I've always loved studying history, especially as I've gotten older. Not just our own history here in the USA, but human history. I've always found it interesting that history always repeats itself. Humans always do the same thing. 

Here in the United States, freedom and liberty is something that we "supposedly" strive for. But are we really free? Think about what true freedom is. What liberty is. Are you free?

Sure, we enjoy a lot of freedoms that other countries do not. But not by leaps and bounds anymore. We have allowed ourselves to be shackled and enslaved. Think about the freedoms we enjoyed just a little over 100 years ago in our country.

Back then we could hunt and fish without permission from the government. We could own firearms without begging for permission. We could get married, own our own land, build on our own land, grow our own food and sell it, keep almost all of our wages, buy and sell freely, travel without restriction, start a business, and school our own children. 

Now we have to ask government for our God given rights. We have to pay a fee to the "crown" for these things. How far we have fallen.

Our elections are corrupt. Our politicians are corrupt.  Our courts are unjust. Our judges are wicked. We are taxed beyond what our Founders could have ever imagined.

Our once beautiful cities are now crime infested jungles. Our borders are wide open. Look what this nation has become. 

Our founders laid out one of the greatest blueprints for freedom. The Constitution. Derived from Scripture and a dependence on the Creator. They knew true freedom can only come from God. They knew without an appeal to heaven, we would lose freedom. They knew this from experience. 

They came from a land where monarchy ruled. The king ruled.

So here we are. A couple hundred years later. ONLY a couple hundred years later. We've taken this freedom we were given and have exchanged it for a king.

The tyranny we escaped from 200 years ago, we have ran right back to. 

In our arrogance, we have kicked out God from the public square. We pridefully have taken credit for this once great nation. And in our pride, we have lost all that we were given....freedom. We have given it away and become slaves. 

Governments ALWAYS oppress their people. Always. Throughout the annuls of human history, this has always been the case. It is the case throughout the world today and we see it playing out here in America. Like I said, history repeats itself.  

The flag An Appeal To Heaven was a flag flown by the early colonists in their resistance to the British King. It was flown on our ships and used in battle. It's purpose was just as the words indicated, and appeal to heaven for the mercies of God.

We need to fly this flag again. But this time in resistance to our own government. We need to appeal to heaven for our nation to turn back to God in repentance. To seek out His mercy and to restore freedom. 

Without Gods mercy we will continue down the path of slavery, and eventually destruction. We need to wake up. A few people can change the world. Strive for liberty. Strive for freedom. Pray to God for mercy on our nation.

Join me in standing for Freedom. -Steve

As many of you know, we had a fire in April of last year (2023). We lost our barn, all of our animals, tractor, implements, our garage and all our tools, and part of the shed. It was devastating. But God has been faithful and we praise His name!

I haven't done an update for a while, so I thought I would do an update on the garage. It has been rebuilt and we love it! I did a video tour of it....check it out below. 

Our barn is almost complete. I will try to do an update on the barn this weekend. We should be able to put the cement in for the floor in the spring, hopefully by June. It all depends on the weather. 

Thanks for checking in and watch the video tour of our garage! -Steve

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Some updates around the Homestead. Check out our latest video. God bless! 
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I'm going a little off topic today. I thought I would share a quick blog/vlog post on how I make my coffee. I love coffee!

I don't make it this way every time as it takes a good 30 mins or so to make, but this is my favorite way.

I love coffee in a percolator. There is just something about it that makes it taste better.

Here is how I make mine and make sure to check out the video at the bottom to see a short video of me making my morning coffee!

First, I pour in 6 cups of water (filtered). I then put in a regular coffee filter in the top part. Percolators can be used without a filter, but it gets more coffee grounds in the pot if you don't use a regular filter.

I like grinding my coffee beans. My favorite coffee is Tim Hortons whole bean, medium roast. You can get a bag HERE. 

I use one tablespoon of coffee for each cup of water. So with 6 cups of water, I use 6 tablespoons of ground coffee. I then put on the stove on high. Once it starts percolating, I let it go for 8 minutes. After 8 minutes, I take it off the burner and let it sit for 5-8 minutes. It is VERY hot. This gives any grounds that made it into the percolator a chance to settle to the bottom. 

After that, slowly pour a cup and enjoy! This will give you about 3 or 4 regular coffee cups. 

​Below are some links to my percolator and coffee grinder if you are interested. 

​Percolator - click HERE
Grinder - click HERE

Thanks for checking in and enjoy my Coffee ASMR video! -Steve