VILLAGE IN-PROCESSING & PREPARATION

Your Village Preparation Package

You applied to join the First 100 Families. This package tells you what happens next, what the first year looks like, and how to prepare your household. Read it together as a family.

SECTION 1 — WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

What happens next

Your path into the village goes step by step. Nobody skips steps — not even founders.

1.
Application. Done — that's why you're reading this.
2.
Review. We read your application and write back to you.
3.
Visit. You come see the village life for yourself — a short visitor stay of about 3 days.
4.
Decision. You choose to join. We welcome you.
5.
Processing. About 1–2 weeks: your household is registered, you meet your mentor, you learn the basics.
6.
Acclimation. You settle into village life and begin the three-month program below.
7.
Your home. Permanent housing is assigned near the end of in-processing — not at the start. This keeps things fair: nobody arrives expecting a certain house or piece of land before they have joined the life of the village.

SECTION 2 — YOUR FIRST YEAR

Your first year

Months 1–3 — The Reacclimation Program. Three months is how long it takes to build new habits. So that is how long the program runs:

·Month 1 — LEARN. Watch how the village works. How meals happen. How work is shared. How decisions get made. Ask questions.
·Month 2 — PARTICIPATE. Join a work team. Farm, build, cook, clean, fix. Learn to work with people who are not your family.
·Month 3 — CONTRIBUTE. Lead a task. Teach someone newer than you. Take responsibility for a piece of village life.

In Month 1, each day, ask yourself three things:

·What did I learn today?
·What did I contribute today?
·What do I still not understand?

Month 6 — Check-in. We sit together and ask one question: can you live and work well in the village? We look at work, household, cooperation, and community life — honestly, together.

Month 12 — Established Member. After one year you are no longer a new member. You know the laws, keep your household, do your work, and help welcome the next new families. The people who learn the village best become the people who teach it.

SECTION 3 — THE BASICS

Everyone learns the basics

You don't have to be a farmer or a builder. But every member learns enough to help:

·Food — basic cooking, food storage, how the village food system works
·Land — planting, harvesting, saving water, the farming seasons
·Buildings — simple repairs, tool safety, taking care of what we build
·Home — waste, water, energy, cleanliness

The rule is simple:

Everyone knows enough about village life to contribute to village life.

SECTION 4 — TWO KINDS OF WORK

Two kinds of work

Every able member has two jobs:

1.
Your own work — your trade or profession. Teacher, mechanic, farmer, developer, cook.
2.
Village work — set time each week given to work that helps everyone: farm days, building projects, community meals, events, maintenance.

I work for my household — and I work for the village that supports my household.

SECTION 5 — THE LAWS, CUSTOMS, AND TRADITIONS

The laws, customs, and traditions

The village runs on rules everyone knows and customs everyone shares. You will learn them properly in the Village Law & Customs class — four modules:

1.
The Constitution — why the village exists, your rights, your responsibilities
2.
The Laws — conduct, safety, property, work, children, resolving disagreements
3.
The Customs — greetings, hospitality, meals, celebrations, respect for elders, welcoming newcomers
4.
The Traditions — the history of the village and why we do what we do

You can start now, before you even arrive:

See the class

Every class fee goes into the village startup fund.

SECTION 6 — THE TENT TRADITION

The tent tradition

Every spring, the whole village lives in tents for seven days. Everyone — elders, children, new members, founders. We cook outside, tell stories, play games, teach crafts, and remember our traditions.

It is not a hardship. It is who we are:

“Every spring, we return to the tent — not because we have to, but because we remember who we are.”

New members also spend time in the tent village when they first arrive — it is where village life is easiest to learn.

SECTION 7 — PREPARE YOUR HOUSEHOLD

Prepare your household

Talk about these together as a family before your visit:

·Your skills. What can each person do? What would each person like to learn?
·Your work. Which pathway fits you — bringing capital, bringing work, or both?
·Your habits. Village life means shared meals, shared work, and less privacy than city life. Talk honestly about what will be hard.
·Your children. Children attend school under Jordan's educational standards — school and study come first, always. Around school, they join age-appropriate village life: chores, traditions, celebrations, and, as they grow, mentorship with the village's workers and professionals to discover what they are good at, what they enjoy, and what the community needs. Every path is respected here — university, trade, business, or village service. Talk with your children about what excites them; the village will help them find where it meets a real need.
·Your questions. Write them down. Bring them to your visit. Ask everything.

SECTION 8 — ONE PROMISE, BOTH WAYS

One promise, both ways

The village promises you: a home, work, food systems, safety, and a community that knows your name.

You promise the village: your work, your honesty, your respect for its laws and customs, and your help welcoming those who come after you.

The village exists because we exist together.

When you are ready

You have read what the village asks of a household. The application is read by people, with care, and every family receives an answer.

Apply — The First 100 Families Read the Village Standard

Your complete forms packet: New Entrant Forms, In-Processing & Preparation Package (PDF)

Do not send medical forms by email — the village will arrange a confidential channel with you.

Questions anytime: sanctuary@studiocomms.live