One Income Living

I almost gave up completely on myself and this move. Click here to watch the full video

I questioned my husband, God and myself that we made a terrible decision moving into a camper full time. 

Hi, Im Taylor, my family of 7 and I live full time in our homeonahitch…consisting of 2 dogs, 2 cats, and 3 of us in our 43 sq ft fifth wheel. 

What I couldn’t fathom was that God brought us to our last state to fail, we lost a lot of our savings, we lost a lot of hope, we lost almost complete faith in this lifestyle. God moved mountains for us very quickly once he knew the time was right. 

“Where God guides, he provides” Isaiah 58:11

Further more,  our North Star,  led us to the southern sunshine state, a place of ocean healing and evergreen adventures. My inner darkness put back in the shadows of no mans land, that I question why did my hope fail?

If I am being honest, in my heart, Oklahoma was not the place I dreamed of when we left Colorado, not that its a bad state or a life we didn’t want , I have wonderful family there that I miss already not being close to them. 

However my soul was restless. If you have ever had a restless soul, its like trying to bath a grizzly in a wash bucket… it is nearly impossible to get anything, let alone out of your mind, to get things done. 

God knew my soul was restless, but maybe he was causing the stirring, because he wanted me to think more, to want more, and to give him the chance to show us. 

It took a huge leap of faith, to leave to the other side of the country with our little family and just a few of our belongings. The rest is in storage in Colorado, to completely start over again, after doing so only 6 weeks prior. Starting over is hard, but whats harder is trying to force a life that isn’t yours to live. 

Deep within, my mind was in a dark, uncreative place, to which I needed to water and weed for my creatively to bloom again. Now that we have settled in this new routine, we have found an amazing church that has welcomed us with open arms.  I feel ready to come back and build what God has called me out to do. 

Living on only one income,  starting over again after only a couple months ruined our savings, ruined our trust, ruined almost me, but isn’t that where God uses us the most to make you grow?

 WE learned sacrifice pretty early during this lifestyle as we cannot fit everything we had in our old home into a fifth wheel, not that its life or death, but I miss my treasures, my breakables, my own personality of things that are left back in storage. My son misses his tractor that he can help daddy farm. We miss the comforts of a home that is in the same location that we can go to every night without the rocking back and forth. But I missed things… and it made me shiver at the thought that things were what brought me comfort, not the presence of God. 

God intended this hardship for good, he intended this for his will and our betterment. Living on one income is a sacrifice with in itself, as our budget is really important. God never failed us once, why are we so early to give up the test because we didn’t study.

I often ask God, is this the end for us? Are we going to live here forever or is this just another stop along the way because I feel we are settled but not rooted. We have started our seeds inside but having transferred to our outside garden of our life to nurture and grow the way nature, God, has intended. 

 During the transition of this starting over again, I have felt that it has been on my heart to say the truth about how it really isn’t all sunshine And rainbows for everyone all the time, to show real life, to talk about real life, and to invite you to share yours. 

After some much needed rest and nourishment, I feel more like myself than I have in a while, because my hope is restored and I can see why God brought us here, only having one income may be a challenge but I am hoping to take some burden off my husband with our homeonahitch, as every cent counts. As we hope to have a home or land within a year or two, to have a journey that we can’t wait to start, wherever that is, I know we will make It work because we have the best navigator. 

I truly value each and everyone who already has subscribed and has left sweet comments. I feel a lot more of us are needing a good friend to sit on the porch and have a cuppa tea with sharing what we are excited about and what we are struggling with. Craving times of the past in the rushed world to just feel normal and that our lives aren’t bad. That we have normal things, and messy houses, loud kids and pets, a small home, debt, and just wanting to romanize our life. 

We are at peace in our life for the first time in what seems months, not that we don’t have struggles, financially, family or loneliness.

This full-time rv lifestyle is not the easiest as it comes with a lot of sacrifices with belongings, space, feeling always on top of each other, but it does come with freedom and the chance to move where God says to. Allowing him to be in full control of our lives and trusting him that he does know our hearts and our longings in what we want to accomplish in they earthly world, but forming it to align with his will. 

With me finally feeling my soul ease and the darkness lifted, I am ready to open the door for what God has intended for us. I hope you can  do this for your own life as well my dearest friends. It is going to be the hardest thing you ever do, but it will be your greatest journey and accomplishment to open your heart to the one who made your heart and knows it inside and out. 

Your story Is not over yet, in fact, it might just beginning a new and page turning chapter. 

My cherished pals, may your home be a haven of peace and joy, and I'll be popping by to see you real soon!