Homeschooling and blessings....

My beloved and I went to a homeschooling conference our state organization puts on every June this weekend. The first year we went we were so very overwhelmed with all the choices out there of things to us to teach your children. The speakers were not even on our radar that first year. We were there to buy what we thought we needed to teach our girls. We walked away that year with just a very few things and half of those we ended up not using because it didn't suit the way my girls learn.

Last year, after our first full year, we went again. We spent the night and had a plan of what we were looking for and what our goals were for this year. We came away with much more useful things and a much clearer goal of what we are looking for in our girls. We decided then and there we would spend at least one night every year away for the express purpose of focusing on only the prep for the following year's school. The Lord blessed that time for us.

My beloved works so very hard for us to have this way of life. He trusts me to do what he asks me to in the school arena. He is a good sounding board; letting me go on and on about this curriculum verses this one ad nauseum. He will give his opinion if asked but mostly he just supports me. And did I tell you he trusts me? That is such a blessing.

The other thing that is a blessing at this convention is that we've gone the last two years with friends who also home school. This year they brought friends and we brought our friends. The fellowship with other Christian, homeschooling families is such a blessing. I love the camaraderie that the blood of Jesus provides us with through other Christians. We ate out of the back of the vans picnic style both days and just visited with each other. It was a blessing to sit down to dinner with all adults and have good, funny conversation. God is good and we are blessed by the people he brings our way through this adventure we call homeschooling.

The last blessing was that our girls got some one on one time with their Mimi and Poppop. They love it at Mimi and Poppop's house. Poppop always has ice cream in the freezer for them and they are allowed free rein of the Disney channel and computer games. We are blessed by knowing we don't have to worry while we are away from them. So thanks Mimi and Poppop.

We are blessed in so many ways through homeschooling. These are the ones that we are thankful for this day.

In Christ's Love,
Peg