Schoolhouse Journey

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Marlin and Lisa published the first issue of Plain Values in 2012 to highlight biblical ministries, share the beauty of adoption, and to cultivate anchored community. Plain Values began with a prayer, hoping to play a small role in connecting a child with Down syndrome to his or her forever family. When you subscribe to the magazine, a portion of your payment goes directly to Room to Bloom, our non-profit that supports children with special needs.


All her life, Lisa has loved one-room schoolhouses.

In fact, for eight years, she taught first grade classes in our public school district in a historic two-room schoolhouse. While homeschooling has been a great choice for our family, after reading about the schoolhouse Rory Feek built on his farm for his daughter, Indiana, it gave us a vision for what school could look like for our family. In 2023, we will be busy bringing two one-room schoolhouses from the 1800’s back to life, rebuilt together as one bigger one-room schoolhouse. Juneberry Hill Schoolhouse is reimagining education for our family and other children in the community by creating a multi-age, all-ability–included rural school on our homestead.