🔴 LIVESTREAM Replay: Q&A + Why We Moved? Why America? What‘s Next?

[@wadeschwartz6281]

Great that you set the proper expectations for the channel . Sad that you need to defend you decisions,,be encouraged. Your such a beautiful family . America needs some serious missionary activity here , strange to say as an American Christian . Wishing you all the best !

[@myaccount6208]

I found you in Sweden. I lost you for a little while. I'm glad to find you again. I believe it was your channel that taught me to incubate and hatch my own chicks . Glad to know you're on your way back . God bless and welcome to America.😊

[@kathleenmcginley4827]

I found you when you were in Sweeden and you started a go fund me for Art & Bri. I am so happy you are finally here in the US. I look forward to your search for home and watch you build your farm from the ground up. I love learning, and even though I am 71 and can't walk, I do love watching others build thier homesteads and accomplish their dreams...I share your joy too!

[@jbane2003]

We are glad you are here in the US especially glad to have you considering settling near the region where we live. We are located in the Northeast Georgia mountains. That will be pretty close to East Tennessee and Western North Carolina. Once again Welcome!! We have been subscribers a long time before you left Sweden. God Bless you and your family❤️🙏🏻

[@joellenbroetzmann9053]

My grandparents lived near the Mississippi River in NW,WI where they were dairy farmers. The land is very fertile there but cold in winter and pricy as it has become a rural hideout for folks who want to escape Minneapolis and St Paul, MN to find peaceful home life. For about 15 years I lived in Southern AL and SC because my husband was job transferred. When we would drive north to see family I always enjoyed the areas of TN and KY. They do get many more tornadoes in the summers there so be sure to look for places with storm shelters. They can also receive much rain from hurricanes coming in along the Gulf of Mexico. But the land is very pretty. There are poisonous snakes such as copperheads so children need to watch where they step and put their hands. To me farm life is a wonderful life. I will pray that you land in a heavenly spot. I have been watching since Sweden. My genealogical roots are mostly from Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, so I enjoyed watching your show to see the land my ancestors left to make a new life here.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Good things to think about!

[@paulettemathis5958]

Welcome to the United States. We need more like you and your family. God bless and protect you and your family.

[@trudyeagan8160]

I’m sorry I missed your livestream. I’m a longtime subscriber from your life in Sweden. Each time you moved I was disappointed God didn’t send you to the USA and so thankful when He did.

[@fraslavko1]

I'm still with you as you evolve,since the chicken -greenhouse (ha ha)and the beautiful Highland cattle.! keep on truckin' ! Much love from Oregon

[@anniebelle6679]

So glad to hear more of your family's faith journey now that you're all here.

[@FarmFreshIB]

Started long ago... will be with you even when the trumpets sound.

[@laurelcoem9759]

Welcome to America, I've been subscribed for several years. Prayers for you and your family to find a home be it in Tennessee or wherever.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Sorry I missed the live. I’m glad you are having some cabin and down time, you need to rest from your ordeal of getting to the US. I love your family and I am happy that you will be posting more regularly. I have been subscribed almost since the beginning, several years when you were in Sweden and I plan to follow you always. Thank you and God Bless!

[@h20dad1]

I have no doubt you will be visiting and hooking up with the Rhodes, Joel Salatin and most of all, would love to see you join the group at the Homestead Festival at Rory Feek's farm. Good luck with your journey and you have my prayers. Seems only a short time ago, you were pumping water from the lake for your livestock.

[@vivianking8143]

Every detail of your lives is no ones business. Stay to the path God leads you. In Joy

[@SolaceRadioMeanderRadioNetwork]

So glad you and your family are here. Praying for many blessings for you in this journey. May the Lord bless you all along the way. Love you guys.

