Again I am writing on my blog, because it seems that I can't sleep tonight....Anyone who talks to me tomorrow, I will try and not be cranky:( I am mostly going to download so pictures for all to see...
Things and the Brown House has been absolutely crazy...From homeschooling, to baseball, to gymnastics, to field trips, it is a wonder that the house looks as good as it does...Not that I want anyone of you to see right now....Does anyone else find it easy to over commit themselves...Well my friends I can do that as easy as riding a bike...But I keep telling myself, that it is only a season in my life and that it will pass and when it does I will wish to have it back...
Mom and Dad I am anxious to have you home again...It not only the kids that miss you....It seems that you are loved not only by the Grandkids, but I warn you, you all better be ready for some baseball, between Deanne and I you have 5 boys in baseball and all 5 want Grandma and Grandpa to be at their games...I must point out that Deanne has 4 of the 5 and they say that the youngest child is the trouble maker...whatever!!!!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
ILYA
Hello to all my friends...I have been trying to go to sleep since about 10:30 PM ...However the Lord knows that I needed to get this done, perhaps sooner than now, but absolutely no later....
I have sent many of you an email regarding ILYA...I again pray that YOU pray and follow what the Lord has planned for you...As for ILYA, asking for finances in a time of financial crisis seems well ironic!!! I know the Lord will have this boy come over and I know that I am blessed to be apart of the Lord's work on getting him over here...Please be apart as well...
Here is some of the letters that he has sent to MINE and it sounds like his very special friend...
I am asking all who I have sent this to, to please read this letter from a 20 year old boy in the Ukraine...Who could possibly be able to come to the USA and live with my family and work for very good friends ours and make real money for him and his family over the summer...
Please know that I know that our economy is also bad and that finances are tight...At least in my house they are...I ask that you do what is on your heart. I ask that you talk to people that you know that might be able to help this cause...I thank you for even reading this email...Denise
We only need $3,000 for him to get over here...anything helps, if you want to help financially It would be so amazing for this boy!!!
This is a letter that he has written....
I will tell you what was going on in my life all this time. I am studying good. I have almost all A on my subjects. I am still participating in different competitions and conferences. It is interesting to me. I am starting to understand better my future profession and read lots of information about marketing and branding. Now I can do marketing analysis on myself. Did I tell you that I was given a DVD player for good studying, a 10 best students got it, it is good because we didn't have a dvd before. I was working all the time since I came back to Ukraine. Firstly I was working as a customer support representative. One firm needed a man who understands English and can answer the phone calls, write email in English. I worked there for 6 month and I work only at night because when in Ukraine it is night – in US it is day and I talked to customers from the US. I was very tired and quite after 6 month as I was studying during the day and working during the night and had almost no sleep. Later I start working as trade agent, I was a representative of a tea company. I was distributing the production through the stores of my city. For now I am working as a merchandiser. There is a big crisis in Ukraine. Russian has raised gas prices so high that we have to pay much more, 3 times more. Our factories are closing, lots of people are without jobs. The inflation is 30% - it is very high, we don't earn that much and the salaries have decreased 3 times. It is so terrible. My dad is not working now, he had a car accident and has crashed his car and it wasn't insured. He worked as a taxi driver on his own car, now he has no car to work. We don’t have enough money and the banks don’t give loans now. I was thinking that he could find another job then we won’t need a car. Unfortunately he is not too willing to search for another job. My mom and I tell him to go and search but he says that he is too old. He is 57 now. So I think he can still work. He is a man and is not working, even his children are working and a wife because we need money for the family. Oh, I didn’t tell you my mom wanted to divorce with my dad. I was against it because then we had to sell our apartment and somehow buy 2. 1 for the dad and second for us. It was not really possible. My mom is working all day and earns only 70$ a month, she used to earn 200$ but now our government doesn't know what to do, factories are closing. My mom is afraid to lose this job. She is very tired of working and has migraine every other day. My sister is still working so do I. But it is getting more and more difficult for me to work and study. The bad thing is that we are spending more then we earn, we are losing our savings. You see our total income now is 400$ a month and we have to pay 170$ for food and 150$ for the house, and it is not including expenses for transport and others. I don't know what should I do in this case. I was writing to my host family asking for help, they told me that there is also a crisis in US and they will think about how to help me. I am happy that I have won that grant and am studying for free in the university. Lots of student have quite the university because they were not able to pay for it, and the banks couldn’t help. So this is good for me. I will send more pictures. I am still talking to a girl that was an exchange student in Spokane, she went with us to the Grand Canyon trip! She is studying in Kiev and we are talking on a telephone. All right. I think I have described you my life. If you have any question I would be happy to answer. Right now my only hope is to go the US and work there. I need 2800$ for tickets to the US and back + visa and insurance so I think that if I could earn more than that – that would be great. Talk to you later. Bye.
