I am requesting prayer from anyone who has a spare moment regarding the exodus of myself and my wife from this state (CA) to another. A number of things have to fall in place for us to get out in a timely fashion and there are many decisions to be made.
At the moment I am split between the Texas coast, Florida or North Carolina. I think TX or FL are better constitutional strongholds but we know nobody in those states we would be living near. As a result it would end up being just myself and my wife, wherever we go. We have friends in North Carolina, and my son hopes to get stationed there as soon as he gets back off of deployment. This would be a big plus with regard to my wife, as she would have someone to talk to and having our son being able to come visit is something she would really enjoy, but over the course of the last year I have seen the government in NC pulling some very CA type stunts, and I don’t really want to move from California to California-Lite. We only get one shot at this, and if we ever had to move again it would likely be an emergency evacuation from a state in distress, if you know what I mean.
Then there is the subject of my wife. I’m certain she would accompany me to NC if I decided to go there, but she would be resistant or outright refuse to go to TX or FL, and I am at the point in my life that if her decision were to not go with me then I would just go without her. I do not feel I would be under any obligation to stay for her sake, as it would be her refusal to follow me and not my refusal to take her. I would say that I don’t think this is a possibility, but I feel it very much is.
So, I ask for your prayers. I will try to keep this blog updated with information on what is happening with regard to our move, but I think the WordPress blog is not long for staying, and I may end up destroying it sooner than later. As I have said in some of my previous posts, even if you don’t use Minds.Com, if you have any desire to continue reading anything I have to say I recommend at least going to and bookmarking my Minds page (http://www.minds.com/snappertrx). I am already in the process of copying and saving many of my important posts here so that they can be recreated there.
Thank you.
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well … between the texas coast and florida … i think she would much prefer florida for three reasons:
1. the texas beaches are just not that pretty and cannot even begin to compare to florida or cali. i’ve been told it’s b/c of the mississippi watershed that washes sediment out of the river, and the current carries it west along the shore.
2. texans are slower to accept new people, and unless you’re thinking houston (and i don’t think y’all would like houston, but i could be totally wrong), you’ll likely find a lot of ‘small-town-texas’ along the coast.
3. florida is closer to north carolina – especially if you’re on the east coast, it’s a straight shot up I95.
if you want boots-on-the-ground intel on NC, drop a comment at Ton’s place and see if he has time to answer: https://tonsplace.wordpress.com. he’ll definitely know, and he’ll shoot you straight.
as for neighborhoods, i’ve found that, generally, new development neighborhoods are easier in which to make new friends b/c everyone wants to meet their new neighbors. established neighborhoods are much harder to break into as far as getting to know your neighbors.
for me, personally, i prefer texas, though i do really miss the florida beach. but i prefer the culture here. generally more conservative.
feel free to send me an email if i can give you further info.
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i’ll try to remember you’re at minds.com. i guess i’ll need to look around at my options just in case, but i really hate to do that if i don’t have to. boo.
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Lord, I lift Snapper and his Wife up to You, Lord. I pray that You would fill Snapper with great wisdom and knowledge and direction as he makes these huge, life-changing decisions for himself and his wife. May he know and follow Your steps looking only on You. If it be Your desire for them to move, I pray that You would make the path bright and clear and that everything necessary would fall into place. If You desire them to stay, I pray that You would give Snapper full knowledge of this decision and great peace and endurance. Thank You for being God and for being so big we can count on You and trust You with such monumental decisions. In Jesus’ Holy Name, amen
Thanks so much for the prayers and the wealth of information! Ill look this up!
Yes, on the blog thing, I felt very strongly that taking it down to pray over the country, the election, etc. was the right thing to do, and it most definitely was, especially with how many people I know who read my blog and had tried before to get Patrick fired for bogus complaints (related to blog stuff!).
I think it’s foolish to play into Satan’s hand and allow for things like this (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/01/19/left-calls-for-army-of-citizen-detectives-to-monitor-report-trump-supporters/) to harm you and your family. The Bible plainly states that during times like this, a wise man takes cover and protects himself (hides). We can do more for God without being out in the open on the interwebs I’ve found. And the left is literally hunting for things right now, best not to give them anything concrete.
Prayers for y’all’s move! It is a very difficult decision I’m sure.
I noticed that you had disappeared and I figured that was the reason why. Thanks for the prayers, and keep safe out there!
