1. We live in the country now, for just over 6 months. We absolutely love it out here and will never go back to the city! We are working on growing our little homestead; animals, garden, etc. We plan to increase the amount of food we produce for ourselves and live off the land as much as possible. We actually only have a couple of acres and can see lots of neighbors out the front windows, but there is no one behind us but horses, who have 35 acres to run around with lots of trees and a creek. Okay, the creek is actually dry, but it is really cool to explore! So this is our little "wilderness", and I plan to blog all about it.
2. Our lives have undergone a lot of change over the last few years. Because of our spiritual beliefs changing, we feel like many of our family has pretty much abandoned us, on both sides, and quite a few friends as well. We already felt like outcasts because we're pretty crunchy in many ways, but as we continued to change and find out who we really are, our desires, dreams, goals, conform to what we believe the Scriptures are saying.....we are really feeling alone now. But that is not necessarily a bad thing! It just.....is. We are much closer to YHWH and to each other, so maybe it was necessary and GOOD. Nevertheless, we feel like this phase in our lives is like the wilderness. YHWH brought the Israelites out of Egypt to wander in the wilderness for 40 years before leading them into the promised land. I'm hoping it won't be nearly that long before we get to the promised land that He has prepared for us, where the milk and honey flow, but He is teaching us so much during this time. We are now out of "Egypt", but He is still getting "Egypt" out of us!
So this is my place to put down my thoughts, things I have been learning, updates on the homestead, etc. I hope that you enjoy the pictures and will come visit us if you are nearby. :)