Another letter from ILYA:
I am so excited. I started praying every day, i am reading the bible and am listening the bible on a CD. Now I feel better, I am not as tired as I was before, I can can do more and more now. I just feel energy and a will to do something. I haven't this feeling for a long time. I think I am doing better on my studies. It is just exiting.
ILYA
I have sent many of you an email regarding ILYA...I again pray that YOU pray and follow what the Lord has planned for you...As for ILYA, asking for finances in a time of financial crisis seems well ironic!!! I know the Lord will have this boy come over and I know that I am blessed to be apart of the Lord's work on getting him over here...Please be apart as well...
Here is some of the letters that he has sent to MINE and it sounds like his very special friend...
I am asking all who I have sent this to, to please read this letter from a 20 year old boy in the Ukraine...Who could possibly be able to come to the USA and live with my family and work for very good friends ours and make real money for him and his family over the summer...
Please know that I know that our economy is also bad and that finances are tight...At least in my house they are...I ask that you do what is on your heart. I ask that you talk to people that you know that might be able to help this cause...I thank you for even reading this email...Denise
We only need $3,000 for him to get over here...anything helps, if you want to help financially It would be so amazing for this boy!!!
This is a letter that he has written....
I will tell you what was going on in my life all this time. I am studying good. I have almost all A on my subjects. I am still participating in different competitions and conferences. It is interesting to me. I am starting to understand better my future profession and read lots of information about marketing and branding. Now I can do marketing analysis on myself. Did I tell you that I was given a DVD player for good studying, a 10 best students got it, it is good because we didn't have a dvd before. I was working all the time since I came back to Ukraine. Firstly I was working as a customer support representative. One firm needed a man who understands English and can answer the phone calls, write email in English. I worked there for 6 month and I work only at night because when in Ukraine it is night – in US it is day and I talked to customers from the US. I was very tired and quite after 6 month as I was studying during the day and working during the night and had almost no sleep. Later I start working as trade agent, I was a representative of a tea company. I was distributing the production through the stores of my city. For now I am working as a merchandiser. There is a big crisis in Ukraine. Russian has raised gas prices so high that we have to pay much more, 3 times more. Our factories are closing, lots of people are without jobs. The inflation is 30% - it is very high, we don't earn that much and the salaries have decreased 3 times. It is so terrible. My dad is not working now, he had a car accident and has crashed his car and it wasn't insured. He worked as a taxi driver on his own car, now he has no car to work. We don’t have enough money and the banks don’t give loans now. I was thinking that he could find another job then we won’t need a car. Unfortunately he is not too willing to search for another job. My mom and I tell him to go and search but he says that he is too old. He is 57 now. So I think he can still work. He is a man and is not working, even his children are working and a wife because we need money for the family. Oh, I didn’t tell you my mom wanted to divorce with my dad. I was against it because then we had to sell our apartment and somehow buy 2. 1 for the dad and second for us. It was not really possible. My mom is working all day and earns only 70$ a month, she used to earn 200$ but now our government doesn't know what to do, factories are closing. My mom is afraid to lose this job. She is very tired of working and has migraine every other day. My sister is still working so do I. But it is getting more and more difficult for me to work and study. The bad thing is that we are spending more then we earn, we are losing our savings. You see our total income now is 400$ a month and we have to pay 170$ for food and 150$ for the house, and it is not including expenses for transport and others. I don't know what should I do in this case. I was writing to my host family asking for help, they told me that there is also a crisis in US and they will think about how to help me. I am happy that I have won that grant and am studying for free in the university. Lots of student have quite the university because they were not able to pay for it, and the banks couldn’t help. So this is good for me. I will send more pictures. I am still talking to a girl that was an exchange student in Spokane, she went with us to the Grand Canyon trip! She is studying in Kiev and we are talking on a telephone. All right. I think I have described you my life. If you have any question I would be happy to answer. Right now my only hope is to go the US and work there. I need 2800$ for tickets to the US and back + visa and insurance so I think that if I could earn more than that – that would be great. Talk to you later. Bye.
