Years ago I began this blog to keep a journal of our growing family and to keep our extended family members updated on our little adventures. Unfortunately, the reality of having that growing family and our little adventures actually kept me from keeping up with this blog. I have decided to keep the archived posts from years ago because I like to look back, but this is really a new blog with a new purpose.
As many of you know, we feel called to move overseas and teach and serve the beautiful people of Mongolia. Some of you have wanted to know more about this journey than we are able to provide in the occasional facebook post and newsletter. So, this is our attempt to share more.
The topics in this blog will vary, but I expect to talk about what we are learning, what our day-to-day is like right now, our challenges, and what we are rejoicing about. More than anything though, I hope that this blog will share less of our story and focus more on the One who is sending us. We hope to share our little part of HIS story.
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| The West Memorial Elementary crew on their 4th (oops!) day of school. |
This week has been a much-anticipated week in the Abbott household. Monday was the first day of school!
After a very precious season of homeschooling this past fall, we decided that this semester we would have our middle 4 children return to school. This was a very difficult decision; we enjoyed our homeschooling. Unfortunately, it was simply too difficult for me to do anything other than homeschool. Housework and our support-raising tasks continued to fall to the wayside, and we simply needed some of that time back. We also think it will help them transition into their Mongolian school when the time comes.
Part of what made the decision so difficult is that the school they are attending right now is completely new to them. The school they had previously attended was a charter school with a waiting list, so we would not be able to enroll them there this spring. We loved our little charter school; they took good care of our kiddos and the leadership was incredible. Now we are stepping out into the unknown, and this is a little scarier for our kids. New rules, new teachers, new friends; it's a lot of "new' for kids who are already encountering a lot of big life changes.
So, we prayed and we prayed and we prayed. And we sought wise counsel, and we felt peace. Now we continue to pray and trust that the Lord will be with our kids just as we our trusting him to be with us as we follow His call.
