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Why are your kids taking Russian?
2:10 PM, Apr. 4, 2008
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I was asked that question recently and wanted to share it over here.It's a great story that is in progress. Why Russian? simple answer: because God set it up. I decided to follow what He is doing. The rest of the story??? For the first three years of my oldest daughter's life, each and every Sunday at church there was a man there who spoke to her in Russian. He was a graduate student at the university in the Russian languages department. It drove me nuts that Scott did this. Eventually, years later, we did ECC. As part of the "foreign language time" on the grid, we began to play with Rosetta Stone demo. Oldest liked Russian. I guess all of those years of Scott talking to her was in her brain somewhere. Every time we would study something in MFW that had to do with Russia, she loved it. Then in EX1850 she learned that Catherine the Great had to learn Russian and wanted to do the same. She pleads with me "mom, can you get Rosetta Stone in Russian when you go to the conference?" My first reaction was "no. because that's what the Hazells learn. And I am not doing Russian because of that." (ok... everyone is laughing at me now.) famous last words, huh? Well. As soon as I said that out loud, I realized how stupid of a reason that was. So, we got RS Russian. Played with it some. That was a year ago. It was about that time that my husband and I began to start to donate regularly to God’s Word for the Nations. Our hearts were touched by a picture of a woman in Russia who looks like my mother in law. Turns out the woman in the picture belongs to a people group in Russia that is related to my mother-in-law’s father’s people group. Grandpa was 1st generation American from a country that was former Soviet bloc country in eastern Europe. So, my oldest understands that she has some long lost heritage in those areas. I have the full story way back at the beginning of this blog. Then in late December of 2007 (a few months ago), I was picking up Youngest from preschool class. There was this flyer in her mailbox for a business in town that holds Spanish language classes for children. That company was adding in several classes for new languages among them was Russian. Oldest looked at that flyer and asked “can we take this class? It says it can be for ages 5-12. I’m not too old yet.” alright.... why not? I called. Another homeschooling family wanted to sign up for it as well. So, we’re taking Russian. Oldest is doing quite well. Her teacher wants to give her some reading and writing lessons for free. (well, my other girls are doing well too.... yes... my severely language delayed autistic child is picking up Russian) Last weekend at the Cincy convention, Oldest buys the Russian Children’s Bible that you can see on display at the MFW booth as part of the God's Word for the Nations information. This week she takes it to class. Our teacher looked at the Bible and said “I have this Bible for my children. Where did you get it in America?” We had the opportunity to share a bit before class. My oldest and middle are the two who are signed up for the class. Youngest and I are just in the room and the teacher lets us listen in. Anyway… that’s Why Russian. I don’t know where the Lord plans for it to go. Leave a Comment { Last Page } { Page 18 of 45 } { Next Page } |
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