Another letter from ILYA:
I am so excited. I started praying every day, i am reading the bible and am listening the bible on a CD. Now I feel better, I am not as tired as I was before, I can can do more and more now. I just feel energy and a will to do something. I haven't this feeling for a long time. I think I am doing better on my studies. It is just exiting.
ILYA
Saturday, March 21, 2009
WE LIVE WE LOVE WE FORGIVE AND NEVER GIVE UP!!! FOR THE DAYS WE ARE GIVEN ARE GIFTS FROM ABOVE AND TODAY I REMEMBER TO LIVE AND TO LOVE!!!
Hello my faithful friends that read my blog...So my thoughts are random right now...Have you ever just had so much going on that you can't even really form a thought to get out on paper(in this case blog) so you can process it? It would be nice....I will focus on what really matter right now and what I need to remember always...
I guess I will attempt to explain my title...It is from a song...I am not the brilliant to come up with that...But man does it ever speak to me...We live thank you Jesus, We love....thank you Jesus, We forgive....ummm thank you thank you Jesus!!!! We forgive....thank you is just simply not enough Jesus....And we never give up, thank you for never giving up on me Jesus...The days we are given are gifts from above and today and all the days of my live I remember to LIVE and to LOVE!!!
Well that is all for now my friends...
Brownies are going to bed!!!
I guess I will attempt to explain my title...It is from a song...I am not the brilliant to come up with that...But man does it ever speak to me...We live thank you Jesus, We love....thank you Jesus, We forgive....ummm thank you thank you Jesus!!!! We forgive....thank you is just simply not enough Jesus....And we never give up, thank you for never giving up on me Jesus...The days we are given are gifts from above and today and all the days of my live I remember to LIVE and to LOVE!!!
Well that is all for now my friends...
Brownies are going to bed!!!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Leave the Homeschoolers alone, we are trying to Educate our Children!!!
Hello to All,
OK today I received an email that really upset me...As you know we are a "Homeschooling Family"...and as a Homeschooling Mother lets just say I have opinions....My opinion is it is not the governments: FEDERAL or STATE'S job to educate our children...If you choose to have children it is your job as a parent to make sure your child is educated. If you choose to put your child in a private school or public school so be it. If you choose to "homeschool" your child SO BE IT!!! When did our country start to believe that it is the governments job to teach our children? And who is the government? Supposedly we elect who we want...the problem with that is we get lied to, so we never really know who we elected(well at least I don't)ho do you elect... OK so I am going on a rabbit trail...
I would like to make this clear once and for all. I love that we have public schools....I love that we have the choice to put our children in public schools...I know incredible people who are teachers and students in public schools...There is a place for public schools, private schools, and home schools in our country...We should have the choice and not feel like we need to defend it in the United States of America...I love my country and I thank my country for my freedom and I am in debt to the soldiers that fought and fight for my freedom!!! So let us have our FREEDOM when it comes to how we educate our children...Again another rabbit trail!!!
My problem is when you have the government determining what should be taught to your child, you don't have a say at all in what is being taught, your child being tested whenever "they" feel "they" need to test, AND you pay for it....IT doesn't seem like a Democracy!!! Does it to you? By the way who is "THEY"?
Teachers my hats are off to you, because you care about the children...You are very much needed in society!!! I agree that you don't get paid enough for your job, but it is not the "homeschoolers" fault, try asking your government what they are doing with the tax payers money...YOUR money as well as mine!!!! Sorry again another rabbit trail!!! Back to my thoughts...
When school first got started it was the parents that worked together to make sure that THEIR children were educated...It worked!!! Why is "homeschooling" under attack...I do not understand...If you do please tell me!!!
With that being said, I must also say...I know that whatever happens it is according to HIS purpose...I will trust in the Lord always, and that means my friends even when I do not understand...I will rejoice in the Lord always, because I love Him so!!!
Here is part of the email that was sent to me...that upset me so much to write about it...However I must thank Representative Danna Boe for having the courage to listen to the People's opinions of which she is representing, whether she truly listens or not the Lord only knows....
