Call Us Crazy.....

Those close to us know that we are very concerned with the state of the world and humanity. You can call us preppers, or survivalists, conspiracy-theorists- whatever-But self-sufficiency and the preservation of our family is our goal. We have been warned by Revelations, and by prophets from almost all religions (We are Seventh-Day Adventists so Ellen White is a source we study as well as the Bible) That the End of Times is near. Even those who don’t rely on religion can be found preparing. Whether it’s a nuclear disaster or attack, Mother Nature, Economical collapse or a series of events caused by our own government; it doesn’t matter. The end will be the same. The tragic loss of life will be the same. The hardships will be the same. We’ve been instructed to prepare.

 

The last four years of our lives have been spent studying, researching, learning, and working hard to do just that. We made our “Big Move”- our first big step Out of the City from San Diego, CA in 2009 after our son was born. My husband left a good job as a deputy sheriff to move to a very small, remote town in Utah. With moving we had to adjust to harder, limited work with less pay- meaning our lifestyle changed drastically. Shopping became a two hour drive round trip once a month, things we considered necessity changed to not so important. Instead of the Brand-new financed vehicles we’d been accustomed to buying in San Diego, we started buying used vehicles, cash. Our truck payment alone was almost $700 a month. Gone were the credit cards, expensive subscriptions, eating out several times a week, and money spent on unimportant things.  I’ll admit- it was a bumpy, difficult road and the change was gradual. But it was made.

In 2010 we moved to Georgia so I could complete my Midwifery training. Georgia was probably the biggest, hardest bump in the road for us.  We knew no one, we didn’t know the location of anything. We had very limited financial resources because we were putting thousands into my training, and Peter had to stay with Richie since we didn’t have any family or friends to watch him while I was gone. Working for him was very difficult because of the erratic and unpredictable hours I had to keep. We learned a lot and adjusted more, but we don’t dwell on the hardships that we faced while we were there except to remind ourselves that we have made it through rockier times.

At the end of 2011 we moved back to our beloved small town in Utah. We moved 3 times in less than one year. Each move was further and further from town. We are now remote, off-grid without the option of being tied in, and in a sustainable, defensible property with water- a precious thing in this drought ravaged farming and ranching area.  We had to make more changes, but now we are very comfortable and adjusted to off grid, isolated life. Armed with our accumulated self-taught knowledge, skills and our library of resources we are ready to start our caches and our specific preparations for the time we know is coming, sooner or later.

Just a little window into what will happen for those who haven’t really thought about it much- whatever may happen could quite possibly involve the grid going down. This is just one aspect-not even nuclear attack or earthquake, hurricane, fire, invasion, economic collapse, or the New World Order.  This means just no power. In a city (such as San Diego, or even any smaller ones with a population over a couple hundred) this means no water. It means no gas. It means no flushing of toilets, and the inevitable diseases that rise from lack of sanitation. This means no food coming into the grocery stores, and whatever was in fridges and freezers going bad. This means limited hospital and medicine availability for a while, then none. No air conditioning. No heat unless it’s wood. The elderly will die. The infirm will die. Those dependent on drugs will die. Babies on formula with no access to breast milk will die. Riots and looters will kill. People will run out of gas idling in parking lots caused by mass exodus too late on the freeway. Money will mean nothing. This is not something we were willing to allow happen to our children. It was hard, it wasn’t easy. We’ve suffered some but nothing like so many will. Lack of funding is not an excuse. We did it and I am pretty positive that financially most reading this are much better off than we. Age is no excuse if you are able-bodied or have younger family members.  The Neering family started in their late 70s. Our neighbors all started after retirement. We did it with young children. In the end, excuses will not amount to anything.

 

The parable of the fig tree says that when we see the signs of the end of times, another generation will not pass. This will happen in our lifetimes, in my children’s life times.  Those Christians out there who think that they will make it through because God will provide for them, without changing anything about their lives are deluded. God will provide for you if you OBEY him. He told us these things to warn us. Lot was saved because he left the city (Note that his wife was turned into a pillar of salt for looking back). The people who obeyed God and left Jerusalem for the mountains were saved when it was invaded. We have had ample time to prepare. And there still is time. This blog will serve as an update for family and friends as to our progress, and just about daily life with our family.