Save 50% on Henty Classics Library, Plus 3 Books Free!

As I have traveled around New Zealand and in Melbourne recently several people have asked me about good books for boys.  Here is a great set and the free books are fantastic to. You can get a lot of these books at second hand stores, book fairs and garage sales etc.  Or you can get a nice set. If this seems like a huge outlay (it is for me) then why not find a few friends to go in with you to buy a few books. This is what I do and by doing it this way I have been able to collect a few books I have not been able to find at garage sales and book fairs etc.

Save 50% on Henty Classics Library, Plus 3 Books Free!

Henty the Indefatiguable! Best Price in America this Week
on Classic Boys Literature

Dear Friends:

For one week only, Vision Forum is pleased to offer you the best deal in America on one of the most important libraries of classic historical adventure novels in print today — the 20-Vol. Henty Best-Sellers Library!

Two Free Ballantyne Books!

My sons travel with me often. The books one usually finds in my eldest son’s pack include the Bible and a stash of Hentys. As a practical matter, G.A Henty has been a tool of the Lord to cultivate in my sons a ferocious passion for history and to impart to them an amazing retention of the facts of hundreds of key events in history. On dozens, if not hundreds of occasions, the Henty series has afforded me opportunities to engage my teenage sons in rich, meaningful conversations about the greatest events in history, the men behind the events, and the theology which drove those men. Whether the subject was ancient Egypt, the fall of the temple at Jerusalem, the Crusades, or the British colonization of India, the Henty historical fiction novels have been a source of never-ending blessed discussion in our home.

As a home-schooling father, I am deeply grateful for the role Henty has played in the lives of my sons. Henty books are fun, fact-filled, and downright manly. In my view, boys who read Henty are more inclined to love history and to aspire to manliness — two crucial needs in our present generation.

Henty-Inspired Bravery

G.A. Henty helped me survive the campaigns across Europe against Nazi Germany.
—Sgt. Clarence Cluff, Survivor, Juno Beach, D-Day

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Two Boys, One Hundred and Forty Hentys!

Vision Forum staff historian Bill Potter interviewed Sgt. Clarence R.Cluff, a home-schooled boy who grew up to be one of the many heroes to hit the beaches fighting on D-1 during the Second World War. Cluff explained that, when the Germans counterattacked, he thought of the heroes from the many G.A. Henty historical fictions he had read — how cool they remained in combat, and how they never panicked. He knew if he kept his head and used common sense, the enemy could be defeated, even when his unit was outnumbered. With this in mind, he made his platoon construct firing slits in the sandbag defenses rather than just pile them up and shoot over the top. When required to only dig one-foot deep slit trenches, he made his men dig three feet. They complained every time about all the extra work, but they “were still around after the battle and many of their comrades who shot over the sandbags or only dug one foot trenches were no longer there.” His command had the lowest casualty rate in the regiment. He proudly declared: “G.A. Henty helped me survive the campaigns across Europe against Nazi Germany.”

Save 50% on 20-Vol. Henty Best-Sellers Library —
Sale Ends October 20th

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20-Vol. Best-Sellers Collection

Now through October 26th, Vision Forum is pleased to offer the 20-Vol. Henty Classics Library at the best set price in America: 50% off the regular retail price! Purchase the 20-volume set and pay just $220. (Full retail value is $440 — $22 per book.). Additionally, the full 70-Volume G.A. Henty Library is also available at 50% off — only $770.

Offer good only while supplies last, and is not applicable to mail orders. Sets will ship in 10-12 days. Sale ends at midnight (CDT) on October 26th, CST.

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Extra Bonus When You Purchase During This Sale!

As an extra bonus, each purchase of the 20-Vol. Henty Best-Sellers Library, or the full 70-Volume G.A. Henty Library, will receive a free Guide to G. A. Henty, and will also receive two free books in the R.M. Ballantyne Adventure Library — The Gorilla Hunters: A Tale of the Wilds of Africa, and The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean. That’s a $54 value!

Offer good only while supplies last. Sets will ship in 10-12 days. Offer ends at midnight (CDT) on October 26th, CST.

