Tuesday, August 26, 2008~Day 8:
JESUS is our greatest treasure. Could you imagine life if He hadn’t died on the cross in our place, rose again 3 days later, descended to heaven, never leaving nor forsaking us, living to intercede for us (see Romans 8), and coming again someday?! J
Think on what you truly treasure. Does it have eternal value? People’s souls have eternal value – each of your friends who don’t know Jesus as their Lord & Savior will spend eternity w/o Him – you can be a shining light for Jesus to all of your friends – you are a shining light – shine for Him! J
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:19-21
This morning, we began our lesson time together w/ Bible and Prayer (365 Days of Celebration & Praise - Daily Devotions and Activities for Homeschooling Families)-- Today we celebrated Mother Teresa's birthday. She was born on August 29, 1910 and died in 1997. She shared God's love so freely in helping with or starting orphanages, homes for the dying, a leper colony, and many more projects. Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. We read in God's Holy Word in Matthew 5:1-12 about the meek and humble. Then, we answered discussion questions, and pondered the Scripture Matthew 5:5- "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." Our prayer focus today is Teen/child/baby. Again I prayed for the salvation and then growth in Christ of a neighbor preteen boy and his 7-yr-old sister and this week I also prayed for another neighbor boy. He's a preschooler. Lord, touch their lives in Your amazing ways and bring them to give their lives completely to You and spend the rest of their lives living to please You. Thank You, Jesus! :)
I had company this morning. And, Nathan had the preschool neighbor boy that I'm praying for over in the morning and in the afternoon. They had so much fun playing w/ all of Nathan's cars.
Breanna has been doing her schoolwork in her bedroom this week. She's enjoying the peace and quiet. :) This morning, Breanna completed almost all of her schoolwork. Bible—Elsie’s Life Lessons Walking In the Fruit of the Spirit~ Chapter 1-Walking in Love- Lesson 3 – The Word of God: Read p. 22 (Began at: Hebrews 4:12…) – p. 23 (Stopped after reading “When you curl up in your most comfortable chair to read the Bible, expect to hear and experience God!) Meditate & memorize Scripture. Answer study questions. Ponder them. Pray about her own walk w/ Christ in relation to love. (For her personal Bible time this is what she is to do-the meditating, memorizing, pondering, praying, etc...I pray it is so...or will be in time :) ), Copywork—Copywork for Girl’s~ Lesson 8, History— The Chimney Sweep’s Ransom (John Wesley)~ Notebooked the Vocabulary work and read Chapter 4. Science/Nature Study—A Nature Walk with Aunt Bessie~ Chapter 2 – Read p. 21- toward bottom of p. 22 (Stopped after reading: “…and commences its deadly work.”) Notebooked on bats.
Then, she had Math—w/ Jacqui at 12-1:30 pm. Kinda long as she only goes to Jacqui's 3 days a week, and the other 2 days she works a shorter period of time at home. She completed ACE Math PACES 1068~ p. 27 - 2 problems on p. 36 :).
This afternoon, after lunch, Nathan had a preschool neighbor boy over for playtime. Breanna had a fun final hurrah w/ her public school friends as they start back to school tomorrow.
I met w/ my prayer partner this evening: it was awesome to pray and walk! :) Nathan's preschool lessons were late tonight. First, he and I, enjoying doing his Language Lessons for Little Ones~ Lesson 8 - For Narration. He picked out a favorite book. I read it to him. It was My "h" Sound Box by Jane Belk Moncure. Then, after he was done listening, he had to tell back what the story was about. At first he didn't know how to say it, then he started telling me about the hippopatumas, hummingbird, and other h animals that "Little h" the character found. Without hesitation he told what his favorite part of the story was--when the hen, hog, and the horse went too high in the helicopter and yelled, "Help!" "Help!" :) He's so fun! And, I'm so enjoying these short lessons from Language Lessons for Little Ones. :) Then, we followed w/ his longer preschool lessons, Little Hands to Heaven~Unit 2-Day 2-The Earth and the Flood. I had a fun time learning his new fingerplay called, Noah's Big Boat. And, I esp. enjoy reading the Bible story (The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes)-- Read p. 26 "The Animals Go into the Boat" based on Scripture Genesis 7:6-17 & looked at picture on p. 27 of the animals going 2 by 2 into the Ark. Answered 3 discussion questions about the story & we prayed. Breanna joined Nathan and I for a fun Dramatic Play. We acted out being different animals: galloping horses, buzzing bees, stomping elephants, hopping kangaroos, swinging chimpanzees, flying hummingbirds, and tall giraffes (Nathan decided to stand on his chair to make himself tall.) :) We had lots of fun and laughter! :) He had a Letter Activity where I wrote a big 'B' on a piece of orange construction paper & then he used his crayons and colored in the B. Sister helped him w/ his Bible activity which was to look at the picture of the Bible Story and count the animals by twos, say the names of the animals, and tell whether they had stripes, spots, or patterns. We wrapped up this fun lesson w/ The Singing Bible CD song, Noah Built a Boat (Sister stayed w/ us for this too and sang along. She liked this song!) :)
Breanna and I had a short Grammar lesson (Simply Grammar)-- part of Lesson 2 on p. 7.
