We’re feeling God calling us now, too. So...here goes...we’re being called to farm. It’s true! What a perfect addition to homeschooling. Does anyone have a jean dress I could use?! Teach me how to put a bun in my hair with a bonnet?! Seriously! Never in my life have I wanted to farm. I never even contemplated it until I married Travis, he’s the farm boy. I told him I would not move to acreage. Travis has traveled often for work and I was the lawn manicurist. No way would I spend days mowing! Now roles are changing. Not only does Travis mow with Taite’s weed-whipping help, but he has read every book possible about organic farming (a Joel Salitan groupie). He has a new plan on how to mow the lawn...with animals!
Are the kids excited about this? Nobody wants to leave our fabulous, huge, lake access, tennis/basketball court, sand volleyball court, wrap-around front porch, best-neighbors-ever home. That being said, Taite is already planning how he’ll make a football field at this new place and how he’ll divide his friends on opposing teams. Calla is trying the latest farm fashions. She’s got all of us wearing our cowboy (or cowgirl) boots and more. She is also reading up on horses. Travis says there is no way we are getting horses, but Calla’s preparing a convincing pro-equestrian argument. Lincoln is excited to find the best hiding spots (I think he’s planning ways to get out of farm work). Parker is excited for animals. If she can hold them that’s a bonus. Then she can play house with them. KC is ready to roam. Is it possible to transition a house dog into a farm dog? We’ll try. I’m excited about planting lots of fruit and nut bushes/trees. I am freaked out about the work it takes to run a farm. Thankfully God has already sent us some farming angels. Our friends, the Backlund’s, have agreed to partner with us. Travis is excited about the whole thing, but, like me, he is committed to his business. Unlike me, his business is a full-time gig and he won’t have much time to farm. The Backlund’s are a key ingredient to this farm.
Seven years ago we moved into our Prior Lake home, we had two kids, sent our kids to public preschool, planned to open a wine store, I was a pharmaceutical sales rep, and Travis was working tirelessly to get an insurance business going. We were set in those ways and would not, could not have written this plan. It is obvious to us how God has beautifully orchestrated our lives for our good and for His purposes. In those moments of fear and anxiety we remind ourselves that His plan is much better than our plan, and that He’ll only give us what we can handle.
It was in that same way He sent Jesus, the Savior of the world. Nobody could have planned it the way it happened, and the people of that time expected something much different. But it was perfect and our family is eternally grateful. We are also grateful for you and will plan to invite you to the new farm...once we know where it is...and once we make sure a house is on the farm. ;-)
Christ’s love to you,
Travis (40 in April!), Kate (29 as always),
Taite (9), Calla (7), Lincoln (5), Parker (4), and KC (14!)
Wilson
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