Weekly Wrap Up - Being the Hands and Feet

This has been a long, hard week.   Our dear friend Tony, from church, passed away at the end of last week.  He was one of those guys who just loved to love people. He was an awesome children's minister, gifted singer and was always looking for ways to bless others.  His  Celebration of Life and burial were held on Monday.  Lindsey ran the slide show and worked the sound booth, and then the girls and I took care of the family meal after the burial.   That may not sound like "homeschooling" but they learned a lot about how to serve others in a time of need, how to quickly get a buffet set up (the building we were using was locked and we went from having a 45 minute window of time to having a10 minute window of time to get it ready).   These are life skills, this is learning, this is being the hands and feet of Christ.

Unfortunately, as we were starting the family night for Tony, we got word there was another death in our church body (a child).  The week really started to spin out of control at this point, as the girls and I were asked to step into some roles that we weren't expecting.   The girls have been super helpful, and hard workers, but they've also been compassionate to people who are hurting.   While this has been a terribly hard week, it's been one of my most proud weeks, as I've watched them walk into hard places and do it well.

Somehow, through all the craziness of this week, they've both managed to get their schoolwork done.  Sometimes getting up early, sometimes staying up late and more than once working on it while eating their meals...because life just keeps rolling.

Thursday night the girls had their first volleyball game of the season.  They are about 2 weeks behind the other schools in getting started, but that has been because our first couple of games (with the other schools) ended up getting rescheduled to later in the season.   We only have 6 girls on the team, so there's no bench sitting for anyone.  Olivia is the setter, and Lindsey is an outside hitter.   The Lady Blazers took 3 straight sets to sweep the win of their first game!

It's been unseasonably warm here.  It was 96 when we went to volleyball, and the gym they played in wasn't air conditioned.   Our house AC is still out, so that actually helped both of my girls to be able to handle the heat on the court better than most, but you can see their faces are red.

Olivia still managed to get some time in at the farm, Lindsey put in 6 hours working homeschoolers day at the museum.   The weekend lineup is still full steam ahead, with our first graduation committed meeting, the memorial service for the little boy and the accompanying responsibilities.

I hope, as you read this weeks wrap up, you realize that this "homeschooling" thing we're all doing isn't just about teaching academics.

Here's to a slower week coming up!