Dear Friends and Family, We are now into our 4th block of the semester. We just finished up Family Relationships, Romans, and 1 & 2 Peter. Romans had been going since the beginning of the school year and is now over. It was very informative and explains very well the inheritance that belongs to Christians. Family Relationships was also really good. It dealt more with being "others centered". Whether as a single or a married, with kids or without, with fellow believers or with the unsaved. 1 & 2 Peter went smoothly as well, but Peter throws a lot of theological things in there, so more independent study will prove beneficial. New classes are Pneumatology (study of the Holy Spirit), Angels/Demons/Satan, and Soteriology (study of Salvation). They have been going really well for the first few days now and we are excited to learn God's plan for His Church more each day. The kids have been falling like domino's to colds. The Academy that Alexis, Alyssa, and Aiden attend actually shut down for 3 days because more that 75% of the school was out due to illness. Delilah and I have had mild head colds but nothing major and little Alton has had the worst of it. All the kids took turns getting a high fever. Alton was second to the last to get it and then he was healthy for about 5 days (or so it seemed) and now he has a very high fever again and croup. So with all that going on Delilah has had quite a bit of time out of the classroom. Prayer requests: Health and perseverance; That God will use these circumstances (although mild) to build our faith and dependence on Him; Even though it is about 2 and 1/2 years early please continue to be in prayer about our support raising. Love in Christ, The Spears
