THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS BY KORI

We have been studying the books of the Old Testament so Kori can get her "badge" at Awanas and it just cracks me up because not only are they hard to pronounce to any child, but one who can't hear a lick is is down right funny. She can't just hear a song and memorize it (like most of us did when we were little) because she can't hear words in music. But don't get all upset at me yet for making fun of my "handicapped" child. I grew up with 2 deaf sisters so mispronunciation is common for me and because I don't treat her "different" is why she knows she is not "different". I don't laugh at her per se, I can just see God in Heaven with a big smile on his face too because like me He thinks she is perfect too. I put them in order so you know which ones are the "hard ones" and spelled it how she pronounces it. Please remember being deaf does not allow you to read phonetically. Each and every word a person who is deaf reads must be memorized. There is no sounding it out.
Genesis
Xus
Leticus
Numbers
Dutonomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruf
1 Samel
2 Samel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicle
2 Chronicle
Eeeza
Nehemiah (she's got this one down, somehow)
Eser
Job
Psalms
Proverb
Ecclesiesta
Song of Solomon

By the way her favorite verse is: John 1:1 "In the beginning there was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God."

DEEP THOUGHTS FROM KORI

Here is another funny from Kori. Now you must understand that Kami, our oldest, came out speaking like an adult. At 12 months she was saying full sentences. Her first was, "Open the door.". So, there wasn't much funny about perfect English.
Kori tonight said,
Kori: "I wish we were rich."
Me: "WhY?"
Kori: "So I could get a $100 a week."
Me: "Too bad. So sad."
Kori: "ORRRR, I could just go to college, take climbing lessons and then go into the mountains and find gems."
Me: "That might work."
Kori: "But I want to be a hockey player in the Olympics so I would have to hurry and come right back down once I found them."

(Yes, Darling, because so there are so many mountain climbing Olympic hockey players hunting gems.) Anything is possible when you are a kid. I love that!

Now Open Kori's Hobo Hotel

We have been educating our daughters on proper money management since they have begun to get an allowance these last few months. We have been discussing tithing first, then you put some in savings then you may spend some. Well, the saving some is not hitting the mark. On Saturday when Kori and I were driving in Colorado Springs, I drove by the area known as "The Tent Cities". This is basically some public land that homeless people have pitched tents and live by this river around the corner from a local soup kitchen. I began my speech on saving money so you can be prepared for what the future holds, being a good steward with God's blessings, etc so you do not have to live in a tent. I answered some questions about how they bathe, where they might eat, what do they do when its cold and thought my point was well made when she turns to me and smiles real big, "I am gonna save my money and when I get big I will open a Hobo Hotel. I will get into my car, pile them in the back and take 'em to my hotel!" A missionary in the making? Quite possibly.
Of course, all of this went out the window when she saw a pair of house shoes she wanted at Walmart.

First day of Home School

Today was the first day of home school for the Kamster! It went really well and I think she did a great job. Of course she is too cool to say it was great, but I did get an "It was OK." which in teen talk is "Great!". And the fact that she said an definite "No" to returning to public school. In Colorado you can attend electives at public school and still be home schooled, so she has Spanish and choir then back at home for the rest of the academics for the afternoon. Being right across the street from the middle school makes that very easy. Thanks for any prayers you can throw up for us.

My (New Year's) Life Resolution

This time of the year we become introspective. We gather a handful of goals based on how we failed the last year and what we would change about ourselves in order to be "New And Improved". Or "Old And Improved" depending on your case. I am ,like many of you, more than happy to wave good-bye to 2009. Although it came with many great things, it brought a lot of changes. And even good changes cause stress.
So, I am declaring a Life Resolution rather than a New Year's Resolution.
My Life Resolution beginning in 2010 is to DELIGHT IN THE LORD. That's it. Everyday, I want to delight in Him. I want to be so taken by our heavenly Father that life just can't get to me. The love affair so great that my focus on every task, no matter how mundane, how complicated, how trivial is on His goodness.
It is so easy to come to Him with concerns for others, our jobs, our homes, our families, and our nation. But how often do we come to the mercy seat just to "delight in the Lord"? I know it is not what I think of first. And I want to change it. Delightfully so.