So I managed to get a load of washing in the dryer and another one in the machine with Bridget’s help

I made porridge for breakfast and we ate it by the fire that has been burning for 3 days now.

It’s cold and rainy. Perfect winter, recuperating weather

The children are watching ‘Little House on the Prairie’, and I thought I would just sit down for a bit!

I had laparoscopic tubal reversal surgery last Wednesday at the RPA in Sydney. They had to perform part of the surgery by laparotomy because one fallopian tube was shorter than expected…hence a longer recovery. But everyone has been very helpful, and I have been able to rest a lot

Why did we have this surgery? Because 4 years ago we decided we didn’t want anymore babies. Last year, Yahweh convicted us from His Word that we are really not at liberty to make those kind of decisions for ourselves We repented and He graciously allowed us to reverse the procedure. Isn’t He good? Children are a blessing, we know that now

With so much down time I have been planning the rest of the year in our homeschool. The ages of my kids are 11, 6 and 4. I plan for the 11 year old and adapt for the younger two, and I find it easier to do mostly everything together. I need to give credit to all the wonderful scope and sequence and scheduling info that is on the DownUnder Literature website. Thank you, Michelle! Your advice has helped me enormously!
CLICK HERE to see our weekly schedule. I am still to purchase the Apologia Science unit and the Lamb’s book of Art, but in the meantime we will do a unit study on William Tyndale, and perhaps that unit on the Baroque period. The Real Story of Mankind is free from HERE and we have only just started to use it, but it seems like a great world history overview. Oh, and I forgot to mention on the schedule that Bridget is learning about Klezmer music…how to play the style on violin, the history of it etc.

Sound like too much? Yes, it sounds like too much! Oh well, we’ll see how it all looks in reality next week when we start up again

This week…reading books, watching wholesome films, a little bit of copywork here and there, helping mum get from the kitchen to the bed…

A study conducted by LifeWay Research finds that for most parents, the definition of success rarely includes faith in God — even among parents who are evangelical Christians.

Twelve-hundred adults with children under 18 were contacted for the survey on the role of faith in parenting. In-depth results are included in the new book, The Parent Adventure: Preparing Your Children for a Lifetime with God, written by Rodney and Selma Wilson along with Scott McConnell.

According to the study, 25 percent of respondents said the most common definitions of successful parenting included children having good values; 25 percent defined successful parenting as their children being happy adults; and 22 percent said they would be successful parents if their kids found success in life.

Author Selma Wilson says while most parents want to be successful when it comes to parenting, most do not seek input from the most important resource.

“Parents do not see the Bible as a key tool in how to parent,” she laments. “And only…around 14 percent of parents equated success with a faith relationship with God.”

The Bible gives clear direction to parents, says Wilson. “All of life should be integrated faith,” she exclaims. “We should talk about God all the time — in a natural way, in a way that’s just as common as getting up, going to bed, and doing life. That was the point that we wanted to make, and God’s Word tells us how to do life.”

The survey also found that 29 percent of Christians said faith was not among the most important influences on their parenting.

Source : OneNewsNow.com