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I am so sorry! I have been sooo bad about keeping up with this! Hear is an update! My dear sweet neighbor/friend and I have spent the last 2 weeks preparing to host a 5 Day Bible Club at her house. We started yesterday. Our hope was that many of the kids that don't go to church from our neighborhood would come and we could share the gospel with them. Apparently, God had other plans because He has brought kids that are in church, in addition to our own kids. We are using the opportunity to help them build a deeper relationship with their Saviour. The past two days we had a middle school age girl and her best friend show up. They also brought along a little friend who is 4 years old. She is so sweet and cute! Today the middle school age girl's brother showed up. We had such a nice time with them all.

It is becoming very apparent that God has plans for my kids this school year as well! As I prayed about what curriculum to use this year, He has led me to several "Character-building" ones! We will be using "The Prairie Primer" which is a Unit Study based on the Little House on the Prairie Books. She even has us working through a book of our choosing on manners!! Awesome!

My kids are in need of re-covering the basics in math. So we are going to be using a combination of Math It and CalcuLadder. Math It is an old classic homeschool curriculum. It teaches kids how to use math tricks to get the correct answer. CalcuLadder gives daily practice in math facts. On the front of the CalcuLadder Manual it says, "Character-building". Hmmm where have I seen that before???

As if that were not enough, last night my hubby decided that it was time to get rid of our TV cable. He decided not to attach our TV antenna, therefore we also have no TV reception! I couldn't have been more thrilled!!!! He did this because he was sick of the attitudes in our kids and their lack of willingness to help around the house. He also told them that if he continues to see issues then he will also get rid of the Wii and Xbox and their computer! Yippee!!! My kids were mortified! We are trying to hammer in to them that all these things are privilages, NOT inalienable rights!

But do you see the pattern here??? I have a feeling that my kids and I are in for a tough school year! But if we can stick with it, then the results will be well worth it!!

One of the verses we are learning this week applies perfectly here: Galations 6:9 "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."