After 100 plus posts on Steemit, I thought it would be time to do an introduction.
My name is Tim, and with my wife Joann, have been living off-grid for about five years. Our journey began together when we were married in 1971 when I was serving in the Air Force. The next 10 years, I worked in private industry and Joann was a stay-at-home mom for our two daughters. For the next 24 years we served as missionaries until we retired.
My grandfather’s name was Hans Jurgen , which is my user name on Steemit. He left Germany and came to the USA by himself at age 16 in the late 1800’s for a better life and married his wife Fredricka. To me he represents a spirit of adventure and a willingness to take a risk. This has been a driving force in my life to not always take the safe path, but to experience life as an adventure.
Joann and I were born in southern California, but over the years we have lived several times in Florida and Texas, and as missionaries we lived 10 years in Papua New Guinea.
When we decided to retire, we were faced with the decision of what we were going to do. I could not envision sitting at home and watching television all day, so when my son-in-law proposed the idea of buying land and moving off-grid we jumped at the idea. It was the kind of risk that appealed to us so we bought a mountain in the Ozarks to begin our off-grid lifestyle. (Our mountain is in the distant center).
Today, five years later, we live together with our son-in-law, Zac and our youngest daughter Jaimie, and their two sons Joshua and Kaleb. We have 56 acres homestead in the NW Arkansas Ozarks, raising sheep, chickens, turkeys, one cow, a big garden, and have various ventures to making our homestead pay for itself and being self-reliant.
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Cheers, Tim and Joann
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