{"id":15147,"date":"2020-09-29T21:45:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T01:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nche.com\/?p=15147"},"modified":"2021-02-02T14:58:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T19:58:56","slug":"gods-provision-in-building-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es_pr\/gods-provision-in-building-community\/","title":{"rendered":"La provisi\u00f3n de Dios en la edificaci\u00f3n de la comunidad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;]<em><strong>Fall 2020\/ Jaime Goodman<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Corn, beans, squash. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. These plants are the <em>three sisters<\/em> in a traditional Native American style garden. My children and I happened to read about this type of garden, also known as a <em>milpa<\/em>, while reading about the history of the United States. These three plants have a very symbiotic relationship where the beans provide the nitrogen the corn needs to grow; the corn provides the strength and height that the beans need to grow, and the squash provides the weed and deer suppressant they all three need in order to grow. Not only did we research the <em>milpa<\/em>, but the children and I also have had the opportunity to plant our own! Call it a twist of fate, providence, or an answer to prayer, but we wouldn\u2019t have had the opportunity to grow our own small <em>three sisters<\/em> garden if a strange twist of <em>community<\/em> hadn\u2019t occurred in our lives.<\/p>\n<p>Several months back, I sensed our family was being drawn to the mountains of western North Carolina. However, we were loath to leave behind our great neighbors, our lovely church family, and the special friends we had made in the homeschooling community. The source of evening conversations suddenly turned into reality when God closed one door after another and, we joke, booted us out of Lubbock, Texas. Suddenly facing a sort of bourgeoisie homelessness, we decided that it was time to make the move to western North Carolina that we had talked about for years and set aside the other temporary plans we had to remain in Texas for another year or so.<\/p>\n<p>Thus began the fervent prayers for new friends for my sad children and for a place of service and community for us. Homeschooling for me is all about the experiences I weave for my children. Yes, we sit for hours each week learning math, writing, history, and science and tweaking their high school and college plans, but our <em>adventures<\/em> are the motivation behind getting the academics done. I want to taste, see, and smell my way through life and show love to people along the way with my children! Why else are we on this planet if not for relationship? We made the intentional decision to rent an apartment in North Carolina so that we would be in closer proximity to others and have the complex pool as a vehicle for meeting new folks. What we didn\u2019t anticipate was a pandemic shutting down our plans.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, being in community with others looked like nothing we could have ever imagined. Not only had we left all those beautiful people behind in Texas, but we were stuck indoors nearly 24\/7 and unable to meet new people. But God was not sidetracked by a pandemic; He was able to answer my prayer for a place to serve and a new community for our family.<\/p>\n<p>Right after we moved at the beginning of March, we met a young mom running her own small farm cooperatively with others in the local small-scale agriculture business. I got a <em>good vib<\/em>e from her and liked her sense of community, so we signed up for her summer CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and asked when we could visit her farm. Tensions were high all around us, everyone was feeling uncertain, but one visit turned into weekly visits to volunteer for a few hours on the farm. Nicole has two preschool-age children, and her interns had quit due to the pandemic. All you parents out there know what it\u2019s like to try to get any adult work done with two preschoolers under your care! God was graciously weaving together answers to our prayers. My big family didn\u2019t have to remain stuck indoors constantly, and Nicole got some much-needed help watching her children, planting seed, and harvesting produce!