Teams and Travelers

I have a few teams lining up and some people making trips by themselves.
If you interested at all in making a trip please get in contact with us and I can help you connect with some one if you wish to travel as a group.

Here are dates for groups or individuals that are planning their trip.
from USA Nov 1 2009
from USA Dec 18 2009
from USA Jan ? 2010
from USA July-Aug 2010
from Germany Sept 2010
from USA Oct 2010
from USA 2 trips with dates unknown

Quite often you can find tickets for $700.

I was looking online at our fish that we raise. I found that it can grow over 600 pound and 6 feet long in as little as 6 years. I am not sure we will keep it that long as I think he will put a crimp in our budget. We’ll keep him s long as he eats for free and does not eat the children.

I am pretty happy with our children right now. We in the past tried to do a work project with the kids where they have their garden raise vegetables and sell them to make some spending money. Well back then our dirt was pretty bad almost all clay. It was too much work for them and nothing really grew. Back then they where making more money picking up nails from the construction than they where in the garden.

This year we assigned the animals we have to groups of children they are responsible for the animal and make a share when the animal produces or goes to market.

It was only this last month that the children started saving their money to do something with it rather than spend it on snacks or toys.
They started to buy their own animals to raise and sell. Mostly chickens while one girl bought a pair of ducks. It is fun they are buying their own seed and some have chosen to free graze their animals. One boy spent all his money on chicks but he rode home with them tied up in a black plastic bag. They did not last long one he got them home. So he waited until his next allowance and went out and bought 2 more chicks and handled them a little differently the second time.
During their free time the kids take their birds out and walk them around our property.
It is funny that all our teenage boys have become little mothers.

So in a couple months they will sell their chickens make a profit and do something else, maybe the same or maybe a bigger animal. The children are also requesting to grow gardens again but in a different area.

It is quite exciting for us as it take the burden of how much money to give the children. We give them so little and lots of time they want more. So now they have finally taken the mater into their own hands.
Also most people I speak to are concerned about the children becoming institutionalized, not knowing how to operate in the world once they leave here. So I am happy and kind of confident that they will not be helpless when they leave. They will no doubt have some problems when they leave but not as many as people might think.

Also some of our children who have been learning music have begun to teach others how to play. Really cool for me to see.
It is almost like I could leave today and they would continue doing the work by themselves. Very exciting.