Happy fifth anniversary, my love! High five to five years of being married and in love. 鈾ワ笍 Praise God for His goodness and overflowing blessings to our family. Thankful that we are together in our true education adventures, until Jesus comes and until heaven. 馃檹馃グ
15 July 2023 || NWC Adventurer Club Alpha Batch Induction Ceremony
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Praise God for this blessing! May our children do their best always and uphold the Adventurer Law to be obedient, pure, true, kind, respectful, attentive, helpful, cheerful, thoughtful, and reverent. 馃檹
Blessed Sabbath day again today where our children learned about the beauty of heaven where there will be no more pain, death and crying. For crafts, they were told to draw a picture of heaven. Thankful we have children's time to minister to our precious little children.
The message today is about Instant Gratification; followed by a happy fellowship lunch and church meeting.
Blessed to serve God and the church today with the Lopez-Relloso family.
Taught at children's time:
"On the day of Pentecost, the disciples, together with some other believers gather together to pray. As they pray, there is the sound of great wind. The Holy Spirit comes from heaven and fills the whole house. What appears to be tongues of fire rest on each person there. The disciples begin to speak in different languages. Jews from other nations who are in Jerusalem understand because they hear about Jesus in their own language. Peter speaks to the crowd, and 3,000 people join the believers." 馃敟
Sabbath message from God by Pastor Marfeal is about who Jesus is really in your life. Who is Jesus in your life?
Again followed by Sabbath potluck delight and a short meeting.
On the evening of the 25th, we welcomed the Sabbath as a family. I praise God we can do this weekly now. 鈾ワ笍 Praising God too for our eggless Challah bread! I love saying our thank you's and sorry's to each other, thanking God for the opportunity to practice humility and express our love.
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This Sabbath day, the children as well as the adults enjoyed onces again another fun and interactive children's time with teacher Weng. I praise God because Kiaree sung again for the Lord. She didn't want to practice this song the day before so I was suprised she sang it today and was so heartfelt. We all learned today that Jesus is our Rock and that He is risen and will come again soon!
The message today centered on the carnal mind vs the Godly mind. May we all be Christlike in character in every situation we are in and in all walks of life. 馃檹
Quoting Maam Tracee: God is so good to bring little beautiful surprises. Even little Kiaree and Aianna is important to God that He set aside this little plant. She didn't have to look up just to learn. God is probably saying, "Babies I have a surprise for you today. I think you will love it." And because they have a mommy that is home, the suprise is so much more special. Mommy did not allow it to just pass on by. She stopped and pointed it out for her to notice, see and study....
Naturally, and with right influences, Kiaree learned to love the stories of the Bible through youtube videos, Bible reading and devotionals. We also finished My Bible Friends too. What I love about Kiaree is her good memory. Oh how I praise God for her good memory, she memorizes each story most of the time and would even begin storytelling in her own words. I pray that Ate Kiaree will set good examples to Aianna always. And I praise the Lord to be doing this as a whole family.
Learning more about rocks and minerals...delivering mango pies... getting together with WHA mommies...homeschoolers playing.... bonding with gwammy and gwampy... enjoying our aircon....piano practices...reading class for Kiaree.... piano lessons...lots of PE....catching up with siblings... movie watching as a family... 鈾ワ笍
馃拵The general shape of crystal is called its habit. Crystal habit is helpful when deciding what kind they are.
馃拵Our habits also can tell what kind of people we are.
馃馃拵These crystals are sometimes found inside of a hollow rock ball called geode. The lowly geode is not attractive on the outside but it is "all glorious within" (Psalm 45:13).
馃馃拵It reminds us of: 1 Peter 3:3-4
"Your adornment must not be merely external-braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses;
but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God."
馃Κ When a piece of sand, or other substance gets inside the shell, causing irritation, the oyster makes a special substance called "nacre."
馃Κ This nacre covers the foreign matter with thin layers and finally, that piece of sand or substance is enclosed in the nacre, making a pearl!
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馃Κ This reminds us that by responding to irritations (difficulties, problems, trials, sufferings) in the right way, we can develop a beauty of character that is gained in no other way. 馃檹鈾ワ笍
The order of the kids' activity is to mix the plaster of Paris with water, pour it to the mold, let it harden and paint!
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Gypsum is a sedimentary mineral. Some useful things made from it are plaster of Paris, plaster wallboard and blackboard.
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"Each mineral is different. Each person handles their tests and trials differently. It is important that we honor God by the tests in our lives. Let us continue to be a witness for God through every test or trial, like Daniel did!" 馃
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"And the deliverance of Daniel from the den of lions was another evidence that the Being whom he worshipped was the true and living God."
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Daniel's secret? He practiced orderliness in his life. He prayed to God and always put Him first. 馃馃檹
Another happy Sabbath day with NWC! 馃グ Today's message was about preparing for the soon return of Jesus. Are we ready? Are we training our children to be ready for it?
On Sunday, my ate's fam together with ma and pa had lunch at home and then ate just randomly invited to go to SM. She treated us to yummy yogurts and unli food resto. Happy tummies again! Clark and I went to buy groceries while they went shopping.
With the kids this week, it was all about play and piano practices. Reading stories to them, doing chores. Having Maev join them made the house look like a daycare center plus their new slide!
It has also been almost a month since our last piano lesson and I'm so proud and happy that Kiaree got the techniques correctly with Teacher Lani commenting on how there was no wasted time for Kiaree and I. Praise the Lord! Praise Him for Kiaree's diligence and obedience in our practices at home, even in her tiny organ in Candelaria.
Oh, and since the start of April, we have had fun delivering Mango Pies here in the area! We are blessed to have people ordering and enjoying the pies we discovered in Candelaria.