- We have had an extremely busy summer, but we have had alot of fun. I am looking forward to the structure of school, however. I can only stand so many lazy days and so much Disney Channel. I am aiming to start back Aug, 24. (which is my 18th anniversary!)
- Spenser is selling necklaces made from can tabs. He has an etsy shop, but so far all of his sales have come from kids and teens he runs into. He sold 3 bracelets this week.
- Sydney won free music lessons for the summer at our church music camp. She was Camper of the Week and her prize was 8 weeks of lessons. She is having fun– she is learning piano and recorder. She and Macy are also in a handbell class for the summer. They are playing at a nursing home Monday night. I guess we are a musical family– everyone plays something and/or sing. I love seeing them use their gifts in church. Spenser plays guitar every Sunday and Reed plays keyboard.
- We got a new mattress this week– hurray! Our backs were hurting and we inherited a king size. So now we need a new frame; we thought ours would expand to fit it, but it doesn’t. Oh and we need new sheets. Another perk– I cleaned under my bed and found a ton of socks LOL!
- I am not a gardener/farmer but I play one on Facebook. I love the Farmtown game! I wish real farming were that easy
- God is continuing to do amazing things in our church children’s ministry. We had over 50 in VBS, which is alot for our sized church. And their behavior has improved so much! Of course, new kids come in and are just as rowdy as the others used to be, so we are in a constant cycle. Maybe eventually we will have enough "good" beavior to dilute the bad.
- Reed won an award at the Springer Theatre Academy tonight– most focused. I am so proud of her– she is a great kid!
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I heart faces is having a contest about feet this week. This is a picture I shot after playing tennis one day. It’s silly but i like it alot!
Total Enrollment: 80
Students: 56
Teachers:24
Average Attendance: 60
Prospects: 25 children/youth + parents
Bus Miles driven: 99
Meals served: 5
Hobos who liked our meals: 2
Gallons of punch served: 12
# of preschoolers enrolled: 12
# of teenagers enrolled: 13
# of teachers the teenagers made cry: 1
# of minutes it takes for 11 preschoolers to assemble what Lynn calls an easy craft: 40
#of teenagers Leslie put off the bus: 1
# of Children threatened with a weapon: 1
# of times the children used their didgeridoo as a weapon: I lost count
High Attendance:44
# of Teachers who didn’t show the night we had 44: 4
Offering for missions: $163.37
- I have a sore throat. The only thing worse than having a winter cold is having a spring or summer cold. It just seems wrong.
- I am ready for school to be over LOL. I have Spring Fever, I guess. My kids are already done with a few subjects, but we are behind in others. I am hoping to finish by the end of May when the public schools here get done. Spenser has already started on math for next year, because he likes being ahead. He is doing Geometry and seems to enjoy it more than Algebra I.
- Our children’s ministry at church is still growing. We had 7 new children and youth this Wednesday, which was exciting! I think we had 37 total there this week– 10 youth and 27 children. What you have to understand about our Wednesday church, is we probably only had 27 adults there Wednesday night, give or take a few. So this is an amazing ministry God has given to us.
- The neatest thing about this ministry is that we are in waayyyyy over our heads– and are therefore completely dependent on God for every aspect of the ministry: the finances, the staff, the discipline.
- Our biggest problem has been discipline– how do you discipline kids at church who are way out of control? I don’t want to send them home because they desperately need to be there. This week I had a man ask me what he could do to help, so I put him in charge of work detail. Anyone who was disruptive or disrespectful was sent to him, and he took them to sweep, pick up trash, etc. This was great– it removed the disruption, sent them the message that disrespect would not be tolerated, and gave Billy (the adult) a chance to talk to them one on one. Score!
- In case you haven’t heard, there is a basketball tournament going on. And my team is in it. As a matter of fact, they should win the whole thing! I hope!
- I am not ready for Easter– I don’t have dresses or shoes for the girls and I haven’t bought anything for the baskets. I did buy Spenser a new button-down shirt the other night. It was $9 at Walmart so it was hard to resist.
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