Posts Tagged ‘Christian’

Who Am I?

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Recently I was asked by someone if I would answer some questions for their blog site so I thought I would put up the answers on here too. Hopefully this will give you a better picture of who I actually am.

1. Can you please tell us something about yourself?

My name is Deborah Joy Drapper. I love my name. Deborah Joy means ‘ joyful bee’ and I consider myself to be a happy, hard working, sweet girl, but with a sting in my tail!!

I was born in Essex, the 4th child in a family of 11 children. I have 3 sisters and 7 brothers ranging from 22yrs to 2yrs old. Seven years ago we moved down to Dorset where we live in a farmhouse, over a mile away from the nearest bus stop. We have several pets including 2 goats and 17 hens, so have our own milk and eggs, and I love to get out into the fresh air and help out.

I love pink and my room is full of pink things from my quilt cover and rug, to my fluffy pink pen and note book. I even have a pink tool bag full of pink screwdrivers and hammers!!!

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Home Education

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

People often ask me what it is like to be home educated so I thought I would let you have a peek into my ’school’ day to see what I do.

I have never been to school as a student. When I was little my big sister helped my mum to teach me to read and write using the ACE Curriculum. This is a Christian based curriculum and not only teaches the subjects, but teaches character, and Biblical principles, as well as how to set goals and how to research and study for myself. Now, some days, I help my mum teach my little brothers!!

Deborah Drapper home schoolingI spend my mornings sitting at my desk at my bedroom window that looks out over the fields. I work on my academic subjects there, both written and on the computer.

My favourite subject is science. I am studying Physical Science, Bible and Science, and Creation Science. I am also studying English and Maths and preparing to take the Adult Literacy and Numeracy tests when I am 14. Other subjects I do are Collectivism, Etymology, Speech, West African Agriculture, and Successful Living. Last year I studied Child Development and British Sign Language and hope to start a more in-depth course in sign language soon.

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Fireproof – The Movie

Friday, February 6th, 2009

The movie, “Fireproof,” is just out on DVD in the UK. Here is what the back cover says.fFireproof-dvd

“At work, inside burning buildings, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old fire-fighter’s adage: Never leave you partner behind. At home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules. His job is to rescue others. Now Caleb Holt is ready to face his toughest job ever…rescuing his wife’s heart.”

Fireproof was a really good film. Even though it was made by a group of volunteer Christians it is very professionally filmed with a good script, and enough tension and emotion to hold your attention.

fireproofThe best bit for me was watching the making of, special feature. It was amazing to see these Christians kneeling in prayer daily, and committing their work to the Lord, before they did any filming. None of the actors were their for their own fame or promotion, but were there to share the gospel and save marriages across the world.

I highly recommend you taking a look, and letting your friends know about it too. If you want to watch it as a group in your church you can buy a copy that gives you licence to use and there are Bible study material and books you can get to accompany it.

Thousands of marriages have already been saved. Find out more, read some testimonies or watch the trailer here.

To buy a copy of the DVD from Amazon you can click here.

Hope you enjoy watching the movie,

Deborah