God is faithful!

It's been a while since my last post, I've been just a little busy......lol

Allot has gone on in the last 4 months! Homeschool is very enjoyable most days, but we have had some tough ones too. It's to be expected when your children have always been in public school & they've learned completely different then what you're teaching them now. It's a learning experience for us all!

We're getting better at it. I doubt myself allot! More than I'd like to admit! I struggle with "am I doing the right thing", "am I strong/smart enough", "will they get to go to college", "how am I suppose to balance this all" & I could go on......! You know these questions all to well yourself! These are doubts & fears you hear consistently from the Accuser! I mean, that's his full time job, he's great at it & he never rest!

No matter how discouraged I've gotten in the last 4 months, God has been SO faithful & true! Over & over again, He continues to reassure me in this difficult but rewarding calling! He's blessed us by providing the monies & then some for our homeschool needs. He's blessed us by using our old church family that had just rebuilt a new church building & was GIVING AWAY stuff from their school. We received 4 desks, 4 chairs, a large white board, several bookshelves, wall hangings, Legos & some books for FREE! God is SO GOOD & we are truly thankful! We honestly wasn't sure how we were going to homeschool the children on one income, but God has showed us that when you put your faith & trust in Him, He will always provide!

He also lead me to the perfect curriculum for our family! I LOVE everything about it! At first I was extremely overwhelmed by all of the information, but it's clicking! I especially love the fact that I have a Facebook support group of other homeschool Mom's that use this curriculum! It's so nice to be able to go there for support, encouragement & wisdom from veteran homeschoolers!

Pictures have been taking over the last few months of the kids doing their projects, crafts & field trips. My plan is to sit down during our sixth month this homeschool year & post them with a description. We are currently studying about Animals & Effects of Famine on Animal Life. It's a twelve day unit study & we are on day nine today.

We've covered SO much in such a short time. My favorite has been scripture memorization! We've learned a total of fifteen scriptures so far & two of those being the books of the New Testament. It's really given me a different understanding of His Word! I love how Rob & I can share that understanding with our children as we're doing it all together!

Beginning Thursday, January 30, 2014, we will forgo our first semester of homeschool Co-Op! A Co-Op is a group of homeschool families coming together & using their strengths in a subject to teach a class of children. Each of our children has picked what class they would like to take & I have the class registration tonight. I'm really looking forward to this because this will give the children a chance to meet other children. This has been something they have missed terribly since we began homeschooling! I pray that God will open positive, godly relationships up for us all!

With just a little over a year homeschooling, I'm exhausted! I will admit, I honestly don't know how other homeschool mom's pull it off & make it look so easy! I've really struggled with balancing it all & having hardly any time for myself! Through the tiredness & fatigue, God continues to show me that I only have a short time with these precious children! So make every minute count! For me to put everything I have into them while I can & while their here to learn from us! And that I need to seek my rest in Him & only Him!

Blessings & Love,
Hollie