A Day in the Life...

I thought it would be fun for you if I wrote about what a typical week looks like for us. In one week

* David spends 18-25 hours driving a school bus,

*the girls spend approximately 18 hours doing school work, * Melissa spends about 12 hours cooking, and we all spend about 12 hours eating that food, * Rachel and Abby spend more than 10 hours each week reading books, * David spends at least 11 hours in the prayer room worshipping, praying, and studying the Bible, * Melissa spends about 8 hours in the prayer room, * the kids spend 3 hours in the prayer room and 2.5 hours at children’s worship, * Melissa spends 3 hours helping with a Bible study in the local jail, * Coach David and Keenan spend 2 hours at T-ball, * the girls spend 1 hour at a homeschool PE class, * all of us spend about 5 hours a week fellowshipping and serving others at Cornerstone, * the kids spend about 3 hours watching movies, * we spend about 1.5 hours every other week at the library, * Rachel spends 2-3 hours every other week volunteering at the local Equine Humane Center, * David spends at least 4 hours reading to us from the Bible or our latest family novel, * We like to spend 3 hours each week offering a meal and hospitality to someone, * David would like to work another 15 or so hours each week (he is looking for another part-time job since the wood cutting season is finished), and * Rachel, Abby and Keenan spend about 3-4 hours a week preparing for and attending Awana (a Bible club). That’s a lot of hours, but we are managing our busy schedule quite well with God’s help. Of course I didn’t include special days at the park or the time to check email or write letters, or plan for school or do all the chores that make the house clean, or all the hours the boys spend wrestling, swinging swords, coloring, or building with legos etc… We are so thankful for the life God has given us and count it an honor and responsibility to invest our time in eternal things and in our children.