Hey Safe Haven Family!
I hope this newsletter finds you well, unlike my family this week. We seem to be having a repeat of whatever terrible plague struck us in November. Lots of coughing and congestion, headache, sore throat, and fatigue. But we will get through this, too. Please pray for us!
The Lord has been answering some of my prayers lately in very specific ways, and I’m so thankful. I can’t share any details because they are prayers I’ve prayed for dear friends. Not my story to tell. But seeing God answer these prayers in miraculous ways has boosted my faith immensely. It feels like everything is about to get better for all of us. God is on the move, and there is a fresh wave of the Spirit. Be on the lookout for answers to prayers that you have been praying for a long time!
Please reply to this email and share answers you are seeing to your prayers. I would love to hear your testimonies.
And share with me any prayer requests so I can help you pray them in.
As we move into February, the season of love❤️, let’s focus on loving each other and receiving the love of God for each one of us personally. Let’s determine to plumb the depths of God’s love for us. “To grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ”. Eph. 3:18
This video helps us to draw closer to God through meditation and visualizing His many characteristics and ways that He loves us. I edited it for Carrie Rebecca Jones who led the meditation. You can find more videos like this at Organic Life by Divine Design on YouTube.
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Have you ever thought about this?
It takes great faith to homeschool.
What do I mean by that? Well, let me share a story about how our faith was refined by fire, and how that has bolstered my faith that I can homeschool through any adverse circumstances and that God will provide everything I need for homeschooling. These are His kids, and God provides for them all that they need when we pray and believe that He will do it.
Here’s what happened:
~ We had lost everything. Homeless and defeated, we found ourselves at my parents’ house. My father reluctantly let us stay, his disappointment palpable. When I say us, I mean my husband, me, and our eight children, including 1-year-old twins. The judgment from others was unbearable.
We turned to God, pleading for direction, but heaven seemed silent. One night, sitting in my childhood bedroom, I felt hopeless. Then came an unexpected call. A man we barely knew invited my husband, Gary, to lunch and delivered a startling message: we were supposed to leave Ohio. I was skeptical. “How?” I asked. The man’s advice was bold: announce our departure and trust God to provide.
Desperation drove us to act. We told everyone we were leaving, set a date, and prayed. Then, the miraculous happened. Money came from unlikely sources, even from those who had judged us. We left Ohio and headed for Arizona, not knowing what the future held.
That step of faith changed everything. Each subsequent challenge strengthened our trust in God.
Homeschooling requires the same kind of faith—believing that you can provide both education and spiritual grounding for your children. And that God will help you with this impossible mission – to provide a better education than any school could give your children. Let me help you develop the faith to homeschool fearlessly, trusting His guidance every step of the way. ~
To sign up for my coaching program go to The Basics of Learning and Homeschooling.
To read more of our story, get my book Refined By Fire on Amazon.
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Infusing Hope, Inspiring Action Gratitude Journal by Janita Pavelka is a very helpful tool for journaling and daily prayer. The entries are short, but they provide all of the benefits of journaling, such as being more relaxed and optimistic, more productive, and more likely to attain your goals of reading God’s Word first thing in the morning and last thing before you go to bed.
If you would like to have the spiral bound version instead of the version on Amazon, get in touch with Janita personally. I prefer that one because it’s easier to write in.
Just reply to this email with “I want Janita’s journal!” and I’ll send you her contact information.
She is also the one who teaches Praise Moves, a biblical alternative to traditional yoga. You can find the website here: www.praisemoves.com.
I would be happy to put you in touch with Janita if any of these things interest you.
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One way to enrich your homeschool is to sign up your kids for online classes on Outschool.com.
You can find my book clubs on Outschool here. And be sure to check out all of the classes on Outschool.com. There are hundreds of them to choose from about any topic you could imagine!
There are lots of Freebie printables for Valentine’s Day available on the internet.
Here are some of my favorites:
Valentine’s Worksheets – and don’t forget to scroll down to check out the multitude of links to other Valentines worksheets and activities from 123Homeschool4me.com.
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I have exciting news for those who like to find teacher-created curriculum at Teachers Pay Teachers.
TPT will be having a sitewide sale Feb 4 and 5. The stores that participate will have everything 20% off. This includes my Safe Haven Homeschooling Store. Everything will be 20% off those two days.
All 3 products for only $7.20!
And check out my most recent products.
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A homeschool mom that I have been mentoring for several years is now mentoring others. You can find her at Your Homeschool Companion. Elisabeth has a heart for homeschoolers who are struggling with homeschooling because they’re trying to do it the school way. She gives lots of tips and ideas for ways to make learning fun and active and as un-school-like as possible. She calls it de-schooling. She has a great Winter Bucket List you can find HERE.
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Thank you for being a part of our Safe Haven Family. I pray that you are encouraged and inspired by the things I share here. I’m here to serve, so if there’s anything you would like to see more of, please let me know. I want to be a beacon to light the way for you to homeschool successfully all the way through high school.
Wishing you love and peace,
Penney Douglas, B. S. in Elem. Ed.
Curriculum I’ve created with a Charlotte Mason twist plus other conventional types of curriculum
E-course I created – The Basics of Learning and Homeschooling
Coaching Course I created – Also called The Basics of Learning and Homeschooling – I take you through the course and do a coaching call with you each month
My shop for homeschool merch, t-shirts, mugs, notebooks, phone covers, and much more!
Changed By Love – My original Blog about Homeschooling, Family, Faith, and Alternative News
My YouTube Channel – Safe Haven Homeschooling Channel – Homeschool Encouragement for Newbies and Burnt-out veterans, Family projects, Relationship Building, and Interviews with Homeschool Experts
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"Oh that God would give every mother a vision of the glory and splendor of the work that is given to her when a babe is placed in her bosom to be nursed and trained! Could she have but one glimpse in to the future of that life as it reaches on into eternity; could she look into its soul to see its possibilities; could she be made to understand her own personal responsibility for the training of this child, for the development of its life, and for its destiny,--she would see that in all God's world there is no other work so noble and so worthy of her best powers, and she would commit to no other's hands the sacred and holy trust given to her." -JR Miller
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