You’re welcome. I’m happy to help.
While it’s disheartening, the Lord hasn’t forgotten them. I’m relocating to the east coast in one of the places mentioned on the list. It’s beautiful and I’ve been several times.
My calling places me in secular circles. I can’t minister to the lost in a vacuum. They need to see the light and my lifestyle. I can thrive in that environment. But I don’t have children and my daughter isn’t married. She plans to homeschool and work from home. She’s preparing now.
It depends on many factors. Be mindful of the progression of time and the changes that follow. A place may be fine today and sliding ten years later. I’d seek the answer through prayer and fasting.
For me, I’d need to know my gifts, talents and purpose. Parenting is a sliver of your adult life. It goes faster than you realize. And people are living longer. I’d look for the place where the Lord is planting me. And have clarity about the work He wants me to do.
He’s sending me overseas for school. In two different countries. Plus study abroad in two more. Then I come home and head east. You can’t foresee what He has in mind.
Many people are moving out of California. My friends have gone to Texas. Portland and Denver are popular but the influx of new people has changed the demographic. But if you know the place you’re heading is God’s will. You’ll rest easy and won’t worry you need to move again. Good luck.
~Bella
Thank you Bella for these wonderful words of wisdom. Yes, I have to agree. While we wish to homestead and home school our children, I still want to have healthy amounts of exposure to the world because of course we are called to be in the world but not apart of it. I hope we find a church similar to what we have now, where we do go out and spread the gospel to the lost on the weekends. Though it'd be nice to do this even more often.
Keeping the progression of time is a definite factor in wherever we decide on going. That's why Texas has been ruled out a bit for us because we hear it's losing more of it's conservative values now. How long until it looks like California? We don't know these things of course and can only pray and trust God. I know He'll lead us in due time.
While I cannot wait to be a mother someday, I also keep that in mind. I can't imagine how quickly my own children will grow before my very eyes...
I pray you'll have a safe trip overseas when the time arrives for you to go study, and I pray you can be the salt and the light God calls you to be in these foreign lands. God bless you Bella.
Sorry I missed the part about homeschooling. I think that is admirable. We even have homeschool cooperatives around here, which you could maybe find or start. The idea being you can pool resources to get a language teacher or something. I have been blessed by the presence of an astounding Catholic high school in a nearby city we could commute our children into along with some other families we could carpool with. Had that not been possible I think we would have homeschooled. Now, with the dominant culture much worse we definitely would not have gone the public school course. But now we have a Chesterton Academy starting up two miles away.
Consider how friendly or not a state is towards homeschooling. Some raise roadblocks. Others are more supportive. That should be a criterion for you.
Thank you for the tips! I will certainly look into home school cooperatives for the state of our choosing. That's wonderful to hear how you've been blessed, regardless of you not home schooling. Honestly, I don't know who could have saw all of this craziness coming. It defies logic I find. But now that we're here, I don't see things getting better anytime soon. I only pray if it gets worse that the Lord comes quick!
Yes! I'm doing lots of research now and am acquainting myself with different state's home schooling laws. The least regulations, the best IMO but with our other factors playing in, we're really going to have to be wise in our final decision.
IAlso, there are about 9 states without state income tax plus 2 that don't tax wages. There are some places that their population has dropped so much that they guarantee free housing if u live there for a certain period of time. Living on the grid is cheaper than off in most places imo
Interested in non-traditional housing? - There's never been more options than now. Rammed earth, straw bale housing, yurts, converted airplanes and train cars etc. State regulations of course would play a part in that.
Wow! I had no idea of that! Thank you! We've been juggling if we want off grid or on. We'd ideally like to have some distance between us and our neighbors, but we also don't want to be in the middle of nowhere. Preferably, we desire a healthy balance of the two.
I know! It's really amazing when you think of it...there isn't really a shortage of options. All it takes is the drive, resources and discipline for someone to lead this lifestyle. My husband wants to build a house for us so I'm sure with all the options available, he'll go crazy with his creativity. Though hopefully not too crazy as I'm a little more traditional when it comes to style of homes lol.
Hi, t. r.
Yes, moving would be wise. However, it isn't the best idea to move to another state which is likely to follow California's lead in the near future. Washington, for example. And then there are states that are traditionally conservative but which are getting so many liberals fleeing what liberalism has done to California that they are in danger of being converted into liberal states themselves. Texas comes to mind. Even Idaho, since it is -- as you said -- a leading choice for such people who relocate--or Montana. Wyoming would be better.
The middle of the country or the South would seem to offer the best picking. Tennessee, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma. But as others have said to you already, if you are going to move, you would do well also to check local and state taxes, the educational systems, and a host of other variables that pertain to your own family, like recreation, weather, and so on.
We couldn't agree more. I've driven through Wyoming once before but if I'm recalling correctly, isn't it mostly desert? We definitely want more a lush green place that's good for growing food. Thank you so much for the recommendation though!
That is wonderful advice and I will be sure to keep it in mind. The states you mentioned too are states I've been eyeing for a while and should be researching soon. Thank you for all your help. Many blessings to you!
I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by "delete"?