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Summer is upon us and most of us are as busy as ever and lacking in our devotion time. It’s time to dive into our Bibles this summer and refresh our thirsty souls, just as we would refresh our bodies with a cold glass of iced tea!

Basic details:

• Dates: Begins July 1st and ends August 31st.
• Spend at least 15 min. a day (or more!) in devotions with the Lord. Devotions can include; prayer, Bible reading and study, etc. (Do at least 5 minutes of Bible reading during this time!)
• Memorize at least 1 Bible verse a week – solo, with an accountability partner or with the children.
• Check into the group at least once a week to let us know how you are doing with devotions and scripture memorization, and to share prayer requests.
• Keep track of your time on your THL Summer Challenge Chart. (Download the chart by clicking on the pdf file on our Challenge page here..)

Share the challenge with blogging friends, Facebook buddies or homeschool groups.

Below you will find a few buttons for your blog or website!
Copy the graphic and paste into a post or right click and save to your computer then upload buttons to blog or site and link to http://www.thehomeschoollounge.com/group/Biblestudy

Hope to see you all there for our first check in on July 1st!

http://www.thehomeschoollounge.com/group/Biblestudy/forum/topics/summer-devotions-challenge

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Don’t Grow Weary

GALATIANS 6:9 NIV
9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time
we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

God has a harvest of blessing in mind for you. Don’t let the
devil steal it away from you by discouraging you into giving
up. Trust in God. He is able to put you over.

Time has a way of wearing us down — of eroding our hopes and
dreams. We must look to God for strength and courage and refuse
discouragement. We must, with God’s help, overcome — instead
of being overcome by life and circumstances.

Life is not easy. There are obstacles and unexpected turns in
the road. But always God is with us, for us, and in us as
believers in Jesus Christ. When we grow weary in doing good, it
is always because we are losing sight of God and eternity.

As you walk in faith and refuse to give up — you bring glory
and pleasure to God. Imagine how it thrills God when someone,
like you, continues to trust in Him and thank Him — even when
it does not look like it is working out very good. Read the
Bible. You are not the first to be tested, or have to wait for
the promise to be manifested. But God is always faithful. He
will never fail you.

Our faith cannot be in ourselves or our ability — because that
can fail. Only God cannot fail, so we must keep our faith in
Him and His ability to sustain us and help us.

Remember that as a believer, the Greater One is in you — and
He is greater than any problem or difficulty. He will help you.
God has the answer for your situation. Look to Him and you will
not be disappointed.

SAY THIS: I will not be discouraged. I will not quit. I will
trust in Almighty God, my Father, Who loves me and helps me.

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http://aDevotion.org/

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What is everyone up to this Memorial weekend?

Does your family do anything special on Memorial Day?

Troy is going out of town for a Taekwondo instructors conference so the boys and I will be home this weekend until Sunday church. Monday we will BBQ and visit with Troys family.

We (the boys) have been learning about Memorial Day and what it represents to our family; this weekend we will be making some fun crafts that can carry over to decorate our home for a 4th of July get-together we are hosting.

Some fun facts…

The Memorial Day holiday originally honored Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War, but after World War I, it was expanded to include all soldiers who died in any war or military action.

Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May each year and is known as the
unofficial beginning of summer.

To learn more about Memorial Day, here is a much more in depth homeschooling article from one of THL’s Lounge Sisters Beverly Hernandez.

We have some wonderful Memorial Day videos posted on THL here, feel free to share them on Facebook by clicking the Facebook icon that can be found below all content on THL and they will upload directly to your page!

Below you can find some fun crafts and patriotic recipes…

Memorial Day Wreat

How to Make It:

1. Using a star-shaped stencil or
   cookie cutter, trace and then cut out about
   fifteen
   large stars and fifteen smaller stars from
   red, white,
   and blue craft foam, felt, or poster board.
2. Trace around a dinner plate onto
   cardboard. Cut out the circle and then cut out
   and discard
   the center of the circle to make the wreath
   shape.
3. Arrange the stars around the
   wreath shape, and glue them to the wreath.
4. Glue buttons to some stars and
   add a ribbon for decoration.
5. Attach a hanger to the back of
   the wreath.

Star Garland – String of stars to hang as a garland.

SUPPLIES NEEDED:
Construction paper (red, white and blue)
Scissors String or yarn (red, white or blue)
A stapler, tape, or glue

Cut out large stars, decorate
Fold over tip of star with glue, staple or tape onto the length of string

Patriotic Lanterns

http://www.Marthastewart.com

If you are real creative and have the time, this is a lovely craft to make!!

In need of a revolutionary decorating idea for Independence Day? A garland of star-spangled paper lanterns is festive and fun for kids to make. Suspend them on seam binding or colorful string and hang for a
party, or on your porch to honor the Fourth. All you need is white glue,
scissors, a mini stapler, and construction paper — in red, white, and blue, of course.

Lantern How-To
Cut construction paper to 6 by 9 inches; fold in half lengthwise. Fold
edges back 1/2 inch for rims, and crease; unfold. Glue a 1/2-by-9-inch
strip of decorative paper on each rim. Cut slits from middle fold to
rims, spacing 3/4 inch apart. Shape into lantern: Open paper; bring the
ends together to overlap slightly; staple. Staple 3/4-by-8-inch paper
handle inside lantern. Glue on construction-paper stars (made with a
craft punch).

Now for some fun recipes…. Click on the titles to get the recipes from the Taste of Home website.

Sugar Star & Flag Cookies
A favorite cookie to send to troops overseas, these soft Sugar
Star & Flag Cookies ship well and taste great!

Buttercream Blast Layer Cake

The recipe includes both cookies and cake, people can take their pick…or have both!

Red, White and Blue Dessert
Serving the rich, fresh-tasting Red,
White and Blue Dessert decorated like the flag is a great salute to
the nation’s independence!

Patriotic Taco Salad

Patriotic Cupcakes

Hope everyone has a blessed, safe weekend as we remember Americas heroes!!

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I know many of you have questions about this new blogging platorm….as do I. I will try to help as best as I can and maybe together we can figure this whole thing out! There are new tutorials on the Homeschool Blogger homepage for more help, I know they are still in the Beta stage.

My original Blog with my vast collection of links is gone. I did not save my sidebars before the change (must have missed the email) and my computer died on me a few months back so the info I had collected… buttons, links and resources are gone. I do not have the time or energy to redo it or organize my past posts into categories so the ole blog will be pretty bland for now.

I have added some pages … on the right and I hope to get some more buttons and widgets up as I figure things out..LOL

You will find some basic answers to questions here and here.

I am still trying to get used to the fact that we moms will be interacting with the children with blogs (or that we can see each others content), it seems the activity feeds are migrated from all HSB blogs and updates not that of our friends.

It will take some getting used to but I have no doubt that TOS has made this move for our benefit!

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