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We never really
thought we'd be homeschooling our children, although we
verbalized wishing we could at times, we never thought we were
smart enough to do so, and it was dropped. But after several
frustrating years of public school, and an especially bad and
stressful year in 2000, within 1 month of school starting the
2001 school year, things weren't showing much improvement, and
we were without solutions, and at the end of our rope, and
that's when the Lord stepped in with His plan for us. Little
did we know the "schoolhouse" picture we had taken of the
children back in June, would confirm the Lords plan to my
husband.
It was the 1st of August 2001 and we had gotten new
employees at work, I just briefly saw the "new people" every
night, and hadn't gotten a chance to visit with them for very
long. Things began looking grim and frustrating at school
after the first week was over, and I was already feeling down.
I prayed every night going to work for help and answers on
what we were going to do. One night around the middle of
August my supervisor told me that Donna, one of the new
employees homeschooled her children. I was impressed, but it
didn't hit me at that point. A couple of times I saw her, it
was in the back of my mind to ask her about the homeschooling,
but I just thought to myself, "No you couldn't do something
like that", and went on. Unfortunately, at the time, I was not
able to see it was the Lord pushing me to ask her about
homeschooling. The next night came and I had to be in her area
for a short while, and while I was there the Lord came to me
twice "Ask her about homeschooling", but I ignored His
requests. I got all the way to the door, hand on the knob, and
He spoke again, "Ask her about homeschooling". This time I
listened, shut the door, and went back in and began talking
with her about it. I had no idea of her background, where she
was from or anything, and she shared her knowledge with me.
She then told me she would bring me more information the next
day.
After my visit with her, that was all I could think
about the rest of the night. I told my husband about it the
next day, and he listened with an open mind. We both knew we
would need alot more information and were still skeptical
about our abilities as teachers. Again, I prayed & cried
all the way to work that night, asking the Lord to give me a
sign if this was His answer for us. I got to work and couldn't
wait to see Donna about this. I looked over the material she
had brought me, and as I was leaving, I told her "I would like
to do this, but I just don't think I can. I don't think I am
smart enough, and it scares me". Donna looked at me with a
smile on her face and said "I Guess That's What You Call
Stepping Out On Faith"! At that moment I felt the presence
of the Lord all around me, and I knew He had spoken those
words to me right through her. I left because I was about to
cry.... The Lord had given me my answer that I wanted!! I had
to call her back, not knowing if she was a christian person or
not, and tell her how important what she'd just said to me
was. She too was a christian, and understood what I had just
felt, and we both agreed that the Lord had definitely brought
us together for this purpose.
I went home and
shared my emotional testimony with my husband, and he was glad
for my experience, but he needed his own comfirmation from the
Lord like I had received. One evening we were discussing the
information I was reading on the internet, and he looked at me
with tears in his eyes and said, "Oh My Gosh Tammy, The
Picture". I thought for a moment and the Lord showed me too,
the image of the picture we had taken of the children in the
"One Room Schoolhouse" while on vacation. I knew at that
moment, the Lord had given him the confirmation of His will to
homeschool our children.
After everything that
the Lord had put before us, there was no denying what He
wanted for our family. We proceeded to start homeschooling
with prayer and faith, and continue our homeschooling with the
same prayer and faith every day.
In His Service,
*Donna only worked
with me for 8 months, but I do cherrish the time we spent sharing
"homeschooling" stories, and stories about Our Lord. We still keep
in touch. Donna's son Mac and our daughter Andrea graduated together May 13th, 2006 in a beautiful ceremony held by FHE. It was a blessing to see her again and that we were able to share the joy of graduating our childern together. The Lord certainly works in mysterious ways.
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