Church & Homework

Sunday night was Hope & Maggie's very first time going to church to worship.  They have been going to youth group at church on Wednesdays. But they have not been to "big church" until Sunday night.  I was a nervous wreck.  You see, Hope talks LOUD!  And I was afraid she would just start talking.

Well this week the music was led by the youth. So Tiffani was up there singing. Hope & Maggie LOVE seeing Tiff sing.  And, the songs that we sang this week were songs the youth sing on Wednesday night. So Hope & Maggie were excited because they knew the songs.  They were singing and smiling and swaying back & forth.  It was precious.  Hope was good during the sermon, she even fell asleep on Bill lap.  Maggie was good, but bored.  They were polite to people who said "hello" to them. I think it made Hope & Maggie feel good that people said hello to them.  The highlight of the night???  Seeing the girls praising God.  Maggie was singing and lifting her hands.  Yes, I started to cry!

Sorry, but I did not take a picture of them at church. I so badly wanted to. But I did not.

Every day when the girls get in the van, they tell me "Mama yes homework" or "Mama no homework".  This is their way of telling me if they have homework or not.  If they said "Yes homework" I groan (and they laugh).  If they say "No homework" I cheer and they cheer too.  So we get home and immediately Hope says "Daddy...homework-a".  Yes, Bill is in charge of homework. Because it's math. And I'm clueless and the girls quickly figured that one out. LOL

This is usually where you will find the girls between 4:30-5:00 most nights.  I'm so thankful Bill works from home, because he is able to be home with them to help with homework.

This post-it is her scrap paper

Hope gets upset when Bill helps Maggie and not her

After I showed her what she looked like upset, she laughed

Maggie was excited that she finished her homework. 

The school called again yesterday and also sent us an email.  Here is the email that we received.  I'm so thankful that the school is showing an interest in Hope & Maggie. And wanting to teach the other kids about China.

I am writing to you because I have another service-learning idea that would fully revolve around Maggie and Hope, and I wanted your thoughts and feedback before I proceed.  My idea would involve teaching the student in their wheel group about China and then having the students create three ring binders for Maggie and Hope that included translations as well as phonemic and phonic exercises.  The students could also assemble a power point about China since they are learning about ancient civilizations in geography.

We replied to the teacher saying that we approve and to let us know how we could help.  Then she replied saying she has more great news. She has an 8th grade student who reads & speaks Mandarin and he is willing to help the girls.  Wow!!!!  God is So Good!!!!