Hey everybody, this is Heidi St. John. Thanks for tuning in today. You have found me at my little corner of the internet.

This is off the bench with Heidi St. John. Today is Monday, April 12th. It's mailbox Monday. Stick around. I hope you guys are doing well on this April day. We are moving our way through springtime. And I told you guys last week, I love it. I love this time of year. I am so excited about what God is doing in your hearts as I'm hearing you get off the

bench and onto the battlefield. It's never been more important than it is right now. A couple of things

before I get into the meet. I'm going to read some of the testimonies that I'm getting in from you

guys about getting off the bench. I absolutely love it. I'm going to be in Meshay. You-hoo, you guys. I'm going to be speaking for M-Shae my first time doing it, and they have actually relocated to Sioux Falls. And so I want you guys to come and hear me. It's going to be fantastic. So if you want to come to M-S-H-E, I will link back to it in the show notes today.

M-A-C-H-E, that is the acronym in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that's happening this weekend.

All right, you guys, I said a couple of weeks ago, I want to hear how you're getting off

the bench. And I am absolutely blown away by the number of you that

have gone to the website and told us how you were doing it. So if you want to tell me how you're getting

off the bench, this is how you do it. Heidistjohn.com forward slash mailbox Monday. And you'll see a form.

And I want you to write in the subject line,

off the bench. I just want to hear what you guys are doing. How is the Lord moving in your life?

Because I think that your experiences emboldened other people to get off the bench also.

So Becky from Reinholds, Pennsylvania, she wrote it and said, this past summer, 2020, we pulled our kids

from the public school system, whoo, root, and we homeschooled our fifth grade son, fourth grade daughter,

and kindergarten daughter. It has not been easy. It is not my cup of tea, and I do not feel qualified.

But my husband and I refuse to mask our children for

seven hours a day and make them social distance from their peers. We are so blessed to be able to

afford a private Christian school and plan to send them to a Christian school in the fall.

Our eyes are wide open to what is happening in our public school system and we refuse to allow our children

to be indoctrinated right under our nose. The pandemic has been a blessing in disguise to get our kids out.

However, we still have a heart for the public schools. We have many friends and family in it. I am

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