Learning By The Way

It has been a busy week for all, and thus we have not been posting.  Peter fell out of bed on Monday bruising his face {{shudder}} but he is just fine.  

This is the week of the Samaritan Christmas party and our annual board meeting.  And both are done.  It is a moment of relief and a moment of sadness.  Sad that life is so busy during this week that I was unable to truly enjoy spending time with my co-workers last night (I am several hours under in sleep) and relieved that the board meeting is over and that I still have a job.

I didn’t expect to be fired, of course.  I love what I do, though, and am glad each year when the Board is pleased to let me do what I do for another year.

Merry Christmas, O Come Emmanuel.

Last Sunday I preached on having a quiet heart.  Jesus came to bring peace on earth, and that includes my heart and the hearts of my family.  It is my prayer that this Christmas season we do not allow ourselves to be so busy as to not have true peace in Him alone—and that we quiet our souls to rest in His arms.

Mery Christmas, O Come Emmanuel.

We went to the library on Thursday this week. The 3 older children did an excellent job of keeping track of their books with our new system. Elsie had a little trouble finding all hers. I checked out books on light and color in preparation for a unit study on these. After fielding lots of questions on these matters, I decided we need to study it in depth!

This is the first year all the children have bought presents for each other. I had never thought about how hard this would be to arrange, as they are not old enough to go off by themselves in a store. Raquel took Moriah and Toby on Monday, and Elsie later in the week. I took Samuel on Wednesday, and Peter yesterday. It was a continual exercise in practical math. “How much is this?” “How much money would I have left?” “How much can I spend on the average for each person?” It was marvelous fun, and there is already no room left under the tree even though I haven’t wrapped my presents for them yet!