Preparing & Res to Ref- Unit 19

PREPARING HEART FOR HIS GLORY

Although we had a few distractions with the beautiful snow in our area, we were able to press on through Unit 19!   Our week continued with Grandpas Box and we learned about the story of Lazarus. The kids learned that Jesus did not go immediately to Lazarus even though he knew he would die.

We learned that Mary and Martha might have been upset with Jesus for not coming immediately.  We learned Jesus wept with Mary and Martha.  After 4 days he raised Lazarus from the dead. 

We learned that in preparation of the body for burial, a perfume made of spices was used.  

We made our very own perfume like they used long ago with rubbing alcohol, and some random spices that I had up in the cabinet.  We combined the spices into 3/4 cup alcohol and left it sit for a week. We added quite a bit of cinnamon and so that was what it mostly smelled like. It definitely looked pretty gross all week sitting on the counter but, when we opened it and placed it on our wrists it smelled of a beautiful and warm cinnamon. We learned that perfumes and colognes are made in a similar way today.  The kids thought this was so neat. 

This week we also were blessed with the reading of the death and resurrection of Jesus.  We learned the events of the day of his death.  We made a timeline clock for the events. 

The kids wrote out the events on their clock. 

We covered it with a partial circle to only show the time.  This project was a bit time consuming with the writing that went into listing the events and honestly, my kids were discouraged. (Especially the younger one.)  However, it was so neat to show them everything that occurred and all that Jesus endured within a short amount of time.

We learned that Jesus chose to die for our sins.  He could've called the angels to save him but, he died in God's perfect timing... just for us.

We read about the resurrection and how it was at the time of the Passover.  Jerusalem - modern day Israel - was filled with people.  We learned that God sent the Holy Spirit to comfort the disciples and to equip them with boldness as they preached to the people.

This was a fantastic and very intense week and it certainly opened up many questions and discussions amongst us all.

Love this cursive and this narration!