Melissa Ferguson is a homeschooling mom and best-selling author who lives in Tennessee in the sweet farmhouse you’ll find at the center of her first children’s book, Our Friendly Farmhouse. In this episode, Melissa shares how God led her comfortable suburban family to take a leap of faith, purchasing a farmhouse in the Appalachian Mountains and embracing homesteading life. Even though God has brought her to places she never expected, Melissa is finding so much joy in the simple, slower-paced life that her family has discovered through homesteading and homeschooling.
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Other Books Mentioned in This Episode
- Jan Brett books like The Mitten, Mossy, The Snowy Nap, and Comet’s Nine Lives
- Tasha Tudor books like A Time to Keep, A is for Annabelle, and The Corgiville Fair
- Building Our House by Jonathan Bean
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If you enjoyed this conversation with Melissa, here are some other episodes of the Homeschool Compass Podcast you might enjoy:
- Episode 50: Nurturing the Inner Life with Tales of Boldness and Faith with Leah Boden
- Episode 43: The Joy of Slow with Leslie Martino
- Episode 34: Preparing for an Uncertain Future through Play with Ginny Yurich
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