Friday, November 20, 2009
My students did not want to participate. They
said it sounded boring. They said it was too expensive.
But then they got there.
Student Satesmanship Institute is a program here in Michigan where young people learn about a Biblical worldview in the context of a Mock Legislature. Our school joined another local Christian school and an association of homeschoolers to participate.
My students changed their minds. "You were right--I loved it and I want to do it again" another said "I am glad you made us do this".
Good stuff.
said it sounded boring. They said it was too expensive.
But then they got there.
Student Satesmanship Institute is a program here in Michigan where young people learn about a Biblical worldview in the context of a Mock Legislature. Our school joined another local Christian school and an association of homeschoolers to participate.
My students changed their minds. "You were right--I loved it and I want to do it again" another said "I am glad you made us do this".
Good stuff.
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Cheryl & I went to a celegration of 25 years of service for a friend of ours--and we were so close to where I grew up, I could not help but take a quick tour of the old places.
The first picture is one of the farms where my grandparents lived. Amish now live there and they have vastly increased the house and farm buildings. Grandpa would be pleased that horses once again till the soil.
The old gray barn was on the farm where my dad grew up and were we lived while raising pigs. The house burned down and is no longer the same. Part of the farm is worked by Amish now.
This house was almost unrecognizable. Dad built the basement for it and we lived here for several years as "the basement house" The upper part has been finished and an addition added to the front. The trees in the front are an improvement, and the neighborhood is pretty crowded now--the place is no longer on the edge of farm land. Many memories.....
This is where Mom was raised. The barn has mostly collapsed, and all the out buildings are gone. A garage sits on what used to be the circle drive, and vynal siding is on the house--but otherwise, it looks much the same--with even more massive maple trees growing where they have long been.
