We opened our Christmas presents with my side of the family today. I wish I had taken a before picture with my phone. We had a LOT of presents! My girls were super enthusiastic and loved all their gifts!
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Cousins
My two youngest have been having a great time playing with their cousins today. Here they are looking for "treasures" of snail shells, rocks, and dead leaves. I'm so glad my girls love their cousins!
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Friday, December 2, 2011
Advent Adventures
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A few years ago, Lindsey inspired me to make an Advent Wreath. I used a big glass platter I had gotten from my grandmother, some pretty candle holders I had, and a wreath and some greenery from Dollar Tree. The most difficult part was finding purple votives!
Each year we have used a different Advent devotion. Often I made them up, using each candle as a theme. This year we are using Ann Voskamp's Jesse Tree devotions with our Advent wreath. Once I locate the good paper we'll cut out and hang up the pictures on a small tree. But I didn't want to wait to begin our devotions until I found the right paper. So far, I think we're all enjoying these readings. I'm looking forward to weaving God's story in the Old Testament together with the coming of Christ.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
O Christmas Tree!
Whenever we see the lovely Christmas trees in ads, we always like ours better. Not because the ornaments are more beautiful or more expensive. But because each ornament means something.
Each year our tree brings back memories of my Granny and my Dad. And we can feel close to my Mom even though she's far away. So we love our mismatched but meaningful tree!
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Write Like an Egyptian
One of the things I really like about homeschooling is how my children are freed up to use their creativity. (Another thing I really like is getting to sleep later!) Faith has been writing a story to send in for an American Girl Magazine story contest. She finished it today, and I was impressed with her writing.
As we were talking about the story contest, Hope said she would not want to enter a story because, as she said, "I only write books...and hieroglyphics." Love that girl!
As we were talking about the story contest, Hope said she would not want to enter a story because, as she said, "I only write books...and hieroglyphics." Love that girl!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
More Magic!
We planned to meet the princesses on our final day at Magic Kingdom. And while it would have been nice to get the boutique princess make-over for the girls, it was definitely NOT in our already-stretched budget. So my oldest daughter and her friend did the younger girls make-up and hair so they could feel like princesses! I brought sparkly make-up and hair spray and had purchased each of my girls a tiara at Claire's before we left. My younger girls wore cute dresses instead of the hot dress-up costumes that we had. I think they looked fabulous!
We got to the park in time to see Mickey and Minnie sing and dance at Cinderella's castle. Then we went to Belle's story time. After that we went to see the princesses! Faith's favorite princess is Cinderella; Hope and Grace's favorite is Belle (She's my favorite, too!); and Joy's favorite princess is Sleeping Beauty. All three of them were there when we went to meet them, take pictures, and get their autographs! They were all so gracious, and it was a special time for my girls.
We then toured Mickey and Minnie's houses, and I made the big mistake of riding the Goofy roller coaster. It wasn't scary, but it was so jerky that my back hurt for several hours! After lunch, we met Mickey and Minnie and got pictures with them. We hid out from one of the daily rain showers, and rode some more rides. The younger three girls loved Space Mountain, and all the girls loved Big Thunder Mountain. (I had planned to ride that one until my back started hurting.)
One of the most fun surprises was the Jungle Cruise. Our guide was hysterical! The girls loved it when she poked fun at the Hall of Presidents! The older kids and Paul rode Splash Mountain again. They were disappointed that somehow he managed to stay dry.
We finished our day by watching the Parade of Lights and the fireworks show from Main Street. It was a terrific ending to a fabulous vacation!
Monday, January 17, 2011
Magical Magic Kingdom Day 1
We spent our final two days of our Disney vacation at the Magic Kingdom. I had been looking forward to this park the most, and it did not disappoint! We got there the first day in time to watch a parade from the train station. Then we rode the train to Frontier Land to get fast passes for Splash Mountain. We had a great time riding the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and then had even more fun being silly with the pirate paraphernalia in the gift shop!
After lunch, the kids and the men rode Splash Mountain. The women and small boys elected to stay dry! Themen little boys were tired so the dads took the boys back to the hotel for naps. The moms and the girls didn't want to miss a minute of magic, so we stayed. It was a hot day, so we found some air conditioned fun: Mickey's Philharmagic and the Hall of Presidents. The girls were thoroughly bored with the Hall of Presidents, and they didn't even appreciate the cool air! When it was over, we were happy to discover that the afternoon parade was about to come right by our location. The girls loved watching the princesses, although Joy was very disappointed that Sleeping Beauty was not in the parade!
