¨The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” John 3:8

Friday, October 18, 2013

Revenue

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We have been enjoying beautiful days, the fall season lengthens for a while and the crops are still there, just yesterday we had our first frost on the ridge.  I Wanted to attempt a summary of revenue this season, especially for the next year planning:

June: rhubarb for the co-op $1000
July, August: cucumbers for the co-op $2500
September, October: beets for the co-op $500

The months prior we would be preparing the soils and planting, in between we would do our gardens, and during the fall we would also be harvesting corn and food preserving.

Our animals consist of a milking cow who is  expecting in four months, two horses, one for riding and one for working the fields, three sheep, two pigs, six laying hens, two cats and one dog.
We have hay for them and buy organic grain from the local mill as well as apples, beets and other niceties from the land.

Our family with three children, father and mother, strives to be in love, learning always new ways of living in togetherness, in increasing our dependance in the spirit, in helping one another, and has welcomed special needs children once a week, families that wanted to come closer to this way of living, interns and people going through major life changes.

We could not have done this without the help of our neighbors, and without the spirit which always comes through in our time of need, with other people showing up at just the right time or with friend's helping hands.

It is at this time that I feel the greater thankfulness for what God has given me, the perfect husband for me, with its perfect qualities for this marriage, the perfect children for us, with their special qualities for this family, the perfect house for us, with its special qualities for this living, and all the special people God has sent our way to teach us and love us.

Many thanks to all.

It is at this time, after one year and a half of living in the Amish community that my commitment to this way of life increases, and I will drop the Internet use and other technologies, I hope this have served some of you to live closer to God, yet if not disregard all my writings as Nothing else but sounding cymbals.

If you have any questions you can find me at E15290 Burr Salem Road, Hillsboro WI 54634.

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