Dear Moms,

Thank you so much for your sweet spirits and open hearts – it seems you have really become new women over the past few months – that is such a treasure for ANNE and me as we pray for you and care for you so very, very much and have embraced our calling to be TITUS II women in your lives.

The books I recommended are by Dr Ross Campbell and you can find them ALL on this AMAZON link: Amazon/Dr. Ross Campbell

It is good to read the HOW TO REALLY LOVE YOUR TEENAGER for the anger ladder EVEN before you have kids – because you will need it for yourself!!!

Remember that Homeschooling is NOT simply about doing school at home – it is about “teaching your teaching life lessons and values” that will shape the future of our world. It is about building lives.

Your calling is EXTRAORDINARY and you should treat it as such. You do not put young plants out into the elements – you SHELTER them in a greenhouse until they are ABLE to withstand the elements.

Remember that JESUS lived at home until he was fully prepared for his ADULT LIFE MINISTRY – If you are told that you are “sheltering” your children- you can smile and say “YES INDEED I AM!”

Oversee your children’s learning – give them the loving and secure home, tools, time, and understanding to grow into the wonderful people God created them to be.

Don’t take on all the teaching of academic subjects yourself – allow them to learn to love learning and wanting to learn all things.

Don’t get caught up in;

1) curriculum wars

2) activity frenzy

They are a trap and a distraction – spend your time at home as much as possible and let your children have a home life – home sweet home – home is where the heart is.

Let it be relaxed and sweet and if you have anger issues, seriously think about getting counseling. I could never have made it without the friendship and counseling of Dr. Ross Campbell, who is a personal friend of ours and my husband produced the videos for his books.

You MUST operate at a high level every day and cannot afford to be having juvenile anger issues yourself while trying to raise responsible children.

And above all – pray for, respect and reverence your husband and teach your children to do so as well. Let him become the MAN OF GOD he was made to be and don’t get the roles mixed up.

As Zachary told you yesterday – Satan tries to distort things. And BTW, the reason I wanted you to hear him speak to you was NOT because he has all the answers but because it was good for you to see that he could think and speak and be thoughtful – that is the difference that you will make in your children’s lives for them to then grow up and have good family’s.

We must break the cycle of divorce and separation in the Christian world.

Let’s meet once over the summer and we will have a time to talk about academics – since it is certainly an important topic but not MORE important than setting the stage for a solid home and family has been.

We will shoot for a JULY meeting if that works for all – what about July 11?? Let us hear.

God Bless you and please call if you need anything.

Anne and Deborah