We are so thankful that our Mark is still alive. God is so merciful. It could have been so much worse. I think about the book of Job sometimes and draw so much courage from it. Knowing that no matter what the circumstances may be, blessed be the name of the Lord. The Lord has […]
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As you have all learned, my husband, Mark Harrison, had a very freak accident yesterday. One worker was holding the 1.5 inch industrial staple gun in his hand waiting for Mark to put the sheeting up so he could staple it to the frame of the house. The Man was looking the other way as
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Hello fellow homestead keepers… I wanted to share my lasted keeper tip with everyone. I have designed a file that allows me to add my kids specific chores each day. For Mikey, I made the letters big enough for him to see and read, simple words he can sound out. Each day the kids seem
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Blessed be the name of the Lord!!!!! The Lord has chosen to take our cow during the night last night. We still do not know why, the TB was negative so it wasn’t that. If it was the cancer, it sure was aggressive. Mark knew that she was dying last evening, she was laying on
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I have some updates for you all. The Amish ladies came to help me can the 350 pounds of meat yesterday. They knew that I could not do this even with my children’s help. That is what real love is and how community works. We lay down our own plans, our own desires to help
For our cow… We ended up getting the vet out for the second time after another jersey farmer and her husband recommended that we get testing done as to our cows underlying illness that caused the cancer. This is important to find out because it could be a virus that spreads to our other animals
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Yesterday turned into a nightmare for me! It started out great. I had breakfast ready at 5 am for the kids. We had to get school done before 9 am, so we started at 7 am and got through math, english and some bible reading. Fridays are the only days, I will use for half
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We get very cold winters here! It can get well below zero and with wind chills that can bite your skin! The children are excited for the snow. Last evening it snowed so they tried to sled on the hill out back. It was the wet type of snow so it wasn’t ideal, but they
Since many of you have asked about what happened to me or us, I thought I would share our story.In 2006 we moved to Cane Creek (Pleasantville, TN). Mark had a job transfer to middle Tennessee so since we knew about No Greater Joy ministries we decided to visit that area to see if we
We just witnessed our new calf (heifer) being born. The children were all watching as the little creature plopped into our world all wet and slimy. What a great experience for them. I got it all on film so I can add it to our spring version of Homesteading for Beginners. We are so excited
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