2026 Youth Conference

Faith, Family, Freedom
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Friday – Saturday, 30-31 January 2026

Youth ages 11 (turning 12 in 2026) through 18 are invited to come connect and make friends with other East Idaho homeschool youth. We will learn together through inspiring and engaging classes, play fun team-building games, do a service project, and party the night away at a family dance.

Idaho State University Pond Student Union Building Pocatello Idaho

Youth Conference Price:

 

$30

* 20% discount until November 27, 2025 ($24)

 

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Speakers & Schedule

This years speaker line up will not disappoint!  We are very excited about those who are coming to share their experience and knowledge with us.

Tracy Ward

Tracy Ward

Mentor

I’m Miss Tracy, a spontaneous, ardent believer in possibilities! I LOVE my mission of strengthening families and building a community of people who want to be the good in the world. I’m a wife to my best friend,…

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Adam Hailstone

Adam Hailstone

Educational Coach

Adam is passionate about building a vibrant and expanding community to support students in their adventure through learning. He says, “I love inspiring parents and students to get a great education and overcome the barriers in their way.

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Nephi Zufelt

Nephi Zufelt

Entrepreneur

Nephi is a servant of Christ; Elizabeth’s devoted husband; Zoe, Ainsley, Keller, Melina, and Stratton’s homeschooling father; world traveler; and a wannabe church basketball star. 

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Breann Duffin

Breann Duffin

Homeschooler

Does her family always eat their daily veggies? Nope. Is her house a pristine canvas able to welcome guests at any moment? Also a negative.

 

 

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Tim Hall

Tim Hall

Belle Ame Campus Director

 

 

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Rosie Christman

Rosie Christman

Homeschool Mom

A homeschool mother of 8 with a degree in social work, Rosie worked with infants, toddlers, and adult mental health until she received a promotion and became a full time stay-at-home-mom, which is the hardest, yet most rewarding work she’s ever done.

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Joey Mascio

Joey Mascio

Motivational speaker

Joey Mascio is a comedian, motivational speaker, certified coach, and former middle school teacher who helps teens with self-confidence, social skills, and goals. He earned a Masters in Education, was a Disneyland character actor, and is frequently in the weekend cast at ComedySportz in Provo, Utah.

Schedule

Idaho State University Pond Student Union Building Pocatello Idaho

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Day 1/ January 30th

TimeClass AClass B
9:00am - 9:45aamKeynote - Cameron and Paula Taylor
10:00am-10:45amGames
11:00am-11:45amNephi Zufelt
12:00-1:00pmLunch
1;00pm-1:45pmBreann DuffinEmily and Seth Woodland - Dating
2:00pm-2:45pmDance Lessons with Chantelle Holman
3:00pm-3:45pmJustin HoranTim Hall
4:00pm-4:45pmLinsey JensenSam Martineau
7:00pm - 9:00pmConcert and Dance

Day 2/ January 31st

TimeClass AClass B
9:00am - 9:45amKeynote - Adam Hailstone
10:00am-10:45amGames
11:00am-11:45amJoey Mascio
12:00-1:00pmLunch
1:00-1:45pm Adam Hailstone
2:00pm-2:45pmCaleb WoodlandStacie Mehr
3:00pm-3:45pmJoey Mascio
4:00pm-4:45pmTracy WardRosie Christman
Tracy Ward

I’m Miss Tracy, a spontaneous, ardent believer in possibilities! I LOVE my mission of strengthening families and building a community of people who want to be the good in the world. I’m a wife to my best friend, Richard, and long-time homeschooling mama to six kiddos and Nana to five grandbabies. I’m passionate about learning, liberty, and laughter. I love kayaking, camping, reading, writing, mentoring youth, and creating events that bless families. Everyday I try to connect with heaven, cultivate joy in myself, and spread joy to others. Deep discussions of powerful ideas fill my soul. Sometimes I remember to make dinner and take out my contacts, but don’t count on it. You can find classes, coaching, and articles at my website, raisethetidecoaching.com.

Title: Greek vs. Hebrew Views of Truth and Why It Matters

We are swimming in the waters of a Greek world we inherited from Plato, Socrates, and the great thinkers of the Western World. That perspective views truth as an idea, while the Hebrew perspective views truth as a person. “This is why many of the questions we ask—however simple and honest they may seem—simply do not have immediate answers. It is because our questions implicitly assume a Greek world, and we are dealing with a Hebrew faith. The idea view of truth (and its Greek assumptions) has made the Hebrew tradition and belief look like nonsense” (Thayne & Grant). Come and learn the differences between these two ways of thinking! In doing so, you will deepen your search for truth, embolden your faith, and increase the power of Jesus Christ in your life.

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Adam Hailstone

Adam is passionate about building a vibrant and expanding community to support students in their adventure through learning. He says, “I love inspiring parents and students to get a great education and overcome the barriers in their way. My role directly aligns with my life’s mission, so it’s as much a calling as it is a career.” He studied Liberal Arts as an undergraduate and later received his MBA from the University of Michigan. Adam initially joined Williamsburg Learning in 2010 as a mentor and later designed much of The Williamsburg Curriculum. He has presented talks on education throughout the U.S. and Canada and loves finding creative ways to expand and enhance the Williamsburg tribe. He lives with his wife and family in Denver, Colorado.

Title: How To Think, Not What To Think
The world today operates differently from when our education system was created, let alone when we (parents) were growing up. Innovation, not conformity, is valued and rewarded, and the job market is starving for people who can connect the dots and lead.

