...I've just been bad about posting.

The week before last, over the weekend, I was really dreading the week to come.  I just had no desire to homeschool right then.  I realized I needed God's help and had neglected to ask Him.  I did ask Him, and that week went OK, Praise God.  Last week went OK, but I did also ask God's help and blessing.  This week also has started out OK (although it's only Monday).  I know I rely on God's help, and have asked His blessing for certain things, but this afternoon I think I need to seek Him a bit more earnestly for His aid. 

I was sharing with a (former) missionary friend yesterday morning about www.sermonaudio.com, and mentioned a few sermons I had heard.  I told him about Duncan Campbell's testimony of what occurred during the revival on the Isle of Lewis, in the Hebrides in Scotland, back in the early 1950's.  He knew of it (that sermon is available in print too) and said that he had heard Duncan Campbell in person.  He preached "Is There a Broken Altar in Your Home?" - about prayer and if his hearers had been neglecting it.  Oh how I wish I could hear that today!   I need it myself, and such a topic needs to be preached in many churches I think.

My friend's wife is not so well.  I am knitting her a shawl.  Par for my course I've had to start it several times for different reasons but I think I'm on the right way with it now.  I've also got a few other WIPs (also par for the course).

Our hens are laying more now.  We now have 4 of the 5 hens laying.  The araucana, Stormie, has not begun yet.  I hope she does, I am looking forward to the colored eggs her breed produces.

Yoshi, Ben's chameleon, is doing well.  He has shed twice so far now, the second time happening today.  From start to finish takes about 3 hours.  I think it looks very uncomfortable and he expends a lot of energy twisting, turning, rubbing against his leaves and stems and otherwise manoevering to get the peeling skin off.  I've got a photo but need to upload it to Photo Bucket first I think.

David's sight has not improved.  He has a follow-up visit at the Eye Hospital tomorrow and I hope the doctor will have some good ideas to help David.

The gales last week were fierce.  Oklahoma has tornados, which cause so much damage and loss of life, but the gales here last for days, and this last episode saw the deaths of 11 people, and I don't know how many injuries.  We lost our "green box" (a plastic bin for putting recycling out for the council to collect) but nothing else.  We did have a dead tree in the back blow down, but it was quite small and did no damage to anything else.  Many people lost their electricity supply and some still had not got it back when the weather turned cold over the weekend.

That's all for now!