my first "post" sickness outing.
the boys competed in the annual national Bible Bee!
they both did okay. there was a lot less studying going on in our home this summer. we've had a lot going on!
i was really pleased that they both still competed and ultimately, that they were able to hide more of God's Word in their hearts to be used by Him later in their lives.
update: both boys did well on both the written & oral portions. they did not place very high, but we weren't really shooting for that. BUT our good friend Everett (who we started this Bible Bee adventure with 2 years ago) took 1st place in the entire nation!!! we studied together a bit our first year, then last year, he didn't participate. this year, he asked his mom if he could sign up. she let him know that she didn't have a lot of time to devote to helping him, so he would have to study mostly on his own and this 10-year-old boy said that's what he wanted to do! he studied 4-5 hours a day for most of the summer and seeing his devotion, mom joined him part way through. he even got a perfect score for his oral recitation and now he is going to compete at the final bee in nashville, tennessee in november! congratulations everett!
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