MACHE
 Minnesota Association of Christian Home Educators
Special Needs Website
Welcome

Welcome to the newest website hosted by MACHE.  This site has been specifically designed to meet the needs of Christian parents in Minnesota who are homeschooling or desiring to homeschool their special needs children.

Here are just some of the resources and networking opportunities this site provides to empower you in your role as a homeschooling parent of a special needs child:
"Empowering parents to love homeschooling the special children God has chosen for their homes."
MACHE Contact Info:
P.O. Box 32308
Fridley, MN 55432
763-717-9070
866-717-9070
email:
info@mache.org
web: www.mache.org
n Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):  Answers to questions most commonly asked by parents who are homeschooling special needs children
n Message Board:  Discussion group designed for you to post your questions and/or give wisdom and encouragement to others.  Just click on the button
labeled "join today"
to get started
n Training Events:  Listing of upcoming training events in Minnesota related to special needs topics.
n Helpful Links:  Listing of helpful websites links related to homeschooling with special needs
n Power Boost:  Words of encouragement to boost you on in your calling as a special needs homeschooler.  These short messages will be changed monthly on our front page plus an archive page will store all past posts
Power Boost

Keeping Your Balance
by Peggy Ployhar - MACHE Special Needs Coordinator
  A couple of weeks ago I found my son walking along the top of a fence. To either side of his narrow path, gravity was at the ready to pull him to the ground and away from his goal of getting to the end. What kept him from falling? I would love to have said his balance, but coordination in his case was not an influencing factor. Instead, it was his persistence to finish without falling. So onward he went, step by step, determined to finish and conquer the obstacle gravity had set before him.

  In reflecting on the determined spirit of my son, I am amazed at the parallels his example gives me when I reflect on how personal resolve affects the spiritual life. A.W Tozer writes “...there is…much in the Bible about the place of moral determination in the service of the Lord. ‘Jacob vowed a vow,’ and it was the beginning of a wonderful life with God…Daniel ‘purposed in his heart,’ and God honored his purpose. Jesus set His face like a flint and walked straight toward the cross. Paul ‘determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified’…These are only a few of the many men…of the Bible who have left us a record of the spiritual greatness born out of a will firmly set to do the will of God.”