Finishing the story “Lion in the Path!” in Stories from Africa.

Sam and Deng were heading to a village on a motorcycle to share with them about Jesus. Suddenly, they spot two full-grown lions on the path. A male and female.

This is how Sophia thinks it will end.

Sam and Deng turn off their motorcycle. Then they go quietly past the lions. The lions notice them, so they turn on the motorcycle and the lions turn to chase them. The lions couldn’t see them so they went back to their den.

Sam and Deng told the village about Jesus.

Thank Grandpa and Grandma for the American Girl trailer and beach hut. I like the map from Leah’s beach hut and I also like the trailer because there is eggs in it and marshmallows in the fire. My sisters, Abigail and Emily, usually fight over it because they like it a lot. I also like it because the beach hut has a swing, a surf board, a computer, and a glass with water and ice in it. It also has a bench.

Thank you so much for giving me these toys,

From Sophia

At Christmas we put a tree up inside the living room. It is an evergreen tree that we decorate with ornaments because we celebrate the day that Jesus Christ was born. The ornaments are balls with sparkles and little lights. We also have stars on there because on Christmas day, Jesus was born, and shepherds were looking after their sheep and they saw a bright star to show that there was a Savior there.

The End

Our busiest day ever was our last day at LaCasa. We started our day by eating breakfast. After breakfast we went to the pool. We practiced swimming and we also did our tricks jumping into the pool. I twirled around and so did Ab. We ate a picnic lunch by the pool.

After swimming we went to play outside by our house. Then we went to go take photos. Then we went to the beach. We played with our sand toys. I was going to go swimming in the lake, but the waves were too strong pushing me back. But only Nathan and Daddy could go. When we were at the beach, we were going home from the beach and I was crying because I didn’t want to go home.

Then we went inside and ate supper. Then we went outside and played. Then we wrote in our journals. Then we went to bed.

That was our busiest day ever!

Once upon a time Pat went to build a house. After he finished building the house, he went inside and a storm blew over Pat’s house. And the house collapsed. Then Pat felt really bad.

So Pat built a brick house. His first house was made out of sand. And another storm blew in and Pat’s house did not fall down!

The End

Rachel the Cat went to the beach one day. She brought her boat and bucket along with her to the beach. She built a sandcastle with a moat around it. She wanted to float the boat in the moat.

But the moat did not have any water!

She realized she could use her bucket and fill it up with water to pour around the sandcastle in th moat.

She went to the water and filled her bucket up.

She happily went back to the castle. She was going so fast and wasn’t looking where she was going and there was an umbrella left on the ground.

She tripped on the umbrella and the bucket…

… fell on her head!

She filled up her bucket with water again and put her boat in it and it floated.

When I grow up, I want to be a mom. I will get married and have seven children. I want to be a mom because I love children. I’m going to teach them, and make them learn Math, and let them learn Spelling, and go the store with them, and take them to InjaNation. When I am a mom, my children will clean up their own messes. If you got it out, you should clean it up.

First, you need some sliced bread, crunchy peanut butter, bananas and a butter knife.

Then, take a slice of bread, take a knife and dip it in the jar of peanut butter and take the knife out and spread the crunchy peanut butter on the bread with the knife.

Next, peel open a banana and slice some of the banana off. Take these pieces and lay it out row by row, four banana pieces on each row, on the slice of bread with the peanut butter.

When you’re done laying out the bananas on the bread, take another slice of bread and place it on top of the sliced bananas.

Now you have a Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich.

Then, eat it.

When you’re done, wash the dishes.

Grandma and Grandpa came for a visit. After dinner, we went to bed. When we woke up, Grandma and Grandpa were still asleep. They sleep downstairs in the basement on the guest bed.

Nathan, Gabe, Abigail, Emily, and Sophia go down to the basement together. We go down the stairs very quietly. When we’re in the guest room, we start jumping on Grandpa! Grandpa says, “Oochie-ba!” Then he falls asleep so we turn on the lights. Then he gets up and we turn off the lights. And then we go upstairs and have some breakfast.

I really like when Grandpa and Grandma come for a visit.

The End

Luke swam. Luke won.

Once upon a time there was a boy named Luke. He lived in Kelowna and he went swimming a lot. The pool had waterslides but they were closed. It also had a River Run.

One day there was a race. Luke raced Joshua, Nathan, Gabe, Abigail, and Emily. They swam around the River Run eight times. Luke swam quickly like a doggy. Luke won because the others weren’t doggy paddling, but they were floating.

Luke won some candy. By the time the others got to the end of the race, Luke was gone with his candy.