M is for…

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December 31 Solar Eruption by Joel
December 31 Solar Eruption by Joel

This Week’s Memory Verse: M is for…
“May they fear you while the sun endures,
and as long as the moon, throughout all generations!” -Psalm 72:5
Full Moon by Titus
Full Moon by Titus

Hymn of the Week: “Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens, Adore Him” (John H. Willcox)
Shining Stars of Light by Nathan
Shining Stars of Light by Nathan

Praise the Lord! ye heavens, adore Him; Praise Him, angels in the height;
Sun and moon, rejoice before Him, Praise Him, all ye stars of light.
Praise the Lord! for He hath spoken; Worlds His mighty voice obeyed;
Laws, which never shall be broken For their guidance He hath made.

Praise the Lord! for He is glorious; Never shall His promise fail:
God hath made His saints victorious; Sin and death shall not prevail.
Praise the God of our salvation! Hosts on high, His power proclaim;
Heaven, and earth, and all creation, Laud and magnify His name.

Countdown to the New Year…

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Highlights from our break…

10…

A special visit from "Grey Oma and Opa" and Aunt Jennie. So much fun!
A special visit from “Grey Oma and Opa” and Aunt Jennie. So much fun!

9…
Celebrating Ti's 9th Birthday!!!
Celebrating Ti’s 9th Birthday!!!

8…
Titus also got to go on his first night swim with the manta rays (and Dad, of course)
Titus also got to go on his first night swim with the manta rays (and Dad, of course)

7…
Sleeping out on the lanai during the Geminid Meteor showers. We saw tons of shooting stars!
Sleeping out on the lanai during the Geminid Meteor showers. We saw tons of shooting stars!

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Building a "snowman" on the beach!
Building a “snowman” on the beach!

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Having 25 of our neighbors over for pancakes and fun.
Having 25 of our neighbors over for pancakes and fun.

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Caroling for the tourists in Kona Village before the candlelight service at the oldest church in Hawaii
Caroling for the tourists in Kona Village before the candlelight service at the oldest church in Hawaii

3…
Cinnamon rolls on the beach Christmas morning
Cinnamon rolls on the beach Christmas morning

2…
Another special visit, this time from "Black Oma and Opa"
Another special visit, this time from “Black Oma and Opa”

1…
Getting ready for fireworks on our beach New Years Eve. The stock pile grows daily...
Getting ready for fireworks on our beach New Years Eve. The stock pile grows daily…

It’s almost Happy New Year and then it’s back to homeschooling business on the 7th.

On This Day in 1968…

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…the crew of Apollo 8 sent back this Christmas Eve broadcast. Here are Bill Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman reading from Genesis 1.


With all of the technological advances since 1968, the science community, and our country at large, has only managed to get further and further from the truth.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it…
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory…and from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.” John 1:1-18

The babe in the manger was no less than the Creator of it all.