This is a you tube video of a 12-year-old girl speaking out on the issue of abortion. I heard about this little girl on the way to work this morning on AFR Talk radio. They told that the little girl was entering in a speech contest and that the judges did not want her to enter because her speech was pro life. Her mother finally even told her to just change her topic but the little girl said no that she wanted to do her speech on this topic. They even said that one judge left during her speech and would not judge it. After giving the speech the little girl ended up winning first place in the contest. I thought this story and speech is pretty awesome and inspirational. Hope you do too.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Fireproof
Last night Josh and I watched the movie "Fireproof" and we both enjoyed it so much. This was such a great movie with a wonderful message. I recommend that everyone watch this movie especially if you are married. I am so glad that we can find movies that teach biblical principles and tell people about the love of Jesus. This movie really touched us. Today I went to www.fireproofyourmarriage.com and they offer lots of extra resources and products. I think it would be awesome to do a "Love Dare" class with couples in the church.
Friday, February 6, 2009
What a Week
It has definitely been a wild week. Monday was my brother's birthday. Then on Tuesday, the reading coach asked me to be part of a planning video that she had to make for our state regional reading coach. For this video we had to plan a lesson together and discuss the things we planned to do. The state regional coach would then come to the school on Friday to watch the lesson we planned. For Black History Month we have speakers coming into the school every Tuesday and Thursday to talk to the children. Therefore on Tuesday afternoon, we had two ladies come to talk to the students. One of the ladies was a basket maker and the other lady was a quilt maker. It was very interesting to hear how theses ladies make baskets and quilts. I thought it was very cool that the lady that makes baskets told us how she cuts the trees and strips them herself.
On Wednesday we had a guy come in trying to sell the school some cool new technology and she used my class for the demonstration since my classroom has a projector. the other two first grades came into my room and then both reading coaches and the computer teacher all came in to watch the demonstration. Talk about a packed house. :) The guy was selling an eLearning pad that the teacher could use a projector to project the things on their computer onto a screen and then through the cool pad the teacher can write on the pad and it will show up on the screen. He also had remotes in which the students used to answer questions. I love all of this technology it is so exciting. My kids really enjoyed using the remotes to answer his questions.
Then on Thursday, we had another program for the kids. This time our principal and PTO president talked to the children and was encouraging them to always do their best and that they can be anything they want to be. And then today, Friday, was the big day. Our state regional reading coach came and was ready to watch our video and then immediately after watch the first grade reading coach and myself do a side by side lesson with my students. Thankful everything went very well and my students did a good job. God is good all the time.
I do have some prayer request for the week. Our resource teacher's husband had to have triple bypass surgery last week and now is thankfully home recovering. It is a great blessing that he is home and went through everything well and she was able to return to work this week. Another prayer request is for the workers at Weyerhaeuser. Yesterday the men and women working in the sawmill part of the mill lost their jobs. I am unsure on the number of people but I know it was a lot for a small town like Camden. Among these workers were my Uncle Donnie, our preacher, church members, and many more in the Camden area. This will be tough for some of these families so please pray that they will lean on God for the strength they need to get through this time. We always have to remember that we have a great big God and little bitty problems. So I have no doubt that with prayer God will be with these families. My last prayer request for this week is for one of our kindergarten teachers. She received a phone call this afternoon at school telling he that her grandfather had killed himself. This is a very sad thing so please pray that God will give them comfort and peace during this difficult time. It makes me so sad when people do this because God loves everyone and is always there for us. We can go to him at any time and can talk to him about any thing.
While on the topic of prayer, please remember to pray for our country and it's leaders. On the way to school in the mornings, I like to listen to American Family Radio and this morning on Jump Start they were discussing that Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D. Mich.) has threatened to hold hearings on "right-wing" talk radio. It is sad that they are already trying to push christian radio off the air. If you would like to know more about this topic then go to www.afr.net and click on blogs and then click on Jump Start. They have all the information there about this topic and the stimulus package.
Any way I just ask that if you will please join me in praying for all these things and remember that God loves us and that there is no greater love.
On Wednesday we had a guy come in trying to sell the school some cool new technology and she used my class for the demonstration since my classroom has a projector. the other two first grades came into my room and then both reading coaches and the computer teacher all came in to watch the demonstration. Talk about a packed house. :) The guy was selling an eLearning pad that the teacher could use a projector to project the things on their computer onto a screen and then through the cool pad the teacher can write on the pad and it will show up on the screen. He also had remotes in which the students used to answer questions. I love all of this technology it is so exciting. My kids really enjoyed using the remotes to answer his questions.
