Paul’s primary conviction is that Jesus Christ is Lord. That in him God has provided for the salvation of all those who believe, and that he will soon return to bring all things to an end,” is a good general summary, but needs to be more fully laid out.

I use my voice for the singing of the Lord’s coming again. I can share the love of God to people who don’t know who their Savoir is because I can do that to show people that there is one who died for them and took their sins and so then they are forgiven for their sins.

LA and Social Studies have been my two challenging classes online. I got an A on my squirt projects that has been rewarding for me. I have picked up three new hobbies and they are walking, making bracelets and baking kinda. I’m hoping to grow in reading, math, science, and Bible classes over this covid-19 break.

1.  What did you do for the Stephen project (ie. newspaper, comic, etc.)? Rap

2.  What did you do well on the project?  (or what are you proud of and what you want me to look at when I grade it?) I think my grade would be about a 15 out of the total number of how much it was.

3.  How do you think you would feel if you were really observing this event? I would feel really sad that Stephen died for his faith in God.

4.  Re-read Acts 7:57-58. How would you feel towards Saul? I think Saul should have stoped them from stoning stephen for his faith.

5.  What do you think encouraged these early Christians? In other words, why did the early Christians keep up the faith despite the persecution? I know that the died for their faith because the people didn’t want to hear about God so that is why they died

I enjoy singing being in a choir because I am happier when I in that class.  I feel a little happy on the 8th-grade worship team but as comfortable sing with because I have to super high because that was how the song was written. I would prefer singing alto then singing high.  I learned that I need to do my best in school even though I don’t like it all because school is very hard. I also need to open to trying new things even I don’t want to I still have to do it because it is not a choice not to do it. I excited about timberwolf in the spring kinda at the end of the year. I’m also looking forward to track and filed in the spring. Then doing cheerleading in the winter through Holland Christian.

This summer my family and I went to St. Louis to meet my sister Hayley halfway because of her and husband moved to Shreveport Louisiana because they both got jobs down there. Also, I worked at kids rock summer camp this summer and I had so much fun because I got to all my summer friends again because I haven't seen them since last summer. Then I went to hockey rock at my church because that is my last year going there at hockey rock to see people that I have seen in ages. I got to vist my new baby cousin who was born 2 weeks ago and she is so cute she looks a-like her older sister lynn.

When I did the African Union for SS class. I thought the African Union was going to get bored because there was going to a lot of talking but there was many talking during this it all.

I do hold a single story because I was wondering if my birth family is from Africa because I have had many people asked me & my cousin, Abbie if were sister & if were adopted from Africa. I might be missing the story about my past & how my great great great grandparents are from Africa or they lived in the U.S.A. I have been missing that part of life. The danger of a single story is that people might think your one but your the complete opposite of what they thought.

 Memoir

 By: Tessa S. Van Dyke

Hi, my name is Tessa S. Van Dyke in this Memoir  I have written some happy and sad things as well. In this past school year, I have made lots of friends and lost some friends I have lost some friends too. Mrs. Kim Childress who is my counselor at Grace Haven Counselling. She had 2 sons but her older son Jamie died in a flood a long time ago and her best friends daughter died in the flood too.   When I heard that Mrs. Kim Childress my counselor had lost her son it made me very sad, because I have gone through the same because my dog Measha died when we were just coming back for Vacation and the day she died was my friend Kenzie’s birthday. Now every year it is Kenzie’s birthday I cry because my dog was my very best friend. Now that I’m older I get to a little bit more of my birth family. When I was going into 3rd grade I went to see Melissa(who is my mother) and Sheriff (who is my brother) at MSU were my brother goes to college now, then last summer for my 13th birthday  I went to see Janasha (who is my sister) and Melissa again because the last time I saw Janasha was when I was 3 years old and I barely remember that because I was 3 when it happened and when your 3 you can’t remember things well. Also, remember when we first got Meahsa is was a good day for me because I knew what I was going to have a best friend who is a dog and her name was Measha. I am still sad to this day because of the loss of my dog\ best friend.

What is the point of making profession of faith. So we have to be closer to God but aren’t we alright close to God?How do I know when to make professton of faith. 

 My golden calf is tv and bad music because my Cousin Abbie listens to bad music too and she kinda takes after me but I take after her by also listening to bad music. Because Abbie thinks I’m really cool.