Ep. 30 How to Make a Living on a Self-Sufficient Homestead (as a family!) - Al & Helen Arends

[@TheBack40mn]

Thank you for inviting us to share our story and being so patient with all the technical difficulties. I hope that something out of all those words can be a blessing to someone. We love what you do and how you encourage believers everywhere in such practical ways! 💜 Thanks for being a blessing!

[@CRRBennett]

Thank you for sharing your story! Very helpful and encouraging.

[@Mary-l2h]

This was wonderful! I am in the Northern part of Minnesota. I am encouraged to see other Torah believers in my home State. Enjoyed the interview & everything you shared about your experiences. Blessings!

[@HesbrooksRiverbottomHomestead]

From a Minnesotan born girl living in southern Oklahoma (20 plus years now) New2Torah since 2021, living on 20 acres, my husband and I really enjoyed your interview! ❤ Shabbat Shalom y’all!

[@sheila219]

Beautiful testimony. I'm New to Torah myself don't know all the biblical holidays. Haven't found any Torah observant folks around me yet. Gonna just learn more and move forward

[@TorahSisters]

Helen! I love how you met Yeshua! Back in the early 2000s, I took teens to Russia on missions trips and we hired young Russian interpreters just like you. They lived with us and we shared the Gospel. It was difficult to keep in touch but I prayed that experience would bear fruit in their lives. It was is encouraging to me that it bore tremendous fruit in your life! Praise yah.

[@angelamiedema]

YAY! Shout out for Irish Dexter cattle! Dual purpose, dairy and beef! Small stature, friendly, even the bulls are pretty gentle, easy to keep on a grassfed diet because they aren't as fussy about their pastures and you could do 6 on 5 -6 acres very easily if you are using rotational grazing! So excited to see our friends on your channel and excited for your venturing into keeping your own cows! They have blessed our community and our family so much!

[@Yah1stp2nd36]

Hi. I enjoyed your comment on Dexter cows. Would they hold up in Texas heat, high temps they the summer?..... I would like to purchase a few in the future if they can take the heat...

[@heathernoelle8936]

Awwwww Helen and Al!!! I love this. We celebrate feasts with them. ❤️

[@jamesh7554]

We live in West central MN. Great to see other Minnesotans on here.

[@heathernoelle8936]

Me too! We celebrate feasts at Arends. ❤

[@jamesh7554]

Awesome, we are blessed to have great people in our area to do feasts with as well.

[@Mary-l2h]

North of the Twin Cities here.

[@Spmama444]

Aw. What a great spot to get stuck such beautiful smiles!!!! Thank you for sharing your testimony. So encouraging so beautiful so many things!!!

[@CindyGraves-mr5if]

Oh I’m so glad they mentioned the famous, life changing “Purple Book”, the family book of biblical holidays!!! That book has transformed more Christian homeschoolers into excited Torah following believers! I have been using that since 1995 and taking it to mainstream Christian churches as such a friendly useful Torah tool 🙌. If you don’t have that book yet, be sure to get it ! You’ll love it! God bless your encouraging work ❤️

[@CRRBennett]

I bought it a year ago. Wish I had this when I was homeschooling 20+years ago

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Catching up on my comments since I mostly listen to it on the podcast. Another great interview. What a wise couple that is also fun, love that!

[@Kumba4Me]

From Northern MN - yay and hi to another Torah observant MN family on this wonderful channel. Thank you Luke and Kayte for what you do! Thank you for The Way Documentary…. I found it years ago and I don’t remember how. Maybe thru Zack Bauer because I tuned in regularly to his New2Torah podcast. Anyway, lovely interview. I too have used the big purple book for ages. What a great resource. I too grew up in another culture (Africa, MK) so I can relate to being a MN transplant. I did have full church background but God in His perfect timing pulled me out of that in little increments and instilled a desire to know TRUTH! Shout out to Passion For Truth back in the day. That title resonated with me because that was my hearts desire and then I had to unlearn the lies (😅 shout out to Lex Meyer !) Blessings to Helen and Al and I enjoyed hearing about their journey. Press on dear Abbeffy family! May our Father richly bless and equip you.

[@jeanogbo]

What a lovely couple! Wonderful nterview!

[@TinyLuvsBostons]

I love this channel!! Praise Yah!!

[@JSGenesisDesigns]

Shalom neighbors! im 50 miles north of Minneapolis Mn

[@persianprincesswaid9220]

Love that big purple book! I used it when I homeschooled my children. It's such a rich resource! I still have it and refuse to get rid of it!

[@OkTxSheepLady]

It helps to know that the definition of an acre is what one man can plow in one day with one horse. The nice thing about horses is they can replace themselves. Down side is they have to be cared for daily even when you don’t need to work them. They also provide fertilizer.

[@robertsamuelson7386]

Al and Helen, thank you for sharing your story! Pizza toppings are largely pork-based. What toppings do you offer with your pizzas and how do your customers react? Shabbat shalom 😊

[@TheBack40mn]

Such a great question! We live in a town that is home to Jennie-O Turkey products. We use turkey-based pepperoni, turkey-based sausage, chicken, and our farm-raised organic, grassfed, Back 40 beef (for meat toppings) and farm raised (when in season) veggie and herb toppings.

