Many of you may know that I am a Physician Assistant by trade. Until last June I was working part-time for a physician in another town. He needed me to work more hours and I couldn't do it, so he laid me off. Anyway...on Wednesday morning the Lord prompted me to pray with a dream I had about him. In my dream the doctor was telling me that he was having marital problems and health problems. I began to pray for him, his family, and his clinic. I knew he was having a lot of serious issues at the clinic and was under attack. To make a long story short, that night I found out that his clinic and his two urgent care clinics were raided by the feds and DEA and some charts were commandeered (if that word can be used outside of a military sense). No arrests were made, and two of the clinics were reopened on Friday. There is a former employee who is making a lot of trouble for him. She's nuts. This man is very consciencious, loves God, prays with his patients, deeply cares for people. He's been watched for fraud for the past 9-10 years by Medicare, so he does everything in his power to keep his nose clean. (Something that happened to him when he first got out of residency). This whole thing is just evil. The enemy is after him. Please pray for him, his staff, his family, his colleagues.
There is another family who has been visiting this past month, and volunteering. We have really enjoyed having them around. They are leaving today.
I am taking a Sunday School class about finding what you are made to do, and pursuing it. One thing this has stirred up within me is my desire to "go into all the world". I really have a passion for overseas missions. Unfortunately, my husband doesn't share that with me. Now I am seeking God as to what He has in mind. I feel strongly that He guided me and approved of my marriage... Sometines I wonder and hope to be able to teach in discipleship training schools around the world. I hope that I can teach on the Bible and what I am learning now. I don't see how this will ever be possible, because there is such a wrong view of God's principles in the first five books of the Bible, and I know that without the Holy Spirit's timing and preparation, this would quickly be labeled "legalism". It is so sad, yet I have hope!
On the Homefront:
Tim's brother Eric, came for a short visit on Thursday night. He has been in the state hunting Elk, and he brought us some. Very sweet. The girls loved having him here and showed him their recent stories, pictures and so forth.
In the School Room:
Bible: We read more about Moses and being in the wilderness, Mt. Sinai, and the Tabernacle. The older girls both completely memorized Psalm 103. They will each get to pick out a movie as a reward. They each memories Lamentations 3:22-23. This has a pretty song to it. Bubbies memorized a little verse as well. As for studying the Biblical Holidays, we studied about Sabbath and about why it is important to study the holidays. This lead to some good discussions about other holidays that we see as "Christian" and their histories.
History: We continue to read about Abraham Lincoln with the older girls. We are reading a book together called A Photobiography of Abraham Lincoln. Bubbies is learning about medieval times.
Science: The big girls are learning about electricity and magnetism. They also did another electricity experiment. Bubbies continues to learn about water, icebergs, plants and air.
Read-Aloud: We continued Across Five Aprils with the big girls. I am doing My Father's Dragon with Bubbies, complete with a free lapbook from www.homeschoolshare.com.
Reader: Mountain Princess and Snow Crystal are finished reading The Perilous Road. It is a good book. I think it would be especially good for boys. It is based in the civil war era.
Language Arts: The older girls did some journal writing this week, and some grammar exercises. Bubbies did some review work with her first six letters.
Math: I came across a great math program for helping the girls learn their math facts a little faster. They are enjoying it a lot. You can get it for free for two weeks, so we are trying to get as much use out of it that we can while we can! It is www.mathscore.com.
Spanish: MP is using Rosetta Stone and seems to be learning and retaining a lot. SC is using The Complete Book of Spanish (workbook from Wal Mart). She'll get back to Rosetta next year.
On the Mission Field:
The speaker this week in our discipleship training program was Cindy Anderson. As she has been put on a gluten-free diet, they assigned her to our table most of the week, which allowed us to get to know her. I really enjoyed a couple of her lectures that I got to sit in on on Sunday and Monday evenings.
On Friday the students put on a "Love Feast" and "Foot Washing" for the staff. They had us come dressed up as our favorite Bible characters. My husband came as Lazarus, Snow Crystal came as the angel that guarded the entrance to the garden of Eden with a fiery sword, Mountain Princess was Queen Esther, Bubbies was Mary the mother of Jesus, I was Mary, Lazarus and Martha's sister, and Little Critter was King Josiah. They decorated the dining hall with sheets, plants and hand made instruments. The tables were beautifully set. I think I will do a Friday Show and Tell to share the pics! Here is a sneak peak:
In the Literary Scene:
I started reading The AD Chronicles with book one "First Light" by Brock and Bodie Thoene. I am still reading Raising Godly Tomatoes by L. Elizabeth Krueger.
Feeding on His Faithfulness,
Carol
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I believe very much in the power of dreams. I even have the words of some written down so that I do not forget them; I am convinced in my heart that they were God's messages straight to my heart. How wonderful of Him to use you to pray for your previous employer. He'll also speak to you directly about the overseas missions plans, and put a fire under your husband, too, if that is His plan. Our task is to pray and trust.
Glad to hear your week went well. You asked me about Linda Fay. Every now and then she and I write back and forth, and I still go back to her blog for ideas from time to time. She's also set up a new site with all of her CM ideas. Have you seen it?
We really enjoyed "A Photobiography of Abraham Lincoln" last year. The binding is poor and the book fell apart but the contents were great! I love the "Love Feast" and "Feet Washing." What a fun experience. I will be praying for your doctor friend and your missionary heart.
I enjoyed reading this and seeing the photos...I'm looking forward to your S&T on Friday! As for the clinic, wow. It is a sin-sick world, and I feel for your friend. I pray that Satan would be bound and prevented from pursuing this good man's honor.
One thing have I desired of the Lord that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. To behold the beauty, the beauty of the Lord. To inquire in His temple, the temple of the Lord.
This is my everyday thoughts about being a mother to three little ladies (12, 10 and 5) and a three year old son. We serve God full-time, and I am a physician assistant. I have the most awesome husband in the world. I am trying to seek and serve God with all my heart, all my soul, all my mind and all my strength.
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