Starting a Business

Age 9 to 15, Lance carried around a Walkman cassette player while mowing and weed whacking Grandma's half acre yard for $10 each week, and later more.

Lance spent his money on valuable tools: books, a hammer, measuring tape, mop bucket, wet dry vac, a hand truck,

rolls of the new state quarters.
When Lance was about 12 or 13, he asked,
"Mom, look at this picture. Could I buy that Lego Confederate & Yankee chess set?"
"No Lance," I thought it would not be a good investment.
He had a plan, "Mom, how about if I read the WHOLE BIBLE through?"
"Sure, Lance," I couldn't turn that offer down.
And He did.
Lance nailed himself to the recliner and read and read and read for a month and a half to get through the old testament. We thought we could go ahead and order the chess set but...
We learned that the chess set was not for sale. It was a young man's creation.
Eventually Lance spent all his state quarters on starting their bee business.
April of 2002 Lance and Victor got their first four packages of bees in the mail.
A dedicated homeschooling father, Gary Wooten, discipled Lance and Victor in beekeeping.