My sister’s friend designed a nice outdoor nativity. She contracted with a company to build the pieces. Then she and my sister package them up and ship the nativity sets via Federal Express. Orders have been high the last couple weeks, almost double where they were last year. But storms have been pounding us. Much of the packaging takes place in their front yard, so with all the rain few packages have been shipped the last couple days.
Over the weekend my sister asked if my daughters would be interested in helping. They were! My second daughter asked how many people could they use. My sister said they could keep seven or eight people busy, so my daughter put out the word last night to some homeschool friends. A couple youth were available today and my wife picked them up on the way over.
I’m pleased that my daughter took the initiative to gather additional help. I teased her that as an agent she should have taken a small cut of the pay, but the kind young lady she is she declined. (I’m sure part of it was that she was happy to be making money while hanging out with her friends.)
One of the great benefits of homeschooling is it allows us the flexibility to change our schedule and not be forced to keep our children in a rigid schedule determined by others.
Yeah for homeschooling!