It has been so long since I have written and so long since I have done many things. I had planned last summer to take the summer off from studying my extra course for Bible School and from studying Photography. Well that summer break has now been a year. I am FINALLY getting back into studying. I have stop writing for the Pastor that has asked me to write, I have stop writing in my blog. It's time to restart these things. I feel the tug of God so hard in these areas.

As I have stated in my last few entries that I have been having problems. I have FINALLY figured out what the cause of the problem was. It was taking a month off from school, we had formed a new habit that my Faith was having much to much trouble breaking. I also believe that the problems came as the Bible says and we have to use wisdom and ask God where these problems are coming from. Are they coming from God as this is what is building me, making me stronger and getting me ready and closer to my call? Or this satan trying to stop the things of God and the plans of God and get us off track.

It was satan. God has such big plans and it is in the church we are attending, the curriculum that we are using, the time that we are spending with God, in moving forward and closer to His plan which He has place those desires in our hearts. I have gotten so far off the path that I was to be on. We are not to go to the right or to the left but stay in the middle. I was so far off the path, that I couldn't see right, couldn't hear God.

It is so important for us to spend time with God. We will not know who He is if we don't spend time with Him. If we don't draw near to Him, He can't draw near to us. If we don't pray at all times with out ceasing then we wont hear His voice. If we don't build our relationship with Him, like we do with a spouse, how will we ever know HIS voice. When we are homeschooling and we are doing what God wants us to be doing. Not what we want or what is popular, or what other mom's are telling us to do. Then we have to fight and fight had to keep satan away.  Fight to keep ourselves strong. I have let that last year pass me by without doing the things that God has called me to do, in my studies. I haven't been giving myself time with the Lord, spending time doing the desires of my heart and that of course lead to not feeling the best about myself. Then that flooded into other areas to.

I am happy to say that with the fight, we have in the end, stayed the course that God has called us to. We might be a bit behind but we are stronger for all that we have been through this pass year.  We are where God wants us to be and doing what God wants us to be doing and He has rewarded us greatly the last few months for the fighting of this pass year. I have a new van, fully paid for!! We have all our grade 3 curriculum bought and ready to go!! Harvey is starting his P.A. course right on track to what God told me, ahead of the "systems" schedule. He has a long two years ahead of him but the rewards at the end are going to be even greater!!

Even in our hard time God is a rewarder. Remember that God can ONLY DO WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN HIM FOR. If you can't believe for Him is be a good God and a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Then He can't give you good things. Start believing for small things, build your faith up, hear the testimonies of other to build your faith. Don't hear it and think oh that is for them, rejoice in their news, as if it was your news. Believe for a God who will do everything He says He will do.

Here are a few picture to run down the year!!!

Here is my amazing girl getting ready for her dance with the leader and 8 other girls.

Faith finished 2 books in Awana this year. We also have great friends that introduce us to Awana. They have been a blessing to us this year.

Faith was asked to do an interview on TV. Well so was I. I was shocked to see that we both were on the news.

Here is a picture of Mom and Dad, Mom and Me and Husband and I

Here is a little of our math on the wall.

Then my little girl all grown up.

Blessed are they that hear the word of God,

and keep it. Luke 11:28

I am finally up and running again!!! I was having some more "school" problems and when I finally prayed about it and asked God to help it was more "mom" problems than school. Things are better. I wasn't up to writing at that time.

Then I got a blackberry and it has a password keeper in it so I put ALL my passwords in the program and now can't get into it and couldn't get the password for the blog. I finally took the time to write and get some help with a new password set up.

So much has happen and so many things have changed that I am not even sure where I will begin?

I want to give God the glory for being the God His word says He will be. He has me reading through the Bible in a year, reading the New American Standard Bible, and using two commentaries to go with it. The SPIRIT FILLED LIFE STUDY BIBLE and BELIEVER'S STUDY BIBLE. I am learning so many great and exciting things. He also has me doing a yearly devotion A LIFE OF MIRACLES, by Bill Johnson, it is based on three of his books. I have the first two the he uses in the devotion so I am reading the book for a deeper study. The book we are in now, is When Heaven Invades Earth, A Practical Guide to a Life of Miracles. I am looking forward to a year of God's Power in our home, life, and church!!

