A Beka Academy Week 13 Update: November Scripture Memory

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Kara’s 6th Birthday

 

Yes, the Prairie Family had yet another birthday this week!  Kara turned 6 years old on Sunday.  She had a very special day!
A special friend’s mother remembered the occasion and brought cupcakes to Sunday School to celebrate Kara’s birthday–that was a sweet and thoughtful surprise!  Then the pastor announced that it was her birthday, and [...]

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Wisdom Beyond Their Years

A common bedtime occurence in the girls’ room is nighttime chatter.  They get snuggled in their beds, the lights are turned off, and then the chatter begins.  Sometimes it’s serious, but usually it’s a bunch of silliness and teasing!
One night this past week, I had the privilege of listening in on one of these bedtime [...]

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Three Years with Kara Joy Mincui

Three years ago Huang Min Cui from Huangshan, Anhui Province, China, became my daughter.  We changed her name to Kara Joy Mincui O’Brien because “Kara” means “pure,” and we were confident that God was bringing our family pure joy when He saw fit to bless us with her.  He has truly done that, and I [...]

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More Verses by Kara

Kara had a couple more Scriptures to say before the end of her grading period later this week, so here they are:

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Mandie and the Secret Tunnel Movie

Back in an earlier entry of The Prairie Family Chronicles dated June 9, 2008, I wrote a book review of  Mandie and the Secret Tunnel .  We enjoyed this book, and continued reading the first eight books in the Mandie series.  I knew at the time that we read the book, that a movie was [...]

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9.11.01 We Will NEVER Forget

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A Beka Academy Week 4 Update

I love fall.  It is definitely my favorite season of the year.  I like the warm, but not hot, days and cool nights.  I like the colors.  I like the food…..
Another thing I enjoy about fall is the art projects that my kids do for school.  This week Luke did one of my all-time favorite [...]

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Kara’s Prayers

From the very first day that Kara joined our family, she has heard us pray at meals and at family devotion time.  Even before she could speak English, she would mimic our actions and take her turn to talk to Jesus.  As she started to pick up some word, we began to understand how she [...]

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“Lukeisms”

Luke has always been quite the theologian/philosopher.  He has remarkably deep thoughts for such a little guy!  He often surprises us with profound comments that he will make out of the blue about different topics.
He has had a couple of these “Lukeisms” during the past couple of days.  Last night he was walking with me [...]

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