Recently we kicked off the competitive speech & debate season with a trip to North West Arkansas. This early tournament really pushed our kids to complete and memorize their speeches early! I’m excited to report that both girls broke to finals in a speech category! I had been getting sort of used to hearing Charissa’s name announced in her last two years of competition, but both other girls are still rather young overall. That didn’t stop Brenna from coming in 8th in Apologetics, or Amanda from coming in 2nd for her Monologue. I had thought we might take this year off of competing in Nationals (NITOC), but if they keep up this pace I may change my mind! Please continue to pray for them both, that God will continue to teach them each exactly what they need to learn through these events.
