CHC Inc. Current Unit:
SPRING 2010 What a wonderful spring we have had this year! We finished the WHITE HORSE Unit this last winter. The horse emphasis of the WHITE HORSE Unit was learning about horse colors and markings,about the color breeds and about breeds that must be a certain color to be registered. The girls learned the difference between a true white horse and a horse that looks white, but is considered a gray. The girls each chose a different horse color breed to do a written report. The girls have memorized 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17 which clearly speaks of the return of Christ, who calls His own to meet Him in the air, known as the rapture of the Church. Since it is quite a long passage, each girl made their own “graphic” scripture page. They have also memorized Revelation 19:11 “I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse whose Rider is called Faithful and True. With justice He judges and makes war.” NIV We studied the end time events and second coming of Christ. We all learned a lot and it is amazing to see many signs of the times already fullfilled!
We have really enjoyed this nice warm spring! We are working on the COMMUNICATION & CUES Unit and are learning about how horses communicate with each other, how we can learn to read their communication and how to communicate to horses. The devotions taught us about how God desires to communicate with the people He created. We briefly discussed the religious system the Lord set up in the Old Testament times and then studied how Jesus opened the way for us to communicate by praying in His name. The girls memorized John 3:16 and John 14:26 “ But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.”NIV Each girl is keeping a prayer journal to record prayer requests and praise reports when their prayers are answered! We’ve studied what prayer is…conversation with the Lord. The girls are also reading the book of John and Numbers. For one of the horse Projects, each girl is learning how to round pen and lunge a horse with purpose –not just to tire him out! Our horses have cooperated nicely with the round penning and lunging exercises. We even used our rescued mustang Dakota, who is still quite nervous around people. Dakota allowed Lesleigh and Mikeala to pet him and Ashley even groomed him, so they all felt a real sense of accomplishment. We plan to make a DVD of some of the things we’ve done in this unit and make it available for viewing on our website.
This is one of my favorite units to teach, it’s a wonderful way to relate our communication with the Lord with our communication with horses. So often we toss our heads and want to go our own way, but the Master truly knows best and turns us back in the right direction! How sensitive are we to His divine directions, do we keep our spiritual ear turned toward Him all the time or are we too busy with what we want to do to pay attention?
This summer we will be working on the IN TRAINING UNIT. This Unit touches on the basic doctrine of the Christian faith; knowing who you are in Christ, what is the sin nature, what is sanctification and more. Then we will learn basic exercises that will improve the strength, balance and endurance of both the horse and rider. We will plan a fun camp out which will give us extra time to “play” with horses! A CHClub is a great way to touch the lives of horse-crazy girls or boys for Christ!
