I am back! We have been very busy lately. If we hadn't been, I think I would have blogged more frequently. :)
Today we had a slave day at our house. "What is a slave day?" you may ask. Well, I will tell you. Last fall we went to a Mennonite Youth Group dinner and auction. At the auction we bought a slip of paper that said slave day. Today the youth group came to our house. The group consisted of about 12 boys and 5 girls. They were all unmarried; ages 15 1/2 to around 27 (I think).
They came at 9:00 in the morning and stayed until around 5:30 at night. The boys cut and split wood. The girls weeded the garden and cleaned up sticks from the wood that was being chopped. It was very nice to have them do all of that work. I made lunch for everyone and cleaned the house while they were here. Mommy had Nathanael outside with her most of the day. He was very happy! :)
Our last day for the Homeschool Orchestra was yesterday. Classes will not resume again until August. It is rather sad, but not really. I think we will be so busy that we will hardly notice we are missing it.
I have been busy with other things as well. Let's see... being a page at the SHEM convention...babysitting five children under the age of five... Orchestra and Orchestra concerts... Silver Dollar City... and I think that's about it. :P
I am auditioning for the Springfield Youth Symphony on the 31st, so I'd appreciate it if you would be praying for me about that. I would really like to get into the Youth Symphony, if it is God's will! :)
Today we had a slave day at our house. "What is a slave day?" you may ask. Well, I will tell you. Last fall we went to a Mennonite Youth Group dinner and auction. At the auction we bought a slip of paper that said slave day. Today the youth group came to our house. The group consisted of about 12 boys and 5 girls. They were all unmarried; ages 15 1/2 to around 27 (I think).
They came at 9:00 in the morning and stayed until around 5:30 at night. The boys cut and split wood. The girls weeded the garden and cleaned up sticks from the wood that was being chopped. It was very nice to have them do all of that work. I made lunch for everyone and cleaned the house while they were here. Mommy had Nathanael outside with her most of the day. He was very happy! :)
Our last day for the Homeschool Orchestra was yesterday. Classes will not resume again until August. It is rather sad, but not really. I think we will be so busy that we will hardly notice we are missing it.
I have been busy with other things as well. Let's see... being a page at the SHEM convention...babysitting five children under the age of five... Orchestra and Orchestra concerts... Silver Dollar City... and I think that's about it. :P
I am auditioning for the Springfield Youth Symphony on the 31st, so I'd appreciate it if you would be praying for me about that. I would really like to get into the Youth Symphony, if it is God's will! :)
