![]() The two partners began looking for land with the plan to create a spiritual retreat where individuals and groups could get away from the city and spend some time in a natural setting. If Enoch walked with God, why couldn't he stomp grapes with God? That's the thought behind the winery's unusual name. ![]() Altus would grow the grapes and Jon, with his background in chemistry, would make the wine.Īccording to Genesis, Enoch walked with God and then was no more. Thus were the beginnings of Enoch's Stomp in Harleton. The idea was to create a spiritual retreat center where he could share his faith and love of fishing with others.Īfter meeting in church, Koegelenberg and Kral decided they could combine their goals and open a winery/retreat center right where they were. His dream was to someday combine both somewhere around his native Washington state. Kral, a doctor, has a passion for saltwater fishing. Altus was soon itching to get his hands back in the soil. As the old saying goes, you can take the boy out of the farm, but you can't take the farm out of the boy. There were even a few vineyards dotting the landscape. Yet, when he and his wife, Carin, came to America his plan was to give up farming and concentrate on raising the kids while she pursued her physical therapy career.Īs the Koegelenbergs settled into their new home in the East Texas Piney Woods, Altus began to notice how similar the climate and growing conditions were to back home in Capetown. ![]() I’m good, thanks, thanks for holding me up.Altus Koegelenberg is from South Africa where his family has been grape farmers for five generations. When I start to wonder how much more pain can I continue to endure When I want to keep walking this lonely path but see no point When my back aches and my feet are swollen Yes, and still, “there’s no rest for the weary.” The gansta gets tired of thuggin and the hustla gets tired of hustlin. This is why I say “Come walk with me,” because even the preacher gets tired of preaching, the doctor gets tired of healing and the mother gets tired of parenting. Yes, I understand when it becomes overwhelming and you feel as if we aren’t making any progress. Only you can decide to endure, grow stronger, learn and change your life. ![]() Cause only you can decide that you are R.E.A.D.Y., that you are more than your circumstances, more than just a mother or father. Do we stay unaware of the Truth, unconscious to our self-worth? Or do we wake up and make a change in our lives? Do we crumble under the weight of racism or do we learn ways to strengthen ourselves in these circumstances? Do we submit to the obstacles in our lives becoming slaves to the problems, or do we work with diligent efforts to overcome? This will only lead to You. Money alone will not solve the problems that have left us stagnant.Ĭome walk with me, understanding that we will be Defined by how we proceed. I only ask that you walk with me and face Adversity head on, let’s work together, overcoming the obstacles in our lives that have slowed our progress to a crawl. Gain strength by shouldering the burdens of life, while discovering economical ways to proceed as a culture. Walk with me, strive, learn to mature and grow through Endurance. Realize, obtain awareness, consciousness of your true-self and the difficult trail we must blaze. ![]() Help me trample these things beneath our heels.Ĭome walk with me and awake from your slumber. Stomp out oppression, discrimination and racism. Let us build up the courage to walk away from the lies and deceit, leaving behind broken households, confusion and division. In order to get to a place where we can better our circumstances, we must first improve ourselves and our understanding of the Truth. Let’s take this journey step by step and see this endeavor through to its end. Walk with me beyond preconceived notions of the other side. It’s time to grow beyond our ignorance, biases, hatred and superstitions. It’s time to walk into a better America and do better by each other and for each other. Come, it’s time to remove your shackles, blinders and bondages. Come one, come all, you and you, walk with me. ![]()
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