New Poems by Rebecca and Lydia

Rebecca and Lydia wrote these poems for the local library contest. Neither girl won an award, but I know our heavenly Father is very proud of His little witnesses.

Every line in the poem had to begin with "I am from..."

WHERE I’M FROM

By Rebecca, age 11

I am from God who loves me.

I am from Jesus Christ who died for me.

I am from peach pie and ice cream, chili and cornbread.

I am from home made bread and tacos.

I am from gardening, bird watching, fishing, horses, and kittens.

I am from climbing trees, swinging, sledding, and running.

I am from artwork, photography, reading, and music.

I am from writing letters.

I am from a family that loves.

I am from a thrilling, exciting, hugging, homeschooling, busy family.

I am from cowgirl boots, denim skirts, jewelry, and home made hair pretties.

I am from all of these things and more.           

Where I am from

By Lydia, age 7

I am from God. And God loves me.

I am from a God who provides for me, and Jesus who died on the cross for me.

I am from a family that loves me.

I am from a family that homeschools.

I am from brothers and sisters who love me.

I am from teddy bears, toys, baby dolls, and remote controlled cars too.

I am from apples, bread, and ice cream.

I am from blue jeans and hair pretties.

I am from everything that makes me Lydia.

  I am proud of my evangelistic girls!

                                                                                                                                                                                             

Fall Photos by Rebecca

Photos posted by Rebecca
Click on any photo to enlarge it

Apple - by Rebecca

Posted by Rebecca

I used Grandma's camera to take this photo. 

My camera charger is still missing.

Springtime - by Rebecca

 posted by Rebecca, with help from Mom

I got out and took a couple pictures. 
Click a picture to make it big.


Big van with flowers.

Weeds.

I took this picture right after the rain so 

you can see the water drops on them.

Bushes coming to life by the church.

Tire swing on the walnut tree.

landscaping coming to life.

Water pump.

Pictures by Rebecca

Posted by Rebecca (with help from Mom)

click to enlarge

Rebecca Writes - First Snow

POSTED BY REBECCA

Our first snow looks like a snow globe! 

I woke up this morning to Josh saying, "Becca Becca it's snowing!" It was funny. 

I took the Pictures! 

Daddy's truck after snowing a couple of hours.

I Love You, Jesus - By Rebecca

A Song by Rebecca, Nov. 16, 2011

O Jesus Christ, My Savior, Lord, King,

I Worship and Adore You.

I need You in my life.

O Jesus Christ, I love You. I love You. 

O Jesus, I love You. I love You and I need You.

O Jesus I need You in every step of the way. 

I need you, Jesus.

I need you in every step of the way.

                           O Jesus, I need you each and every day.                              

Love - By Rebecca

Written by Rebecca on October 29, 2011

Girls, God loves us even if we can not do all the things we would like to do. The most important thing to do is love your brothers and sisters and parents, which can be hard. We need to love more then anything. We sisters need to love more than MOST sisters all over the world. Most sisters hate each other but we have to LOVE just like Jesus does. We need to love one another.

Proverbs 15 :1  A soft answer turns away wrath but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Love is like that verse. You can not speak soft words unless we love one another. I have a hard time trying to love. Loving people is hard. I love but it is hard. We can not love with out God's help and love. We need God and I hope you have accepted Him in your life. He has totally changed my life. I would not go back and change it for the world. I was 5 when I was baptised by my dad. I love God very much. Love is AWESOME. You love every person you meet, even if it is hard. Love is GREAT!      

What an Amazing Girl!

Both of my daughters amaze me. But this post is about Rebecca. A few weeks ago I found a notebook that she was writing in. I opened it and read it. I was blown over. She was writing to other young ladies about the importance of loving your family. I did not tell her that I found her book. I did not think on it again until today.

Then, last night she was in her bed but came running up the stairs to get a pencil and paper. I said, "What are you doing?" Her answer, "Working on something," and ran back to her room. Less than ten minutes later she came back with a song she had written. I read it, it is very sweet. And, I heard her sing it to her Daddy.

Then, this morning, she is planning out a Bible Study... to teach the girls at church Sunday, after church is over. She has chosen a text and songs. Who is this girl?! She amazes me!

At age 9, I was boy crazy. Rebecca is crazy in love with Jesus.

I would like to give Rebecca a voice on this blog. She has written on the blog before, under the label "Rebecca Writes." It has been a very long time, because typing is a real challenge to her. But, I asked Rebecca if she would like to write her magazine article or her song on our family blog. She seems excited. It might take a while to get it typed out and misspellings corrected. But, it will be coming soon.

When you think of it, please pray for Rebecca, as she will be working really hard to "publish" her thoughts on the blog.

Rebecca Writes: Washinghton Park

(Mommy wrote: Some of Becca's misspellings are too cute! I will "translate" for the rest of you.)

We went to the Washinghton Park, It is in ilenoy (Illinois).   
mom took the picture of the folawer (flower). I took the picture of the ocean of grass and bell tower through the trees. I think that picture 3 is funny.       

Me and Nelson are budys (buddies)

Rebecca's Pictures

Hi.I am Rebecca, I am 8. I have a kitten, her name is Rose. She is cute. I  have a camera. I took these pictures. My camera is the one I am holding. The dog is Daisy. She likes Josh and Lucy's playground. The next picture is the yard, wheat and the fence.  Nelson likes to climb trees. Mom is holding is Dolly. The other kitten mom is holding is Rose.

Meet Rebecca

Rebecca wants to tell you a little more about herself and our family.

I have 1 sister and 2 brothers. Their names are Nelson, and Lydia, and Joshua. I live in MO. My favorite colors are pink, purple, blue. We have 1 big black dog and 4 kittens.   

Funny things that Rebecca actually said while writing:
"Mommy, there is no V"
"Why don't they put computers in alphabetical order?"
"I don't think there is a Y"

Rebecca Writes

I have decided that part of Rebecca's schooling will be getting acquainted with technology. She wrote her post on paper first, and now she will type it below. I told you this would be a family blog!

I am Rebecca.  I am 7. I want to play music. I like to sing.

She did that very well. Next time I will let her write more, but I expected her typing to be much slower than it was. If you leave a comment to Rebecca, she will read it.