After lunch, the kids and the men rode Splash Mountain. The women and small boys elected to stay dry! The
] Waving to Cinderalla
We got some ice cream for a cool snack and rode several more rides until the dads and boys returned. My two youngest even rode Space Mountain with my friend and her girls! They loved it!! When we were all back together we rode the MK Toy Story ride, which was not as much fun as the one at Hollywood Studios. We rode the carousel and the Peter Pan ride. It rained again, so we decided to ride It's a Small World. Cheesy, but fun! The rain had cleared out the park, so we were able to ride the teacups and the carousel with hardly any waiting! Those tea cups were a blast!
I chose a pink teacup!
We also rode Dumbo. Since Hope's favorite animal is an elephant, this was especially fun for her!
Hope and I ride Dumbo!
And while we were on the ride the fireworks began. What a fun way to see them!
And on the way out, we saw Cinderella's castle all lit up!
A beautiful ending to a wonderful day!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Epcot Adventures
We spent the next two days at Epcot. The first day we spent doing things in the space, land, and sea areas. I've always wondered what was inside the big white orb, and I finally got to see it! I liked this ride because it was air-conditioned and because it was a great history review for my girls! We also rode several of the other rides and hung out at the aquarium.
I hung out with the little ones while everyone else rode Test Track. I had read that the ride lasted six minutes, and I thought the whole six minutes was racing around the track. I didn't think that would work with my vertigo-like symptoms on roller-coasters. Of course, after they rode it, I found out the ride only goes around the track once!
We left early in the afternoon for siesta time at the hotel. Then we went to Downtown Disney. The Lego store was fun for a while. While my friend and her kids waited for a free Lego set, my girls and I shopped for souvenirs at the Disney Princess store next door. They each selected a charm bracelet and several charms as a way to remember Disney. After shopping, we at at Wolfgang Puck Express. It was fabulous! Definitely our best meal of the trip! And it was on our meal plan.
We ended the evening by going back to Epcot and riding Soarin'. After Paul's experience with the motion simulator at Hollywood Studios, he decided to stay with the littler ones while the rest of us rode. This ride was so much fun! Everyone really enjoyed it! Then we made our way over to watch the fireworks show before we left for the evening.
The next day we had planned to tour the country areas in the morning before the day became too hot. We planned to eat pastries for breakfast in one of the countries as well. No one noticed that the country part of Epcot opens several hours later than the other part! We had a few snacks with us that we ate for breakfast. Our friend conned his older kids into riding the intense version of Mission Space. Thankfully, no one vomited! After lunch, we rode Test Track again. This time I rode it, too! Lots of fun!
We then rode the boat rides in Norway and Mexico. We spent some time in Norway since our friend has ancestors from there. The Viking helmets in the gift shop were a big hit! We also spent a little time in Japan. My girls enjoyed seeing all the Japanese things. My sister and her family lived in Okinawa for a few years, so we felt like we had a connection with Japan. We made the lap of countries on our way out. We stopped in France for a wonderful snack of French pastries. Yum! In England, we saw Alice of Alice in Wonderland. She had just arrived, so we were able to get pictures with her and her autograph with no waiting! And while walking through Canada, we saw this:
After another siesta time we ate at one of the other resorts. Then my friend and I went back to Epcot with her two girls and my oldest two. We rode Soarin' again. Twice! We toured Britain. We spoke in British accents. We ate more pastries in France. We tried to talk in French accents but couldn't do it very well. So we reverted back to the British accents. We examined belly dancing costumes in Morocco. It was such a great mom/daughter time. This was one of the highlights of our trip! And the girls agree! Even though we got rained on, it was fabulous!
I hung out with the little ones while everyone else rode Test Track. I had read that the ride lasted six minutes, and I thought the whole six minutes was racing around the track. I didn't think that would work with my vertigo-like symptoms on roller-coasters. Of course, after they rode it, I found out the ride only goes around the track once!
We left early in the afternoon for siesta time at the hotel. Then we went to Downtown Disney. The Lego store was fun for a while. While my friend and her kids waited for a free Lego set, my girls and I shopped for souvenirs at the Disney Princess store next door. They each selected a charm bracelet and several charms as a way to remember Disney. After shopping, we at at Wolfgang Puck Express. It was fabulous! Definitely our best meal of the trip! And it was on our meal plan.