<\/p>\n<p>I believe God is into win-win situations. In His omniscience, He provided a symbiotic experience for Nicole and her family and me and my family. His love and blessings are so abundant, and He wants us to come to Him as children. That means so many things, but in this situation, it meant answering my heartfelt prayers for community in our new state and an opportunity to serve in a useful way. So while the pool remained closed into June (and even now we can\u2019t have guests with us at the pool), we have been able to meet wonderful new friends at the farm and even grow our own milpa garden! I\u2019m pretty sure my children will remember their first spring and summer playing and working at Bearwallow Valley Farms more than those worksheets I doled out this morning, and the <em>three sisters<\/em> will always be a metaphor for community to us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Jaime Goodman is a singer, herbalist, acupuncturist, and lover of books who resides in Asheville, NC with her four children and high school boyfriend turned husband. They have been on the homeschooling journey since 2010.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Looking for your homeschool tribe? Find homeschool support groups in your area and your NCHE regional liaison <a href=\"https:\/\/nche.com\/community\/regions\/\">right here<\/a>. NCHE also offers a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/nche.com\/community\/support\/\">online support groups<\/a> via Facebook. Connecting you with other homeschooling families is our mission! Support our work when you <a href=\"https:\/\/nche.com\/join\">become an NCHE member<\/a>.<\/em><br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_sidebar area=&#8221;et_pb_widget_area_18&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;GREENHOUSE Sidebar&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; global_module=&#8221;19006&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oto\u00f1o 2020\/ Jaime Goodman Ma\u00edz, frijoles, calabaza. Repetir. Repetir. Repetir. Estas plantas son las tres hermanas de un jard\u00edn tradicional de estilo nativo americano. Mis hijos y yo le\u00edmos sobre este tipo de jard\u00edn, tambi\u00e9n conocido como milpa, mientras le\u00edamos sobre la historia de Estados Unidos. Estas tres plantas tienen una relaci\u00f3n muy simbi\u00f3tica donde los frijoles aportan el nitr\u00f3geno que el ma\u00edz necesita para crecer; el ma\u00edz proporciona la fuerza y la altura que los frijoles necesitan para crecer, y la calabaza proporciona el supresor de malezas y venados que los tres necesitan para crecer. \u00a1No solo investigamos la milpa, sino que los ni\u00f1os y yo tambi\u00e9n tuvimos la oportunidad de plantar la nuestra! Ll\u00e1melo un giro del destino, la providencia o una respuesta a la oraci\u00f3n, pero no habr\u00edamos tenido la oportunidad de cultivar nuestro propio peque\u00f1o jard\u00edn de tres hermanas si no hubiera ocurrido un extra\u00f1o giro de comunidad en nuestras vidas. Hace varios meses, sent\u00ed que nuestra familia se sent\u00eda atra\u00edda por las monta\u00f1as del oeste de Carolina del Norte. Sin embargo, est\u00e1bamos reacios a dejar atr\u00e1s a nuestros excelentes vecinos, nuestra encantadora familia de la iglesia y los amigos especiales que hab\u00edamos hecho en la comunidad de educaci\u00f3n en el hogar. La fuente de las conversaciones nocturnas de repente se convirti\u00f3 en realidad cuando Dios cerr\u00f3 una puerta tras otra y, bromeamos, nos ech\u00f3 de Lubbock, Texas. De repente, al enfrentarnos a una especie de falta de vivienda burguesa, decidimos que era hora de mudarnos al oeste de Carolina del Norte del que hab\u00edamos hablado durante a\u00f1os y dejar de lado los otros planes temporales que ten\u00edamos de permanecer en Texas durante aproximadamente un a\u00f1o m\u00e1s. As\u00ed comenzaron las fervientes oraciones por nuevos amigos para mis tristes hijos y por un lugar de servicio y comunidad para nosotros. Para