Yvonne is the homeschooling mother to six sons and four daughters, ranging in age from one to twenty three years. Her beloved husband Jan has been involved with numerous entrepreneurial farming pursuits, besides his full-time job. Yvonne enjoys art, especially drawing and painting, books, country living, and good conversation. From a very young age she has been aware of a heavenly Father, who was watching over her.
By Contributing Writer, Yvonne Harink Yvonne is one of the contributing writers of Three Decades of Fertility. Enter to win a paperback copy July 29-August 4! “From children’s lips you let your praise be sounded, and on this praise a fortress you have founded: our little ones your strength and glory show; through them you [...]
By Contributing Writer, Yvonne Harink This week marks a special milestone for our family, as we celebrate our first wedding. It’s a time to reflect on the nineteen short years that our daughter, Angela, was a guest in our home. When our children leave us to start their own families, it’s a comfort to remember that they always [...]
By Contributing Writer, Yvonne Harink It’s been a long winter for us here in northern Alberta. After more than 6 months of a snow-covered world, we are eagerly watching the soil reappear and thoughts of gardening are sprouting up in our minds. Every year I am a little more excited about getting a chance to turn our little patch [...]
By Contributing Writer, Yvonne “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love”. (1 Corinthians 13:13) Paul has reached the climax and conclusion of his wonderful love sermon. Love - the most powerful force that drives the universe, is always accompanied by other graces. Faith, hope and love are bound together as [...]
By Contributing Writer, Yvonne Harink How easy it is to become anxious about our health. We are faced with a host of different views and opinions about what is best for us, what foods we should eat, what kinds of water to drink, the best exercise program we need, how many hours of sleep we should have, what [...]
By Contributing Writer, Yvonne Harink If you google the word “labor pain” your screen will likely fill up with posts all related to the pain of child-bearing. Images of contractions and the anguish of a woman in travail will likely fill your mind. Yet, as women, we do well to remember the Bible’s teaching that [...]
By Contributing Writer, Yvonne Harink One of the most profound of all the Christmas Songs is Issac Watts triumphant carol: Joy to the World, the LORD has come, Let earth receive her KING! At Christmas we not only celebrate the little babe in the manger; we also celebrate the mighty warrior who conquered evil and [...]
By Contributing Writer, Yvonne Harink Discontent is a sin that is its own punishment and makes men torment themselves; it makes the spirit sad, the body sick, and all the enjoyments sour; it is the heaviness of the heart and the rottenness of the bones. It is a sin that is its own parent. It [...]
By Contributing Writer, Yvonne Harink My daughters love to walk the fence lines around our sheep corals, using them as balance beams. While they think this is quite a feat, their older brother tells them that it’s nothing like walking up on the rafters of the new house he’s building. This led us to a discussion: What [...]
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Joyfully Investing in Younger Siblings’ Education
By Contributing Writer, Stephani Upon graduation I had four younger siblings. Now I have six. Two of my sisters have graduated high school, another sibling is in junior high, and the three youngest are all under the age of 6! You guessed it… my parents will be homeschooling for years to come… Impacting the Next [...]
Homeschooling: The Topic of Conversation
By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford I was driving, rather lost in thought, zoned by the double lines in front of me, when he asked the third question. “But how will they know?” I had probably answered his first two questions with a half-lying, “I don’t know”, the result of not really listening. “How will they [...]
Homeschooling: It’s Never Too Late to Start
By Contributing Writer, Marci Ferrell When Natalie shared that August’s topic would be homeschooling, I had concern as to what I could add or share about this month. Most of the contributors here are seasoned homeschooling parents or have been homeschooled themselves, while my experience is homeschooling one child…and not until he was in eighth grade. [...]
Ten Criteria for Choosing Homeschool Curriculum
By Contributing Writer, Bambi Moore This is the time of year that I’m cleaning out closets, donating or swapping books with other homeschool moms, and also making purchases. As homeschoolers we are blessed to have so many options out there, but what works for one family may not work for another. Also, there are so [...]
Demystifying the Institute for Excellence in Writing
By Natalie Klejwa, Editress of Visionary Womanhood Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) Home educating mothers tend to be overwhelmed by two subjects in particular. Science and writing. OK. Upper level math too. Since I’m not much of a left-brained gal, I won’t be writing any posts about dead animal dissections or the wonders of [...]
By Contributing Writer, Terry Covey There are countless methods, styles, and curricula for successfully teaching our children at home. And I could share some of those differing views, along with the benefits of various approaches, but just as I am prone to do, you might begin to question your own program or feel compelled to [...]
By Contributing Writer, Carmon Friedrich 25 years. We are coming up on that many years of homeschooling our children. Almost a quarter century! That’s not long enough to consider ourselves pioneers in this endeavor, but it does mean we have “seen it all” minus the persecution of the brave folks who forged a path that [...]
Hope in Christ, Not in Curriculum
By Contributing Writer, Molly Evert August is an exhilarating month for me. I always look forward to the start up of our homeschool. By the time August rolls around all the school books have been bought, lesson plans are prepared, and the schedule has been tweaked. Nothing has happened—yet—to ruin my idyllic dreams that this [...]
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