We ended the evening by going back to Epcot and riding Soarin'. After Paul's experience with the motion simulator at Hollywood Studios, he decided to stay with the littler ones while the rest of us rode. This ride was so much fun! Everyone really enjoyed it! Then we made our way over to watch the fireworks show before we left for the evening.
The next day we had planned to tour the country areas in the morning before the day became too hot. We planned to eat pastries for breakfast in one of the countries as well. No one noticed that the country part of Epcot opens several hours later than the other part! We had a few snacks with us that we ate for breakfast. Our friend conned his older kids into riding the intense version of Mission Space. Thankfully, no one vomited! After lunch, we rode Test Track again. This time I rode it, too! Lots of fun!
We then rode the boat rides in Norway and Mexico. We spent some time in Norway since our friend has ancestors from there. The Viking helmets in the gift shop were a big hit! We also spent a little time in Japan. My girls enjoyed seeing all the Japanese things. My sister and her family lived in Okinawa for a few years, so we felt like we had a connection with Japan. We made the lap of countries on our way out. We stopped in France for a wonderful snack of French pastries. Yum! In England, we saw Alice of Alice in Wonderland. She had just arrived, so we were able to get pictures with her and her autograph with no waiting! And while walking through Canada, we saw this:
After another siesta time we ate at one of the other resorts. Then my friend and I went back to Epcot with her two girls and my oldest two. We rode Soarin' again. Twice! We toured Britain. We spoke in British accents. We ate more pastries in France. We tried to talk in French accents but couldn't do it very well. So we reverted back to the British accents. We examined belly dancing costumes in Morocco. It was such a great mom/daughter time. This was one of the highlights of our trip! And the girls agree! Even though we got rained on, it was fabulous!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Off to Orlando!
One of the highlights of 2010 for our family was our trip to Disney World! Paul & I had been considering taking the girls, and we realized that if we did decide to plant a church (We weren't sure about this yet.), it would be more difficult to go afterward. And then we found out some of our good friends were also thinking about going, so we decided to go together! (I think this really sealed the deal for Paul.) Their kids got out of school the last Thursday in May, and we left the following day. Our friends have 6 kids, ranging in age from 2 to 13, so we had 14 people total!! I know it sounds crazy, but we had a blast!
We took a couple of days to drive, so we got to Orlando on Saturday afternoon and went to Animal Kingdom. Since it closes earlier than the other parks, we didn't have much time there. We did the safari ride first. Since it had been raining that afternoon, it was a little cooler, and we were able to see a lot of animals, including Hope's favorite, elephants.
The older kids and the dads rode the rapids ride, while my friend and I stayed with her two little ones. It was no sacrifice for us because neither of us wanted to get our hair wet! However, everyone got soaked when it started pouring rain. We quickly discovered that the Dollar Tree ponchos weren't sufficient! We were able to see the Lion King show on our way out. Then we got settled in our rooms in The Port of Orleans French Quarter and headed out to eat and to Walmart to get snacks and better rain ponchos.
The next day we went to Hollywood Studios. We had heard that the Toy Story ride was very popular, so we immediately got fast passes for it. My girls really liked the Narnia exhibit and enjoyed seeing costumes from the movie.
Lunch that day was a disaster! We waited about an hour to order and get our pizza! Fortunately, our meals went smoothly the rest of the trip! When we rode the Star Wars ride, Paul discovered that simulators mess up his equilibrium. But the rest of us enjoyed it. In the afternoon, the dads and older boys went to see the stunt shows while the moms, girls, and little boys saw the Beauty and the Beast show and The Little Mermaid show. Faith was selected to announce The Little Mermaid show before it started! So cool! We met back up for the Muppet show and dinner.
The Toy Story ride was great and definitely lived up to the hype. We were all disappointed (but not surprised) that the line was too long to ride it again!
My friend and her oldest daughter stayed to ride the Rockin' Roller Coaster, while the rest of us took the bus back to the hotel.
We had just experienced our first full day of Disney, and, I must say, we were impressed...and exhausted!
We took a couple of days to drive, so we got to Orlando on Saturday afternoon and went to Animal Kingdom. Since it closes earlier than the other parks, we didn't have much time there. We did the safari ride first. Since it had been raining that afternoon, it was a little cooler, and we were able to see a lot of animals, including Hope's favorite, elephants.
