I thought I should write about some of the wonderful things that God has done. He has really answered some major prayers so I want to share and also remember. I will add more about this in the future too.

Interestingly enough, this blog is about God calling us to homeschool and how He used prayer. We sent our oldest son to PreK, K and 1st grade. I knew about homeschooling but I was never going to do that! Not because I thought it was bad but because I thought I wouldn't survive. In the beginning of my son's first grade year the school was at a temporary facility. It was an old charter school that had closed and there was a public park next to it. That served as the playground. Every morning when I dropped him off he had to walk all the way across campus to drop off his backpack and then go to the playground. The school went up to 8th grade. I just hated him walking all that way, on an open campus with those scary big kids on the loose, LOL! I pondered homeschool for the first time and my husband flat out refused to even consider it. Anyway, the school moved and so did we and my son started riding the bus. Not because I loved the idea but because his 1yo twin siblings were taking their only nap during that time and I wasn't about to give that up. It was a rough time for me.

My little guy was coming home from school every day in a fit. He held his feelings in until he got home and then he exploded. He would say "I just can't sit there all day long!" and "It's so boring!" and "T and I are friends because he hates school too". I didn't know how he was going to last for 11 more years.

Then my husband and I went to a wedding. A family I had known and respected for years was there. I knew they were homschooling. During the rehearsal dinner I saw this mom's 12yo son take her hand and lead her up to the dance floor for a dance. I have to say I was astounded. A twelve year old kid who wanted to dance with his mother? My 6 yo wouldn't even give me a hug when I dropped him off for school because he was afraid his friends would see and laugh at him.

So, I started praying. I secretly started asking other homschool moms too about how and why they did what they did. The more books I read and the more I researched, the more I was convicted, convinced and excited about homeschooling. But there was this obstacle called my husband. I promised God that I would absolutely not try to talk him into it or sway him. This is what I prayed, "God, I am willing to do this if you want me too. I am nervous and scared and I don't know how I will manage, but I feel like you are calling me. But You have to tell my husband. I know that if this is Your will You will bring it to pass." I never said a word to my hubby. Not even a hint. Even if the subject came up I ignored it. I prayed and prayed and prayed. I prayed believing and hoping and trusting. Then one day my husband and I were on a date. He started talking about a guy at work who's wife homeschooled their kids. I prayed, got the ok and all I said was "Do you know why they homeschool?" He tossed out a few reasons and then said "Why do you want to homeschool?" I didn't know what to say so I said, "If God wants me to I will". Then the magic words came out of his mouth that answered all those prayers. He said, "You can homeschool if you want to, I just want our son to get a good education." I was so flabbergasted that I couldn't speak. I couldn't even have a conversation with him because I wasn't supposed to be trying to talk to him about us homeschooling. It was hard to switch gears. Soon after we had a long car ride and we were able to discuss the whole thing. It was official. We were going to homeschool. It turns out that this guy that my husband worked with had been talking to him about it for weeks. Also, my husband had worked at some local high schools recently and felt like our son wasn't going to do well in that environment. God was working on us both all along. He's so cool that way. And I never said a word or tried to convince my husband, it was all God. I will never forget how that felt.

I am in the midst of praying for something else right now but I will have to wait until that request has been fulfilled before commenting on it. :)