Farming
Pig Barn #2 “2400 Head Modern Pig Barn”

After a few batches of pigs in our barn, we decided to pursue a second barn. Identical to our first, just next door. Everything basically would be the same only flipped. To do this we had to get a permit from the Ohio…

Church Life
5 Day Fast & 5 AM Prayer

At the beginning of March 2016, I started fasting with five other men from church. We met each morning at 5 AM for discipleship and prayer. 5 AM gave each of us time to start our day before work or other responsibilities…

Family
Growing Family

My family is growing! We have a baby boy coming around July 19th. Things are going to increase in fun, crazy, and in number!! Today I am reminded of how joyful it is to be a parent. Tris and I took our…

Fun
Why do we feel sad when robots are abused?

You may not have seen these videos. More and more are being posted as technology and science develop. Testing how robots react to situations and seeing the testing is frighting. I didn't feel good watching it. Why are we empathizing with robots? Robots…

Pigs are all good listeners when they hit the pan.

I have 2,400 pigs. I am building my second barn and will have 4,800 pigs by the end of the year. The one thing that teenage pigs are good at is not listening to a thing you want them to do. I…

March Sadness

For awhile my bracket this year in the March Madness ESPN Tournament was ranked high. I was getting so many right. Now it looks like I am on the downhill... I guess everyone is though. Lately I have just felt sad. Not…

Should We Rearrange The Kingdom?

A few weeks ago a pastor at my church posted this on his facebook... "God has called us to BUILD His Kingdom...NOT rearrange it" That put into words what I have been thinking for a long time. In fact, I wrote a…

Family
How God Gave Us Lora.

My wife gave birth to my first daughter Lora Carol Spitnale. I have two sons so having a daughter was a big surprise to the both of us. Which she was... A surprise. My wife and I countless times just believe we…

Winter 2014

I just realized I haven't posted in awhile. Sorry. The start of 2014 has been all about winter. Yesterday I drove our tractor out of our barn while the weather reported -40 degree windshield. Was not fun. I had to plow out my…

Farming
First Week As A Pig Farmer

So about a year or so ago my dad wanted to build a modern hog barn or a modern pig barn. You know the huge buildings that cost an insane amount to build and can hold lots of pigs. We started to…