Teaching for the Future

My Family {before I met my husband}

My story is not very different from most other Christians. I was raised in a Christian home by two wonderful parents who love each other deeply and love the Lord with all their heart. I grew up learning the “stories” in the Bible and had a true “head-knowledge” of who Jesus was and how He saved my life. But it wasn’t until college that I got it (or rather, began to get it).

After graduating college my husband and I began attending the Kanakuk Institute where we spent the first 3 months walking through the Old Testament. If I am being honest, I never really liked the Old Testament. Yes I enjoy the stories, but history has never been my thing. But over the course of those 3 months the history of the Old Testament began to come alive. Now I wish that I had grown up not only learning the stories, but learning the history that went along with it. The stories are SO much more incredible once you know the history. Sadly, the history aspect is just not taught well to young kids.

At the end of the first semester at the Institute we were given a project. We had to cover the entire history of the Old Testament in 30 minutes in front of some of the leaders. This presentation could look like whatever we wanted. Being the visual person that I am, I decided to make a kids book. {And again, being honest- sometimes I think simplifying things into kids terms makes these stories & history much easier to understand… even for adults. I mean, who doesn’t enjoy googly eyes and other 3D visuals and interactive books?}

Going into the presentation I was terrified! But leaving the presentation I was inspired. And now I am currently working on a kids book that teaches a lot of the things that I wish I had learned when I was younger. The book will be broken down into chapters so that your children (and you) will never be overwhelmed with two much information at once. One of my goals for 2013 is to have either self published this book or to have begun the publishing process with a publisher by the end of this year.

Do you have any suggestions for the book? Anything you would like to see in it or learn from it? I would love your input and your help!

Here is a sneak peak from my original project:

{The published book will have better graphics ;) }