Dear HSLDA Members and Friends:
We have been receiving calls from Idaho members who have been
contacted by Representative Donna Boe. Rep. Boe told these members
that she is planning to introduce a bill in the Idaho Legislature to
require homeschools to be registered and be annually tested.
She told these members that according to the Idaho Constitution, it is
the state's responsibility to educate the children. She indicated that
she wants to know what homeschoolers think about this proposal.
To help her, homeschoolers may want to email her through the Idaho
legislature website at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6074 or call
her at (208) 332 1038 and let her know whether you would support this
proposed bill. You may want to briefly share with her the benefits of
your homeschooling and your thankfulness for the current freedom you
have to teach your children in Idaho.
Thank you,
Chris Klicka
HSLDA Senior Counsel
I plead with you all to let her know how you feel...It is our right and our duty as Americans...
Well I will write again soon with a bit more of uplifting news! I just needed my thoughts out about this subject, and guess what you all got to hear about it...I am usually not so bold about my opinions, but like I said I am a Homeschooling parent and most of us have a pretty strong opinion on the subject....
Bye for now-Brownies
OK today I received an email that really upset me...As you know we are a "Homeschooling Family"...and as a Homeschooling Mother lets just say I have opinions....My opinion is it is not the governments: FEDERAL or STATE'S job to educate our children...If you choose to have children it is your job as a parent to make sure your child is educated. If you choose to put your child in a private school or public school so be it. If you choose to "homeschool" your child SO BE IT!!! When did our country start to believe that it is the governments job to teach our children? And who is the government? Supposedly we elect who we want...the problem with that is we get lied to, so we never really know who we elected(well at least I don't)ho do you elect... OK so I am going on a rabbit trail...
I would like to make this clear once and for all. I love that we have public schools....I love that we have the choice to put our children in public schools...I know incredible people who are teachers and students in public schools...There is a place for public schools, private schools, and home schools in our country...We should have the choice and not feel like we need to defend it in the United States of America...I love my country and I thank my country for my freedom and I am in debt to the soldiers that fought and fight for my freedom!!! So let us have our FREEDOM when it comes to how we educate our children...Again another rabbit trail!!!
My problem is when you have the government determining what should be taught to your child, you don't have a say at all in what is being taught, your child being tested whenever "they" feel "they" need to test, AND you pay for it....IT doesn't seem like a Democracy!!! Does it to you? By the way who is "THEY"?
Teachers my hats are off to you, because you care about the children...You are very much needed in society!!! I agree that you don't get paid enough for your job, but it is not the "homeschoolers" fault, try asking your government what they are doing with the tax payers money...YOUR money as well as mine!!!! Sorry again another rabbit trail!!! Back to my thoughts...
When school first got started it was the parents that worked together to make sure that THEIR children were educated...It worked!!! Why is "homeschooling" under attack...I do not understand...If you do please tell me!!!
With that being said, I must also say...I know that whatever happens it is according to HIS purpose...I will trust in the Lord always, and that means my friends even when I do not understand...I will rejoice in the Lord always, because I love Him so!!!
Here is part of the email that was sent to me...that upset me so much to write about it...However I must thank Representative Danna Boe for having the courage to listen to the People's opinions of which she is representing, whether she truly listens or not the Lord only knows....
Dear HSLDA Members and Friends:
We have been receiving calls from Idaho members who have been
contacted by Representative Donna Boe. Rep. Boe told these members
that she is planning to introduce a bill in the Idaho Legislature to
require homeschools to be registered and be annually tested.
She told these members that according to the Idaho Constitution, it is
the state's responsibility to educate the children. She indicated that
she wants to know what homeschoolers think about this proposal.
To help her, homeschoolers may want to email her through the Idaho
legislature website at http://www.hslda.org/elink.
her at (208) 332 1038 and let her know whether you would support this
proposed bill. You may want to briefly share with her the benefits of
your homeschooling and your thankfulness for the current freedom you
have to teach your children in Idaho.
Thank you,
Chris Klicka
HSLDA Senior Counsel
I plead with you all to let her know how you feel...It is our right and our duty as Americans...
Well I will write again soon with a bit more of uplifting news! I just needed my thoughts out about this subject, and guess what you all got to hear about it...I am usually not so bold about my opinions, but like I said I am a Homeschooling parent and most of us have a pretty strong opinion on the subject....
Bye for now-Brownies
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