The Final Journey, Part Two

A Piece of Advice from the Survivors

(A direct quote from the first page of Reflections at the beginning of the book)

Our survival bug-out journey was over. There were very few days during that journey that were mundane or boring. The challenges were many. Adapting and adjusting to events was required on a minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour, and day-by-day basis. There was always a deep desire to reach our final goal. A desire motivated by our belief that we were walking the path that our Lord, Jesus Chris, had prepared for us. A path that would enable us to serve others, helping them build both their today world as well as their eternal future.

Now, as our long-term survival effort started, we knew that it would be both different and similar to our completed journey. Life would take on a new tone. Daily chores, repeated day after day, would become part of our lives. Specific long-term projects would fill our thoughts and our efforts. Our lives then could begin to have some sense of routine. Planning and preparation for both the mundane daily chores and the challenge of creating a secure future would be critical. Once a plan was in place, each day would take on the challenge of building to that plan. We would prepare to do what was necessary to live as comfortably as possible. We would also prepare to deal with any challenges that might come our way. This diary, recording the building of our new lives would be different, and yet the same, as our survival journey.

Writing this diary was done from a perspective that even the mundane, the detailed, was critical to understanding what would be involved in building a new future. At some point in the future everyone may potentially find themselves in a similar situation, a similar world. Remember the purpose of this diary. It is written to help others think through, plan, prepare, and then actually accomplish the things that may be required of them if they are to build a sustainable life in a world that could resemble 1800 rather than the early twenty-first century. In such a future, survivors cannot afford to fail, both personally, and for the sake of those they serve. There will be days when they will have to do some boring things. There will be days of excitement and challenge. There will be days of danger, pain, sadness, sorrow, exhaustion, joy, and fulfillment.

We have but one desire and prayer for those who read this diary. Choose to survive! Once that decision is made do everything humanly possible to do just that, survive!