Impromptu field trip.....

Just got back from our 2 day field trip to Cherokee, NC. Aside from getting really dirty and being very tired we also managed to learn a few things.

*history/ social studies (Trail of Tears, Cherokee nation, millwrights, early farm life)

Cherokee, NC

*science (seasons, river ecology, elks, turbines, physics)

Nature's classroom

River ecology & Physics 101

Elk running away from camera

*reading (various exhibits, museums)

"Do not touch or move" creepy mannequin indian man.

*p.e. (hiking, 9 mile bike ride)

Mingus Falls

We also managed to learn some very important life skills.

Life skill #1: Make sure the bike is on good before driving 60 mph down the interstate.
Life skill #2: How to reattach bike with traffic flying by you at 80mph.
Life skill #3 How to get grease off of clothes after reattaching bike
Life skill #4 Stay away from creepy, rotted face bears.

A praying family (Haiti)...

Please join us today as our family prays for Haiti and in particular prays alongside AtaniesHope.org for God's healing touch among the people of Cog Chante.

If your interested in joining us get us out a globe or map and show your kids where Haiti is. Then give them a little info about the area, the people and the commerce of that country. Older kids might prefer getting their info from here.

(On a side note use discernment when reading the information on Operation World. It is a historical fact that Voodoo was the religion most practiced among the people of Haiti, however whether a pact was made with the devil is up to debate. It is not up to us as Christians to make absolute statements about a country or its people. However it is our responsibility to pray for all the nations, including our own, to come to a saving knowledge of Christ.)