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I’m so happy you’re here! I’m Cassandra, a Charlotte Mason homeschooling mom of three who writes about all-things homeschooling & motherhood. I especially love to share my favorite resources for cultivating a grace-filled and Christ-centered home and homeschool. I hope that while you’re here, you’ll be encouraged and inspired!

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Nasir Cribs | Before.

Nov 1, 2013

This will be the first of many posts about our house, as I’ll continue to…

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Online from Nasir!

Oct 31, 2013

This week held one big surprise: INTERNET!! The original plan was for us to have…

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Rain Check.

Oct 1, 2013

At this exact moment, 1:34pm (local time), we should have already arrived in Nasir, South…

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Driving in Kampala (or Playing Chicken?)

Sep 23, 2013

In 2011 while I was here, I wrote a post called Driving in Kampala in…

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Uganda Cribs.

Sep 16, 2013

Alright…I finally have Internet that seems to be working well enough to post pictures of…

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AbR: Africa by Radio Continental Convention 2013.

Sep 13, 2013

Since early Tuesday morning, Blaise, Christina, Laura, and I have been in Limuru, Kenya (a…

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New Member of the Nasir Team.

Sep 12, 2013

No, no one has had a baby or gotten married…but we did adopt a puppy! …

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The First 24.

Sep 11, 2013

We arrived in Entebbe at 2:50am Friday, deplaned, waited in the Immigration line, got our…

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Saying Goodbye.

Sep 9, 2013

There we were, my parents, Blaise’s mom, Blaise, and I, all standing at the security…

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If You Think Packing for Vacation is Hard…

Sep 8, 2013

Try packing for two years! I would rather go through ten straight-forward, pack-it-in-the-moving-truck, everything-goes kinds…

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There’s More than Corn in Indiana.

Sep 7, 2013

After our training wrapped up at the end of July, Blaise and I took a…

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The Year We Lived in a Camper.

Jul 25, 2013

For the last year, we called a 33′ fifth wheel camper our home.  It was…

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The Hunt.

Jul 10, 2013

So, we are gathering supplies for Nasir.  Lots of supplies.  Some of you saw my…

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Mi Casa es Tu Casa.

Jul 4, 2013

We are really excited to be sharing this news with you.  Both of our African…

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Packing Mania.

Jun 24, 2013

I’m not sure how everyone does it–moving to another country–but we are very blessed to…

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Field Work: Walking the Neighborhood

Jun 13, 2013

One of the most fun parts of missionary training is our field work.  We are…

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Miscarriage + Loss + Grief

Jun 12, 2013

I read a quote in a book sometime in the last few years, “Our pain…

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Missionary Candidate Training

Jun 11, 2013

As soon as we returned back to Houston from the vision trip, we jumped right…

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