One of the fun things about moving is getting to organize everything. Also, it is an opportunity to clean everything and figure out what to keep and what to get rid of. So back during the summer, we moved into our current home. Now this was a local move for us. We moved from one house to another about 10 miles away. Due to circumstances, it has taken us a while to get around to working on unpacking and organizing everything.
With my husband being military, he gets all the federal holidays off. So he has off today for Columbus Day. We are taking advantage of the day off to work on unpacking and organizing. As a homeschooling family, we have a lot of books (and I do mean a lot). Which means we have to have lots of shelves to put them on. So we are working to get them straightened up. As our children grow up. some books just need to pass from our hands into other hands. As much as I would love to be able to keep all the books we have, it is not practical. So we are in a season of passing things on to others. My daughter is now considered middle school/junior high, so the elementary books need to go. How about you, do you have things that you need to either clean, organize or perhaps purge? If so, I would love to hear from you. #blogboost
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Monday, October 13, 2014
Monday, December 2, 2013
Wow
So alot has been going on around here. In the month of November, we had Corps Cadet Sunday. All of the Corps Cadets participated in the service in some way. They either read a Scripture, sang, did part of the Call to Worship or performed in our skit. I preached my very first sermon during Corps Cadet Sunday. In between the service and our afternoon activities, we brought home all the Corps Cadets and fed them. Dennis and I sang with our Corps Cadets along with some extra youth from our Timbrels program at our Regional Youth Praise meeting. Our Timbrels performed a number and did an excellent job.
On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, Jacob became a Senior Soldier. Dennis and Joseph were the Flag bearers for the service. After the service, we had our Thanksgiving Dinner at the corps.
Thanksgiving night our youth kicked off the Kettle Season by attempting to do a 24 hour marathon. I volunteered to help at one of the two locations. We only made it past 11 o'clock and then it got too cold and too dead to warrant us being out there. So we came back home. I was glad to get come back to my warm home. Then we went back out on Friday morning. Of course this was one of those times where our children did not really want to move.
This past Sunday, we kicked off the Advent Season. Dennis and I read Scripture verses. Nathan lit the candles to start the service and then blew them out at the end. Joseph laid a wreath during the Hanging of the Greens. All in all it was a beautiful ceremony. They lit the advent wreath, told various stories regarding Christmas, and Major Harris preached a wonderful message.
Now tomorrow night we will be singing at a local apartment building. Our family is singing "O Beautiful Star of Bethlehem".
In the midst of all of this, Dennis is finishing up his last class for his bachelor's degree. So by the middle of the month, he will be finished with school.
Also, we are continuing to move forward with our intention of becoming Salvation Army officers. So we are actively participating in various Corps programs. Dennis is helping with our Boys Adventure Club (think similar to Boy Scouts). And I of course am doing the Corps Cadets. We also take a turn doing the Sunday School opening and teach the Young Adults Sunday School Class (although I am not sure the name truly describes who is in the class). Dennis tends to be the only male in the class. But we have a good time, and I think the students are enjoying the class.
On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, Jacob became a Senior Soldier. Dennis and Joseph were the Flag bearers for the service. After the service, we had our Thanksgiving Dinner at the corps.
Thanksgiving night our youth kicked off the Kettle Season by attempting to do a 24 hour marathon. I volunteered to help at one of the two locations. We only made it past 11 o'clock and then it got too cold and too dead to warrant us being out there. So we came back home. I was glad to get come back to my warm home. Then we went back out on Friday morning. Of course this was one of those times where our children did not really want to move.
This past Sunday, we kicked off the Advent Season. Dennis and I read Scripture verses. Nathan lit the candles to start the service and then blew them out at the end. Joseph laid a wreath during the Hanging of the Greens. All in all it was a beautiful ceremony. They lit the advent wreath, told various stories regarding Christmas, and Major Harris preached a wonderful message.
Now tomorrow night we will be singing at a local apartment building. Our family is singing "O Beautiful Star of Bethlehem".
In the midst of all of this, Dennis is finishing up his last class for his bachelor's degree. So by the middle of the month, he will be finished with school.
Also, we are continuing to move forward with our intention of becoming Salvation Army officers. So we are actively participating in various Corps programs. Dennis is helping with our Boys Adventure Club (think similar to Boy Scouts). And I of course am doing the Corps Cadets. We also take a turn doing the Sunday School opening and teach the Young Adults Sunday School Class (although I am not sure the name truly describes who is in the class). Dennis tends to be the only male in the class. But we have a good time, and I think the students are enjoying the class.
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