This blog has moved, however, this is important so I’m posting it on both blogs.
Long story short, the house where our daughter is living, getting her life back on track, is in desperate need of help. Please consider supporting this vital ministry. This is the only one-year Teen Challenge girl’s program West of the Rocky Mountains.
Dear Friends and Parents of former students,
It has been such a joy to watch the lives of teen girls transformed in the Teen Challenge program. What miracles of change we have seen. I am so grateful to have been privileged to be a part of it.
It is my deepest desire to pass this good work on to a new generation with a passion to help hurting and hopeless girls. Over the years we have taken many girls with no financial support and this has caused us to run a deficit.
Please read the attachment and prayerfully consider if you can help. We have only until Nov 1st to raise this $54,000 and gain monthly support for 2010. We can take post dated checks up to Dec 31st, even Jan 1st if you want the tax deduct for 2010. But we must have a figure for the board meeting on Nov 5th. I fought for this one last chance to garner support.
I know you all give, Thank you for your prayers and hopefully your support.
His will be done,
Mary
Please come visit me at my new and improved, bright and shiny space on the web! Click the link and come on over!
Slowly I will begin to take down my blogroll links. Everything is already up and running on the new blog. I will leave my categories up, and the posts will remain for at least several months. I will keep this post at the top so folks can find me. It will start to look bare, but I don’t plan on doing anything real drastic until after Christmas, unless readership drops off drastically before that.
This week was more productive than last, I think. The boys were on task much more. The MOM was on task much better, too! I let them go back to their Handwriting Without Tears books, but changed up handwriting time. They can write and listen at the same time (usually), so now I read our Bible story while they do handwriting. I have been making them narrate afterward, but the interesting thing is that we do a quick review of the previous day’s Bible lesson, and they are SO detailed it just blows me away. They give better 2nd day narrations than immediately after the reading.
Tuesdays last year (or “last term” as D1 keeps saying?!) I went to the ladies’ Bible study at church. This year, with co-op taking away a whole day a week, I just can’t do it. 
We will go to Bible study after co-op ends, so we’ll be able to attend for 8 weeks in the winter, and 10 weeks in the spring, with co-op in between. 
Until then, it’s Jesus and me and a mug of tea in the mornings. I finished the New Testament this week. Not sure where I want to pick up now. I’m thinking about doing a study in Corinthians. The boys and I are still memorizing James… or I should say, we have begun again, to memorize James. We’re up to 1:5.
Wednesday our Speedy Spanish Book One & tapes finally arrived! I had forgotten all about it, actually. Love that media mail. We started listening to the first tape and went over the first 3 lessons. It won’t be a time consuming program, to be sure, but I can see that there is a LOT of vocabulary which we will need to take the time for. Friday we spent 20 minutes going over vocabulary. I love that we will be learning Scriptures in Spanish, and worship songs too! I’m going to have to keep my eyes open for Book Two & the tapes for it too. Ack I would much prefer CDs but I’ll take what I can get.
Thursday we went to the fair. P (17) is taking 3 classes at the high school this year, but Thursdays is block schedule and she only had 1 class, so I got her out early and she came with us. We had fun! It started out as a rainy day, rather gloomy but that didn’t bother us. I’m all for staying inside with the cool exhibits and animals and all that anyway! It cleared up by the time we got there, and turned out to be a beautiful day. D2 wanted to do Mutton Bustin’, which is where little kids ride hang on for dear life to a sheep. He was disappointed to find out he is too big. All of the kids who did it were 4 and 5, but he’s 7 and tall for his age.
Friday was short lessons and grocery shopping, concluded by our weekly phone call with J, who we miss terribly. She is doing great though, and I know that this time will pass and she’ll be home with us soon. God is GOOD!
And finally, I have been working behind the blog-scenes, preparing to unveil my new, improved, 5 Kids and a Dog blog! I trimmed down my categories to 10 from 27. I deleted several completely useless posts. I am still working on a theme. I’m also still without my laptop so I’ve been working off of my external HD. My goal was to have it ready by Monday. I’m not sure yet if that will be a reality, but I’m working on it. I hope you had a wonderful week!