[@WendyLKoc]

Simeon and Alex we have been with you since you were in Sweden. I just love your channel and I have learned so much from you. Praying for you in your journey and where God has you. Praying for a house for you in Tennesse or North Carolina. Thank you, Simeon, Alex and kids. You know Simeon you can look at Missouri. We moved here just over a year and 1/2 ago from Wisconsin.❤ We are so looking forward where God is going to put you. Praising God your here in the USA and were keep praying for y'all. Happy Thanksgiving Simeon, Alex and Kids🦃 Hugs to y'all WendyK

[@elainegardiner9826]

Hi. It is very exciting to have you and your family here. Twenty-first century pioneers. That is how this country became to be. I feel you were called by God to come here. We all get to come along with you. Most of us are from pioneer stock. By watching your family can be the adventure. Thank you. May God bless you all and protect you. Many hugs. Texas

[@DrHoyt]

Been with you since Sweden

[@jeeps7913]

I intentionally do NOT use Facebook etc., but have been following you for 5 years or so-since I 1st found you via KZbin ! I’m so thankful you post here. I can’t afford to join ‘pay-for’ channels as a ‘very’ senior citizen, so will follow you as long as I can find you! I subscribed some time after 1st watching you & have continued watching you & your family members grow in wisdom & in knowledge! I keep you all in prayer!! Hang in there, keep aware of God’s love & His promptings🙏🤗💞

[@neirboh]

We love your family and want the best for you! God bless all of you!!

[@joanwilliams346]

Have watched you since Sweden. Glad your in the States , now. You may look in southeastern Kentucky. The weather is very close to northeastern Tennessee and not as expensive or in demand as Tennessee or N. Carolina. God bless your journey. I’ll be tagging along with you.

[@ilzitek2419]

❤ I am part of your journey since you organized a fund raiser for Bri and Art. You are such an amazing and generous family. Many blessings On Your journey. I know you will find your home.

[@ediewall1906]

I started watching you in Sweden to learn more about homesteading but got interested in your family and your life adventures. You have not disappointed at all. Missed you when you were gone for a while. I am looking forward to seeing where God takes you and learning more about permaculture and homesteading. We are in NY (as far away from New York city as you can get and still be in NY) on 43 acres and hubby and I are in our 70's. I wish we could have done a lot of things when we were younger but we still garden, compost, have chickens and source all of our meat locally.

[@irmibullinger1421]

Happy Thanksgiving and a Joyous Christmas to you and your family. Looking forward to your journey east and finding your own land to homestead. Much love and many prayers from TN!

[@Cate7451]

Welcome to a new continent. We are glad to have you

[@valrummel7215]

I love how to and your farming videos.

[@JamesCouch777]

For some reason we didn't get a notification for the Livestream. We have been following you since you were in Sweden and your family is always in our prayers 🙏. We are in our 70's and don't have anyone to leave our 40 acre farm to. None of our family is interested in farming or living in the country. It's such a beautiful, peaceful place, it's a shame.

[@jessicamorice5933]

Good luck with your new adventure 😊

[@TheMatrixIsReal.]

Welcome to the USA. Home schooling is a must these days.

[@davidj.mackinney6568]

We love you and pray for you.

[@cherylskiles8524]

WELCOME TO THE USA! thankfully homeschooling is still possible in the US. I Love that you not only want to share your homesteading search and experience but your faith, as well. God bless your endeavors. I know of a ranch in northern California that introduce s young men to salvation in Jesus, teaches essential life skills and farming, ranching livelihood skills. They are Rockside Ranch! (yay CC)

[@juanitalane4921]

Been with you from the beginning

[@shirleyj5885]

Go get warm. Lol. Wishing you and the family a happy Thanksgiving. Blessings to all.

[@rebeccanordlander6043]

Welcome to the USA!. So glad you are here. Have been watching your channel since you were having problems with Sally, the highland cow! Loved you then, love you now. Am also a Christian and would love to have you in NC!

[@MARKE911]

Don't overlook the possibility of Arkansas. When your driving through you should definitely check us out. We have flat plains to somewhat mountains range, our weather is super mild for winters. Maybe 2-3 days of snow if we are "Lucky" I have a 80 acre Farm at the foot of Petit Jean Mountain. Lots of super rural to semi rural farm areas to choose from. If you stop here it would be a pleasure to meet you. I been watching you for a very long time and enjoy all your content and look forward for the future of your channel

[@mrs.broccoli4362]

Thank you for this heartfelt video. I wish you all the happiness on earth and always God's protective hand over you. My prayers are with you. I just discovered you a few weeks ago and I'm so glad I did. All the best to you, God will guide you and your farm is already waiting for you.