[@GrandmaGingersFarm]

May YAH Bless

[@1John3obeyHim]

Our last assignment in the Air Force before my husband retired was in Moorhead, MN. And now we are farming in Kentucky with Nubian & Kikko goats😂... They can definitely be a handful at times.. We are also growing out a few Charlet steers for our own meat. Thank you both for your testimony ❤

[@sheila219]

Another beautiful testimony Luke.

[@linak7155]

Alan n Helen Two peas in a pod 🫛 The Moscow romance has produced much fruit. Helen sounds like a true Minnesotan. I love the element of working together as a family.🚜 It reminds me of the Waller family. The transformative work of Yeshua is as no other 🐄 🐮 🌿 🍞 🥖 🥐 🍕 I would hv loved to order some scones from their farm.❤May Yehovah richly bless them in their walk.🎉❤

[@PalmettoParatrooper]

Yah is the dad that's holding your seat when you learn to ride a bicycle. Fortunately there's nobody you can trust more than Him to know when it's ok to let go so you can grow and learn. Even when we've been spoiled brats.

[@KatrinaM1234]

Hi, Al and Helen! ❤❤❤❤

[@OkTxSheepLady]

Helen had the gift of no received religious family traditions so she didn’t have to go against her parents, grandparents, etc. to reach the truth of the Way YHVH wants us to live. We should all approach our faith and practice this way. It is amazing what happens when you read the Bible as if it is true, which it IS!, and then DO what it says. Life radically changes when you believe YHVH and that His way is the best possible way.

[@HesbrooksRiverbottomHomestead]

We are in southern Oklahoma, not too far from Texas state line. We started raising sheep, we have 5 right now. What kind of sheep do you raise?

[@OkTxSheepLady]

@@HesbrooksRiverbottomHomestead hi. I have one Saint Croix ewe, her daughter sired by a Gulf Coast ram and now several descendents from those two. The majority of my sheep are Gulf Coast, a breed that is considered a “land race” because they evolved without human input for about 400 years from the various sheep the Spaniards dropped off around the Gulf of Mexico. They are a wool sheep and need shearing yearly.

[@JmJendtimes]

Thanks for your videos 😊 I had a question from a christian who told me the law was done away with, which was actually a good question and I need to seek an answer! When Yahushua said 'not one jot or tittle will pass away from the law until all is fulfilled'...what did He mean? Can anyone help with an answer for this please? Thank you!

[@TheLife_Podcast]

Hi there! Yes we do! He meant that the Law doesn't pass away until all is fulfilled. Lol And He added to that, until Heaven and Earth pass away. Which tells us that the "fulfilling" that's happening here is the entire story of mankind. I could stop there if I were lazy. But here're the receipts: Paul tells us in Romans 4, that "where there is no law, there is no transgression". Transgression of what? The U.S. Constitution? lol No. "the law." What is transgression of the Law? "Sin is the transgression of the law," (1 John 3:4) Thus, if there is no law, there is nothing to transgress i.e. if there is no law, there is no sin. And if there is no sin, there is no wages of sin (death) (Romans 6:23). Work that backwards. If there is death in the world, there is sin. If there is sin, there is transgression of the law. If there is transgression of the law... it exists. So, if there is death, there is law. There will be Law until we all die and man's "hero's journey" on earth is fulfilled. So, what does He mean by until all is fulfilled? He means until His creation's life cycle on earth is completed. He is putting a timestamp on the Law: Good until Heaven and Earth (and mankind 1.0) are destroyed. Thus, the Law lasts until, at least, then. After that, we'll have a new heavens and new earth. And prob new bodies. Thus new laws.

[@PalmettoParatrooper]

I have noticed a lot of Torah keepers would love to own a food truck. I wonder why. Yah must be up to something.

[@EdbbieRosado]

🤔

[@Spmama444]

Probably because we can choose to not work on Saturday … and it’s but a big deal.

[@CRRBennett]

Every time I watch one of your podcasts YT suggests another but opposing, dangers of... hebrew roots movement. It is confusing to me. Is this the same? I have for over a year being drawn to a deeper walk and eyes being open to so much. One of the dangers I keep hearing is eyes being turned away from Christ and grace and if you do these thinhmhs you are not saved. Can you speak to this please. Thank you

[@Spmama444]

Seems like you might need to read his book. Check out other miniature too 119, Torah Class, TUC… Also get Torah Sisters Sabbath Challenge book We are saved by grace through faith by Yeshua our messiah in order to do the works of the father he has set before us in the Torah! We are saved by Yeshua alone, we GET to do his works because we love him !

[@ridgehilljillie9429]

Death does not give life.

[@missdebbie6791]

Curious what the meaning might be?

[@heathernoelle8936]

One day, it will. Peace to you!

[@ridgehilljillie9429]

@missdebbie6791 The woman kept saying about making the bread that life comes from death. Yahuah, our Creator, is the only one to create life, the light. Death is not just being asleep until the resurrection. Death is the pit, eternal non-existence, where evil will end up, nothingness. To say non-existence creates life is blasphemy. Yahuah is eternal life, our only Creator. HalleluYahuah for All Praise and Glory.

[@missdebbie6791]

@@ridgehilljillie9429 Yes, I agree.

[@jamesh7554]

​@ridgehilljillie9429 I believe she was referring to John 12:24 talking about the seed dying. I didn't hear anything blasphemous. That is a pretty extreme and inappropriate accusation given the full context.

[@Spmama444]

Aw. What a great spot to get stuck such beautiful smiles!!!! Thank you for sharing your testimony. So encouraging so beautiful so many things!!!