Impacting the Future

“One generation shall praise Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts…They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness, and shall sing of Your righteousness.”
Psalm 145:4 & 7

“The most important thing one generation can do is to equip the next generation to lead.”
Jeff Myers

From this challenging statement made by Dr. Jeff Myers, who would be one of the Keynote Speakers at this year’s Teaching Parents Association Convention, and the inspiration of the above verses, was born the theme for this year of Adventures In Character (AIC).

In our six months of intense planning and preparation, we saw God amazingly answer some very specific prayer requests and we entered the weekend of AIC knowing that it would be only by His power that our efforts would be successful. From the conversations I’ve had, the e-mails I’ve received and the parents with whom I’ve spoken, I can only declare, “To God be the Glory!” I believe that His name was praised and that many seeds were sown that will bear lasting fruit for years to come.

(Although I hardly took any pictures over the weekend, several others made use of my camera to capture a little bit of what took place. I’m hoping to collect more pictures from others, so if that happens, I’ll try to post some additional pictures. But for now, enjoy just a glimpse into our world of AIC!)


Setting up the entry way on Thursday.


Nathan, the Storyteller for our drama, looks on during the dress rehearsal on Thursday afternoon.


Sir Conley presents his page, Andrake, with a special belt to identify him now as a Squire in the Kingdom.


Miss Tiffany and Miss Cori work hard to organize and distribute all the materials to the teachers who will be working with the children once they arrive.

Following are pictures of some of the teachers and assistants as they prepare for their time with the children. We had a total of 56 young people who invested their time and energy to teach the almost 300 children who attended AIC:


Miss Misty and Miss Chandler


Miss Allison, Mr. Chad, Miss Tori, Miss Faith


Miss Susan, Miss Esther


Mr. Cole, Miss Emma, Miss Hannah


Mr. Lucas, Miss Ashley, Miss Janelle, Miss Jonalee, Mr. Nathanael


Mr. Jarius


Mr. Cade


Miss Laura, Mr. Grant


Mr. Blake


Miss Shawna


Mr. Levi


Miss Jamie


Miss Lisa and Mr. Josh work on getting everything set up and ready for registration.


The children have arrived and the fun has begun! The two days of AIC will be packed full of singing, learning Bible verses, watching the drama, spending time with their team of 15 or so students, and making lots of fun crafts to take home as a memory of the lessons they learned.



Students who spent time with Miss Kayla or Mr. Seth at Veritas Tower got a chance to try on a real knight’s helmet!

One of our primary purposes in starting AIC seven years ago was to provide a way for families to attend the Convention together. We want to be a blessing to the parents and help give children a vision for homeschooling. It is always encouraging to hear from parents afterward and to know that this goal has been met. Here are some of the comments I’ve received this year:

“We have not done this in the past, and I can not begin to tell you how impressed I am. Every time I looked in on the children during the conference, it seemed all was going well, the children were kept busy and everybody was happy! [My boys] were already asking us when they can go back to AIC! I foresee my boys talking about it all year long until the next conference!”

“I want to tell you that AIC was excellent this year. When my 6 year old explained sin to me the other day and said that even taking a 'little piece of candy' was sin, I knew you all had her attention and had actually taught her something. Thank you!!”

“I heard so many comments from moms that they were surprised to see a place for the children and that most conventions don't welcome children. Thank you for your long hours of work to make our convention what it should be - a support for FAMILIES.”

“My nine-year old son commented on how nice it was to be in a place where there were lots of girls, but he didn’t have to worry about looking at them because they were all dressed modestly.”

“Our family used to not be committed to homeschooling through high school, but after my children attended AIC for the first time last year and saw all the high school aged homeschoolers helping and realized what it would ‘look’ like to homeschool through high school, we’ve never thought again about the possibility of not homeschooling all the way through.”

“Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.”
Psalm 145:2

“Coming together to support parents in instilling the principles of God’s Word in the lives of the next generation.”