The Year of Miss Agnes is about children in Alaska part of one big classroom who didn’t have a teacher until Miss Agnes came.

When Miss Agnes came the children thought that she wouldn’t like the smell of fish and leave. Miss Agnes said she couldn’t smell fish because she didn’t want the children to feel bad. The children started to like her.

She also took away all the old books in the school and brought new books. She also bought new pencils and made new books for them. She taught the children how to properly draw “o”‘s so they don’t look like a six.

The children loved Miss Agnes.

At the end, Miss Agnes had to go away. Teachers came to the school for only one year. The children were very, very sad. But Miss Agnes came back because she loved the children!

The End

The Rag Doll

There once was a girl named Emily. Emily went to her Auntie’s house. She saw her favorite thing. A rag doll in a pram. She went to the garden with the pram and rag doll. And when it was time to go, she didn’t want to leave the rag doll! And so when they got home, her Auntie had taught her mom how to sew. So her mother gave her a present. And inside the present was her very own rag doll (but no pram)!

The End

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!