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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/5/2010 11:24:35 AM Home School Foundation Home School Foundation Report--January/February 2010 |
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Home School Foundation Report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A New Year to Bless Others Friends of the Home School Foundation, With a new year comes new challenges and new opportunities. We are excited about how God is growing the Foundation and what we will see Him do this coming year. Thank you for your continued prayer and support. Even in this time of economic hardship, God is blessing the Foundation and using us to bless more and more families. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Because You Helped We continually receive letters and notes from homeschooling families who have been blessed by our grants. Here are just a few notes from grateful families that testify to the power of your gifts: Thank you! The HSF Scholarship offered me some mental peace concerning the monetary costs of going to Patrick Henry College. I personally did not have enough money saved to assist my parents in financing my first year of college. I knew that HSF was there assisting my family in financing my freshman year at PHC. I am blessed to have the support of HSF. --Zachariah B., Patrick Henry College Members Scholarship A thank you seems so small for the generous gift you gave to our family. Thank you so much for everything! --R. Family, Emergency Relief I just received a check from you that makes it possible for my son to see a Reading Specialist, and I want to thank you for this tremendous blessing! --Holly A., Special Needs Children Fund I give thanks to the Lord for using generous people like you to make homeschooling possible for us since the death of my husband. Every time that we are studying together, we can see the blessing that homeschooling is. I can't stop thanking the Lord for the life of each person that has made possible this blessing in our lives. May the Lord bless you exceedingly! --Marta A., Widows Fund We just wanted to thank you for extending our HSLDA membership via the Home School Foundation while my husband was laid off. It was such a blessing to know that through the generosity of other homeschoolers, we were still able to continue to be legally protected as we taught our 5 children at home! While we were financially unable at the time to renew our membership, we all agreed that as the funds become available in the future, we would like to bless another family in need. The Lord has provided my husband with a job, which he will be starting in December! Thank you again & may God bless your ministry! --H. Family, Members Helping Members Fund ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Patrick Henry College Scholarship for HSLDA Members Accepting Applications The Patrick Henry College Scholarship for HSLDA members rewards academic excellence and exemplary leadership through tuition scholarships to Patrick Henry College http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=7633 , a Christian liberal arts school located in Purcellville, Virginia. We are accepting applications from February 15 through May 14 for the 2010 school year. Eligible students must be full-time freshmen at PHC who are part of an HSLDA member family (who have been members for at least four years), have a high school record of outstanding academic achievement and community service, and need financial assistance. You can find the application on our website http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=7634 . If you are interested in donating to our PHC scholarship, please visit our donation page http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=7635 . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Sweet Deal for Your Valentine This Valentine's Day, bless your sweetheart and needy families by giving Family Favorites from the Homeschool Kitchen. Over 300 low-cost, flavorful recipes make mealtimes sweeter and simpler. And from now until February 14, 2010, receive $2.00 off when you place your order! You can purchase the cookbook for yourself, and/or donate one to a homeschooling widow or single parent the Home School Foundation assists. Order yours today! http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=7636 Note: Orders must be placed by Feb. 10 to receive in time for Valentine's Day. Proceeds from the cookbook will go to the Foundation. So you can discover new dishes, enjoy the delightful stories, and help needy homeschoolers at the same time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Encouragement from a Single Mom: God will see you through Homeschooling widow Stacy Saxton recently shared her story with the Foundation in hopes of encouraging other homeschooling single parents that God will see you through: Looking back, I find it hard to believe that I've been a widowed, single, homeschooling mom for almost 17 years. Only by the grace of God. My husband, Don, was killed in a car accident when our second child was just seven weeks old. I remember trying to wrap my mind around the fact that I was 25, the mother of two, and widowed. Not possible, I thought. But with a busy toddler and a newborn demanding my care, and a wonderful supportive church, I began doing the only thing I could--putting one foot in front of another and walking the path God had placed me on. It had always been Don's and my desire that we home educate our children. So I began right away. When the younger, Timothy, was down for naps, I would play letter games with my toddler Amanda--matching capitals and lower case, practicing phonics. Amanda began reading at 3, Timothy by age 4. But homeschooling was still hard. Even though God provided all we needed, (I was able to stay home for the first 10 years and managed on part-time jobs since then) emotionally, it was still often draining. I could not even begin to guess at the number of days I cried, exhausted. The number of days I prayed, "God, you're their Father. DO SOMETHING!" Many days I thought that I would have to give up, that I could not do a good enough job, especially teaching my son. I did not know any other single-parent homeschoolers. I thought I was the only one crazy enough to attempt it. But the rewards of His faithfulness! Both my children are walking with the Lord. Having been sheltered during those formative years and shown "a more excellent way" by a loving church family, they are not struggling with the immaturity and poor choices so many other children from single parent homes struggle with. This year will be my last year as a homeschooling mother. Surprisingly, it is proving to be the most difficult one, both financially and emotionally. Often (daily?) I cry, often I beg women at the church to pray for me, and often I sense my faithful God reminding me that He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. My fellow single moms, if I could tell you one thing I would say this: It's OK to cry. It's even OK to cry in front of your children. Psalm 56:3 says, "When I am afraid I will trust in You." Hard times will happen. But God "is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think." In Him is victory! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HSF on Facebook The Home School Foundation is on Facebook. 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