Waiting to Plant Those Seeds

As I write to you this week, I am sitting next to my fireplace under a blanket.  I want to be out preparing and planting my garden, but it is just too cold.  Too rainy.  Too windy.  Too early to plant.  My husband is becoming very impatient waiting for just the right time to line up those seeds row by row.  He brags that last year at this time, he was admiring his broccoli sprouts; this year it's only mounds of dirt with rocks identifying where the rows will one day be placed .  But then he also remembers his peppers - they didn't look quite so good come mid-summer all spotted and curled up.  He planted them too early.  So, he chooses to be patient this year and wait for just the right conditions.

We can be so impatient can't we?  Or maybe it's just me!  I think about how often I have tried to teach my kids something that they just weren't ready for.  I was impatient in that I did not listen to the Lord's leading on when my child was ready for that lesson - whether it be an academic lesson or a life or character lesson.  Then I became discouraged when I observed a lack of growth. 

I have to remind myself often that the PLOs are guidelines for teaching my kids.  I can use then to track learning and growth, but how and when I introduce those topics needs to be carefully brought before the Lord for his wisdom and guidance.  The longer I teach my kids at home, the more I understand them and the better I can discern when to plant certain seeds of learning.  Just like the longer my husband gardens, the more he learns about when to plant certain plants and when to wait for just the right conditions.  In my children's case, I recognize that it is often the condition of the heart that makes them ready to receive character or life training and it is a condition or stimulation of the mind that makes them ready for academic training. 

Thinking about these things has influenced my plans for next year as well as my attitude on a day-to-day basis as I ask the Lord each day what my children are ready to learn and how I can prepare the condition of their hearts and minds. 

Talking about conditioning!  How about conditioning those bodies!
I want to remind you of the Track and Field Fun Day In Nanaimo on June 17th.

Family Fun Day and Track Meet

Friday June 17th, 2011

Rotary Bowl Nanaimo (behind Nanaimo Aquatic Centre)

9:00am – 3:00pm

For all home schooled children ages 5yrs – 18yrs whether enrolled or registered in the public or independent school system.

HCOS student cost: $10.00 per Child/ $5.00 if parent volunteers to help for the day

       $20.00 per Family$15.00 if parent volunteers to help for the day

All other students: $15.00 per child/ $10.00 if parent volunteers to help for the day

     $30.00 per Family/ $20.00 if parent volunteers to help for the day

Enthusiastic participants will be put in age appropriate groups and will rotate through track & field events and fun stations.

Track and field events for ages 5-8 will include: ball throw, shuttle run, standing long jump and running events (50m, 75m)

Track and field events for ages 9-18 will include: shot put or ball throw, long jump, triple jump, and running events (100m, 200m)

To Register, please click and fill out the online registration form entitled

 HCOS Track Meet 2011    and mail payment to:

                       

Nola Morgan

                        2245 Neil Dr

                        Nanaimo, BC

                        V9R 6T4

Events will proceed rain or shine. (except for a down pour)

REMEMBER! 

EACH PARTICIPANT MUST have their OWN backpack containing:

2 labelled water bottles, a snack, and a sunhat.

EACH FAMILY will need sunscreen, and a picnic lunch.

Hope to see you all there,

Nola Morgan nmorgan@onlineschool.ca


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