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We Almost Missed Seeing the Garden Tomb

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 How does a Christian almost miss seeing the Garden Tomb when they visit Jerusalem?  We were only there for a day. So we made sure it was our first stop. It was December and our familly lived in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. My husband was a teacher at a university, but he was still chasing down all the paperwork for our residency. This meant we had to leave Jordan in order to have new current visas in all our passports.  The cheapest way was to cross the border and visit Jerusalem. Most of us had never been there and so even a day trip there and back was exciting. But without residency we also couldn't have a car. (Most the time no car worked fine for us.) But any trips, meant buddying up with friends or buses and private "taxis".  This time the trip was just our family so we did the research and planned our methods of travel to and from the border. No vehicle would take us across. We had to get there cross on foot and then take a bus. We also knew that we had to...
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My Vibrant Yellow House Turned Into a Homeschool Lesson

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As a homeschool mom, I think there can be a lesson in everything. Much like a writer finds a story everywhere! I'm going to share a lesson and a story from one of my photographs. I LOVE this picture. But my love is very biased because it is the house that we used to own in Sweden.  I LOVE this picture. But my love is very biased because it is the house that we used to own in Sweden.  This is a question that can be tied into Geography: People and Culture and Architecture: Roof Types. Different types of houses are common in different parts of the world. And there are often reasons behind some of the choices. Why might a roof shaped like this be more popular in a northern country like Sweden? Is it the only shape of roof common there? (No, A frame houses and steep roofs are also common.) Where else do you see roof shapes like this? What about the color of the house? Is that a common color where you live? We bought the house while living on the Island of Gotland. That is the large...
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