This is Tiana and my volcano. It is a composite volcano with a quiet eruption. In the middle is a two liter that represents the pipe. It is surrounded by play dough that represents the lava and ash that has hardened from past eruptions. Because it is a composite volcano, it alternates eruptions with lava and ash. The las eruption was ash so the outside is black. There is also a side vent. This volcano is like the real volcano, mount Vesuvius. 
Volcano
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God’s Preparation
Q: How has God been preparing you to do work for Him?
A: I think one way that God has been preparing me to do work for Him is by surrounding me with a loving christian community of friends and family. I think that through growing up in a christian family and in a christian school I can learn more about God every day. Although in a way it is a disadvantage to not be able to experience other religions and other people that aren’t the same as us in everyday life, I think that I still have opportunities to experience those things in different ways such as mission trips and other connections with my school and church. A lot of times I take the many blessings for granted. But other times when I realize how much I am blessed it makes me think about how much I could impact the life of someone else by sharing something that I already receive in abundance every day. It makes me think about how crazy it is how much I value earthly things because, even though I already have much more than necessary, I still complain about little things and want more. This makes me exited yet heart broken a the same time. I think that by blessing me with so much God is showing me how earthly things will never be able to fill you, like things that are not earthly like Gods love and the promise of salvation. I think in this way he is preparing me to be able to bless others not only with earthly necessities like food water and a home, but He is preparing me to share His love and the amazing fact that His grace covers all of our sins and the comforting promise of salvation.
Christian Persecution
While working on our PBL I have learned about how much we have. Here in the United States we have religious freedom, that some times we take for granted, but in places like Uzbekistan they don’t. People all around the world are being persecuted for their faith but there are ways that we can help.
Spaghetti Tower
Some thing that went well making our tower was the base. In our drawing we had crosses and they worked well in the model for good support. Something that didn’t go well was that our tower broke and also the top of our tower. We had a completely different design in our picture and the egg nest was in a different spot, but it ended up being ok. My favorite part was watching the earthquake and other peoples earthquakes. My least favorite part was the beginning before we could try things out and see how it worked.
Mystery Story
Chloe Ensing
Mrs. Roskamp
8B, LA
12 February 2016
It was a Tuesday and Mrs. Williams was especially happy because she was looking forward to her special lunch of mountain dew and peanut butter chocolate pie. She was so happy she decided to let the students skip Bible memory for this week which also made the students happy. Also Mrs. Roskamp was drinking her well deserved, because of her run, Pepsi max with a side of chocolate without nuts because she is allergic to peanuts. Everything in 8th grade was going good for everyone except Mr. Devries. He had woken up late so he didn’t even have time to brush his hair and now that he got to school he realized he had forgotten his lunch.
It was a normal morning in 7th grade. Mrs. Zastrow and Mr. Minkus had begun teaching but Mr. Lowe as usual was late, just coming into his class and spending even more time to warm up his coffee, he finally started the morning around 8.
At lunch time all the teachers, except Mr. Devries who went out for lunch with Nicole, went to the teachers lounge to eat. Mr. Lowe was telling his students about how he had already drank 3 mountain dews today when he usually only brings two. Then when Mrs. Will opened the fridge to her surprise, her lunch was gone!!! “Who took my lunch!” she asked the teachers frustrated but trying not to get too angry. The teachers all stared blankly at her and there was no response.
It could not have been Mrs. Roskamp because she is allergic to peanuts and the pie was chocolate peanut butter. It couldn’t have been Mr. Devries because he was teaching all morning and later went out for lunch with nicole. It was Mr. Lowe because he was late in the morning. Also he drank three mountain dews even though he only usually has two because he got one from Mrs. Wills lunch.
Why is it important that we study Christian persecution?
In class we have been and will continue for the next month learning about christian persecution. I think it is important to learn about this because other christians need our help. We can help by praying for them or sending money to organizations that help christians. Also it is important to know how hard it is to be a christian in other place, yet encouraging that so many christians around the world believe so strongly in the same faith that you have.
Ideal Church vs. Early Church
This week in bible we have been learning about the difference between the early church and ideal churches now. Some examples we decided on for an ideal church were things like comfy chairs, good food, and interesting pastors. Some of the things we learned about the early church is that the were very unified, they gave if they had more and if you had less you would receive, they were all equal and they meet every day. Some reflections on this is that our suggestions for an ideal church is more self centered. It was about making the church better for us by using material items and in the end it was no longer much of a church. When the church first started they were very willing to give. If anyone had extra they didn’t keep it for themselves, they used only what they needed so that everyone would have enough. They were also willing to do whatever God wanted for them. They were filled with the Holy Spirit and their decisions were centered around Gods will and the Holy Spirit.
Thoughts about Jesus’ Crucifixion
I think that the seven last phrases that Jesus said can teach us a lot. The two posters I choose to focus on were practice obedience and trust in God. I think that these two phrases go together because to be able to be obedient to God you have to trust that He has the best plan and obeying Him is the right thing to do. Another one of the last phrases that I learned about Jesus threw was desire that forgiveness is given. I think this would have been really hard to desire forgiveness for the people because they were killing her.
God Sightings
This weekend I saw God at my youth group retreat. We went to camp geneva so we were by the lake. We learned about the importance of taking time to be alone with God. One day we were taking some time to be alone with God we were outside and I saw God through His creation of the lake and the fall leaves.
