Greetings. The following report is written by Wilson. I read Sergeant York and the Great War. This is a very interesting story because it is actually written by York himself, edited by Richard "little Bear" Wheeler. In the beginning of the book York writes of mountain life from education to turkey shooting. It is pretty amusing. He then writes of two wars. World War I of course is one of them, the other is the war he fought against temptation and Satan. This book has some good values; it also gets a person to value his education a little more. The story is not the only thing about the book that is fun, nor the editor's notes, but it is the grammar and odd spelling that gets me! If you read this book you might even get a different view of Christianity and war. It'll also teach you the fact that you don't need to be a whiz in English in order to write a book...but it helps a lot.

I am very sorry I didn't post last week and the week before, but I have reasonably good excuses which I will write about in a little while. I am still working on chapter 10 in Greek but I have been pretty slow on all my subjects, especially on Language. I'm in Biology now and am catching up in Math. The reason why we didn't post two weeks ago is because we had to leave early for a church program. We (Kajsa, Rosie, Mom and I) were fasting for hungry children for 30 hrs. The reason why we didn't post last week was because I went camping for the weekend and the Girls were too lazy ( Kajsa told me to say that). On the 21st this month I will be preaching a sermon and the Youth Group will help. I hope I won't screw things up.

Kajsa: Hi, sorry we did not post for the past three weeks. I read Gianna. This book is about a girl who was aborted but lived. As a result she has cerebral palsy. It talks about how God uses her life and how she dealt with the ups and downs in her life. I have not been very consistent in Latin or Greek. I used to be ahead of Rosie but now she is ahead of me. The snow is almost gone (YEAY) and we are getting chicks. Wilson is growing a mustache. Rachel is sick so I don't think she will be posting.

Rosie: Sorry I didn't post the past weeks. The book I wrote a report on is Walk The World's Rim, by Betty Baker. This book takes pace during the 1500's. It is about three Spaniards and a slave called Esteban on the journey to Mexico City after thier shipwreck at what is now Florida. During their journey to Mexico City an indian boy named Chakoh joins them and becomes fast friends with Esteban. When Chakoh finds out that Esteban is a slave, he feels betrayed. In the end Chakoh learns that Slaves are not dishonourable, but slavery is. This week I read about Aztecs and did some Greek. I did Math and Geography too, and read in Secret of the Andes. I didn't do any Latin.

Hi there. Rachel is sick and so isn't posting. She has spent the past couple of days mostly sleeping. Sorry we haven't posted in a while...I see Wilson caught you up on what's going on up here. I have been reading quite a bit lately...one of the books I read is The Spanish Brothers by Deborah Alcock. It takes place in Spain during the 16th Century Spanish Inquisition following the lives of two brothers who grow up idolizing the father they never knew. Orphan's, the brothers were raised at their father's estate by their mother's maid and a fransciscan monk. From their youth they were captivated by these words scratched into the window in their father's private study,

El Dorado

Yo he trovado.

They promise that some day they will follow in their father's footsteps to the new world and find their father and his El Dorado.

I learned so many things from this book...I don't want to say too much more about it in case you all haven't read it yet. My understanding of the Protestant Reformation was expanded and I saw the Inquisition as never before. It was historical in many points, although not in the instances of the two brother's who were fictional. This is a "Lamplighter Book" very nicely bound, hence it was a bit of a splurge for me. It was well worth it.