Before I get to the "reading" part of this post, I want to mention a quick prayer request for Kami. This past week, Kami's doctor ordered an x-ray of Kami's finger. We had thought that her joints in her hand were swelling due to her "mystery" illness. It turns out that she has nodules growing in her joints. We received a call from the doctor's office this week asking us to come in to discuss what was revealed on the x-ray. We greatly appreciate your prayers for this matter. Her appointment is on December 24th.
Kids that read...succeed !!!
It has always been our family tradition that each child buy/make something for each member of the family that we put under our tree. It is always exciting to open special gifts from each member of our family!
This past year, we encouraged our children to earn money for Christmas in a very special way...READING!
For each book that they read this year (we kept a chart hanging in the kitchen), they would receive money. Some books were worth $.50, some $1, some even $2. It all depended on the size of the book. The key was that the books had to be "spiritual" books. (ie: Missionary biographies, ministry books, books on biblical dating, books on Prayer, or even how to teach a Sunday school class.)
Although it has been a very difficult year as the older children have had to spend much time taking care of the younger 3, preparing meals, helping move our family back to the States due to Kami's health difficulties (not to mention trying to accomplish school on a daily basis), they have managed to read quite a lot of books! In total, they have read 36 "spiritually-related" books!
Not only did they get to earn some money for Christmas, but they were able to build spiritual strength from their daily Bible reading and from a wealth of wisdom contained on the pages of books written by Godly men and women.
Until next time...