Adelaide Conference with Diana Waring: 19 – 20 October 2009

19 – 20 October 2009

Location

St Wilfred’s Anglican Church
19 Perseverance Road
Tea Tree Gully
For a map and directions please go HERE

Time

Monday 19th October

7:00pm Arrive
7:30 pm Session 1
8:50 pm Supper and shopping
9:30 pm Close

Tuesday 20th October

9:30 am Arrive
10 am Session 1
11:20 am Morning Tea
11:50 Session 2
1:10 Lunch and shopping
2:30 Session 3
3:50 Afternoon Tea and shopping
5pm Q. & A.
6pm Close

HEA Rates

This is a HEA sponsored event.
If you are not a HEA member, day membership fees must be paid for insurance purposes.
Day membership of $6 per person, max $10 per family for the conference is available
OR
Join HEA and quote HEA member number on registration

Conference Rates

Full conference single AU$ 35
Full conference couple / family AU$ 55
One day only single AU$ 25
One day only couple / family AU$ 35

Workshops

Monday
History via the Scenic Route
Tuesday
The indispensible ingredient
Not just your average genius
Actively Engage Learning and Actually Enjoy Learning

Children

There will be NO childminding at this conference.
Children are welcome in the conference BUT they will need to be able to sit quietly or be taken out. The venue here does have a small parents room to the side that allows viewing and audio of what is happening in the church where Diana is speaking.

Lunch and morning and afternoon tea

Please bring a plate to share for afternoon tea. Coffee, tea and water will be provided.
BYO lunch

Coordinator Bernie Meyers

Phone +61 2 4938 8142

If you need to leave a message, please give a land line number

Email: meyersdb@tpg.com.au

303 Dungog Rd
Martins Creek
NSW
2420

Home Education Association Australia

This is a Home Education Association event in Adelaide.

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Melbourne, Australia Friday and Saturday – Don’t miss Diana Waring

You can turn up at the door for this conference tomorrow and register at the conference.
Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to hear Diana over the next two days.
You won’t be disappointed.

Melbourne: 16 – 17 October 2009

Melbourne

16 – 17 October 2009

Location

Suburban Baptist Church
152 – 154 Bellbridge Drive
Hoppers Crossing
For a map and directions please go HERE

Time Friday and Saturday

9am – 10 am Registrations open and book tables
10 am – 11:30 Session 1
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch and book tables
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Session 2
2:00 – 2:30 pm Afternoon tea
2:30 – 4:00 pm Session 3
4:00 – 6:00 pm Book tables

HEA Rates

This is a HEA sponsored event.
If you are not a HEA member, day membership fees must be paid for insurance purposes.
Day membership of $6 per person, max $12 per family for the conference is available
OR

Conference Rates from 1 July 2009

Full conference single AU$ 40
Full conference couple / family AU$ 70
One day only single AU$ 25
One day only couple / family AU$ 45

For more information down load the registration forms.


Workshops

Friday

Saturday

Beyond Survival
Got Teens
History via the scenic route
Not just your average genius
The indispensible ingredient
The well kept secret of a biblical education

Lunch and afternoon tea

Please bring a plate to share for afternoon tea. Coffee, tea and water will be provided.
BYO lunch or make use of the local Werribee Plaza, Milk bar, or Hoppers Crossing mall.

Children

There will be NO child care facilities at this conference.
Breastfeeding babies and youth 12 and over are welcome in the conference

Quiet children are welcome (please make sure that they do not disturb others or Diana)

Coordinator Chareen Rushworth

EmailChareen at livenlearncon@optusnet.com.au

Payments: Please post to

303 Dungog Rd
Martins Creek
NSW
2420

Home Education Association Australia

This is a Home Education Association sponsored event in Melbourne.

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HSLDA: In Memoriam Christopher J. Klicka

From the HSLDA e-lert service

A longtime champion of homeschooling rights around the globe, Home School Legal Defense Association Senior Counsel and Director of State and International Relations Christopher J. Klicka was called home by his Lord on October 12, 2009, at age 48, following a 15-year battle with multiple sclerosis. An attorney, spokesman, lobbyist, and homeschooling husband and father, Chris is survived by his wife, Tracy, their seven children (ages 11–21), and his parents, Ardath and George Klicka.

“Chris was both a people person and a goal person. He cared deeply about people, but was also driven to always do more!” says HSLDA President J. Michael Smith. “He was the most determined person I ever met in my life. Even with all the things he accomplished every day at HSLDA, he continually wanted to tackle new challenges and serve homeschoolers in more and better ways. He was so focused on the homeschooling world, but he was also very much focused on his family and dedicated to raising his children.”

An integral part of Home School Legal Defense Association’s staff for 24 years, Chris was HSLDA’s first full-time employee, first executive director, and first full-time attorney. He believed passionately that homeschooling was the best educational method for children and demonstrated that passion in every area of his life.

