On May 17-19th, my sons and I were able to attend the 22nd FEAST Annual Homeschool & Curriculum Fair for the very first time. Since moving from overseas to the States, going to a convention was very exciting for us all. I have had participated in many conventions on-line, but this was face-to-face time and we definitely enjoyed it.
We made some new friends along the way and met some great guest speakers like:
Lyndsay Lambert, speaker and wife to the President of the
Texas Home School Coalition;
Dave Nutting, with
AOI Alpha Omega Institute;
Joyce Burges is apart of the
Christian Home Educators Fellowship (CHEF) of Louisiana which a Christian organization comprised of Christian home school support groups from around the state;
Norm Wakefield, founder of
Spirit of Elijah Ministries;
Jeremiah Lorrig, HSLDA and
Generation Joshua, plus many more!
I also attended FEAST Support Group Leader's Symposium on the 17th...with guest speaker,
Jen Henriksen. She came in and talked about
Homeschool-Life.com. Homeschool-Life seems like such a fantastic option for homeschool co-ops/groups and especially for Group Leader's sanity! Looking more into it for future purposes. And she had a mini-seminar about being a homeschool leaders and it was just a blessing to be there that day.
Lastly, I met with
Dr. Donna Campbell. She was at the convention and I stand behind her for Texas Senate! My kind of Gal! I wish you all the
BEST Dr. Donna Campbell!
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| Leader's Symposium |
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| Ben in his Survival Corp Program |
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| Ethan at iElect Teen Leadership Training |
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| Group of Homeschool Mommas |
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| Mrs. Lyndsay Lambert and Me - Help! What do I do with my Pre-K? |
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| Dr. Donna Campbell and Me |
We had a wonderful time at the conference, got to meet some new friends, and most of all grab some really good deals on a couple of things. Also, this summer we'll be getting together with a few other homeschool families to complete our requirement of Texas History. We'll be using AOP's Texas State History curriculum. It's going to be a fun summer!!
Take care and Happy Homeschooling!
3 comments:
Hi Jessica,
I was at FEAST too. We are a military homeschooling family here too.
I'm visiting from http://journeying-sue.blogspot.com/
I hope you are getting connected in the local homeschool milieu.
Sue
Thank you Sue for stopping by! I will check out your blog as well. :)
Sue, I am trying to decide the area in which we want to go as far as a homeschool co-op. As of right now, we've been happy within our small group of homeschoolers within our church.
I do plan to connect with a co-op in the NW area because it's closer to our location. ;)
More on that soon!! Thanks!
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts!! Come back soon! Sincerely, Jessica