Photos
From left to right
1. Lisa and Jesse
2. Mercy (oldest) and Cassandra
3. This is my favorite thing about working
from home . . . time together.
4. Rachel, one of our milker does
5. Pouring candles . . . right at the family
table
6. Shalom, our Great Pyrenees pup
(not for long!)
7. Marc’s woodworking. We hope to add
this new line to the business in the future.
What three things should families
consider before starting a home business?
Lisa’s answer to that question was immediate and emphatic: “Is it His will? Is it His
will? Is it His will? There is a season for
things, and He has a plan for us all. Seek
Him first.”
Among many benefits associated with
running a family business, Lisa and Marc
have experienced the joy and satisfaction
of seeing their children learn, firsthand,
how a business is run. When asked about
challenges they have faced, Lisa explained
that for her, “juggling the business, home
life, homeschooling, and my ‘day-job,’
which I also do from our home office,” was
her biggest challenge. She added, “This
area is so challenging, but so rewarding! I
know that my best days start with my
H eavenly Father, and a plan. In our family,
i t works best for me to be up very early to
tend to my day job work. Once the family
gets up, we move on to the home-school/homestead chores, projects,
H omestead Originals work, and taking
care of our little farm.
“Our schedule is always subject to
change, depending on what our Heavenly
F ather has in mind for us. My husband
works at home too, so later in the morning
I come back to work for a while, when he
is teaching, and that is a great visual for
how it works around here: we all trade off
and work together! We really believe we
are blessed with this lifestyle, and we all
have to work together to make it run
(somewhat) smoothly.”
Although running a home-based business isn’t for everyone, Lisa and Marc
encourage other families who have the
entrepreneurial spirit, especially homeschooling families, to pray about starting a
home-based business. Lisa believes that
prayer is the first and most important step:
“We started in prayer, and without it, we
believe that no matter what we do, the business will fail. Being blessed with a home-based business is a wonderful opportunity.
Although it has its challenges, it provides a
lot of fun and is a great learning experience
for our entire family. It also shows our children how important we think it is for us to
be together—through all things in life.”
Lisa invites you to contact her at
Lisa@HomesteadOriginals.com. She’d
love to talk to you and answer your questions about Homestead Originals.