m\u00ed, la educaci\u00f3n en el hogar se trata de las experiencias que tejo para mis hijos. S\u00ed, nos sentamos durante horas cada semana aprendiendo matem\u00e1ticas, escritura, historia y ciencias y modificando sus planes para la escuela secundaria y la universidad, pero nuestras aventuras son la motivaci\u00f3n detr\u00e1s de terminar los estudios acad\u00e9micos. \u00a1Quiero saborear, ver y oler mi camino por la vida y mostrar amor a las personas en el camino con mis hijos! \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 si no estamos en este planeta si no es por las relaciones? Tomamos la decisi\u00f3n intencional de alquilar un apartamento en Carolina del Norte para estar m\u00e1s cerca de los dem\u00e1s y tener la piscina del complejo como veh\u00edculo para conocer gente nueva. Lo que no anticipamos fue que una pandemia cerrara nuestros planes. De repente, estar en comunidad con otros parec\u00eda algo que jam\u00e1s hubi\u00e9ramos imaginado. No solo hab\u00edamos dejado atr\u00e1s a toda esa gente hermosa en Texas, sino que est\u00e1bamos atrapados en el interior casi las 24 horas del d\u00eda, los 7 d\u00edas de la semana y no pod\u00edamos conocer gente nueva. Pero Dios no se dej\u00f3 desviar por una pandemia; Pudo responder a mi oraci\u00f3n por un lugar para servir y una nueva comunidad para nuestra familia. Inmediatamente despu\u00e9s de mudarnos a principios de marzo, conocimos a una joven madre que dirig\u00eda su propia peque\u00f1a granja en cooperativa con otros miembros del negocio agr\u00edcola local de peque\u00f1a escala. Recib\u00ed una buena vibra de ella y me gust\u00f3 su sentido de comunidad, as\u00ed que nos inscribimos en su CSA (Agricultura apoyada por la comunidad) de verano y le preguntamos cu\u00e1ndo pod\u00edamos visitar su granja. Hab\u00eda mucha tensi\u00f3n a nuestro alrededor, todos se sent\u00edan inseguros, pero una visita se convirti\u00f3 en visitas semanales para ser voluntarios durante unas horas en la granja. Nicole tiene dos hijos en edad preescolar y sus pasantes hab\u00edan renunciado debido a la pandemia. \u00a1Todos los padres saben lo que es intentar realizar cualquier trabajo de adulto con dos ni\u00f1os en edad preescolar bajo su cuidado! Dios estaba gentilmente tejiendo respuestas a nuestras oraciones. Mi gran familia no tuvo que permanecer atrapada en el interior constantemente, y Nicole recibi\u00f3 la ayuda que tanto necesitaba para cuidar a sus hijos, plantar semillas y cosechar productos. Creo que a Dios le gustan las situaciones en las que todos ganan. En Su omnisciencia, \u00c9l proporcion\u00f3 una experiencia simbi\u00f3tica para Nicole y su familia y para m\u00ed y mi familia. Su amor y sus bendiciones son abundantes y quiere que acudamos a \u00c9l como ni\u00f1os. Eso significa muchas cosas, pero en esta situaci\u00f3n, signific\u00f3 responder a mis m\u00e1s sinceras oraciones por la comunidad en nuestro nuevo estado y una oportunidad de servir de manera \u00fatil. Entonces, aunque la piscina permaneci\u00f3 cerrada hasta junio (e incluso ahora no podemos tener invitados con nosotros en la piscina), hemos podido conocer nuevos amigos maravillosos en la granja e incluso cultivar nuestro propio jard\u00edn de milpa. Estoy bastante seguro de que mis hijos recordar\u00e1n su primera primavera y verano jugando y trabajando en Bearwallow Valley Farms m\u00e1s que esas hojas de trabajo que repart\u00ed esta ma\u00f1ana, y las tres hermanas siempre ser\u00e1n una met\u00e1fora de comunidad para nosotros.  Jaime Goodman es una cantante, herbolaria, acupunturista y amante de los libros que reside en Asheville, Carolina del Norte, con sus cuatro hijos y su novio de la secundaria convertido en esposo. Han estado en el viaje de la educaci\u00f3n en el hogar desde 2010. \u00bfEst\u00e1 buscando su tribu de educaci\u00f3n en el hogar? Encuentre grupos de apoyo para la educaci\u00f3n en el hogar en su \u00e1rea y su enlace regional de NCHE aqu\u00ed mismo. NCHE tambi\u00e9n ofrece varios grupos de apoyo en l\u00ednea a trav\u00e9s de Facebook. \u00a1Nuestra misi\u00f3n es conectarlo con otras familias que educan en el hogar! 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