The older kids and the dads rode the rapids ride, while my friend and I stayed with her two little ones. It was no sacrifice for us because neither of us wanted to get our hair wet! However, everyone got soaked when it started pouring rain. We quickly discovered that the Dollar Tree ponchos weren't sufficient! We were able to see the Lion King show on our way out. Then we got settled in our rooms in The Port of Orleans French Quarter and headed out to eat and to Walmart to get snacks and better rain ponchos.
The next day we went to Hollywood Studios. We had heard that the Toy Story ride was very popular, so we immediately got fast passes for it. My girls really liked the Narnia exhibit and enjoyed seeing costumes from the movie.
They also were impressed by the stone table.
Lunch that day was a disaster! We waited about an hour to order and get our pizza! Fortunately, our meals went smoothly the rest of the trip! When we rode the Star Wars ride, Paul discovered that simulators mess up his equilibrium. But the rest of us enjoyed it. In the afternoon, the dads and older boys went to see the stunt shows while the moms, girls, and little boys saw the Beauty and the Beast show and The Little Mermaid show. Faith was selected to announce The Little Mermaid show before it started! So cool! We met back up for the Muppet show and dinner.
The Toy Story ride was great and definitely lived up to the hype. We were all disappointed (but not surprised) that the line was too long to ride it again!
My friend and her oldest daughter stayed to ride the Rockin' Roller Coaster, while the rest of us took the bus back to the hotel.
We had just experienced our first full day of Disney, and, I must say, we were impressed...and exhausted!
Friday, December 31, 2010
A Lot of Words and a Few Pictures about the Last Couple of Months
The last few weeks, I've been so busy living life that I haven't had time to blog about it! So, for posterity's sake, here's a brief chronicle of the end of November and December.
* I attended a terrific women's conference at our old church. The speaker was wonderful, and I really enjoyed seeing friends I haven't seen in a while.
* I celebrated my 40th birthday. I can't believe I'm that old! Paul and the girls took me out for Tex-Mex and made me a cake. Some of the sweet ladies from church made a video for me, too.
* We had a small Thanksgiving celebration with just our family. We watched the Macy's parade, ate a fabulous meal, and then one of Paul's brothers and his family came over for a while. We also put up our tree and our indoor decorations!
* One of my birthday presents was a trip to San Antonio! I've never seen the Riverwalk all decked out for Christmas, and was so happy to finally get the chance! We ate great Tex-Mex, took in some history, visited with some new and some old friends, and saw the zoo. I didn't realize how much I needed a break until I got one!
* I had a fun evening at a cookie exchange with some of my friends.
* I helped Faith and Hope with their presentations for 4-H Demonstration Day. They won first place on the demonstration they did as a team and Faith won second and Hope won third on their individual demonstrations.
* The girls and I went to see Tangled and absolutely loved it! Paul joined us when we saw The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It was another great movie.
* Hope did an excellent job at her piano recital! She played some the teacher version of the duets in her piano book and did such a good job! I'm so proud!
* We had fun with our Christmas traditions: making gingerbread houses, looking at Christmas lights, lighting our Advent candles.
* We opened our gifts the Tuesday before Christmas since my Mom was coming the next day. The girls loved their presents, and I love my new Pandora bracelet!!
* My Mom and my sister and her family came to our house for Christmas. We had a full house, but we really did have a good time! (And it motivated me to get my house cleaner than it's been in a while!)
* I spent lots of time bringing the Faith, Joy, and Grace to ballet practice for their performance in the Nutcracker! To their great disappointment, we even had practices over Christmas break. But those practices paid off! All the girls did such a good job, and my three were fantastic!! My Mom, my sister, and my niece got to come to the performance. It was so much fun watching my ballerinas perform and do so well!!
* We hosted a fun Christmas party at our house for our church family. (It would have been even more fun if my dishwasher weren't broken!)
* I attended a terrific women's conference at our old church. The speaker was wonderful, and I really enjoyed seeing friends I haven't seen in a while.
* I celebrated my 40th birthday. I can't believe I'm that old! Paul and the girls took me out for Tex-Mex and made me a cake. Some of the sweet ladies from church made a video for me, too.
* We had a small Thanksgiving celebration with just our family. We watched the Macy's parade, ate a fabulous meal, and then one of Paul's brothers and his family came over for a while. We also put up our tree and our indoor decorations!
* One of my birthday presents was a trip to San Antonio! I've never seen the Riverwalk all decked out for Christmas, and was so happy to finally get the chance! We ate great Tex-Mex, took in some history, visited with some new and some old friends, and saw the zoo. I didn't realize how much I needed a break until I got one!