Then on Thursday, we had another program for the kids. This time our principal and PTO president talked to the children and was encouraging them to always do their best and that they can be anything they want to be. And then today, Friday, was the big day. Our state regional reading coach came and was ready to watch our video and then immediately after watch the first grade reading coach and myself do a side by side lesson with my students. Thankful everything went very well and my students did a good job. God is good all the time.
I do have some prayer request for the week. Our resource teacher's husband had to have triple bypass surgery last week and now is thankfully home recovering. It is a great blessing that he is home and went through everything well and she was able to return to work this week. Another prayer request is for the workers at Weyerhaeuser. Yesterday the men and women working in the sawmill part of the mill lost their jobs. I am unsure on the number of people but I know it was a lot for a small town like Camden. Among these workers were my Uncle Donnie, our preacher, church members, and many more in the Camden area. This will be tough for some of these families so please pray that they will lean on God for the strength they need to get through this time. We always have to remember that we have a great big God and little bitty problems. So I have no doubt that with prayer God will be with these families. My last prayer request for this week is for one of our kindergarten teachers. She received a phone call this afternoon at school telling he that her grandfather had killed himself. This is a very sad thing so please pray that God will give them comfort and peace during this difficult time. It makes me so sad when people do this because God loves everyone and is always there for us. We can go to him at any time and can talk to him about any thing.
While on the topic of prayer, please remember to pray for our country and it's leaders. On the way to school in the mornings, I like to listen to American Family Radio and this morning on Jump Start they were discussing that Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D. Mich.) has threatened to hold hearings on "right-wing" talk radio. It is sad that they are already trying to push christian radio off the air. If you would like to know more about this topic then go to www.afr.net and click on blogs and then click on Jump Start. They have all the information there about this topic and the stimulus package.
Any way I just ask that if you will please join me in praying for all these things and remember that God loves us and that there is no greater love.
Friday, November 28, 2008
New School Year/New Hobbies
It has definitely been a while since I have blogged. One school year ended and another has begun. The summer was nice and is long gone and forgotten. Now I have a new class full of excited first graders. This year I have a class of 14. I guess we can go with fourteen. I have fourteen in the mornings for reading and then one little boy leaves me and goes to second grade for the rest of the day. His situation is special. He was a repeater at the beginning of the year but he failed last year because of his hearing. At the end of last year they found out that he had completely lost his hearing in one ear and had about 75% hearing loss in the other ear. The boy has just recently gotten hearing aids and it is so amazing to see the difference in him. He is so proud of them and now he is so wide eyed because he can hear everything for the first time. This year we also have a new reading program. This year we adopted the Scott Foresman Reading Street series. This has been an adventure in itself. This is my sixth year teaching and for my first five years I have used the Voyager reading series. So this has definitely been an experience. All of the teachers and reading coaches are trying to learn this new program together. With all programs I see some good and bad things withe the program. Scott Foresman absolutely covers more than Voyager which I really like because I feel that it is better preparing my students for the grades to come. But Scott Foresman does have a lot to cover in each lesson and getting my time down has been the biggest struggle. We are now half way through the second nine weeks and the reading program is now getting a little easier. I am also up for PEPE since it is my sixth year. This is always fun. The principal has already done one observation and I have complete my structured interview. This year I have also picked up a new hobby. I have began making and selling jewelry. I have had my first booth at an arts and crafts show in Orrville, Alabama this year. My husband and I enjoyed the show and did pretty good. It was a great learning experience because I got to see some booths of some veterans and got new ideas for my next booth. I am also currently working on getting pictures of my jewelry together for a website. I hope to have the website up and running very soon. Overall this has been an interesting year so far so I can't wait to see how the rest of the year will go.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
A Beautiful Day
Today is such a beautiful day. The sun is shining in a gorgeous blue sky and the temperature is just right. It is a great day to just enjoy. This Sunday has been an interesting day so far. At church we had a Gideon speaker and he had a good message. He did not go through all the facts and history about the Gideons and he did not go through all the numbers and figures of how many Bibles are placed in which areas of the world. Instead he told many stories about people being saved and lives being changed by placing the Word of God in places such as hotel, motels, and jails. It was nice to hear how God is still at work in this world. After church my husband and I have been setting up our blogs and surfing the net. Blogs are new to both of us but we are very excited about jumping into this new adventure. Now I will begin to prepare for tomorrow, Monday. Even though next week should be a good week because Friday will be my students last day of school so that should make this week a VERY interesting week. I predict that the kids will be extremely excited and that I will swamped in a sea of end of the year paperwork. Each day I am sure that I will have to remind myself that all things are possible with God.
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