Steve & Jane Lambert
Lees Summit, Missouri
Jane Lambert is our beloved Author of Five in a Row and Before Five in a Row while Steve Lambert is the Publisher of the Five in a Row products and Jane's #1 supporter. Steve is also a popular conference speaker, presenting workshops at homeschool conventions all across the U.S.
Steve & Jane support, host, read and participate on the Message Boards. They are here for the Tuesday evening chats as often as they can and have also made themselves available through the message boards and e-mail, offering timely wisdom and counsel. They have completed their homeschooling journey of 17 years and both of their daughters are through college and happily married.
The Message Boards are just one part of the Lamberts' Five in a Row Web site. Learn more about the Lamberts by visiting the Meet the Lamberts page. You may send e-mail to Steve & Jane at lamberts@sprynet.com.
Troy & Becky Schoeppner
Grandview, Missouri
Troy is a professional firefighter and EMT, but also loves his work as the Special Projects Technician for the Five In A Row website. Troy's work on the FIAR website deals primarily with Beyond FIAR and the new Above and Beyond FIAR series. He is also responsible for posting the monthly newsletters, "Think on These Things" and "Rest Stop", and works with Jane and Becky to format and organize each issue.
Troy and Becky have been married since 1998 and have two children, Lily Jane and Colby Troy. You may email Becky and Troy at schoeppner@mac.com.
Becky Jane is Steve and Jane Lambert's eldest daughter and the Author of Beyond Five In A Row, The Five In A Row Cookbook and Above & Beyond Five In A Row. She is a fourth-generation educator, and was blessed to be homeschooled herself. As a curriculum author and full-time mother, Becky finds it an honor and a privilege to share her ideas and insights with other parents and teachers.
Jessica Vega
Chesapeake, Virginia
Jessica and her family moved to Virginia in 2001 after four years in Italy. They have enjoyed traveling in Europe and the Middle East. Awesome field trips! Jessica also enjoys scrapbooking, decorating, cooking and collecting books. You may e-mail Jessica at jessicavega@san.rr.com.
Jessica, is the Webmaster. Jessica is married to Chris, a U.S. Navy pilot. Their children are Kaley, Abby, Lizzy, Ellie and Amelia Claire. They began homeschooling in 1997 and were fortunate enough to have found FIAR in the very beginning.
Krista Meyer
Watervliet, Michigan
You may email Krista at krista@mapleacrefarm.com.
Krista is The Three R's Moderator. Krista and her husband, Brian, (provider of our FIAR Chat page) live on a small farm in Michigan, with their three children (Alex, Hannah, and Noah). Besides homeschooling, which they've done since 1996, their time is spent raising goats, chickens, ducks, dogs, and more. Krista is the resident naturalist/vet-wannabe, as well as an avid collector of books. She has been using FIAR since 1998.
Charity White
Lenexa, Kansas
Charity is the FIAR Message Board Moderator. She has lived in the Kansas City suburbs all of her life. She met her husband at Kansas State University where she studied French and Speech Education. She married Perry in 1990 and they have three children; Kenny, Kylie, and Keller. Perry and Charity started Rowing in 1998 and they've thanked God many times that they found FIAR at the beginning of their homeschool journey!
When not on the boards, Charity likes to read - mostly mysteries, but other stuff, too! She also enjoys working on Creative Memories photo albums, watching the History Channel, and dreaming about trips to France! :o) You may e-mail Charity at pcwhite@everestkc.net.
Dawn Gilmore
Traveling the USA
Dawn Gilmore is the Before Five In a Row Message Boards Moderator. She, her husband, Michael, and four children (Jon, Katie, David and Daniel) are traveling the country. Dawn works as a traveling nurse in various hospitals around the country, while Michael homeschools the children.Dawn has been homeschooling since 1997, using Before FIAR and then FIAR. You may e-mail Dawn at dgilm@ecsmetro.com.
Anita Terpstra
Valley Center, Kansas
Jack and Anita have been homeschooling and using FIAR since 1998, after realizing that time was getting away from them and they wanted to preserve their family unit and take responsibility for teaching and training their children. You may e-mail Anita at jackterpstra@sbcglobal.net.
Anita is the Beyond and Above & Beyond FIAR Message Board Moderator and is more than willing to answer any questions, encourage and offer support. She loves to read, garden and shop garage sales! Anita's husband, Jack, is an Engineer at Cessna Aircraft and keeps active with bicycling, learning how to farm and playing with their five kids, one girl and four boys! The family has started a new adventure in April of 2003, after moving to 40 acres in the country.
Leslie Nelsen
Durham, North Carolina
Leslie's hobbies are scrapbooking, reading, collecting books and telling others about FIAR as a FIAR distributor. She also coordinates a local FIAR group in the Triangle area of North Carolina. You may e-mail Leslie at lnelsen@prodigy.net.
Leslie, our Family Room Moderator, has been married to Roger since 1989. They have homeschooled their children; Christopher, Rebecca, Joshua and Isaiah using FIAR since 1997. Their newest member, Daniel, was just added to their happy family. Roger works as Director of Information Systems for the University of North Carolina Alumni Association. Their goal is to glorify God in all that they do, build a strong family and to enjoy life together.
Barb Cash
Dacula, Georgia
In addition to homeschooling, Barb likes to read, cook and travel with her family and she also writes for Sports Spectrum, a Christian sports magazine. Barb is an example to all of us with her tender, heart-felt prayers and encouragements. You may e-mail Barb at barbcash1@juno.com.
Barb is the Prayer Place Moderator. She and her husband, Tim, have five children ~ Rachel, Benji, Jesse, Hannah, and Caleb Mac and live in a suburb of Atlanta. They are in full-time ministry and minister to professional athletes and their families. They have been homeschooling since 1996 and have used FIAR since their second year.
Lisa Schafer
Hillsboro, Kansas
Lisa is our other Special Five in a Row Needs Message Board co-moderator as well as an Archives Coordinator for the B4 archives and "other" archives. She also moderates the FIAR Side Chat each Tuesday evening here on the Five In A Row website. She loves singing, children's ministry work, and talking about homeschooling with her local homeschooling support group and her cyber buddies. Lisa and her husband, Larry, have been married since 1985 and currently enjoy Christian ministry in their small church in Wichita. Larry is currently employed with Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas and Lisa is a SAHM. They have three beautiful children; Christopher, Megan and Caleb, all adopted. They began home schooling in 1996 without Five In A Row *gasp*, but began using it in 1999 and are enjoying the program very much. Feel free to e-mail your suggestions for Chat topics to Lisa. You may e-mail Lisa at fiarstarter@dtnspeed.net.
Lisa Fisher
Kechi, Kansas
The Fishers chose to homeschool when their children were very young, and have enjoyed the journey more and more with each passing year, thanks to Five In A Row!
Originally from the Seattle area, they have called Wichita home since 1997. Lisa started a small maintenance business in 1998, with the children’s help, and they are involved in local homeschooling support groups. Above all, their goal is to grow stronger as a family, train their children in the way they should go, enjoy good food along the way, and keep life simple! You may e-mail Lisa at fiaredup@sbcglobal.net.
Lisa is our Archives Coordinator for the FIAR and Beyond FIAR archives and does a marvelous job of maintaining them and keeping them organized, relevant and interesting! She has been married to her husband, Chris, since 1990 and they have been blessed with two children, Megan and Maxwell.
If you are not sure to whom to direct your questions, please send your e-mail to fiarteam@fiveinarow.com.
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