I’m working toward becoming a public school teacher. A big reason why I want to do this is to impact the future of my nation with good. I want to help my students to have a passion for knowledge which will help them become successful, interesting and caring adults. Long ago Daniel Webster spoke of the importance of affecting the next generation:
“If we work upon marble, it will perish; if we work upon brass, time will efface it; if we rear temples, they will crumble into dust; but if we work upon immortal minds and instill into them just principles, we are then engraving that upon tablets which no time will efface, but will brighten and brighten to all eternity.”
-Daniel Webster

I found a great site to help you know English better. It’s called the English Zone.

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I read a devotional from a book called Streams In The Desert from the Back To The Bible website. It is was written in 1925 by Mrs. Charles Cowen. I read of a man who prayed for his son who was very ill. Here’s the story:

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Danny and I celebrated our 16th anniversary on the 25th. We’ve been through alot, all kinds of stresses and struggles. But we can still have fun.
When it comes to music we’re from the old “koooooool” school. We hang out with the best like Cheap trick, The Knack, and Eddie Money.

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During our Building Blocks Trip I met Jamie. All through the days of the build she took pictures and put them on a site. She has it nicely organized for each day. You should check it out.
Jamie had the sweet privilege of having her husband and Mom and Dad there. They all worked hard in building our house. Here’s a good one of them and here’s one of Jamie and her parents.
Here’s one of me from Day 3.

This morning I got a phone call that makes me proud of my three sons. The manager of the park where we live called and asked if one of my sons would come and mow their lawn. The manager has also referred other people to my sons and their little lawn mowing businesses.
We had to figure out who would get it. We finally decided that Jonathan could do it since he has had the least business lately. It makes me smile to know my children have a good reputation for their work. 🙂

Here are some good internet games to help your children learn proper keyboarding.
Kids Learn to Type
Kid’s Typing Drill Game
How Fast Can You Type

In the Bible King Saul didn’t like and was jealous of David, the Isrealite. He wanted the favored warrior dead. David was on the run and being hunted down by Saul’s men. His situation was tense and stressful, always fearful that someone near was going to kill him. I read in the Psalms his words and can relate to him somewhat.

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My husband, Danny, is an independant thinker. I always like to run ideas by him to get his opinion. And then, he makes me look good because I adopt his interesting ideas.
Here’s his quote: If God chooses to make me poor so that my children could be rich in character; I’m fine with that.

Yesterday when I came home from work Ginny showed me a simple recipe for cookies. She asked me if she could bake them. She found the recipe in a book. It was about a missionary names Lottie Moon. Lottie Moon is famous in Baptist churches. She lived in China. Every Christmas an offering is taken up in her name.
Ginny made the cookies. In fact, she doubled the recipe. We didn’t have any cream. I told her to just use milk. The cookies were very crumbly and wouldn’t hold together. But they were still good.