The Solar System

Every once in a while Rebecca brings home a couple of lovely items, such as a stuffed animal, a craft, lip balms, just to name a few. She buys them at the church using the tickets she earned from the AWANA club, Sunday School and Chinese School. She has brought home a few stuffed animals, including squirrel, parrot, penguin, bear, dog, turtle, and tiger. The stuffed squirrel has a long puffy tail that stands upright. It is very cute! She shares everything she buys with Gabby. One day she bought two tubes of lip balms which were exactly what Mommy wanted to buy. She shared them with Mommy.

Last Sunday was Mother’s Day. It was also the last day of Chinese School. The Chinese School Store was open after the closing ceremony. Rebecca spent all her tickets and bought a few items. She bought a life ring buoy for Gabby, a craft package for making a solar system model, and a froggy mobile.

Gabby was very curious to open the craft package for making a solar system model. On the following day after coming home from school Mommy opened the package. They took ball molds and color powders. Gabby took the small mold, and Mommy took the big one. Snapping together two sides of the mold into a ball shape, Mommy and Gabby started to pour the powders into the holes at the top of the molds. They poured in layers of different colors until the powders reached the fill line. Then they added water to the molds and submerged the molds in water for a few minutes. After removed from the water, the molds were opened carefully. The balls were still wet. They let them dry for a few minutes. The balls were soft after dry. They could bounce.

Noticing what was happening, Rebecca stopped reading and joined Mommy and Gabby. She made a big ball. Gabby made another small ball. They made four balls altogether. They put the balls in a ziplog bag to keep them soft.

On the next day Daddy hung the balls on the ring, which was also provided in the package. A solar system model was done! The balls glowed in the dark like stars. Mommy hung the model above Rebecca’s bed. Making the solar system model was fun!

According to the Bible God created the solar system on the fourth day. Praise God for his marvelous creation!

[Genesis 1:1] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

[Genesis 1: 14-19] And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

[Revelation 22: 3- 5] No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.