Quick Review

Ok...so I have about ten minutes before school so here is a quick flash back to our week.

In school, we have been studying the cultures and religions of ancient India.  Primarily, we have focused on Hinduism and Buddhism.  It  has been a really good study.  All three children wrote comparison/contrast papers on the two religions.  With the study we have been reading the book, Buddha Stories.  Buddha has several stories that all end with a moral, a lot like Aesop's Fables.  What was interesting to note was that all of his morals are also found in the Bible.  So what is the lesson?  Satan wants to lead us astray from the Truth so he puts a lot of fake religions out there.  Just like in art, the real deal is priceless and the fake is worthless, so it is with what we believe in.  God and His Word is the real deal and is priceless.  All the other stuff may look like Him, may sound similar to Him but it is nothing but a fake and worthless.

Today, Bonnie and Brian finish module four in science.  They have been learning about simple machines and will start studying for their test.  Bryce finished his chapter on birds and will be tested on it today.  In math, Bonnie is dealing with positive and negative numbers while the boys are both working on the metric system.  All in all a pretty descent week.

In other areas, we have been busy moving all the split wood that Todd had hauled out of the mountains to his parent's house and stacking it in their shed.  They now have a full shed and all of the extra is at our house.  We still are not sure if we have enough.  He might head back in the mountains tomorrow to get one more cord, that is if the snow isn't too bad up there.  The weather man is predicting temps as low as 0 next week so we want to stay warm.

With our church, we are still hosting a Monday night Bible study in our home.  We had a great discussion this past week.  The people who come are really searching for answers and have a desire to know God more.  Wednesday night is Awana and I got another Cubbie, making my total of Cubbies six.  Not bad for our size club.  Thursday night is our youth Bible study.  We are doing the series, Dare to Be a Daniel   which is put out by the Billy Graham Evang. Assoc.  We average ten teenagers which is pretty awesome.  The first night we met I was really concerned that nobody would come but we had nine kids show up.  They say they really enjoy it but I would appreciate your prayers over this group. 

That brings us to today.  Today we start studying ancient China and will keep progressing through our other studies.  Bonnie and I have been invited out to lunch with some ladies from church and then this evening Bonnie is having a couple of girls over to spend the night.  They have informed me that they are going to take over the living room so I am trying to get prepared for it.  Looks like I will need to run to the grocery store and stock up on some snackies.

Well, my ten minutes are up and I need to round up the crew, pour myself a cup of coffee and get our day going. 

O...btw....we have another bite on our house in NC.  Please keep praying.