[amc] Family moving to Austin from Boise
- From: Austin Mennonite <austinmennonite@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Austin Mennonite Church <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 14:24:45 -0500
Victoria Everett St John and her husband, Trace, with their two children,
Savana (14) and Tayson (4) are planning to move to Austin in August.
Below is information about the family. Please read the information and
offer them helpful counsel on this big transition.
Victoria:
phone - 2087039616
email - vibrantvic@xxxxxxxxx
Victoria writes:
We currently live in Boise, Idaho and are very active in the Mennonite
church here. I read about your church and it seems to be a lot like the
church here and we are looking forward to being actively involve in your
congregation. The church here has been a wonderful community and support
system for our family.
I have live in Idaho 42 years, my whole life. My husband is from Denver and
has lived here about 8 years. We were married in the church a year ago. We
both have a hard time in the winter and I get severely depressed. We
decided to move south a couple a months ago and randomly picked Austin
because we liked the energy there. We live mostly by bicycle and Austin
seems to fit that lifestyle.
My husband, Trace, is a very talented and busy handyman. He can fix just
about anything. He gets a lot of customers because he does such great work.
Trace loves carrying all of his handyman gear to jobs by bicycle and thinks
that is a lot of fun. I clean houses and businesses. I have been doing in
for 15 years and have great clients. I currently have been cleaning the
Mennonite church here for 6 years.
We both love what we do and are sure we will be able to get our businesses
going pretty quickly when we get there.
I am excited and terrified to move. I've never lived anywhere else, though
I have traveled a lot. I am writing in hopes of being able to have an
established support system in place before we move.
We are looking for housing. Currently we live in a small trailer house and
we like simple living. Our passion is to be able to find land and build a
tiny house or two. I have a passion for growing food and have a beautiful
garden in the summer months. I also buy several fruit trees every spring
and randomly plant them around the city. I have so much fun hauling them
around with my bike trailer and knocking on doors asking people which tree
they would like me to plant in their yard. I would love to live where I
could garden.
Though we are open to living wherever we can afford to start out
with...which is around $800 a month. We will have a small amount in savings
we can live off of for a few months until we get work. If you come across
anything between now and August that would be good housing please consider
us.
(Lee: I talked with Victoria by phone today and she said they are thinking
of living in an RV until they get more established. They are interested in
finding a place to station their RV.)
I am attaching a picture that we took on a full moon bike ride we went on
last summer that will pretty much sum up who we are. I also have a web site
called crazybananalady.org that tells my story and I write what I am
grateful for every day.
Victoria
* Pastor Lee’s response:*
*Victoria,*
*Love the family photo! I visited your website and watched the video. I
am glad you found your way to being more healthy. *
*It was good to hear from you and about your plans to move to Austin,
Texas. It seems to be a bustling place these days - computer tech
industry, state capitol, University of Texas, music scene, etc. Rentals
are at a premium. Apartments are being built in many places. There may be
some neighborhoods where you could find a small house to rent that would
give you a little gardening space. My wife and I rent a house near the
church. We should be paying more but we got into it at $1100 a month
because I agreed to do repairs, etc. *
*If sunshine and warmer weather are good medicine, then Austin has both.
As a bonus, it gets downright hot here in the summer months (Jun-Sep).
When we moved here in 2011 Austin had 100 days of over 100 degrees! My
wife and I grew up in the Chicago area and understand winters and cold
weather. We enjoy the very mild winters and the warmer climate here.*
*There is a difference between the Pacific Northwest and Central Texas
geography and culture. Sounds like a big move for you all. I am sure you
know that moving is a stressful thing and I admire your desire to begin
networking even before the move. We have moved here and there during my
pastoral ministry. We actually lived in Eastern Washington State for 8
years and I have been to Boise. Larry Hauder was conference minister for
part of my time in Washington. You could ask him about me.*
*With your permission, I would like to put together your information and
send it out to our email list and see if any connections happen. I cannot
promise anything, but it's worth a try.*
*My prayers are with you as you contemplate a big move.*
*Peace,*
*Lee Lever, Pastor*
*Austin* *Mennonite* *Church*
AustinMennonite.org <http://austinmennonite.org/>
Victoria:
Thank you for your reply. I will mention you to Larry next time I see him
:)
You can send out an email. That would be greatly appreciated.
I look forward to meeting you and the Austin Mennonite family.
Victoria.
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