I really felt, in the summer watching the violent riots and seeing what it was doing to the men and women my husband works with… I really felt that God was pouring out His wrath on our country, and that Trump was not going to win, despite all the evidence that more people were probably going to be voting for him.
Biden is a punishment from God (in my opinion).
Look at how most of NM voted for him, and now their economy is going to be even more tanked because Biden is their punishment.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/01/24/new-mexico-voted-for-biden-now-regrets-oil-gas-suspension/
A lot of people, places, etc. are going to be really, “getting it,” in the way of punishment during these four years, and they most definitely deserve it. I think a lot of people are going to be regretting what they’ve done, but we’ll have to see what that amounts to (if anything).
Yeah, its already beginning. I’ve seen quite a bit of Twitter asking “What is this guy doing” over everything from unions to immigration to cancelling Trumps order to lower EpiPen prices. Even if its not divine punishment people get what they vote for. Hopefully if Texas decides they are done and attempt to secede a bevy of other states will follow. I’ve seen some speculation on how it would go and, though I would rather see our nation purged of communists I think its probably the more likely solution. Even then it may not be the least violent solution, as there may not be one, but only time will tell.
Wow, I guess I need to really consider what to do with my blog 😥
Ame, you are much more anonymous in my opinion 🙂 I wish I could blog, but I outed myself years ago (and our kids and Patrick), and it just doesn’t feel right with his occupation etc. This is definitely a personal thing I think.
You might check with Ryan Callahan, http://www.authorryanc.com about moving to Florida as he recently moved his family there from Colorado.
Cool, thanks!
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Yeah. FL already shut down one “assault weapons” ban last year, and I think the governor is pretty much against any such thing. It’s a shame about the ICE order, lots of people could end up suffering. I don’t know if you ever heard about the guy here in San Fransisco a few of years ago who got let out and ended up shooting a completely innocent girl at the pier. He said he didn’t know the gun was real and got off the hook. We can expect more of that, I’m sure. I don’t think a lot of Americans realize how normalized brutality is down in mexico. My son in laws father in law (wrap that around your head) has threatened to beat and kill him many times while he lived at home. It’s just a normal thing for him, it’s part of his culture, and that follows other immigrants up here.
BLM stuff is going to become normalized as well unless people stand up, but lot of school personnel are into social justice, so parents need to be super voucher and not let up.
“I don’t think a lot of Americans realize how normalized brutality is down in mexico. My son in laws father in law (wrap that around your head) has threatened to beat and kill him many times while he lived at home. It’s just a normal thing for him, it’s part of his culture, and that follows other immigrants up here.”
^^Right, I don’t think people in the US DO understand any of the cultural differences. We see it more here somewhat nearer the border, but our border towns REALLY see it.
I’m not sure Texas won’t change to blue at some point 😦 I wish I could be more positive, but we’ve had so much influx from the other blue states that it’s become overwhelming.
We barely beat Beto back in 2018 !!! Doesn’t look good for the future unfortunately.
I just saw on my news feed that a TX representative has introduced a secession bill in the last couple of hours. Hopefully I can be in FL before TX goes all in and FL follows! I don’t know if NC would secede, but if not then I won’t be going there.
Wow! I wish that could become a reality, it just feels so, “out there,” as far as actually happening. We have sooooo many democrat liberals here, it’s sickening. But it will be interesting how the bill plays out.
Just recently my husband’s employer had us move: from the place where I grew up and had family and friends to a place where I knew nothing and nobody. It’s hard to accept that my whole life has to change because of someone else’s decision. And by someone else I don’t mean my husband, for he can’t control it either (he can’t just go for another job unfortuantely). So basically neither my husband nor I chose the place we live now. And even though the place is not too bad it actually sucks that we’re not here because we wanted to but because we had to! … I don’t know if I get my point across … anyway, you can choose where you want to live! Enjoy it! I hope that you can base your decision on things that you do want, and not have to base it too much on things you wish to avoid or can’t control. I hope that in the end you’ll look forward to this change in your life and then perhaps it will be easier for your wife to trust and come along.
Thanks for the encouragement! I hope that where you are now ends up being a place you come to love and have great memories of, even if its not quite where you or your husband chose. It can happen!
SnapperTrx,
Praying for you and for God’s guidance.
Thank you, it is much appreciated.