[@NORTHSTARBRESSE]

So very glad you are resting and rejuvenating. We so look forward to following your adventurous times here in the USA. Culture shock and everything going on and transitioning from Europe to trying to understand the New World is going to take time. Be easy on yourselves. Hug all the kids!

[@ronaldlucas5360]

I started watching when you were in Sweden and glad that your back on the tube.

[@davidteis3964]

We miss your videos. Praying you get your farm.

[@janeparsons193]

got speed to you all. Happy Thanksgiving and merry Christmas. I’m sticking with you and I continue to pray for

[@rturner622]

So glad you are here. We heard of you from Art and Bri and when your America video popped up I just had to watch. Subscribed and wait for each video. We were in South America and left for many of the same reasons. We felt so alone there. God bless

[@TLAR24]

I’ve been watching you for a long time and I’ve been looking forward to the farm you will creat in America. The learning curve will be interesting. ❤️🇨🇦

[@ellenfisher6341]

Simeon , I so appreciate your honest comments . I will be honest with you ~ in a way I was initially disappointed you moved here to the US , but not for the reason you might think . I am 74 & it grieves my heart that this country has gone so against the GOD loving , GOD fearing , mostly moral nation it once was . But now I realize that GOD has the perfect land for you & your beautiful family & will reveal it in HIS perfect timing ! HE has chosen for you to be here for such a time as this . If there was one thing that was revealed during the lock downs ~ it was the absolute importance & a must that parents home school their children !!!!! I live in central Virginia , near Charlottesville , Virginia & about 40 miles from the Shenadoah Valley . It is beautiful here , but we have been all Summer & still are - going through a severe drought . GOD bless you , & keep you . Have a wonderful Thanksgiving & enjoy that scrumptous turkey dinner !

[@tonygrimes13]

It was Simeon speaking, Alex is his wife.

[@ellenfisher6341]

@@tonygrimes13 , I realized I typed the wrong name afterwards ~ THANK YOU !

[@jamesland8302]

Love this Brother! Keep in touch!

[@JenniferSaxin]

I'm excited to see your journey! My husband is Christian and Swedish and we'll be applying for his green card in a couple years. Freedom to raise our children how we want, family, church and just the more religious "culture", and the homestead lifestyle are all reasons we're wanting to move!

[@AppalachianLife]

My family lives in NC mountains just 4miles from the NC/TN border. 7 years ago we were looking at property just across the border in TN, but chose NC because we like the less restrictive homeschooling laws in NC.

[@UnderTheFloor79]

The homeschooling laws are really reasonable in TN. It looks much worse on paper than it actually is.

[@oneofmany7051]

I agree with @UnderTheFloor79 that the homeschooling laws aren't a big deal in Tennessee. They recently made a small change in hours spent schooling each day, but I don't know of anyone who has changed up their homeschool days because of it, myself included. Since some of our neighboring counties are in Alabama, I know homeschooling families there, too, and they are less restrictive than Tennessee. But the way I saw it whe we started homeschooling in 2017 is that Alabama had zero restrictions and Tennessee had a few. So based on the original comment here, I am guessing that North Carolina is probably more like Alabama in terms of homeschooling laws. I don't have high schoolers just yet, but I do know that Tennessee now requires a semester of personal finance to graduate high school. Not sure if that is a recent addition or not. That sounds reasonable to me. Many people I know just have their kids take Dave Ramsey's course for high schoolers. Personally, I like using an online cover school like Home Life Academy. I only have to enter things in twice a year and they will generate report cards and transcripts if I need them. Nobody is knocking on my door demanding to see my records like they seem to do in some states; what I enter online seems to be sufficient. I also appreciate their high school planning tract outlines, which give us options and guidance. Anyway, I personally see Tennessee homeschooling laws as offering some kind of guidance while still allowing all the freedom. Just wanted to clarify that! 😊

[@Oh-Hi-1]

welcome to America

[@corneillececil9437]

Sorry I missed the live stream, but so happy to have found it now ! 😊

[@suzie2080]

I think that once you start searching and settle on your new homestead you will have a great following. I for one will love watching your journey. Love from Iowa.

