Thursday, October 05, 2006

They all passed!

Last night we went to AWANA. It was a busy night for Jef & I. Neither one of us know what we are doing, having never been to AWANA before. It is a learning experience.
For those unfamiliar with AWANA, I'll explain a little. The acronym AWANA comes from the first letters of Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed as taken from 2 Timothy 2:15: “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.” All kids are welcome. When you are new, you are put into an age-appropriate group and they give you a gate test. This test requires the kids to learn different things, depending on their group. The groups are as follows:
Preschoolers are in “Cubbies”
Kindergarten—2nd graders are in “Sparks”
3rd—6th grade children are in “Truth & Training” (aka T&T)
The T&T group is split - the boys and girls are separate.

Anyways, the boys were busy too. :)
Nicholas passed his Cubbies gate, so he is officially a Cubbie now! Woo Hoo! He gets a cute vest and a Hopper book. Daniel passed his Sparks gate, which means he knows the AWANA pledge, song and motto. :) He also gets a vest to wear! Jonathan passed his T&T gate. He gets a green shirt to wear. It's a little big now, but I am sure he'll grow into it. :) It's exciting to see them doing well.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Jonathan's brain

My oldest is definitely my child. He's inherited my bossiness, which we are learning how to control. :) Jonathan is great. He is very bright and has a great mind. He can pick up on math and science concepts much more quickly than I. That's Jef's contribution. :) But his memory is from me. And does this boy have a great memory!! Oh my! He's been working (just for the past two days) on memorizing Bible verses for AWANA. Here are the verses he has memorized ~
  • Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths. ~ Psalm 25:4
  • For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. ~ Romans 3:23
  • The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? ~ Jeremiah 17:9
  • As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one.". ~ Romans 3:10
  • If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? ~ Psalm 130:3

Jonathan learned the last two just this morning (it didn't take him very long at all). We're going to work on Romans 6:23 and 2 Corinthians 9:15 later today.

God is good!!! He has blessed us with children who yearn for Him & who want to know His word.