I am so happy to be finally back to blogging and writing out feeling and such. It will be nice to get things going again.

I also want to say Happy Birthday to our Faith. I have spent the week trying to wrap my mind around the fact that she turned 7 today!!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL. Love Mom and Dad.

It is so funny in the blogger school friends we had to talk about what we did to make school a little out of whack. I was saying that I was about as straight as it gets, that I don't do much out of the normal. Then wham, what does Faith do to me??? She starts telling me what classes she wants to do??? What is that?? I had my plan, my schedule, my, what goes first, then what is after that, and how we end it. I then realized the this was a wonderful moment that God place into movement. I had the assignment, that I had no fun things we do and then Faith wants to do things different. I realized that this was I moment to shine and let her pick and take control of her work and pick what she want. It was great, once I got over the fact the it was "ALL OUT OF ORDER!!!", but we did it we had a great time. The week was great. I am so happy that all the pieces are falling into place, we are loving R&S. It is working so well for us. Tonight we had popcorn for dinner and watched the 'Rescue Hero' movie, while cuddling on the couch. A wonderful moment for us both.

Then life returned to a wonderful normal. After a short pause Bible School has resumed!!!! We had our first class on Monday night. We are going to be doing Faith Pt 2. Which I have already done. I was surprised that I was asked by our Instructor, to teach Faith Pt 1, to the people that have not had that class. I was at first so happy, then I was wondering if I could do it. I asked if she really thought I was ready, she smiled at me and said that if I was confident that I could do it she would have worried. That was when she showed me that I had to let God do it. I also after a bit of time off, (for Faith and I to get use to her new curriculum), that it would take a month or so, to get thing organized. I returned to Healing School, it was a wonderful powerful time of growth, truth and learning. I have to change my thinking, my words, and how I believe. I was so happy to be back. I even put dinner in the crockpot, it was great to come home have dinner ready and then take Faith and her friend to Awana, with me and the mother going for a coffee and had a wonderful time of fellowship.

Well I have talked you ear off enough and am so happy that God is so good and leads us and shows us what we need and where we should be when we cry out to Him. I did that Sunday morning and in the service of the message called 'THERE', God should me that I am doing the right thing and I am in the right place.

Did anyone every read that book the love languages book? I had a friend lend me her, the one written for children, I read it before Faith was 2 years old. As everyone knows we have been struggling with homeschooling and just in general. Things have taken a complete turn for the better. We are finally at the table in the morning, She is getting her work done, even got to join a french class at a local Christian School that has open they doors to homeschooling families that would like to take a class here and there. She had lots of fun, and while there said she would like to go, until we talked about how it work. At home in 3 hours your work is done, if you go to the school she would have to be there 8:30am until 3:30pm, this was when she thought being home was much better. She then said that she was very happy that she was allowed to do one class there.

We have had an amazing work of smiles, hugs, cuddles and doing great work. I also started trying to use a timer with her work. Ever since we had to do a speed test for math, she wants to set the timer for everything. I let her, but when we read, I try to discourage it, just so that she doesn't rush.

My wonderful husband blessed me with a pink lap top!!! I have been having trouble getting my self on here. I have learned that you must write down all your passwords and not just save them in the computer to never use again......

I want to thank every one for the time they take to read what is happening in here, I know that I my blog is not a wealth of great information about findings.

Faith's cast is OFF!!! She does have to wear a long wrist brace for the next three months, when not in the house. She is able to do her swimming class, but not her Jujitsu class until the New Year, she wasn't to happy....

God Bless, everyone.

GOD CAN DO ONLY WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN HIM FOR!!!

I have read that letter on copying your template in case you lost it. Well guess what, I didn't listen and I lost it!! Every thing on the side that I had is now gone and I have to find those things to add again. The only thing I will miss the most is my counter, knowing how many views there had been on my blog. So take a lesson from me and do what Christi taught us and copy and save your Template!!!

If you a wondering how I lost my template, well I had TWO going at the same time. I meant to copy and paste something from this one into, the one I am working on, and did it the other way around. I am trying to learn HTML, with out wrecking this one, well I almost did!!

God's grace is good and I will find all the piece that I need again. I am just thankful I didn't lost all my writings.

God Bless

T