Good News About Homeschoolers
My heart is overflowing with gratitude this morning, as I share good news with you. We hear much bad news in the world; today I have three good news stories.
Good News from Cookeville, Tennessee
One hundred seventeen homeschooled students performed “He Is Near: A True Story About Amy Carmichael and the God She Shared in India” five times last week in Cookeville, Tennessee.
The children performed under the direction of a homeschool graduate, our daughter Mary Evelyn Notgrass McCurdy. (Today is her birthday. Happy Birthday, Mary Evelyn). Several homeschool graduates worked backstage, as did dozens of homeschooling mamas and daddies. Each of these actors and actresses performed their hearts out, and they did it to God’s glory.
Watching the children “become” these real people and tell their real story over and over again in practice and in performance after performance had a deep impact on me spiritually. I know it has done and will continue to do the same for other people who experienced it.
Homeschooled children in a family in Texas has followed the Homeschool Dramatic Society for years through their DVDs. Last week the parents made a dream come true for their children, when they brought them to the Saturday afternoon matinee.
Good News from Colonial Williamsburg
My dear friend who works in educational outreach at Colonial Williamsburg told me last week that 6,000 homeschoolers were expected at homeschool week! I am grateful that those families have that wonderful opportunity.
Good News from Kinderhook, New York
I asked a park ranger at the home of Martin Van Buren in Kinderhook, New York, if I could take pictures and told him that I wanted to share the pictures with homeschoolers. He told me that he teaches at a community college and gave me his impressions of homeschooled students. He said they are more mature and that they know how to talk to adults. Way to go, mamas!
Like cold water to a weary soul,
So is good news from a distant land.
Proverbs 25:25