Jumping feet first.

It's raining here. I like the rain. These are the kind of days where you just want to sit at home in your pj's and look at a movie, read a book, or whatever. It's been steady rain, which is my favorite.
Sometimes when it gets like this, you just stare at the window and think about your life and where you are in it.

Back in England loads of people home schooled. I remember driving down this long wind-y road telling God I would never ever, couldn't ever home school. I was dead set against it. Seriously. Dead. Set. It wasn't until I was traveling down the road again a couple of weeks later when I heard the gentle whisper of the Lord. I felt like I was to pray about home schooling. To be open to it, accept it, understand it, and mostly be obedient to what the Lord was calling me to do.
Seriously? I mean that was a hard pill to swallow no matter the gentle whisper. But as I was traveling, I called my mentor and explained everything. She said, pray. So I did. I started praying. And in time, I came to realize that if the Lord could equip me, then I could home school. That was almost 5 years ago.
And you know what? Nothing. The Lord did nothing more and neither did I.

Fast forward to the now.
I smile as I write this because we always assume or think that our time frame is the same as the Lord's and well it's not. So here I sit about to embark on another journey. One with twists, turns, excitement, fears, nerves, and over all joy at the chance.

We are going to home school A starting next year.

I need to let you know that it was her that came to me. She fell apart one night while we were doing our girlie bible study. I hadn't a clue.
A hates school.
Who woulda thunk that? Certainly not me.
She is well liked, her teachers love her, and she does extremely well in school.
But.. She is tired of being around kids that just don't care. Kids that cuss. Kids that are standing there making out in the halls. Kids that just simply are disrespectful to teachers and everyone else.
She asked to be home schooled.
Her exact words...
"I know I am supposed to be a light in a dark world, but my light is having a hard time shining with what is around me daily."
WOW.
And she's just finding herself too.
So who are we as parents to not homeschool?

After much prayer {yeah it was only a short week, but the Lord moved mightily through it!}
we feel so at peace at the decision our family is making!

But I have to share with ya that looking for curriculum is overwhelming! There is SO much information out there that its all I started to see... So I had to put it down. I knew the Lord will show my family which path we should take.
After much prayer, thoughts, and words of wisdom we have chosen what we think will be the best curriculum for our family!

Lots of changes for us as a family! But with God's direction it's going to be grand!!!