Chris and Tracy homeschooled all seven of their children. He traveled across the United States (and around the world) defending families’ right to homeschool and advocating homeschooling. He participated in countless radio interviews on homeschooling issues. He wrote five books on homeschooling, penned numerous articles, and had two more books in progress when he passed away. He lobbied state legislators, U.S. senators, and foreign diplomats to support homeschooling. He sought greater freedom for homeschooling parents and students in every area—from local school districts to sports associations, college admissions departments, and military recruitment requirements. He sought to educate the educators, truant officers, policemen, judges, and even social workers about the benefits and legality of homeschooling.

Even deeper than his passion for homeschooling was his deep love for his Lord. We may never know how many people Chris inspired to homeschool or continue homeschooling, or how many people he inspired to draw near to his Lord.

“Chris’s accomplishments as a lawyer for homeschooling are clear and of value that cannot be overstated. He was one of the most important pioneers of our movement,” says HSLDA Chairman Mike Farris. “He believed that this truly is God’s way to teach children to love God. He believed it deeply. His conviction was infectious. He was a man of single-hearted devotion that I have never, ever seen equaled. The passion that Chris felt for the mission to which God called him never, ever, ever, ever dimmed, even slightly.”

HSLDA deeply appreciates and honors Chris’s life and his dedicated contribution to our organization and to homeschooling. Our staff will miss him more than we can express, and we are praying with and for his family. The homeschooling movement has lost one of its greatest advocates and friends, but Chris leaves an incredible legacy of freedom and awareness of homeschooling to the thousands of homeschooled students whose parents have made The Right Choice.

”I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day-and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.“ II Timothy 4:7-8

”Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life.“ Revelation 2:10

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Chris Klicka has been called Home

Message from Tracy Klicka on her blog at

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/chrisklicka

PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS…

Dear praying friends,

There is a part of me that would have liked to keep this news to ourselves for a little while. Chris’ journey toward home has been very public, which has been a blessing to us through your intercession and words of love and encouragement. Yet, at this moment, while his loss is so fresh, I had hoped to savor his last moments with us and his passing all to ourselves, but such is not the case.

So with great sadness and with a joy that we can barely contain, we announce that our husband/father Chris has gone home to be with the Lord. He slept peacefully last night, though his breathing was shallow and very rapid. Then this morning when the hospice nurse came to check him over, she commented specifically how low his blood pressure had gotten and that with the mottling around his knees and ankles, grayer skin tone and coldness in his face, that he didn’t have much time left with us.

I had been sitting with Chris this morning telling him about Megan and her wedding dress and how kind God was to let all us girls be together when she found it. I told him I had so hoped he could see her in her dress before he went Home, and as I was talking two little tears trickled down his cheeks. I know he would have loved to see her! I know, too, he so wanted to be able to communicate with us at the end. It broke my heart to see his sadness. I imagine, though, too, that his tears were mingled with joy for Megan’s future with Brendan.

After Anna (the hospice nurse) took Chris’ vitals a second time, his blood pressure having dropped some more, she recommended that I get our kids down to see and talk to their dad.

I called them all from whereever they all were around the house, and when the last child came, Bethany announced, “Hey, Dad, we’re all here. We love you!” Chris took one more breath and was gone.

I know to try and describe our sadness–the longing and aching in our hearts right now–would be impossible, so I won’t try. I will share a picture the Lord gave within minutes after Chris’ departure.

I saw him with his old western boots and jeans on (like he used to wear at Grove City College when he would run over to see me at my dorm–he was a senior and I was a freshman when we met there), running at top speed in Heaven. I pictured a huge smile (the one I love best) on his face and fellow saints yelling out greetings of welcome to him, some even asking him to stop and visit with them, and heard his reply, “I’ve got to run for the Lord up here. I’m making up for lost time down on Earth. I’m praising God and have to use my legs to do it. Stop me in about 100 years, and we’ll sit down and have a nice long visit!”

Two days before God brought Chris home the Lord gave me this short verse to encourage me:

“No longer cloaked in frail humanity,
His spirit soars to gain Celestial joys,
Unimpeded by death’s dark night
And free from the weight of sin’s alloys.

My beloved sings! The object of his song
Is the One who bled and died for him,
No sweeter name did e’er he speak
Or treasure in his inner man.”

Thank you, for both grieving AND rejoicing with us, and for your continued prayers for us these next weeks and months!

Looking forward to that day, when we too, shall see our beloved Jesus face to face,
Tracy, for Chris (one last time) and the whole Klickaclan