Adventures in MFW ~ Week 7

This week we were still working on John 6:35 "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty." We talked a bit about Elijah and how obedient he was to God. We read 1 Kings 17:8-16 - the story of the woman who fed Elijah even though she and her son were nearly out of food. My girls really have a hard time comprehending "being out of food" since we live such an abundant life, but we talked quite a bit about famine and the difference between being hungry and starving. They were taken aback at the realization that this woman was willing to literally give the last bit of food she had to Elijah. I think that they loved hearing how God took care of them for their obedience though and thought it was amazing that He provided for them for the rest of the famine. God is good!

Continuing with last week's yeast experiment, this week we learned about communion and why we take the bread and drink the wine. We learned about the Feast of Unleavened Bread where Jesus celebrated His last supper with the disciples and how yeast is a symbol of sin. It was interesting to show the girls a piece of regular bread and see that "aha" look in their head as they realized that yeast is like sin because it punches holes in the bread just like sin punches holes in our lives. Very cool.

Our science activity for this week was to make clay. That was a toughie for the girls :)

In social studies we learned the names of the Great Lakes and how Michigan was settled. We ready all about how birch bark canoes were made and how natives and settlers "portaged" the canoes by carrying them from river to river. We even made some canoes out of construction paper.

They were a great addition to our growing Native American village.