We moved away from our Lutheran School. (Now it is closed, and the next closest to it is also closed) Cost was a factor when we were starting our family. If the Lutheran High School weren't an hour and a half away in traffic we would be tempted.

Now, to be honest we would have a hard time adjusting our family life to go back to a school situation. We love the freedom of time the children have to follow their interests, to worship as a family and to develop the relationships that we've built in a world that pulls us in many different directions.

We have six children. If we were in a traditional school situation (last year) we'd have one in college, 3 in high school, one in middle school and one in elementary school. Multiply that five days a week and that's a lot of different directions to run and very little time for us to be a family.

I'm certified as a Lutheran Teacher and taught for five years before coming home full-time.

Laura W., Texas
Our eldest daughter graduated a semester early from Concordia University Austin, and we have another daughter heading to college next year. The four boys will keep us busy in the next few years.