Stelzl Family

We are a homeschooling family of 9 from North Carolina, with children ranging from 3 to 19 years of age. Our family ministry  is in the area of hospitality and discipleship. We enjoy showing the IBLP seminars in our home, and hosting a “small” group Bible study in our home on Sunday evenings. Together we enjoy working to encourage families toward an entrepreneurial vision! We recently started a new program – Raising Entrepreneurs - designed to help families raise up godly entrepreneurs, build successful businesses, and  avoid many of the downfalls in the public education system. We love to show hospitality, opening our home to other families.

Dave (Daddy,) has the spiritual gifts of Leadership and Teaching. He owns his own company, Stelzl Visionary Learning Concepts. He is a professional speaker, working mostly with technology companies – doing workshops on selling, business strategy sessions, marketing, developing  a value proposition and executive coaching. He has published 3 books and is working on a fourth. Dave has a passion for working with young men on entrepreneurial pursuits and longs to help equip them to build their own businesses. He also loves encouraging fathers to be intimately involved in their children’s education and training, and desires to help them grasp a vision for their families. Dave loves backpacking, woodworking, mountain biking, spending time with his children, and helping them develop their home businesses.

Tina (Mommy,) has the spiritual gifts of exhortation and leadership. She diligently keeps everything organized and running smoothly. She has a passion for natural healthcare, and loves helping people treat sickness with natural methods. She also loves to encourage other home-school mothers, helping them get their school program running efficiently. When given the opportunity, she loves to share on topics of healthcare, weathering trials and suffering, and homeschooling. Tina really enjoys traveling, especially if it leads to the doorstep of friends, motivational conferences, or opportunities to disciple and encourage others.

Hannah is 19 and and a tremendous BLESSING. She is Mom’s right hand and is a great help in keeping everything going. Her spiritual gifts are giving and leadership. She loves horses and photography, and is working to develop her own photography business. She would like to learn more about web design and has done some work for her dad’s business in that area. Hannah loves to sing and make up her own piano arrangements. She has that special ability to sit down at the piano, and beautiful medleys just flow from her fingertips effortlessly. She has a real heart for encouraging young ladies to love the Lord.

Sarah is 18 and is also a tremendous BLESSING! Her spiritual gifts are prophesy and teacher. She enjoys working for her dad, traveling, and taking pictures. She has a real heart for the lost, and loves to disciple other girls. She LOVES organic gardening!!! Sarah also enjoys beekeeping, baking, being with children, reading, writing, natural health and herbs, and outdoor recreation. She is working to write a book on father-daughter relationships, to encourage other young ladies. Along with her mom and sisters, she is helping design materials for future mother/daughter conferences.

David is 16 and is our first born boy. His spiritual gift is service. He is a tremendous blessing as he leads the way as the second man of the house. He is a great help to his Dad in the workshop, in maintaining the home, detailing the vehicles, lawn maintenance, and beekeeping. He builds incline boards to sell to physical therapists in the area, and also enjoys working for his dad’s company. David enjoys backpacking, camping, mountain biking, woodworking, constructing things, cooking, (especially breakfasts and Italian food,) creating new recipes, and playing the piano. He has a real heart for God and enjoys being a part of our discipleship and hospitality ministry.

Bethany is 14 and is a great blessing in the area of showing compassion and giving love. She loves to leave little notes for her Dad when he will be getting home from a trip.  Bethany’s spiritual gifts are mercy and service. She enjoys horses, outdoor recreation, art, sewing, quilling, card-making, crocheting, cake decorating, and reading. She does small office jobs for her dad and would like to turn her quilling/card-making into a business. Bethany loves participating in our discipleship ministry, especially having families over. She longs to see people come to Christ.

Jonathan is 12 and is a great blessing, especially to Josiah as a big brother and play mate. Jonathan is learning to work in the workshop with Daddy and David. He has his own toolbox, and enjoys using the tools in it. He has made several toy boats and other interesting things. He especially likes shaving wood projects with his new plane. Jonathan loves backpacking, camping, mountain biking, reading, playing games, horses and anything outdoors. He is working to build a business with his dad and brothers where he can purchase cheap used bikes and fix them up to resell.

Josiah is 8 and is a sweet blessing from the LORD. He is sensitive and loving. He loves to hug and snuggle. He likes being with people. Josiah enjoys backpacking, camping, mountain biking, playing games, looking at books, and being tickled He is a very sweet boy! Josiah asks amazingly thoughtful questions like, “Daddy, how much rocket fuel does it take to get to the moon?” and “What is a DNA?” and after learning about DNA he would ask about many things, “Does this have DNA in it?” Josiah loves stopping by his dad’s office to read a section of “The Way Things Work” book and later reporting what he learned at the dinner table.

Timothy is 3 and is our miracle child. According to the doctor, he should not be with us. After 5 miscarriages, he is a special blessing of the LORD to us. He was born on Josiah’s birthday, (Josiah prayed the whole pregnancy that he would be born on his birthday.)  He is happy, fun loving, energetic, and full of entertaining faces He loves to play outside on his bike and run through the woods with the big boys. He adores Jack and Buddy (our two dogs) and likes to tag along helping Sarah plant things in the garden. He is a delight, and is so cute and adorable.