Thankful for homeschooling FREEDOMS!!!

This fall we began a new program for our boys that is funded by the public school system. Since we've been homeschooling for 20 plus years, there was a dramatic war that went on inside of me deciding to do this.
We'll begin to lose our freedoms to the government because I'm entering into this.
We haven't...yet!
Our 13 year old is what the program calls "off-site" - not taking any classes they offer. We have to reply (report) to an advisor via email each week, along with the other curriculum planning/reporting of hours/progress reports. It hasn't been too much of a biggie except they do try to "suggest" what you should do, how to "grade," how to etc....

So in light of this month's Social Studies focus they are asking us to email about,I must share how God orchestrates our homeschool. (I can't really share that with the district office!) We very loosely study where ever our read alouds take us. We began an adult biography last spring called Nine Lives & Running and will be finishing it this week. This fall, I got an excellent Christian kids historical fiction titled Escape to Liechetenstein at a convention because a little girl at a vendor said it was good. (She didn't tell me what it was about.) We just finished that terrific book! As we looked at Grace's curriculum in August, we found it calls for her to read The Hiding Place this year, which I'm very eager to read for the 4th or 5th time.
Now this past Tuesday before Thanksgiving day, we were privileged to hear a local Jewish woman speak of her life during the Holocaust; being taken as a young girl; losing her mother, baby brother, younger sister, and grandmother to their murder as they were separated and she was pointed to the Auschwitz line; her life in captivity; escaping; then her escape from Hungary with her husband & 2 boys to freedom in the U.S.
This is a God-given opportunity & blessing we get to experience time & time again as homeschoolers. It's not coincidence that our natural studies and being open to flexing our schedule are reasons we are thankful for homeschooling today - learning everyday.

"Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus..."

just to take Him at His Word; just to rest upon His promise, and to know, Thus saith the Lord. Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! How I've proved Him o'er and o'er! Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! O for grace to trust him more! Yes, 'tis sweet to trust in Jesus, just from sin and self to cease; just from Jesus simply taking life and rest, and joy and peace. I'm so glad I learned to trust Thee, precious Jesus, Savior, Friend; and I know that Thou art with me, wilt be with me to the end." Louisa M. R. Stead, c. 1850-1917

Wikipedia says :Trust is a relationship of reliance. A trusted party is presumed to seek to fulfill policies, ethical codes, law and their previous promises. Trust does not need to involve belief in the good character, vices, or morals of the other party. Persons engaged in a criminal activity usually trust each other to some extent... Trust is a statement about what is otherwise unknown --

Can you imagine life without a relationship of reliance? I certainly can't.

In these uncertain times of national and international uncertainties to think about what trust means - I am so glad I can sing that hymn with great confidence in my relationship of reliance upon Jesus!

~ To know that the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords is in control

~ His position is NEVER up for a vote

~ He holds the future of my life and the family and friends I hold dear

~ He cares about all the details of my life

~ He will NEVER leave me or forsake me

~ He loves the WORLD!

My trust in Him is KNOWN by His character because He fulfills His Promises... His Word is our reliance.