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Beginning today, I am going to be teaching a six-week parenting class to the spouses of our Task Force. It is based on the book, “Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours” by Dr. Kevin Leman.
The book is based on a passage in Ephesians
“Children obey your parents; this is the right thing to do because God has placed them in authority over you. Honor your father and mother. This is the first of God’s Ten Commandments that ends with a promise. And this is the promise: that if you honor your father and mother, yours will be a long life, full of blessing.
And now a word to you parents. Don’t keep on scolding and nagging your children, making them angry and resentful. Rather bring them up wiht the loving discipline the Lord himself approves, with suggestions and godly advice.”
Ephesians 6:1-4
I am both very excited and nervous about this opportunity to share my love for parenting with loving discipline and my passion to teach women, especially those in our unit’s families, to be better wives and mothers. So nervous, that I have been sick to my stomach and lost about five pounds this week! But I’m not complaining about that…it’s a great jumpstart to getting to my goal weight beore Keith comes home!
Believe me, I am no where close to a perfect parent, but I have a desire to be better and to continually grow into becoming the parent that God would have me to be.
Also, Keith will be coming home to visit soon after this class ends….it’s a perfect way to keep me busy waiting on him!
I really believe that big things can happen for our families during this time.
I would greatly appreciate your prayers over the next six weeks!
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I am praying for you. You will do GREAT!!!! I know that those women will be blessed by God through you. You are a light to these women, and God has chosen you for this task!
I am so very, very proud of you, sweet sister in law! 
PS…I am also looking forward to seeing my brother!
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Good luck with this! I know you will do a fantastic job!
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I wish I lived on the same continent so I could come take the class from you!! I will pray for you instead! Looking forward to hearing how it goes each week.
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I can’t wait to hear how things went! I know you’ll be an amazing teacher and leader in this class! You are a truly amazing mom and a huge inspiration to me! You rock girl!
We love and miss you guys!!
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I will definitely say some prayers for you – I wish I could be there to take the class – I think I need it. Alena has been crying & whining so much the past two days I think something must be wrong but she says she isn’t ill – but I really am about to lose my mind. I try just talking to her, but she keeps going and I don’t want to lose it – but I have been so close a few times. You will do great!!! (but say a prayer for my sanity).
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Monica,
You did a wonderful job! I look forward to the next five weeks of classes. We are so fortunate that you are willing to share your time and talents with us. Thank you!
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What a wonderful opportunity! My parenting skills have been seriously challenged lately with rambunctious boys. Seriously, I started crying the other day in the B commissary. I had had it! It wasn’t pretty~~~Hopefully nobody I knew saw me
. Ugh.
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