* I had a fun evening at a cookie exchange with some of my friends.
* I helped Faith and Hope with their presentations for 4-H Demonstration Day. They won first place on the demonstration they did as a team and Faith won second and Hope won third on their individual demonstrations.
* The girls and I went to see Tangled and absolutely loved it! Paul joined us when we saw The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It was another great movie.
* Hope did an excellent job at her piano recital! She played some the teacher version of the duets in her piano book and did such a good job! I'm so proud!
* We had fun with our Christmas traditions: making gingerbread houses, looking at Christmas lights, lighting our Advent candles.
* We opened our gifts the Tuesday before Christmas since my Mom was coming the next day. The girls loved their presents, and I love my new Pandora bracelet!!
* My Mom and my sister and her family came to our house for Christmas. We had a full house, but we really did have a good time! (And it motivated me to get my house cleaner than it's been in a while!)
* I spent lots of time bringing the Faith, Joy, and Grace to ballet practice for their performance in the Nutcracker! To their great disappointment, we even had practices over Christmas break. But those practices paid off! All the girls did such a good job, and my three were fantastic!! My Mom, my sister, and my niece got to come to the performance. It was so much fun watching my ballerinas perform and do so well!!
* We hosted a fun Christmas party at our house for our church family. (It would have been even more fun if my dishwasher weren't broken!)
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Week(s) at a Glance
Wow! Life has been full these last couple of weeks! Our schooling has taken more time, we've had several extra-curricular activities, and my allergies have been overactive!
We had fun carving pumpkins in late October. Faith did a pretty floral design; Hope did a Border Collie; Joy did a cat face; and Grace did a fleur de lis. It was fun and messy!
We also celebrated Paul's birthday. I cooked one of his favorite dinners and we had Italian Cream Cake (minus the coconut - I'm allergic!) for dessert. I tried a new recipe, and we all enjoyed it.
Some friends of ours hosted a "Retro Prom" on October 31st. Faith wore my old prom dress. Hope found a formal at the Salvation Army store for $5. And Joy and Grace wore some cute 80s-inspired skirts and shirts from Target that are still fashionable enough for them to wear again. I wore my old Coca-Cola shirt from high school, and Paul wore his leather pants from back in the day and eyeliner a la Billy Idol! Everyone had a terrific time!
Last weekend we did something we said we'd never do: We hosted a garage sale. The money went to help the college students at our church go to Passion 2011 in January. The students did most of the work, and we made enough money to be a help to them. And I hope to never host another garage sale again! (The late night of getting ready and early morning start time wiped me out!!)
We also started offering a children's church during Paul's talk time. One of our families lives right across from the clubhouse where we're meeting, so we bring the children there after the singing time. I think it's going well and will only get better!
I have some thoughts rattling around in my head about being a pastor's wife and hope to blog about them soon.
We had fun carving pumpkins in late October. Faith did a pretty floral design; Hope did a Border Collie; Joy did a cat face; and Grace did a fleur de lis. It was fun and messy!
We also celebrated Paul's birthday. I cooked one of his favorite dinners and we had Italian Cream Cake (minus the coconut - I'm allergic!) for dessert. I tried a new recipe, and we all enjoyed it.
Some friends of ours hosted a "Retro Prom" on October 31st. Faith wore my old prom dress. Hope found a formal at the Salvation Army store for $5. And Joy and Grace wore some cute 80s-inspired skirts and shirts from Target that are still fashionable enough for them to wear again. I wore my old Coca-Cola shirt from high school, and Paul wore his leather pants from back in the day and eyeliner a la Billy Idol! Everyone had a terrific time!
Last weekend we did something we said we'd never do: We hosted a garage sale. The money went to help the college students at our church go to Passion 2011 in January. The students did most of the work, and we made enough money to be a help to them. And I hope to never host another garage sale again! (The late night of getting ready and early morning start time wiped me out!!)
We also started offering a children's church during Paul's talk time. One of our families lives right across from the clubhouse where we're meeting, so we bring the children there after the singing time. I think it's going well and will only get better!
I have some thoughts rattling around in my head about being a pastor's wife and hope to blog about them soon.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Happy Saturday
It's late Saturday night, and I'm waiting for Faith to come home from a friend's house. Joy and Grace have been asleep for a while, and so has Paul. The friend that Hope has over tonight is sleeping on the couch, and Hope is waiting for all to be quiet to try to sleep. It's nights like this that not having to be at church as early comes in handy!
