Day 143: Willingness

Daily Sheet: Day 143: Willingness

Family Book: “Grandma and the Pirate”

images.jpeg

Travel: Djibouti; Somalia

“Every Breath” – Gungor

Standard

Day 68: Decisiveness

Daily Sheet: Day 68: Decisiveness

Family Book: “Jump, Frog, Jump!”

Unknown.jpeg

Travel: Uruguay

Song: “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus” – Jadon Lavik

Song: “Just Showed Up for My Own Life” – Sara Groves

Standard

Day 67: Gratitude

Daily Sheet: Day 67: Gratitude

Family Book: “Moonlight on the Amazon”

51dT3miZ-LL._SY382_BO1,204,203,200_

Travel: Brazil

Hymn: It Is Well

Video: “Something Changed” – Sara Groves

Song: “Grace For Me” – Gungor (with Portuguese subtitles)

Listen for and discuss the following lyrics:

“Valleys come and tears are drying.  There are things I don’t yet see.  But I’ll rejoice in spite of hardship.  You’ll watch over me.  Your grace for me is all I need; all I need is here.”

Video: “How Great Thou Art” – The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir  (This takes the Cheesiest Video Cake.  My kids love it, though.)

Standard

Day 66: Diligence

Daily Sheet: Day 66: Diligence

Family Book: “And So They Build”

Unknown

Travel: Cape Verde

Map: First Voyages Around the World (Magellan and Drake)

64899-004-566208AF

Map: Magellan Route Map (from Wikipedia)

600px-Magellan_Elcano_Circumnavigation-en.svg

Song: “I Need Thee Every Hour” – Fernando Ortega

Song: “When the Wild Winds Blow” – Phil Keaggy

 

Standard

Day 65: Responsibility

Daily Sheet: Day 65: Responsibility

Family Book: “The Mysterious Tadpole”

Unknown-1.jpeg

Travel: United Kingdom

Map: Triangular Trade Route

trade_routes

Song: “All That Time” – Fernando Ortega

Song: “Generations” – Sara Groves

Remind me of this with every decision: generations will reap what I sow.

Song: “Hands” – Roo Panes

Standard

Day 29: Thankfulness

FILM FESTIVAL

Daily Sheet: Day 29: Thankfulness

Family Book: “Thank You, God”

Family Book: “A Different Pond”

5118zM9nucL._SX378_BO1,204,203,200_ 51V6yTVpIhL._SX420_BO1,204,203,200_

Travel: Taiwan

Video: Stories of Christian Persecution: Eritrea – The story of Helen Berhane

If you were to wake up tomorrow with only the things you thank God for today, what would you have?

Hymn: “This Is My Father’s World” – Charles Holt tells the story of his grandmother

Video: “Something Changed” – Sara Groves

Song: “Grace For Me” – Gungor (with Portuguese subtitles)

Listen for and discuss the following lyrics:

“Valleys come and tears are drying.  There are things I don’t yet see.  But I’ll rejoice in spite of hardship.  You’ll watch over me.  Your grace for me is all I need; all I need is here.”

Questions:

  • What does it mean to be thankful “in all circumstances”?
  • Is there a difference between thankfulness and gratitude?
Standard