Fun with Numbers

This week we started school. Last minute I completely changed curriculum for my youngest. So glad I did. We are using My Father's World and loving it. The beauty of this curriculum is there is little book work, lots of learning the fun way.

This week we studies the days of Creation. Here is the book she made.

The Peanut Man

I love history and I love reading about people in history.

George Washington Carver, written by John Perry is an easy yet very interesting read into the life of an African American during the late 1800's and early 1900's.

Carver was a orphan from birth raised by a loving white family. This was unheard of in those days, but the family was loyal to him.

From the time he was little, Carver had a love for God's creation and throughout his life, asked God to help him learn how to use the creation to glorify the Creator.

God answered this and George Washington Carver became an inventor by American standards, but he saw it as a special gift bestowed on him by his Creator.

The book also delves into the life of Brooker T. Washington as he hired Carver to be part of the Science department at Tuskegee Institute. There were definite personality differences between the two men, but they continued to work together for many years.

Carver has been used by the Creator to introduce us to many uses for the sweet potatoes, peanuts and many other things. Many items we use today we can attribute to this man. May we realize that they are "blessings" from our Creator, as he did.

I was given a copy of this book as part of the blogging network by Thomas Nelson.

Jesse Tree~Day One

Today we started our Jesse Tree. We begin where all of life began: Genesis 1.

Today there is such hot debate concerning creation, intelligent design, and evolution. The Bible holds the truth. We, believers, that "fight" for the truth need to remind ourselves the fight is more than over how the world began. Just as we use this subject to start our Jesse Tree, we must see the "lies" that are being told as not just coming against the beginnings of the world, but against God and the truth that leads to the manger and the cross.

People don't need to just hear our side of the debate. That won't change their hearts and their need for Jesus to rescue them from their sin. They need to hear about the life changing Gospel of Jesus.

This is a great way to do that. We attended the Tampa Premeire. The Gospel message is very clear.