After hearing so many good things, we went to see Secretariat today. And we were not disappointed. It really is a great movie! I knew Paul would like it, and I was confident that Faith and Hope would enjoy it. But I wasn't sure if it would be able to keep Joy and Grace's attention. I needn't have worried; they LOVED it! We don't see many movies as a family. With four kids, that would be too expensive, but this movie was so worth it! And I really enjoyed seeing a movie the whole family really enjoyed and that was so inspiring.
This evening we were pleasantly surprised by a group of young singles from our church displayed a row of jack-o-lanterns that spelled "Go Jesus!" in our front yard. Today is Paul's spiritual birthday: twenty-one years ago he began his relationship with Jesus. To mark that occasion, these great people decided to gift us with one of Paul's catch-phrases in such a fun package. It was so much fun! (Except for the mosquitoes; those were no fun at all!) I'm so glad our friends love us so much!
And to top it all off, Baylor won!!!
After hearing so many good things, we went to see Secretariat today. And we were not disappointed. It really is a great movie! I knew Paul would like it, and I was confident that Faith and Hope would enjoy it. But I wasn't sure if it would be able to keep Joy and Grace's attention. I needn't have worried; they LOVED it! We don't see many movies as a family. With four kids, that would be too expensive, but this movie was so worth it! And I really enjoyed seeing a movie the whole family really enjoyed and that was so inspiring.
This evening we were pleasantly surprised by a group of young singles from our church displayed a row of jack-o-lanterns that spelled "Go Jesus!" in our front yard. Today is Paul's spiritual birthday: twenty-one years ago he began his relationship with Jesus. To mark that occasion, these great people decided to gift us with one of Paul's catch-phrases in such a fun package. It was so much fun! (Except for the mosquitoes; those were no fun at all!) I'm so glad our friends love us so much!
And to top it all off, Baylor won!!!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
What about the Children?
Up until this point, we had not told our children we were even considering planting a church. Had they all been older, we might have told them sooner, but we didn't want to tell them until we were able to make it common knowledge. We felt like keeping something this big (and possibly something very emotional) to themselves would be a burden they shouldn't have to bear.
We told them a couple of days after Paul talked with our pastor the second time, which was only a few days before we would make the announcement in church. They were all surprised. They all said they would miss their friends at our old church. Faith was the most visibly disturbed. She didn't want to lose touch with the friends she had made at our old church. But she is also old enough to see that, even in her own life, God is drawing her to something different than she was getting at the church we were at. We reassured her that we would make a big effort to keep in touch with her friends (which we have done!).
Joy and Grace really took their cues from us; we were happy so they were, too (except for the missing friends part!) They were also excited that they wouldn't have to go to AWANA or children's choir this year. In years past they had loved both of these activities, and they are both so enthusiastic about almost everything. Usually by the end of summer they were eager for these activities to start. But not this year! I knew this was God preparing their hearts to leave where we were and embark on something new.
Hope was the one child whose reaction would be the most unpredictable. I knew that she might be sad she didn't get to experience all the fun youth stuff her older sister did. She might not like such a big change. True to her unpredictable nature, Hope surprised me. She was so happy! She seemed to grasp the importance of trying to reach new people with the love of Jesus. She couldn't wait to tell her friends!
In fact, all the girls were eager to share the news with their friends. They were able to tell some of them a couple of days later, and they told the rest during their Sunday School time at church the following Sunday. I thought our last Sunday might be a sad one for them, but it wasn't. They were ready to move forward.
We told them a couple of days after Paul talked with our pastor the second time, which was only a few days before we would make the announcement in church. They were all surprised. They all said they would miss their friends at our old church. Faith was the most visibly disturbed. She didn't want to lose touch with the friends she had made at our old church. But she is also old enough to see that, even in her own life, God is drawing her to something different than she was getting at the church we were at. We reassured her that we would make a big effort to keep in touch with her friends (which we have done!).
Hope was the one child whose reaction would be the most unpredictable. I knew that she might be sad she didn't get to experience all the fun youth stuff her older sister did. She might not like such a big change. True to her unpredictable nature, Hope surprised me. She was so happy! She seemed to grasp the importance of trying to reach new people with the love of Jesus. She couldn't wait to tell her friends!
In fact, all the girls were eager to share the news with their friends. They were able to tell some of them a couple of days later, and they told the rest during their Sunday School time at church the following Sunday. I thought our last Sunday might be a sad one for them, but it wasn't. They were ready to move forward.
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