After today’s lesson I was talking with Reuben, Terry, Edwin and Wati about our inherited sin nature and it’s desire to dominate us as God warned Cain. I asked if, when they resolve to do good, it works for them. They responded with an adamant chorus of “no.” They are convinced of this truth. It sure is easy to explain things that correspond exactly to our experience!
Wife-Brag
After schooling 4, breakfast and lunch from scratch and being outside for 2+ hours participating in our lessons and discussion, Elizabeth served homemade BBQ with homemade sauce and homemade slaw on homemade buns. Sides: homemade fries from local potatoes and homemade pickles from local cucumbers. Then she washed all the dishes dishwasherlessly. And today was normal.
Teaching Update #5
Yesterday, after the lesson about Cain and Abel, Zabet asked Elizabeth and me a question with a heavy heart. She was wondering if there is any forgiveness for a murderer…
Sunday at the River
We stumbled on sewing club (with hand-crank machines) and laundry day on our way to playing in the river and gnawing on sugar cane.
Fireside
Nepson waited by the fire with me for the teenagers to arrive Friday night.
Teaching Update #4
Elizabeth and I met with our “small group” again Friday morning. This week’s main discussion topic was the consequences of Adam and Eve’s sin–their reaction was very unAmerican…
Teaching Update #3
Teaching Update #3 I had a great conversation with a group of men after the lesson this afternoon. It started with one guy (Ruesen) who had shown up for the first time. As we talked, I decided to read Genesis 1 in it’s entirety to him. As I read, men gathered around so that by…
Teaching Update #2
Friday morning Elizabeth and I hosted a “discussion group” around the fire at our Wind-House with coffee and banana bread. We invited some of our closest neighbors/friends to talk about what they had been learning…
Questions
Elizabeth asking some questions after today’s lesson.
Teaching Update #1
We are two days into teaching. The picture above is something we did yesterday to illustrate the difference between oral and written records…