I do not say this lightly. I truly believe that God has gifted Carrie in a very special way for such a time as this. The more I think about it, the more I am so very thankful that she has followed God's calling and sacrificed so much to do this for us. She has done for us what many of us have longed for our children's education, but lack the time, the skills, the knowledge, to do it. I feel blessed beyond words that I have the privilege of teaching my children this way. Especially as I perused the book choices for the Geography year today, I was completely humbled. I believe this year of study could be truly life-changing for my daughter. The books are incredible. But, she won't just be reading the books. She will be interacting with them. They will become personal to her. They will become part of her life story. I believe this year will give her a heart for the world and God's people beyond anything that I could have imagined. She already has that burning in her and this year will totally flesh that out. Honestly, as I was looking through the books, I wondered how many of us will have Carrie to blame when our children grow up to leave us and become missionaries!
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As we all know, Carrie has made herself accessible to those on this board in a way that I have not seen other author's do. She takes the time to answer questions in great detail and with much thought. It is obvious that she truly cares about our kids and wants what is best for each one of them individually. That means so much to me! In fact, it was advice from Carrie that totally changed the course I had in mind for our oldest - and I'm so thankful as I KNOW it is the right thing for her.
Carrie loves the Lord and is doing all of this in order to help our kids know Him better, be rooted and grounded in their faith, and to develop a Christian worldview. She continues to write the high school guides to make it not only possible, but enjoyable, and dare I say, easy, to teach our kids in high school.
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