Being Sharpened while Sharpening Arrowheads...

Last night my oldest son had played his first song on the piano... I couldn't believe my little five year old had learned this beautiful worship song!! I think the most beautiful part of watching him play was his innocence.  Pure worship, nothing in between him and giving worship to the Lord. 

As parents its pure joy and also God speaking to us in many ways.  I have to say last night would have never been if my husband wouldn't have dedicated all the time he had with him (4 months) and put up with the whining that came with it.  My husband pressed on and did not give up!  He knew what our son had, he knew God gave him talent and he believed that he could do it.  And he played!  And his teacher was so proud of him!! And we are so proud of him!

Well last night as my husband and I were talking over how well he did and we were reminded of how God has put these precious arrows in our hands. As parents our children are arrow with blunt heads and we have to sharpen them with love, discipline and dedication.  Dedicating time to our children and letting them know in word and action "I am not giving up on you!  You can do it!", will take that arrow even further. 

Our Heavenly Father says this to us even today.  Every time we want to give up or we think we are not capable or even called in parenting, homeschooling or even in our personal life, this is what He says to us:

"That is why we never give up.  Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed everyday. For our present troubles are small and wont last very long.  Yet they produce for us glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!  So we dont look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen.  For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever."
~2 Corinthians 4:16-18~

"Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you." ~Psalm 9:10~

"Those who trust in the Lord are as secure as Mount Zion; they will not be defeated but will endure forever." ~Psalm 125:1~ 

 " Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.  Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior's hand"  ~Psalm 127:3-4~

As we sharpen our arrow heads, let us go to the One who can help us and at the same time sharpen us... we are His children!

For His Glory and By His Grace,

Monica

Moments to Remember

I truly believe that I have been blessed to be able to be a SAHM and in addition to homeschool our boys!!  I think our greatest moments are just being together.  I love to see them grow and learn; and when they grasp something and a light goes on, they just yell "I got it Mommy!"  LOVE IT!!!

BUT, I have to say I LOVE when my husband is with us.  It's not often he gets to stay home but when he does, he is able to see the fruit of our labor... and we get to all spend time together!!  Exploring new things or going on a field trip with daddy is definitely a moment to remember.

Hard at work... but enjoying it!!

Loves to paste!!

Nothing like learning from daddy

They are brothers and best friends!

Playing with Jonathan...before his AAR lesson...ah the beauty of homeschooling!

NEWS!!!

As I decided to get back into blogging, I was also encouraged by my husband to start creating my own printables for homeschooling mommas, teachers and anyone else who was in need of them.  My main focus will be for Pre-K - 3rd grade Spanish.  I believe it is so important to teach children at a young age another language. Why?  Because they are sponges - they pick it up quickily and are eager to learn. 

I will also be including other printables for Pre-K - 1st grade Language Arts, possibly Math.  I am working literally night and day on these.  I like to do things in Units/ Themes.  It helps me when I work that way, so I know it can help others as well.

So here it is my shop: http://teachersnotebook.com/shop/godoy811
I only have one free printable up so that you can see what I am working on.

My husband and I have prayed for and asked the Lord to show us new ways to provide for our family, and never did I think this would be it, but my husband has always thought of many things that I can do, but this is the ONE that I am really excited about!!

Many blessing to you all!! Please keep me in pray!!

Monica

A new chapter...

I have not written on this blog in such a long time.... maybe its procrastination or I AM REALLY BUSY!!!  So when I decided to look at it last night for reasons I will reveal in the future :0) ... I saw I had one follower (Rebecca - THANK YOU)!!!  How exciting!!  Someone finds interest in what I have to say!!

So with that GREAT encouragement I have been encouraged by my amazing husband to BLOG!!  I want to use this blog to encourage other woman, homeschooling mommas, working mommas to continue to do what God has called us to do!  To train up the children He has given us for his glory.  I pray that you would find words of encouragement here. 

So with that I start this new chapter in 2012...

Here are also some updated pics of God's Most Precious ... I just can't change the orginals I have up... they are just way to cute and they were put up at the time I started this blog...

Mommy's Sunshine.

The boy's with Daddy at LICM

God's Most Precious 2011-2012

The Journey of Homeschooling Begins

Several years ago I felt that God was calling me to homeschool our boys.  I prayed about, spoke to my wonderful husband about it, prayed for his heart, being that it was not what he thought we or I would do, and finally received our answer. 

So here we are getting ready for our first official homeschool year.  Chubby will be in Kindergarten and mommy will be his teacher!!  We have been doing school for the past year and it has been a learning experience!! It really is a lot of work but so worth it!! I have really enjoyed seeing the boys learn SO much and it's amazing what little sponges they are.

I pray that God lead me and give me the patience that is required and desired of me to school my boys.  I am so excited!  Jorge has been so supportive and excited as well.  He took me to Ikea this week to pick out all the new furniture I need to make our basement our new school room!!  I will post pictures very soon... before and after.

Please keep us in prayer.  We want to follow God's lead in training up our boys for his glory!!