Have all of you heard of Gleaning the Harvest? If not, you should go and check out this wonderful site right now.

This is from the hompage of Gleaning The Harvest -

“Gleaning the Harvest is a ministry founded by Matt & Jacque Dixon, but truly a ministry of the Body of Christ. Here you have the opportunity to be a part of what James calls “pure religion”.

James 1:27
“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”

Through different events over the past several years, we have felt a burden for our dear friends who are living without a husband or father for their children, either through divorce, bad choices or widowhood and still keeping to the Titus 2 admonition to remain a Keeper at Home and home school mom. We also have felt a burden for single moms who wish they could stay home and home school but see no way to do so. We understand that sometimes the burden is so great that moms must go out and get a job, but, as a wife and mom who is staying home, following what we believe to be the LORD’s plan for women, we asked ourselves why it should be different for a single mom. Why can’t we lessen the burden?

In searching Scripture, we find that it is the Body’s responsibility as much as we are able to help these moms remain in the home, being a Keeper at Home and home school mom. The WORD tells us that God’s people are to take up for the fatherless, the widow, and the stranger. (Deuteronomy 24) Though there are several classifications for widow, we do believe we are to help these moms - these children- and save them from a life without mom at home and them in the public school system. Many times, that is the only option these moms see. Through this searching and finding came Gleaning the Harvest as a means to reach out to the community for support.

Please take some time to familiarize yourself with our site. We invite you to catch the vision that we have here at Gleaning the Harvest.”

If you know a single mom or a widow who is struggling to provide for her family, there is a contact and referrals page above the header that you can go to refer people. I encourage you to take a good look at this new site.

Matthew 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
I hope you have enjoyed reading the thoughts and happenings of a fifteen-year-old girl from the country. “You can do all things through CHRIST who strengthens you!” Philippians 4:13

I thought I would post about the 3rd anniversary of the Carnival of Homeschooling that is being hosted at Why Homescool, it’s birth-place. It is the 158th week that the Carnival of Homeschooling has been hosted.

Carnival of Homeschooling: Week 158 - The 3rd Anniversary

You can check out the Carnival for this week by clicking on the link above. There are some great posts in that Carnival, very educational ones too. I sure hope you will! I am sure you will find this Carnival to be very informational, very educational, and very fun to read.

Matthew 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
I hope you have enjoyed reading the thoughts and happenings of a fifteen-year-old girl from the country. “You can do all things through CHRIST who strengthens you!” Philippians 4:13

Dear Rachel

I just wanted to say thank you for all the work you do around here. You are such a blessing to everyone, though you may not realize it or how much, but you are. Thanks for being so reliable and willing to help, even though sometimes I know you really would rather not. You’ve grown up so much over the past year and I’m so thankful for a sister I have can sweet comraderie and fellowship with. This little note doesn’t nearly cut it, but just wanted to say thank you!

Love you lots!

Jocelyn, your sissy

Well, I was looking up some goat milk soap recipes and I found this very interesting list of oils and how they help in a soap. I thought I would share and let you all take a look at it.

Oil Characteristics

• Almond– gives a fairly good lather and is good to condition the skin
• Apricot kernel— this oil does about the same as the almond oil.
• Borage–same as almond
• Canola–same as almond
• Castor oil–same as almond but speeds up trace
• Cocoa butter–Gives a hard bar fairly good lather and is good for skin conditioning and speeds trace slightly
• Coconut oil–Gives a hard bar, good cleansing qualities, fluffy lather, and speeds trace slightly
• Corn oil–Same as almond
• Cottonseed–Fairly good lather
• Hazelnut–Fair lather and good skin conditioning properties
• Hemp seed–same as hazelnut
• Jojoba–same as hazelnut
• Kukui nut–same as hazelnut
• Lanolin–Give a hard bar that has fair lather is fair to good for skin conditioning if not allergic and speeds trace slightly
• Lard–Gives a hard bar that has fairly good lather good for skin and speeds trace slightly
• Macadamia nut–same as hazelnut
• Neem oil–same as hazelnut with healing properties
• Olive–same as hazelnut and gives a fairly hard bar
• Palm Kernel–Give a hard bar with good cleansing properties, fluffy lather and speeds trace slightly
• Palm oil–Give a hard bar with fair lather and speeds trace slightly
• Peanut–fair lather with good skin conditioning
• Safflower–same as hazelnut
• Sesame–same as hazelnut
• Shea butter–Gives a hard bar with fair lather and good skin conditioning and speeds trace slightly
• Soybean–same as hazelnut
• Soybean (Crisco type)–fair lather and skin conditioning
• Sunflower–same as hazelnut
• Tallow–gives hard bar with fair lather and good skin conditioning and speeds trace slightly
• Wheat germ–same as hazelnut

Matthew 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
I hope you have enjoyed reading the thoughts and happenings of a fifteen-year-old girl from the country. “You can do all things through CHRIST who strengthens you!” Philippians 4:13