I first want to thank all of you that have been praying for us! We can sense the prayers and we can see the difference. I have to be honest that I have been beating myself up a little bit about sharing such a personal experience. I have been second guessing myself for being so raw and sharing something so personal. I have had a few people reach out to me being very encouraging because they know exactly where we are coming from and has experienced or are experiencing the same battles, but I cannot help but think that some think maybe I should not have shared my last post. I just know that the likelihood of me calling someone or talking face to face with someone about this struggle is very slim, but in my blog I can express my feelings so much better and not let them consume me. Maybe so many problems today is a direct result from not talking through them.
Anyway, there has been a laundry list of reasons piling up of why public schools are becoming harmful to our children. Since we moved in our house our commute to school is 40 minutes each way and even at the beginning of the year we started discussing options that were closer to where we lived. We also have had some concerns about Chloe and how impressionable she is when is comes to what she will believe and started discussing the benefits of a Christian school. We are aware that a Christian school will not shield them from everything. Jeremy and I both attended a Christian school and taught at one, we know that human nature is not left at the door when the students walk in. I have been overwhelmed lately by the thought that almost 10 months out of the year my children's waking hours are in a school's care longer than my care and as they get older the outside influence will only grow stronger. I believe the biggest benefit of Christian schools is that Truth is being spoken into them during the hours they are there. I know there will be moments of bad influence and they will be exposed to unholy things, but Truth will still be spoken into them and our prayer is that the Truth will overcome those moments of lies. Right now their whole day is surrounded by darkness and none of our concerns about what has happened are even being addressed or even pretended to be addressed. So today Jeremy and I are meeting with the principal of a Christian school 3 minutes from our house. Several of the families in our church attend this school and over the last 7-8 months this school has come up with complete strangers and we felt like now is the time to act. God has given us these precious kids and our number one priority is to give them every opportunity to know and love Jesus more. We are seriously considering moving them in the next few weeks. It makes me sad because I know this is not ideal for the kids to be switched at this point in the school year, but my prayer is if this is what is decided that God will work out a smooth transition. Our other concern is just the financial side of three kids in a Christian school. Even that though we see God's hands, when Jeremy talked with the principal on the phone to set up this meeting they talked for a while and Jeremy gave him some info on our education background and the principal already asked if I would be in the sub list! A flexible, part time job that would help with the cost and it would get be back involved in something I love. I once again cannot thank you enough for your love and prayers for our family. God is teaching us so many things and we just really want to continue to seek Him in any decision we make. I will keep you updated :) .
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| Sam and I at Dunkin yesterday. Yes, I am letting my hair go gray just to see what is looks like. Jeremy and my kids like it, I am still not sure. |
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| Every morning routine |
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| I found some Scripture cards and I placed them on Samuel's nightstand. I encouraged him to read them every day and to go to them when he is tempted to make a bad choice. This was the verse that he picked to focus on the last few days. |
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