The Great Adventure - To Co-op or not to Co-op This Year.

Aug. 1, 2009

To Co-op or not to Co-op This Year.

Posted in Hmmmm

I need to seriously consider the possibility that I want to Co-op because that is a way for me to let someone else step up to the task of discipling and mentoring my girls. And there will be a time for that, but is it now?

I have no special guarantee that any of the mothers teaching there will do better than I

I am essentially thinking of it as fun "free" time that I will be able to legally count as "school hours" . So much the better if anything is learned or "caught" there.

But what will be caught there, I must stop and ponder.

The Co-op appeals to me because they seem pretty flexible and not sticklers about this and that, but is it that perhaps I should rather seek to be challenged a little more...and my girls also?

Why am I blithely assuming that they will teach these precious girls better than I?

Jimmy asserts that there may be better things to fill our time with if we have the time to do something outside of the home...He mentions acts of service...hmmm, I have often felt the nudge of some things I not only want to do but want to teach my girls to want to do. They are getting to the age that they may truly be a blessing to the lonely, make food for the hungry and make beautiful things for those who are spiritually hungry. Could it be that while I may be able to work it out to have the freedom to "do Co-op", perhaps I am desiring it because I am not seeing clearly. If we have a free day to do this (and it won't hurt our family or schedule) why not tithe of ourselves and have a day of service instead????

Which brings me to another spot in my thinking that I must consider.
I think that I see this as a way to pacify and please my girls, as if homeschooling were a bitter pill and this the sugar to make up for it.
I want our home-education to be sweet, if it isn't, I need to work to make the adjustments to make it as sweet as my ability is, and they will need to swallow it regardless.
I want them to see that as I teach, it is for them I teach.
It is not a punishment or a 12 year sentence.

And so...
On that "extra" , "expendable" day, I would like to, in love, ask the girls to turn their eyes outward.
This I know from experience that they generally love to do, and I want to nurture that in them.
So Thursday's will be our Day of Service.
I'll even encourage the boys about ways that they can get involved (even if it on a different day from the girls and me).

I can use this time to finally make those regular visits to my Aunt that have had on my hear to make,
and visit grandpa Norm,
and bless others in the church
and out of the church.
Maybe we can even spend some time blessing someone in the church who is always blessing others,
like Janet, and Debbie and countless others.
Oh the possibilities.

What a wise husband (and sons) God has given me.
I think I see the solution now, for me for this year.

This time is precious for me.
I don't know what God has for others, but I can see all of the "things I have been praying to get around to".
"Doing a Co-op" Does not seem to be the thing for me this year.
Maybe it will be another year, but this year I cannot say much about next year.
Except that I will seek God.

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