Because you homeschool, your children will avoid the conformity mentality perpetuated by most schools today. But avoiding that isn’t enough. In this presentation, Adam Hailstone will teach you how to train your kids to be great thinkers, creators, and disruptors.

Title: The Science of Motivation
Motivation is not always easy to come by. Motivating others, especially our kids, can be even harder. So often, parents, teachers, and employers use methods to motivate others that work in the short term but do not last, or even worse, have long-lasting negative effects. In this workshop, Adam Hailstone will share with you the science of motivation and how to nurture deep intrinsic motivation in your children to achieve their potential.

Title: The Energy To Homeschool
Ugh! Sometimes, it’s hard to homeschool—energy wanes as the year goes on, the kids seem less engaged; it all feels like a grind. In his fun and inspiring way, Adam Hailstone will help you to see what’s blocking you from the energy you need. Then he will show you strategies and mindsets to help you build, increase, and discover new energy to tackle the challenge of homeschooling (and everything else).

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NEPHI ZUFELT
Nephi is a servant of Christ; Elizabeth’s devoted husband; Zoe, Ainsley, Keller, Melina, and Stratton’s homeschooling father; world traveler; and a wannabe church basketball star. In his free time from these important roles, he is the CEO of NexTek Innovations (a medical device incubator), entrepreneur, founder and president of Wealth Mentality Families, author of 2 best-selling books (Katie Bell and the Wishing Well; A Story of Finding True Wealth and The Big Startup Guidebook for Kids), and keynote speaker.
Nephi grew up in the beautiful landscape of Moab, Utah and graduated from Utah State with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering and MBA from the University of Tennessee. He has spent 10 years working his way into the C-Suite at a medical device manufacturing company only to turn around and leave it all for the uncertainty of startups and entrepreneurship so he could spend time doing what was most important to him; raising his family.
Nephi still enjoys the process of innovation and creation in the world of medical devices but finds his true passion in teaching and helping families to find their true purpose and create the life they desire. He teaches parents and youth how to avoid falling into the traps of worldliness and consumption while also pursuing true wealth in the correct way to be used in the service of others.
The boy crisis – Helping our young men find their way in a world that has left them behind. The data is clear; our young men are falling behind at an alarming rate. Worldwide the problem is even more serious. Young men are failing on nearly every metric we use to measure progress, but why? In this class we will discuss some of the problems we are seeing and what we can do to help our boys (our own and those around us) turn the tide and find success.
How to conquer a civilization – What would you do if you wanted to destroy a civilization? In this class we will look back at history to see what led to the fall of some of the greatest civilizations on Earth and draw parallels to what we are now seeing in Western society. You will leave this class with either a plan to conquer the world, or one to help your families change and try to save it.
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Breann Duffin

Does her family always eat their daily veggies? Nope. Is her house a pristine canvas able to welcome guests at any moment? Also a negative. Sometimes as her six children, ranging from preschool to high school, pass by her, she wonders if their fashion inspiration came from a Dr. Suess book with tassels of hair flailing, mismatched socks, no shoes, and the constant reminder to brush their teeth. Sacrifices had to be made as Breann Duffin grinded to learn everything she could about how to educate in a superhuman way. She has earned two Bachelor’s Degrees from Brigham Young University-Idaho. The first in Agriculture and the second in Secondary Education; certificates in Agriculture and All Sciences. She earned her Master’s Degree in Education in Curriculum Design and Instruction with an emphasis in Learning Design and Technology from Purdue University. She added her Elementary Education certificate after she finished her master’s degree. Over the last twenty years, she has taught all levels, PreK through 12th grade, and also has a decade of experience in teaching at the university and adult levels. She has trained teachers from all over the nation, built a thriving music studio of fifty students, started and directed a PreK-12th grade youth softball program in her community, sang her heart out as the lead in the community musicals, served as the president of her town’s Arts Council, and has built the curriculum for and mentored three IDX STEAM teams who all won first place in Idaho.  She did all this as she was doing the most important work of homeschooling and nurturing her family. Her most valuable experiences have come through the constant introspection of her family’s character, their level of motivation and diligence, and the educational methodologies used in their homeschool. She is honored to be amongst other beautiful individuals at this conference as we learn to develop strengths that make us secretly superhuman.

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Tim Hall

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Rosie Christman

A homeschool mother of 8 with a degree in social work, Rosie worked with infants, toddlers, and adult mental health until she received a promotion and became a full time stay-at-home-mom, which is the hardest, yet most rewarding work she’s ever done. She loves to mentor youth and adults, help heal hearts and families, and use her gifts and talents to bless others and further the Lord’s work here on earth. She comes from a yours-mine-and-ours family with 21 kids. She has lived in poverty-stricken Bolivia, helping people learn to read, garden, build adobe huts, and embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ. As a family, they have raised pigs, dairy goats, chickens, Guinea hens, rabbits, turkeys, ducks, geese, sheep, an orphaned cow, dogs, and cats. They have also raised all sorts of crops for personal use and also to sell at farmer’s markets. They love hunting and processing their own meat, canning food, making cheese, fermenting foods, making home-made vinegar, and more! They have a business called the Homestead Institute where they teach people to be self-reliant, improve their emotional and physical health, and live off the land. Rosie loves people, life, and learning and her love for the Lord motivates her in all she does.

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