How a waterfall will wash away your troubles and trials

While housesitting in South Carolina, I prayed for insight and wisdom on how I might better place my trust in the Lord and in His timing. Thanks to a loving Heavenly Father who always keeps His promises, inspiration came from the most unlikely of experiences. Salem, South Carolina, and immediate surroundings boast over a hundred waterfalls….

Story Story: The essential part of any journey to success

My events leading up to finishing the book Story Story I awake from a dream I remember not.  I spy the alarm clock: 5:44 am.  “Yikes! It’s time to get Kaelyn to seminary!” I say as I strategically bump Denielle with my hand feigning a stretch.  She doesn’t budge.  My turn to get up. I fetch a…

Faith is like a little seed, if planted it will grow

“But we are only eight verses away,” Neil says excitedly as we were about to conclude our family scripture study.  “We have to finish it!” For the first time as a family, we are about to complete the Book of Mormon, cover to cover.  Yes, we have read many times from the Book of Mormon, but…

The mind of God revealed in a weekend

My current vocabulary is not equipped with the right words to convey my joy of writing to you today.  The Spirit is strong right now, and what I mean by that is I can feel the fruits of the Holy Ghost: kindness, charity, joy, righteousness, peace, a desire to do good works, a desire to…

My purpose-driven blog post and its potential to drive you crazy

Living life with intent by prioritizing those things that matter most “I thought we would have more time to study together,” I commented to Denielle this morning as we exercised by walking the hills of a nearby neighborhood.   “How are we busier now than before this new adventure?” It is an interesting phenomenon that a worldschooling, blogging-podcasting-publishing-business husband…

How a hotdog, bounce house, and a pastor had an eternal impact

This planet is bursting with good people doing good things for good reasons.  They say hi when you walk by.  They share a kind word when you most need it.  They pick up trash in the park.  They pray with you in an Aldis parking lot.  They even offer hotdogs, chips and  cookies to a…

How a cub scout trip to City Hall could change the world

Answer to all life’s problems inspired by the mayor of Papillion “Yes?” asks Mayor Black, pointing to my son Neil. “My dad likes to pick up trash in the park,” Neil says, lowering his hand as he responds to the mayor’s question. “That’s good,” says the mayor. “That means I don’t need to use your money…

A typical day for an untypical worldschooling family

“You should write a post about our schedule as a worldschooling [homeschooling for travelers] family,” Denielle said after breakfast one morning.  Happy wife; happy life. Perhaps, Dear Reader, you very well might be interested in the routine of a family traveling the country — and eventually when finances approve, the world! — and their comings…

Making our worldschooling way of life work

Traveling 7 hours to get a license in a state we may never live in We have been quite busy with arranging for all the “legal stuff” necessary to drive, be insured and vote while traveling the U.S. and beyond as homeless worldschoolers.  Why would this cause us to be so busy?  In order to…

Field Trip Friday: raspberry picking, museums and car karaoke

Dear Reader, Happy Friday!  I am so thankful for you. I appreciate you stopping for a brief visit.  It’s Friday and you know what that means!  Field Trip Friday Time! To take a breather from the daily monotony of world/homeschooling, we take our family of seven on a field trip every Friday and explore the area…