for “forcing” into a
homeschooling situation.
Wow.
So the fact that that I can honestly say that I
am so very thankful to be homeschooling my children is a HUGE testament to God
and his faithful patience with me.
I love spending time with my children. I love our flexibility. I love learning with them. I love bringing up everyday examples to
illustrate their lessons. I love being
able to teach to their individual learning styles. I love that they can go at their own
pace. I love that I get to read to
them. I love that we can all do history
and science together. I love that Jeff
can teach Ryan math. I love that Ginny
and Joshua do math on the computer. I
love being able to teach Godly character traits alongside their lessons. I love hearing my children memorize scripture
as part of class. I love having a daily
bible class.
For these I am thankful (#24)
GOOD
BOOKS
In my
down time, I really enjoy reading good books whether it is Christian fiction, a
biography, a classic children’s book or a homeschool how-to book. My children are also becoming avid readers
and I am so thankful that they can lose themselves in a story. Ryan and Joshua love mysteries and historical
fiction and Ginny loves animal stories.
As a family, we always have a family book we’re reading through. In November we read through a book of martyrs
and now (in December) we’re reading an advent story. Some of our very favorite family books are
missionary biographies. The Cross and
the Switchblade is next on our family reading list.
For these I am thankful (#25)....
MINSTERING as a FAMILY
One thing that I love about life on the mission
field is that we can minster as a family.
Our children come with us to mobile clinics, they sit with us at church,
they go visiting with us and they spend time praying for the salvation of those
we minister to. I am so thankful that we
have “jobs” that we can easily have them tag along. We have seen their faith grow as we pray
together for lives to be saved, people to be healed, friends to come back to
church and for our own finances. Missions
is so real for them and I am so thankful.
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