Summer break and back to school

 

 

It has been a couple of months since my last post.  Sorry for the silence.  When we last left you we saw the kids start their summer break.  Well Summer is over and the school year routine is in full swing at my house.  The summer was uneventful at our house.  The kids played around and had fun not having school to do.  I am wishing now in some ways that I would have enjoyed the summer more and not wished for the school year to start.  Life is busy when you have six kids to get up and send off to school.  You read that right all six kids are in school.  Precious, Mickiala, and Andrew started class on June 3.  Faith started the year a week later with the intention to homeschool and the twins started class on the 17th.  Faith started the year well with her Tagalog classes that We had a friend helping her with.  Her English classes where harder to get started because it was hard for me to set the time to help her.  Some of the work she could have done herself but was to distracted.  Two weeks in I told her if she could not get her work done I would transfer her to school.  She decided soon after that to transfer to the public school and has completed two and half weeks there and is loving it.  She is doing great also learning much and getting good grades.  Precious is in grade 6, Mickiala is grade 3, Faith is grade 2, Andrew is in Kindergarten and the twins are in day care (preschool).  My day revolve around kids and school.  I am up at 5:30 to get breakfast ready and the kids are all up by 6.  By 7 the four oldest are out the door to school and the twins and I are leaving by 7:45.  I spend 2.5 hours at daycare with the twins for the first couple of months helping them with their writing and just getting them settled in.  I am home about 10:30-11 and Get lunch ready for the rest of the kids that are home by noon.  The three oldest girls are the only ones that have class in the afternoon.  The three youngest get naps around 1 for a couple of hours.  That is my semi quite/personal time.  Semi because Mark does not always get a nap.  He is learning to sit quietly at my feet or snuggle in my lap. Depending on what I am doing.  The oldest girls are home between 4 and 5 and then it is outdoor play time and sports practice for Precious.  She is playing badminton this year.  Jonah is coaching her and the other girls so for an hour or two the playground here is a busy chaos of kids.  Dinner gets started about 5:30-6.  Supper at 6:30, then family time and bed by 8:30.  

 

 

First day of school

L to R Marah, Mark, Andrew, Faith, Mickiala, and Precious

June 12 was independence day here so the kids had no school.  Since we did not really do any summer getaways we decided to surprise the kids and take a long day trip to Cebu.  They have this new Safari park that opened recently and thought the kids would love to see all the animals.  It was a lot of fun to watch the kids with the animals and they all loved it and had a great time.

 

 The kids at the front sign.

 most of our kids with the lion

Another picture of the kids.

 

It was nice to have a day away and see the kids enjoying themselves. 

 

 

If you all would be willing to pray for our kids this school year.  Pray that they will all do their best and learn all they need to learn.  Pray especially for Faith that she will continue to enjoy school and that she will learn new things and not get bored with school.  She is in grade two which is where she should be for her age and I think she will learn new things but for now a lot of it is review for her  and she keeps asking if she can go to grade 3. 

 

Pray for strength, patience and good health for all of us this year.

 

Pray for the adoption of the twins.  There is supposed to be a meeting this month to get things started again.  Pray that meeting will take place and the powers that be will not keep canceling.

 

Thank you again for always journeying with us in this adventure we call missions.


A HUGE THANKS TO A COUPLE OF OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO COME EVERY SCHOOL MORNING FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS TO HELP CLEAN UP AFTER BREAKFAST AND GET US ALL OUT THE DOOR ON TIME.