Wow, time flies!

I can't believe it has been over a month since I last posted. We have been super busy around here. We went through a spell of the flu. Everyone had it except Jonathan. I have no idea how he kept from getting it, but he stayed well. It took two weeks for everyone to get back to normal. I felt like I hadn't been to church in forever. The Valentines Banquet went good. Although, I forgot to take any pictures, and I'm still kicking myself for. Wednesday starts our missions conference. It's our first one here at Lighthouse and we are excited. We will be having a international dinner on Saturday that is sure to be good. The Mitchells are coming down from Maine, they are church planters. Then Mr. Broc will be here, they were in France for a number of years and are now starting a different ministry. School is going good. It is nice to see the end of the books in sight. Seth started his last chapter in science today. Oh, how exciting that is!! Then we have to start health, something I haven't taught before. Caleb is reading good now. He doesn't have to sound out EVERY word now. That will drive you crazy after a while. Leah has started multiplication and division. And Jonathan's history is completely beyond anything I remember. Keep us in your prayer!

The Rocket and Volcano

In Jonathan's science book as an expierement he was to shoot off a rocket. If it had been left up to me I would have said "no way!" Thankfully, he has a daddy who loves science. Bryan went and got him a rocket, they built it together and launched it out of the pool enclosure. The volcano was a gift from Tim, Bryans brother. The kids built it all by themselves. No help from mom or dad, but the wait for it to dry was absolutely torture. The day finally came when it was dry, and they set the thing off so many times I had to stop them for fear of running out of vinegar.

History museum

We had a field trip to the history museum this week. Here are some pictures.

Baptismal Service

Sunday was a special day! We were able to have a baptism service, but since we don't have a place to baptize we have to go to one of our supporting churches in Louisburg. Well, all weekend we were wondering if we would even get to a have a service because they were calling for snow. Well, Sunday we have lunch at the church in which the menu was changed several times, then we formed a train of cars and headed off to Grace. When we got there the doors were locked, we stood outside freezing for a while until Bryan found the spare key. Well, Mr. Satterfield had forgotten his clothes and had to go home so he wasn't there when we first got there and we were afraid he would get lost. Well, he arrived and we sighed in relief. We had our service and time came to baptize. The doors were locked going up into the tank. Oh no! Some quick thinking got Mr. Byler who was leading the singing to come with his credit card and break in. Okay, we are in! We get to the top of the stairs, and Leah sticks her toe in, COLD!! No Heat!! Her daddy baptizes her and nobody can see her, she is too short. Then, Mr. Satterfield gets in. We were afraid he was going to bolt. It was too cold. Over all it will be a service I won't soon forget. Here are some pictures of Leah, yes she really did get baptized, and Mr. Satterfield. Mr. Satterfield started coming to church by Dameon his grandson coming to Bible Time. He then got saved during our revival. It is wonderful to see fruit in the church.

Dining room

Yeah, I finally finished my dining room. Only thing I didn't realize is my paint was the same color as my wall paper. Duh! Don't know where my mind was on that one. Anyways it looks sooo much better. Here are some work in progress pictures and the finished product. Oh, if anybody needs it I have a recipe for stripping wall paper. You won't believe it!

New Year!

Well, we have started a new year! 2008, Can you believe it?? It seems like just yesterday we were all planning for Y2K. Amazing how time flies. (can't remember if that is correctly spelled) School has started back up here. I'm trying to make sure the kids learn all they should. I do have some sneaky ones who try to get by without doing all they should.

Tonight we have a ladies meeting at church. A new lady is supposed to be coming and that is exciting. I pray these meeting will bring these ladies closer together in the Lord and thy will have a bond together. One that will see them through during the rough parts of life. It is a true blessing to be able to pray with others about things in our lives.

Hopefully, soon ,I will be able to put a video of Leah playing her violin, so check back in!