About The Owners

Our names are Tobby and Brittany LaCoste. We are the founders of "The Branch Life".

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Have you ever wanted to know what it's like to get a message from God?

I have many times. I am on a journey to seek God to the fullest and listen to him daily for his plans for my life. Starting this business journey is one of the many messages I've gotten from God. I don't know where it's going to take me, but I do know that I want it all pointing towards Him!

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I grew up in a Christian home with both parents, who even today are still married.
My parents taught me about God and Jesus, but it never really went deeper than God's the one that created all of us and Jesus is the reason why we are alive.

During my adolescent years, I was in, what you could call a Godly environment. I had gone to church and was saved at age 14. However, at the age of 15, I started to rebel against my parents, left God behind, and started to do my own thing. By the age of 17 turning 18, I got caught up in the wrong crowd and started to do drugs. I had gotten clean a little over a year later.  I have had some hard struggles, most self-inflicted. I would chase men, looking for attention and love. I was trying to find myself in all the wrong places. I have a God-fearing, prayer warrior, for a mother. I also had my amazing sister-in-law that would never cease praying for me. 

 

Over course of 10 years or more, I had torn my family apart. I lied to them, cheated, stole, and verbally abused my family. My mother's prayers are one of the reasons that I was able to get away from the strongholds and into God's grace. If it wasn't for my mother or sister-in-law, I wouldn't be here today to tell people my testimony. I wouldn't be able to testify that, if God can change my heart from the inside out, just think of what he can do for you. No matter where in life you are.  

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Looking back now I see that I had so many opportunities to change, and I didn't. I didn't care. I didn't want to be told what to do, it was my life, and I was going to live it the way I wanted to. And yes, consequences came with those actions.

I had gotten married at age 18, had a child at age 22. My 1st marriage didn't start the way a marriage should have started, with God first. I had just gotten out of one jail, and later realized I had jumped into another.
I was a mother, a wife, and a full-time student. Our marriage wasn't built on a foundation. We had committed adultery several times, lied to each other, and just started seeing each other as just roommates with a child. We would still say that we loved each other but we both knew that wasn't the case.

In 2013, I filed for divorce. It was one of the hardest things I had to do. I know, it doesn't seem like it would be a big deal, considering everything we put each other through. The hardest part was going to my parents and telling them that I was getting divorced. My mom wasn't the hardest to tell. It was my father. I felt like I had already disappointed him enough. I started to feel the weight of the disappointment from God as well. 

I felt myself starting to change from my past and me telling him I was getting divorced, was like all the good I had done was going to go down the drain. I felt like my parents would disown me, because of their belief and truth of what the Bible says about divorce. 

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I ended up finally telling my dad, tears streaming down my face, and shame in my heart. I just knew that I would no longer have parents that I could talk to.

To my astonishment, my parents didn't disown me. They didn't approve of me getting divorced, but they understood. They gave me grace, as my Father in Heaven has done so many times. 

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It wasn't until I had hit about 25 that I started to straighten up even more and start seeking God more and more. And finally understood that it was God that kept me alive during that selfish time of my life.
Questions would arise of "why am I still here? I shouldn't even be alive right now."

I know God has a bigger and better plan for me than I can even imagine. So, I am on this road, and I don't even know where it's leading. I do know that God brought me out of the wilderness and to the place I am right now.

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I am now remarried to a wonderful man of God. God is first in our marriage, as He should be. My parents gave me their blessing and we have repaired the trust that was once broken, with God's hands. God also gave me 2 wonderful children that I didn't bear. He also blessed us with another child together. So, in all, we have 4 children, and we homeschool them all. 

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So, this is my story of how I was lost but now I'm found. I'm still learning, and it is a daily struggle, but I know that through God and faith in Jesus, He will build me and mold me into the person that he created me to be. I will Glorify him forever.

I will be forever grateful if you would join me in my journey from seeking God to Glorifying his name through homemade products. So come on, jump in, comment, view my shop, like the Facebook page, and praise Jesus all the while! 

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I give Jesus the praise and thanks for dying on that cross for a sinner like me! I would not have even dreamt of being alive today, let alone starting a business. 

He's the only one that is worthy of praise!!

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Be Blessed in Jesus' Name!