I've always thought that an "exit plan" was a good thing to have in our back pocket. I believed something catastrophic was about to happen in the US having to do with the blood moons around September 2015. We began preparing the best way we knew how, but we had no exit strategy. Where would we go? How would we get there? How much would it cost? How would we explain this to my parents next door? Yikes!

I knew leaving was really not an option at that point. But the idea did cross my mind. We felt that if we really believed the land was about to be cursed by some disaster (economic, social or otherwise), the best thing to do was to heed the message of Malachi (before the great day of YHVH) and allow our hearts to be turned towards our father:

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. Malachi 4:6

September 2015 came and went and the great catastrophe did not come. Here we are 27 months later and the US seems primed for a comeback (although we really don't know). Massive catastrophes can still occur and there are hidden dangers, but by setting our roots next door to my parents, my relationship with them has been improving and they get to be a part of every new grandchild we have. I wonder how different our life would be today if I had decided we needed to move out of the US back in 2015, if we had simply made it happen. @ironshield