Changes

After much thought and prayer, we have decided to try home schooling this year!  Although, we are supposedly in the best school district of the area, it just hasn't met my expectations. I really was debating on just enduring one more school year that we have here, but I was met with the strongest impressions to try something else.  I never thought I would become a homeschooling mom.  It was never right for our family….. until now.  The kids have welcomed this idea and are onboard for the changes.  We are doing a free online public school curriculum called K12.



We just got our shipment of books and supplies for the year!  We are all excited to start this process.  For now, we plan to do this until we move next year and then evaluate the public schools in our new town.  Who knows, we may just love it so much, we will keep up with it after the move.


I was just called to be my ward's "Early-Morning Seminary Teacher!"  I will be preparing 5 lessons a week from the Book of Mormon to be taught at my house every morning at 6am!



Seminary was a time when the scriptures really came to life for me.  I hope I can make seminary a memorable and testimony-building experience for the kids I teach.  I have to sacrifice my early-morning workouts and sleep.  I'm nervous to fit in the preparation and adjusting everything else to make it all work.  I can only do it with faith.

So these two changes have been an answer to my prayers in a way.  Being a stay-at-home mom has brought the challenge for me to keep an "active" mind.  It's been hard for me to feel like I'm still growing in knowledge since I don't go to school anymore or have a professional job.  It's been hard for me to really push myself in learning something new.  Well, I took these concerns to the Lord.  Now I have 2 opportunities this year to push myself to study and prepare things so that I can share it with others.