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Aug. 2, 2006

Update on the "Kids"

It's hard not to call them kids even though three of them are all grown up! We've always homeschooled and so it may be that homeschoolers feel that they have more to prove since sometimes they haven't had the support of friends and family. Many people who don't have supportive families feel they just have to trust that they're doing the right thing. At this point in my life, I've never been happier to have homeschooled my kids. With three more at home left to graduate, I find that I still love homeschooling more each year. I learn new things all the time and my understanding grows. Each year presents new and unique challenges, but the Lord has been gracious to us.

Nate was married last year to an always-homeschooled girl whom he met through church while attending the University of Missouri-Rolla. He graduated in May with his degree in electrical engineering. He's working for a company in Lebanon, MO which he will leave in a few days to move to State College, PA where he will be starting graduate school at Penn State.

Ben also graduated in May (Nate attended an unaccredited Christian college for two years before UMR) from University of Missouri Rolla with a degree in mechanical engineering. He attended Cedarville University for his first two years. He is working for Caterpillar in Mossville, IL this summer and will soon be leaving for Lafayette, Indiana where he'll be attending graduate school at Purdue. Ben is in the process of buying his first house!

Sam just finished his first year at Gutenberg College in Eugene, Oregon. Gutenberg is unique among colleges. It is a different paradigm in education, but one that focuses on greater understanding by the student in an environment of caring tutors who see each student as an individual--all in the context of a Christian worldview. The way education plays itself out is manifest not only in the content of what is taught, but also in the way it is conducted. Truly a marriage of idea and action.

The three still at home are Jed, Abbie, and Grace.

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I am the 48-year-old homeschooling mother of six children residing on 40 acres in the Ozarks of Missouri. I plan to write about odds and ends of things related to education, history, theology, genealogy, and my kids, of course. My husband is the owner of Clever Welding, a portable welding business.