As many of you may already know, we have a homestead in Central Virginia, where we typically host our fall camp-outs each year.
Up until this past year, my husband has been mostly going at it alone, working very hard to get the property where it is today. Whereas, I’ve mostly stayed indoors running the household, helping with our business, schooling our children, and squeezing in my Bible studies wherever I can.
Last year, however, I began to get more involved outside, spending time in our garden and managing our excess produce.
And in the doing of those things, in conjunction with the many discussions I’ve had with my husband over the years, I finally caught hold of a vision for the future as it relates to this homestead, the community around us, and even the world at large.
When folks join us for the camp-outs, we generally take a lot of time off during the event to fellowship with everyone, so it’s not always evident how much time and effort we put into this place.
But when folks visit or spend any significant amount of time with us outside of these events, they begin to see we work hard…and a lot: from sun-up to sun-down, six days a week.
My husband was recently accused of being a “workaholic”, which I admittedly have accused him of such in the past, but in reality, there’s a reason for this.
We have a vision for the future.
A week ago I made the following video to share why it is that we do what we do. Give it a listen…
I shared this video with those who attend our weekly Bible Study in the Zoom room this past Saturday, and we discussed how my husband and I see what we call WiggleCulture to be a ministry.
Here’s a recording of that discussion:
What do you think? Can you see homesteading as a ministry? Why or why not?
