Officially Part of the "Big Table" and Bread Baking Class

Our littlest little recently became an official member of the "big table!" She is so excited and I am too, even though all of these milestones mean she's inching her way to being grown up.....
Here she is at her first "big table" night with her sister:

Our dd also taught our 2 ds a bread baking class. It was fun for them to make a mess and fun for all of us to eat!

YUMMY!  YUMMY!!



Praise God for Letters From Faraway

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!??

    We got a long awaited letter from Mehameden last week! We have been anxiously looking for one from him so we'd know how he was doing. He's old enough to write his own letters now. Then they get translated by a Compassion worker into English for us. This time, he told us some really exciting news. He got to go to Adis Ababa (the capital) and get some training with 3 other students from his center. He "exchanged experiences with children from other projects." I can't help wondering how much fun he had with all of the other kids. He asked how we were doing. He asked if we were safe. He says he and his mom are fine. Attached to the letter is his school report for the year. He is 3rd in his class of 41. He's being promoted to the next grade. He has been asking for prayer for his studies. His must be working hard and it's paying off. They just celebrated their New Year in September, and he asks for prayer for his mom and "lessons of spiritual life."
He wishes us Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
These letters are so precious to us. We are so thankful that we can be a small part of his life.

Stewardship...

    Our bible verses this week in KONOS are : Matthew 6:19-21 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where theives break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where theives do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
    Key concepts for the week include earning money and talking about different people and their careers. We went to see our dentist last week and she answered all of their questions nicely and tolerated all of the, "Can I see that model, too?" and "Why is that tooth a different color?" and "Can I please touch that?"

I am a little lot anxious to go to the bank and see what happens when they tell us about their jobs...  Well, I'm sure it will be an adventure! 

  

    We need to be faithful to write thank-yous to all of the nice people that set aside time to talk to us about their jobs.

Art Resource

Today, one of the moms in my homeschooling loop shared an art resource that looks really good.
It's See the Light Shine. There are 3 free videos currently and the curriculum is reasonably priced
for video instruction. I am a visual learner, so these are right up my alley. There are also some interesting themed lessons on DVD that have bible stories woven in with the art instruction.