Welcome to the Wild and Free Podcast, episode 31.

I'm Ainsley Arment, and this week we'll hear a conversation with Jennifer Pepito and Kristen Rogers about homeschooling and marriage.

But before we do that, I have an exciting announcement about the Farm Village and a special invitation for you on New Year's Eve.

So grab a cup of coffee and join us on the front porch. Let's get started. Last week, we shared a virtual tour of the Wild and Free Farm Village here on the podcast,

and I want to take a moment to thank you for your encouragement and your financial gifts toward the project.

I'm excited to announce that we've reached $230,000 in our efforts to purchase land near the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia

for a place to run wild and free. Thanks to your generosity, we're getting closer to the 400,000

we need by December 31st. That gap might seem like a lot, but we've got an idea that could raise

the rest of the funds in an instant. Let me explain.

Each week, there is a community of people that is listening to this podcast.

You can't see each other.

You can't hear each other.

You may not even know each other exists.

But it's the same group of people every week, a community that's knit together by the

mission of wild and free, by our common passion for homeschooling,

and by the sounds and voices of this podcast. We know there's a community. The same number of people

listen to it each week. That number is growing, of course. Right now, it's about the size of a crowd

at a large performing arts center, but it's mostly the same people. We're a

community, whether you know it or not. So here's the idea. If every person who is listening to this

podcast would give just $29 right now, we could raise the entire amount for the farm village property

this week. I'll be candid with you. We love producing this podcast, sharing interviews, telling

stories, hosting conversations. It's been a lot of fun, but we don't sell ads or make money

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