Restoring the Land

Once we have moved to the farm there will be many things to do before we begin producing any product. Among the things is building a barn, a shower house, a chicken coop and a small place for private meetings.
Since our soil is clay we will be bringing in several truck loads of compost and using a walk behind tract or like this to work them together.












We will be using an attachment like this to build raised bed as seen in the next photo.









We hope that our soil will end up looking like this.









As I think about our soil and my life I am struck by how similar they are. My personality was similar to our soil in that it was at times hard and resisted the Holy Spirit. God used several different tools to work me as we will the soil.

We Dreamed it, We Pursued it, God Delivered it

We placed an offer on the 11 acres that is located just north of Stover, MO and the seller accepted our offer. The interesting thing that God has done is take us from looking for a farm close to a large metropolitan area to looking in a more rural area which is close to a very popular lake area. The property we settled on is fairly close to what we began looking for and very close to the price we set a year ago.


The property has a mixture of open and treed land, a pond, a well, a small creek and a small house. That is almost everything we had on our list. It is secluded yet easily accessible.

Here is what has taken place in the last few years. We have become open to the dream God placed in our hearts, we have become debt free, we have trusted as God moved us to the area He wanted us to have the farm in and we have looked at every set-back, road block, closed door and disappointment as the next step to God revealing where He wanted us. We have had the support of our family and friends which we look forward to having down often for visits.

Today I want to encourage you to move forward on the dream God has given you and if you do not know what that is I encourage you to pray about it. It will most likely have something to do with your life experiences and the gifts and talents He has given through them and through His Spirit.

I want to leave you with what I saw in the bathroom at the McDonalds in Versailles, MO. It goes something like this: "Be willing to give up yourself to become what you can be."

Pray about it, Move toward it, Work for it and Let God Deliver it.

11 Acres We are Considering for the Farm

Kat and I walked these 11 acres the other day and really like the feel of this property.

This view looking towards the south.










This view is looking towards the east.














This a view of the house and shed looking directly east.












This is a view from the pond back to the house.



























This an overhead shot of the property. The open land at the top is not part of the property.


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We have not placed an offer on this property yet and are still in the process of praying about it. We feel good about it but we want to be in God's will not ours.

The soil is like most of the land in the Ozarks with a clay rock mixture and we would have to build it up. We have found a local company that does composting and they will deliver dump truck loads to the property for a reasonable fee.

Please pray with us about whether this is where God wants us to establish Restoration Farms.