Hello Everybody!

 

I know it's been a while since you heard from us, and I'm sorry about that.  We have had a lot going on since our last newsletter.  Little Noah ended up in Scottish Rite hospital in Atlanta for almost two weeks, our office manager moved out of state very suddenly (leaving me to figure out how to do his job!), we had major computer issues, and Jeff was laid off from his regular, full-time job.  Whew!  He still hasn't found any outside employment but we have been blessed to see God's daily provision for our family's needs.

 

As a result of all this, we ended up scrambling to keep things running here and had to put the newsletter on the back burner for just a little while.  (You probably noticed this one isn't as "pretty" as the others.  I'm still trying to figure out this program. )  :-)  Overall we are getting on track again beautifully and are excited about what God is doing in our business.

 

We had planned to send out a newsletter next week, and still plan to do so, but this week we got an incredibly generous offer from our friend Jim Hodges and we didn't want to wait any longer to pass it on.  He's offering a special sale on his products and is donating part of the profits to Noah.  I'll be totally honest here - it is outside my comfort zone to try to raise money for Noah (feels like tooting my own horn), but this is unbelievably kind of Jim and I know that you all will really benefit also.  Please take a second to read the details!

 Jim Hodges is a home schooling dad and Navy retiree who turned his love for history into a business, producing unabridged recordings of the outstanding historical fiction novels written by George Alfred Henty in the 1800's.

Henty novels are full of adventure, valor, bravery, high morals, accurate history, and advanced use of the English language.

You and your children will love listening to stories from Ancient Egypt, the Crusades, the Age of Exploration, American history, and more.  The kids will love them because the stories are awesome, you will love them because of the outstanding role models contained in the stories, the accurate history, and the advanced vocabulary.  Everybody wins!

Jim has also recorded some books for younger children: Stories of the Pilgrims, Our Young Folk's Josephus, and American History Stories, as well as 4 books published by Lamplighter Publishing:  all 3 Boys of Grit titles, and True Stories of Great Americans for Young Americans.

And finally, Jim has reissued some outstanding Old Time Radio shows that teach history in a really entertaining way:  You Are There - World History Stories; You Are There - U. S. History Stories; and Horizon's West - A Tale of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Each of Jim's recordings are contained on a single CD in the MP3 file format.  These CDs will play on a computer CD drive or DVD player, or can be copied onto an I-pod or other MP3 device.  They will not, however, play on a standard CD player.  It would take too many CDs!  These recordings are up to 15 hours long!  How many CDs would that take?

And in this particular promotion, our family will win as well.

Jim has agreed to donate 50% of the profit from EVERY SALE to the Estes family to use as we see fit.  This should help with Noah's medical bills,  medicines and supplies as well as other needs.

Jim wrote:  "This wonderful family has endured much, and continues to shine forth the love of Jesus in all that they say and do.  I have never read a self-pitying complaint from them, or heard them ask for anything but prayer."

If you would like some really great prices on quality home school supplies AND make a donation to our family finances, please check out the specials at this link.  And thank you!  We appreciate you!

http://www.jimhodgesaudiobooks.com/helpinghandssale.html