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Kicking against the Goads:
My husband and I are getting very concerned about the economy.  To the point where we are willing to sell all we have and move halfway across the country with our 6 kids (ages 2-10) and homestead it.  We don't owe alot on our house, but we do owe, and if work dries up for him here we're worried we could lose everything.  We want to be able to feed our family, not owe a penny to anyone and take yet another step in casting all our care on Him.

Of course our extended family thinks we're nuts...which is nothing new!!  But it plays in my head that maybe we are taking things too far.  Would love your thoughts!!

Thanks,
Lynn

Ninny:
Hey Lynn,
The economy has everyone a bit nervous. You should strive to get out of debt, I don't know about the idea of selling everything and moving away... You just live the best way you can, trust God to supply all your need. If you had a chance to move out of a city, that might be smart, but then you do have to work until you don't have a job anymore. I very much like living in the country myself, we raised our sons in the country and they are grown up and have their own families now. There are many things you can do to prepare for hard times. If you Google it you can find some ideas.
I'm probably not as helpful as someone else might be! There are a few "wise guys" here who are always full of wisdom and good ideas! Indiana Bob for one he's really smart and George "aqr" they're pretty smart when it comes to all kinds of stuff!
Don't be afraid! Just hang in there!
Kathy :D

musicman:
I'm not nervous.  I'm livid.

arion:
It's not a lack of faith (IMO) to prep ahead for the bad times to come.  I sure don't see this old world getting any better and indeed the scripture tells us it's going to get worse.  Most believers have no problem with preparing by having health and life insurance or by having disability or even saving money for a 'rainy day'.  Few would say that those who do such things are lacking faith. 

Indeed Noah was instructed to prepare and he did so.  Joseph was sent ahead and was shown the 7 years of plenty followed by the 7 lean years.  I think it is a good and wise thing to store up provisions as you can.  It wasn't that many years ago where everyone had gardens, root cellars and a full pantry.  It was considered good common sense.  The thing is that it is possible for people to put their faith or comfort in the supplies they have laid aside and that is putting trust in the wrong thing.  I like the saying that one should pray like it all depends on God (Which it does really) and work like it all depends on you.

Although God can do miracles and cause manna to fall from heaven, more often then not he supplies needs through other people.  There are going to be so many needing handouts in the days ahead (I feel another great depression or worse is right around the corner) that I don't want to be a burden to anyone if I can help it.  And one can certainly expect to find no help from the government.  Just a look at the disaster which was Katrina a few years ago will tell you that if it gets bad you and yours are pretty much on your own for an extended period of time.

Roy Coates:
Same here, nervous and livid. My family has started to replace the landscape around the house with edible landscape, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and one apple tree. We intend to add more as we go. I found some free lumber on craigslist(kinda like a local eBay) and built 5 raised bed gardens in the back yard. Grew enough veggies for the summer and stored some into early winter. We plan to increase our preservation as we learn more. We also joined a CSA. That is where you pay into a local, in this case organic farm and receive 20 to 30 pounds of veggies every week for 20 weeks. It supports the locally grown food farmers and saves us a bundle on food. Sustainability can be had even on a small lot like ours. Don't believe me check out what this family did on less than 1/4 acre http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/01/01/whats-new-for-the-new-year-project-1/
There is a lot you can do right where you are at. Hope this helps, enjoy. Another good site is http://freedomgardens.org/ and http://www.pathtofreedom.com/ all related sites but good stuff

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