I'm Back!

Yes, I'm back after two whole weeks!

We have been very busy around here, trying to find a trailer to live in (we have some land now!), and this past weekends' Homeschool Conference, as well as just everyday life! [Notice I didn't use the word 'normal' to describe "everyday life" :)]

Well, our Homeschool Conference was amazing! It was a time of wonderful fellowship with old friends, and a few new ones! The guest speaker this year was Voddie Baucham, and he gave several wonderful messages, including a couple on the effects of Feminism on the Culture and the Ministry of Marriage.

By the Way, if you haven't seen Jasmine's recent re-post of Should Young Women Go To College, it is excellent! :) I, for one, can relate to much of what she discusses, as I used to want to be a doctor, against my parent's will. (Up until just a couple of years ago!)

Thankfully, the Lord turned my heart towards home and my father, and set me in a different path! As I look around me at some young ladies I know who went down the college path, I am struck by the grace of our Savior, that I am not in the same places they are, yielding the same fruit!

As some of you know, the commitment to go counter-cultural in the area of "higher education" can be extremely difficult, and it can be a very lonely path, because most young women are more willing to sacrifice God's design for them, rather than face opposition from the world.

For those of you who are on the same path as myself, I know how difficult it can be when it seems that the barrage of questions will never end! But, dear sisters, these questions serve to grow us in His Grace... so every time someone asks you, "So, where are you going to college?" , "Aren't you wasting your brain?" or "But what if (your husband dies, your father dies, etc.)?" take heart, and know you're not the only one answering those questions, and that God is building character in us!

And, after all, it is kind of funny to see how people react when I answer the question, "What are you going to do with your life?" with "Well, I'd really like to be a wife and home-educating mother someday!"

For those of you who would like to learn more about the question, "Should young women go to College?" I would recommend Making Wise Decisions About College,  So Much More, and The Return of the Daughters.