The past year (18 months) has been very eventful period. yesterday I write a list of some of the key events including
| Month / Year | Activity |
| Aug 15 | Tssf Convocation and Profession
Commitment to Simplicity Discussion with Valerie about God’s Farm possibilities |
| Sep 15 | Visit to Gods Farm. Impressed with possibility
Decision to work towards Life of simplicity and being MORTGAGE FREE to enable the possible move to Gods Farm practical. |
| Oct 15 | Visit to Gods farm discussion with Betty. Went to local RC church with Betty and met some of her friends. Looked promising. Received letter from Betty declining the possibility because the imcumbent needs to be Roman Catholic. |
| November / December/ January 16 | Prepare the home for Sale including
· New bathroom upstairs · Redecorate Bathroom, toilet, and Nick’s bathroom, Laundry, and the two other downstairs bedrooms and the Prayer room |
| January 16 | Put Flame Close on the market for $530,000 and dropped immediately to $485,000
Put Cairns on the market for $180,000 |
| Feb 16 | Caretaker mode, hunting for other places to buy or rent. |
| Mar 16 | Ellie and Will decide to engage and be Married in Perth June 11th 2016
Ellie runs out of Visa and need to return to Perth immediately. |
| April 16 | Offer accepted for $475,000 and the buyers want a long settlement. Agreed on August 2nd to allow for Nick to re-settle, Ellie to marry, and return to the UK, and us to determine where to go next. |
| Apr – Jun 16 | Wedding Preparations and Wedding
Nick leaves home Will returns to London |
| July 16 | Ellie receives 5 year visa and returns to London
Pack up Flame Close Give away dining suite, lounge suite, bedroom furniture, books, clothes, Throw away four trailers of stuff to the tip Give away four trailers of stuff to Salvos Pack the rest into Big Orange Store in Malaga Say good-bye to an empty house, formerly home. Neighbours sad to say good-bye. Tears in Mikes house hold and in the Price household after 16 years. |
| August 16 | Home Sit in Baldivis, Trevor and Suzanne’s home with a Marmalade cat
Met lady on train and secured 5 days home sit near Murdoch University. Amazing God provision for a week that we did not have |
| September 16 | One Month at Hocking in the home of Joe and Kate. No animals to look after |
| October 16 | 15 days in Coolbellup in the home of Lizzie with an old cat. Lovely compact older home overlooking the Bushlands that have since been taken over by the Roe 8 Highway development.
Met Steve, the Independent candidate for Bicton (designate) and had a good chat about his aspirations as an MLA. Undertook to become his treasurer and later opened a joint bank account with him so that I can assist with this management function. Two weeks in Kelmscott in the modern small home of Sharron and her little dog Joyce. Good time here and enjoyed the atmosphere of the area being close to Rail, Church, the River Canning and the bushland near Roleystone Had five nights at Ton and Annette Leans home before going to Madaley for 4 weeks to the home if Lyn Curruthers home with a Dachshund called Reme
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| November 16 | Completed Homesit in Madelay and the last weekend of Tree of Life. With no where to go, we found a cabin available at Cherokee Village and stayed for 17 days until the next home sit in December. It was during this time the we discovered community in a new way and also came to the sense that it was time to settle down. We inquired and found there was one suitable Park Home available next door to Max Pengelley which we secured for $200,000 subject to Sales of Cairns (or finance on cairns and Super).This proved to be a real shot in the arm for us and it ticked all the boxes for the place to be. |
| December 7th to 31st | Home sit in Kallaroo and found a massive house with two dogs Labrador (Kimber) and Terrier (Roxy). Enjoyed frequent morning walks on the Whitfords Beaches and a swim most days.
During this time we got confirmation of Bank Load for $130,000 on Cairns property and $70,000 from Superfund so that we were able to make un-conditional offer for the park Home. Much rejoicing. Tod Max and he was so thankful, he hugged us both and praised God in prayer for us all at the same time. |
| New Years Eve | Had a party at the Village and spent time celebrating with max, Mike and Trish Payne at the park. |