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After months of prayer and fasting for a new home, God has delivered us to a safe place where we can live, work and worship. So, today we give thanks (thanksgiving) to God for safe travels to our new home in Holland.
Teaching lesson: there wasn’t just one Thanksgiving. In Christianity there is a cycle of prayer and fasting for a solution, when God delivers the solution we then give thanks aka thanksgiving…and we don’t eat turkey at every thanksgiving!
We fear for our lives. King James men know that we are worshiping within our homes and, while we continue to move our worship in different locations, we fear that one day soon, they will find and in prison us.
I have heard that the low countries allow freedom of worship. In the morning, we shall pack our things and be off to Holland. This move is a cross that I must bear, for I know that my home is not of this world, but of Heaven (1).
In this new land, they will not speak English but Dutch. So we must learn their language. Homework for this week, learn where Holland is and basic Dutch greetings:
- Hallo (“HAH low”) – Hello
- Goedemorgen (“KHOO duh MORE khen”) — Good morning
- Dank u wel (“dahnk oo vel”) — Thank you very much
- Alstublieft (“ALST oo bleeft”) — Please or if you please (formal)
- Hoe gaat het? (hoo ghaat het) — How are you?
- Heel goed (hayl ghoot) — Very well
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(1) Hebrews 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
King James men found out that we were worshiping on the Sabbath in my (Wm Bradford) house and were coming to arrest us. We fled to another person from our congregations house and proceeded to worship. We must make plans and be prepared in case we are forced to leave our homeland.
Homework – make a list of things that we want to take with us if we were forced to leave Scrooby from the persecution of King James
Scooby, England 1607, the house of William Bradford. I, William Bradford, will henceforth be your narrator of the trials, tribulations and victories of the Puritan voyage to America.
King James has decreed that everyone in England must attend his church (the Church of England). While we think that the Church of England is fine, it’s not the way that we want to worship God. So we are going to meet at my house on the Sabbath for worship.
Summer is my favorite time of year. The girls have freedom from their otherwise strict schedules, the days are longer and, most importantly, summer learning begins.
This year we were blessed with health during the school year. Sara missed only a few weeks of school during the year so ended the third grade ready for fourth. Sophia had a great year of kindergarten and seems to be ready for first grade.
The last few summers I’ve had to cram to get the girls ready for their next year of school, but this year, we have the luxury of time. We now have the freedom to learn for fun not out of necessity to catch up. So, this year I am adding history to our curriculum.
This summer we are going to experience the life of the Pilgrims (Separatist Puritans) and their journey to America. We have 8 weeks to role-play the decisions, obstacles and victories of the Puritans as they left their homes in Scrooby, England through establishment their settlement in Plymouth. We have books to read, budgets to make and, most importantly, hats to wear.
So now, we’re off to Scrooby, England 1607….
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