Dear ,

We are, with your help, vigorously moving ahead here at the National Home Education Research Institute, while educating and influencing people across the nation and internationally. Please consider the following:

I am grateful that the NBC Today Show obtained information and perspective from us in September on home-based education, and interviewed me for stories they were producing.

I am thankful that Focus on the Family Citizen Magazine came to us for research and insight on education in September, and that they interviewed me for this.

We were glad to be able to help, gratis, a doctoral student, Marc, at the University of South Carolina in October.

I thank God that we got to help, gratis, another graduate student, Kendra, at the University of Southern Indiana to find needed research on homeschooling.

In November, we were able to give research information to a writer at the Herald Dispatch newspaper in Huntington, West Virginia; we are glad for this.

We provided (to a woman named Kathleen) research findings on institutionalized early childhood education and preschool and their lack of long-term benefits so that she could educate lawmakers in a southwest state about it; for this I am thankful.

I am grateful that we were able, last week, to help the leaders of a statewide homeschool organization in the south to analyze and evaluate research and testing information to help homeschool high school students receive fair treatment from universities regarding scholarships.

I am glad and thankful to report that we are in midst of several research projects.

I thank the Lord that CNN News came to us at NHERI for research and perspective on minority groups home educating their children.

And, by the way, you might want to watch this: A source at CNN News told me that two pieces on minorities homeschooling are going to air on CNN on December 3rd and December 10th in the 12:00pm Eastern Time hour on CNN Domestic.

I am thankful for you. For the very fact that you are reading this and perhaps praying for us, or considering how else to keep us doing our work that . . .

·        Executes essential research

·        Presents information from a biblical- and liberty-loving perspective

·        Convert critics

·        Gratifies grandparents

·        Satisfies seekers

·        Convinces courts

Please prayerfully and carefully consider how you personally, or your local or statewide homeschool organization, might help us.

Here is a special thank-you offer. We will send the following two books to anyone who sends a gift of $20 or more to NHERI. Just check the box on the enclosed form and tell us you would like them.

• Men, you could get this for your wife to encourage and bolster her: Peace Within Your Borders: Devotions for Home School Teachers (book by Beth Sharpton, one-of-a-kind)
• Women and men, maybe get this to put on your coffee table or have your children read:Worldwide Guide to Homeschooling: Facts and Stats on the Benefits of Home School(book by Dr. Brian Ray, no other like it)
  

The "NHERI Makeover" is moving along. Please visit, today, www.nheri2010.org  and be sure you are signed up on the e-mail list.

I am very thankful for your prayers, encouraging words, and monetary gifts. I am grateful that God allows us to work together on challenging tasks. You make it possible for us to do the research, educate policymakers and legislators, talk with the media, help parents find homeschool organizations in their state, and much more.

May the Lord of all good gifts richly bless you during this splendid season.

Warmly,

Brian D. Ray, Ph.D.

P.S. Be sure to visit www.nheri2010.org and get on our e-mail list.

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