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We had such a blast at Wild + Free this past weekend and are currently back in the bus driving across the country (yet again) to North Carolina for THRIVE. This is our last official convention of the season, and then . . . we have no idea. "Have you found a property yet?" No. "Are you going home now?" We don't know. I wish I was coming to you with more answers, but the truth is, there is something God is doing in the waiting right now and it isn't just about us anymore. I have felt it for some time, like building pressure in my instant pot, like the Israelites and the plagues. Things continue to remain unsolved, problems continue to arise, and I feel like God just keeps bringing us closer to the edge so that He can be unveiled. "Even when I can't see it, you're moving." We don't see it right now, on the outside I am saying the same things I have been since February when we left our home. And yet, I believe that He is choosing to wait so that not just us but every single person who has joined us in this journey here at Gather 'Round will get to be a part of His story. God is going to move, and when He does, it is not just Jonathan and my testimony, it is all of ours. So, we stand with expectation. We look forward with hope even when things seem hopeless. We command our souls to trust, to stand, to peer into the dim future we cannot see and declare that He is faithful. Someone standing in their own impossible place of waiting needed to hear that with me today, so that one is for you.
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Ok, on to business chat. I'm going to just list it out like a birthday card invitation so that we don't miss anything in the midst of my love for words.
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​Facebook live: Today (Tuesday) May 24 at 12:30 PST/2:30 CST/3:30 EST. We'll be talking about a lot of the stuff in this email, as well as answering any sale questions. Get notified HERE!
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​The convention event is LIVE: This is where all the videos will be posted. If you hit going, you will get notified when we go live in there so take a few seconds to do that so you don't miss something! Join it HERE!
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​Updated convention page WITH schedule: This has all the details of the event PLUS our schedule (side note, already thinking of changing one of the sessions) for the convention and our convention theme have been posted. The schedule is available in: PST, MST, CST, and EST, as well as BST (UK time) and SAST (South African time) for our international convention peeps! As I was praying about it and putting together the theme, it ended up being almost exactly as full as last year BUT unlike last year, instead of professional videos and sound and pre-recorded perfection, you'll be getting raw and real LIVE each day. It will be a whole other feel to it and encouraging for anyone, whether you use Gather 'Round or not. Check it out HERE and download your free shopping guide if you haven't already.
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​A giveaway! Also on our convention page above, we have our Back to School giveaway with not one, not two, but THREE prizes. First prize is the full digital year (if you already own it you will get a gift card instead). Second prize is a printed unit of your choice. And third prize is a digital unit of your choice. Head on over and enter it now! It is open anywhere but the printed year is only available for those in Canada and the continental US. Enter the giveaway HERE!
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That's all I have for you this morning! I will be emailing weekly leading up to the sale and going live weekly as well. Keep on sending us 100 acre properties (no that was not an exaggeration, we feel we will need a lot of space for what God is doing) with creeks or rivers in them, and we would love for you to keep praying for us. For direction, for rest, for discernment, for wisdom, and for breakthrough to happen soon so that we can have maybe a point of direction in this race we're running ;)
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Have an amazing week and I'll update you all after North Carolina (or perhaps see you there!).
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​Rebecca Spooner​
​Gatherroundhomeschool.com​