Monthly Archives: September 2016

September 30, 2016 · 5:38 pm

The Cat Of Bubastes From Heirloom Audio: My Review

We have had the great privilege of being able to review each of the wonderful productions from Heirloom Audio Productions. We have reviewed the following: The Dragon and The Raven, With Lee In Virginia, In Freedom’s Cause: The Real Story of Wallace and Bruce, Under Drake’s Flag, and Beric the Briton. Heirloom Audio Productions is committed to producing quality audio productionsw of the stories from G. A. Henty, and each one bears the subtitle “The Extraordinary adventures of G. A. Henty” on the cover.

We were especilly excited to receive the latest set!

We have been listening to the newest production from Heirloom Audio Productions called The Cat Of Bubastes.

“The Batman” in particular, was anxiously awaiting the arrival of this one, as he has long had a fascination with learning about Ancient Egypt, an this wonderful production deals with Ancient Egypt!

As reviewers, we received the two CD physical package, along with all of the downloadable bonuses which come with the Family Four-Pack. The following are thebonuses received:

The Cat Of Bubastes MP3 set, which we wil be putting on the kids’ tablts, as wel as on a thumb drive for listening to i the car.
G.A. Henty’s original Cat Of Bubastes E-Book with all new colorful graphics.
The Official Cat Of Bubastes Soundtrack MP3 download, which contains all the original music by Emmy-winning composer John Campbell.
A professionally designed, printable promotion poster (24” x 36”) featuring the star-studded cast of Cat Of Bubastes.
The complete Cat Of Bubastes eStudy Guide and Discussion Starter.
A beautiful, printable copy of the inspirational verse (I Chronicles 17:21) as quoted in The Cat Of Bubastes.
Unlimited access to the Live The Adventure Letter E-Newsletter.
Exclusive video documentary with the cast, crew and actors in the studio.

This is an incredible story, one rich in history from a Christian perspective! Of course, my most effusive comment is going to be about the scoring of the audio drama. I believe scoring can, and often does, make or break a production, and Heirloom Audio Productions has hit it out of the park each and every time!

This story is about the young prince Amuba and his protector/mentor Jethro. They are captured by the Egyptions and made into slaves in the city of Thebes. They are fortunate enough to become the slaves to an Egyption high priest, and Amuba becomes the companion to the priest’s son. Along the way through the story they encounter much intrigue and are trapped by a plot to kill the family of their Egyption friend. They find much to test their loyalty, and they discover the truth of God’s providence and love.

Here is a short video trailor for The Cat Of Bubastes:

I hope you will enjoy this production as much as we have!

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September 21, 2016 · 7:08 pm

The Pray-ers: Book One “Troubles”: My Review

At exactly the right time in my life, i was given the opportunity to read and review the book The Pray-ers/Book 1 Troubles, published by CTM Publishing Atlanta and authored by Mark S. Mirza.

For well over a year now, we have been learning in our Wednesday evening Bible study and prayer meeting about how to be a more effective prayer, and one thing I have definitely learned is that there is never going to be too much to learn on this topic! For that reason, along with the fact that i have always been an avid fiction reader, I was very excited to get a copy of this book.

The author Mark S. Mirza has written over three distinct time periods: Bible era, the 1800’s at the end of and during the post Civil War, and modern era.

He has created fictional demons and angels with names to further the story, and we see how they interact with humans throughout the three separate time periods. One thing I enjoyed, which others may not, is that the novel jumps back and forth between the eras. I like seeing how they end up weaving together, myself. My favorite era, however, has to be the 1800’s in Georgia. The main human character in this era is a traveling preacher convicted by The Lord that this is where he needs to be, even though he is a northerner. His name is Alexander Rich, and he is a friend of a real person in history, Dwight Moody. I also love how he makes very clear that the demons KNOW that in the end they will lose the battle, so all they can really do at any time is to attempt to ruin a believer’s testimony. I like that angels are interacting to strengthen believers, and that the book shows how the main characters ask for help, and deal with temptations and regrets.

There are small footnotes throughout the story giving Biblical references having to do with certain parts of the fictional story, as well as a reference section at the back of the book.

Mr. Mirza has a very strong conviction against giving any respect towards satan or his demons, so he chooses to NOT capitalize their names at all. This is actually not something I had ever given thought to before, but am doing so now.

I will warn you right now that this is not a quick, light work of fiction. It comes in at 372 pages, and although it is a novel, it is also a heavy (though important!) subject. I am dealing personally with a need to pray more, and harder than I have ever had to before, and though I don’t necessarily agree with EVERYTHING in this book, I’m pleased to recommend it to any adult or mature teen who would want to improve their prayer life.

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Help Teaching Pro Subscription . . . My Review

We have found a wonderful resource to add to the education of our children! We were blessed with a one year subscription to the Help Teaching Pro Subscription from HelpTeaching.com.

Having only recently discovered that one of our boys “Mr. Loquacious” MUCH prefers to use worksheets, workbooks and the like along with some online resources, this was a timely blessing. This particular child has always been a reluctant learner, so this awesome site will be great for him!

The Help Teaching Pro subscription is just FILLED with material, enough that I really doubt you could run out within your one year subscription! It has resources from early education through grade 12, and for this review we are concentrating primarily on elementary resources.

There are many categories that you can look through, and they are extremely well-organized so that you can search both by grade level and subject! Here are just a sampling of what is offered:

Early Education

Math

English/Language Arts

Science

Social Studies
Worksheet Makers
Printable Game Makers

And so very much more!

I discovered that we could create word search puzzles, which is a huge seller with “The Batman.” He just loves them, and always has, ever since he learned how to do simple ones years ago.

They are also happy that I can use Help Teach Pro to create crossword puzzles! This is a fun way to work on words they are struggling with.

There is a test room in which you can assign your students to go and do a test, and you can monitor their performance, however, the student will need his or her own email address so that you can send them a link to what you wish them to do. We aren’t using that portion of HelpTeach.com, since my kids are not on email and we don’t really do testing.

There are many lesons your child can view, from linked outside websites. They will generally include a video, questions and answers, and a test. They will find these covering science, language arts and math.

At this time, there are over 550 lessons you can assign. However, rather than doing this I thought about what we were learning at a given time and looked for worksheets, games, and the like that would complement the things we were already learning about. This is a method that seems to work well for our family.

HelpTeaching.com offers a free sign up for those who would like to try it before purchasing. Even with the free membership you will get a lot, but really, at only $24.95 per year I highly recommend the Pro subscription. It can be used for multiple students, and you will receive much more content.

Again, this is an extremely worthwhile subscription, and I feel very blessed to have been able to review it. We will use this quite often over this next year! 🙂

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