Voices lifted together in praise of our King. Bibles pages flipped as we ponder the words of wisdom. Prayers for grace in this life. Sweet fellowship as friends play games in the warm sun. Afternoons of inspired writing while I listen to music through my headphones. And evenings of British flicks with my family.
I found this in a notebook. One of my siblings must have written it down a while ago. (From the handwriting, I can tell which one. 
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This is such a good reminder for me. Seeing this precious promise in a child’s scrawling hand makes it all the more dear.
Do you ever feel restless? i do when I’m striving to do things on my own, without God’s power.
But when I rest in Him, everything changes. I am no longer restless.
I love the way Audrey Assad sums this up in this beautifully sweet song. May her cry become our cry.
Still my heart, hold me close
Let me hear a still small voice
Let it grow, let it rise
Into a shout, into a cry.And I’m restless, I’m restless
‘Til I rest in You, let me rest in You
I’m restless, so restless
‘Til I rest in You, ’til I rest in You
Oh God, I will rest in You.
“There are certain treasures you won’t find anywhere else, but by going through a dark time. The key is you reach out for God’s hand, and He’ll reach out for yours, and take you through. So the choice is yours, stay here and stay safe, or, discover the secret of the passageway.”
- A friend of mine
Nothing wrong with BBQ-ing, (we’re doing it in fact) but just be sure to never forget the reason we are free enough to have this day.
I’ve now been to seven MHEA annual Spring Homeschool Conferences.They’re one of my absolute favorite events of the year.
Here are some highlights:
The Film Festival. My mom’s entry beat mine by a mere 28 points. These are all of the contestants.
My brother, sister, and I (plus a bunch of friends) participated in a program about government. We held a mock election.
Our team making signs for campaigning.
Our presidential candidate’s last name was Locke. Everyone loved the slogan someone came up with. It helped to have a great artist on our team too. 
Julie and I were our team’s two secretaries. Our main job was to copy out “The Trillion Dollar Plan” (our party’s plan to get the country out of debt) several times.
I have this thing memorized I wrote it so much. It worked great for campaigning.
On Sunday (after the conference, but before most people had left) there was a reunion for Mr. Randy Phillips, a very influential man in our community.
There was lunch and games afterwards to celebrate.
Lunch!
Volleyball
Ultimate Frisbee
(a self-portrait my brother took)
It was wonderful to be able to gather with the Phillips family and each other and enjoy a time of sweet Christian fellowship.
It was an extremely rough weekend for me, and yet, an extremely good weekend. The Lord is faithful.
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But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Cor 12:9
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