[@johanna6050]

Cheers from Maine!

[@thomasbratsch3542]

👍so glad you are here in the US

[@philallsopp42]

Welcome to Arizona!

[@joio2094]

I’m looking forward to hear what you think of Texas. Your trip visiting the south will be so much fun. Keep in mind that every state has different taxes and laws so make sure you find a place that will allow you the most freedom to do as you wish. Best of luck.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Yes, with homeschooling as well.

[@joycesegura5001]

Glad to see you from Colorado

[@anandrew6641]

I just have to give thanks to our Lord and Jesus Christ, for this family. May God's name be praised!!

[@suefonder7468]

Good to see you Thanks for sharing :)

[@marywilliams7977]

Love your family

[@JulieGagne-uo6kd]

Yaaahhh your finally here, Have a wonderful Thanksgiving .One more leg on your journey .Enjoy the holidays and your family ,You will find your calling..Have a blessed day.❤Again welcome from Maine.

[@OleRustyTractor]

Good luck my friend. Take advantage of the FSA financing if available. It really is a good tool to get started and low interest.

[@DrHoyt]

Yes sound is fine

[@kerryl4031]

Sorry I missed you - I was in bed! LOL! Your reception is better than we get here - we have poor internet. I found you when your youngest was so tiny. Then the worry of the land grab by the authorities was always a threat to your lives. I always hoped Lucky would follow you wherever you settled though. Home schooling - thank goodness you have the choice now - what they are doing in schools is disgraceful and I'm glad you escaped. All the best

[@bushwaker776]

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope America works out well for you and your family. I enjoy your videos of beautiful Sweden on the lake in that. I hope there will be more sausage making no the chanel too! I have enjoyed your wisdom and please share about Jesus some people may not like it but that doesn't mean they don't need to hear it!!!

[@UnderTheFloor79]

East TN is great.

[@tanyab7318]

And check out the state of West Virginia. Land there is likely less expensive than Tennessee or North Carolina. Lovely people there too!

[@michaelsallee7534]

Welcome

[@doncc6080]

I remember your with talk with Joel Salatin.

[@lindasalas7828]

Hi Simeon/Alex if you get a chance maybe you could watch Weedem and Reap. They live in Arizona and they also have a homestead.

[@valrummel7215]

Sorry I missed the live.

[@Haffy1952]

Hope your family will flourish here in the USA as I know God has directed you here for a reason and only He knows. Maybe He will direct you to Art and Bri who you helped so much for what you did for them in their time of need. Anyway can't wait to see what He has planned for you. God Bless

[@susanbaker8130]

If you travel to Tennessee, perhaps you can check out Nate and Katie Kraemer on their homestead. They have been trying to build a pond on their 60+ acres. Of course, Justin and Rebekah Rhodes are in North Carolina as are Ben and Meg Hollar of the Hollar Homestead. And my friends, Jason and Julie Kreke are in Missouri. Their calling and passion is to grow a ministry on their property and maybe buy a larger homestead there. ❤

[@susanbaker8130]

Also, Roots and Refuge in South Carolina: Jess and Miah Sowards. Jess has been a minister as well.

[@MountainsBU]

Will your wife's family remain in Arizona or move to TN with you? Praying for your success in finding a homestead.

[@karenr67]

I've watched from the beginning of YT. How will you be traveling with the family across the states? By car? By RV? Etc

[@richardmajor2563]

Make sure you look after your self. I guess you do slot less activity in the states. What's the food like?

[@jerylynbean9904]

I love you all, I have watched from the very beginning. I am concerned for you here because of your lack of knowledge of our really bad government. If you find land, don't settle in blue. Their purpose is to destroy everything you try to build. I would get some really good professional counsel and advice before you make a move from the right kind of people. The people in power are on a path of destruction of America. It takes a lot of savvy and prayer to avoid their pitfalls. God Bless

[@pennytrupiano2689]

I'm in SE Tennessee and would love host you guys at least for dinner. We have a camper if you'd like to borrow it (although you would need insurance) if that's too much I'm OK with that. I just wish you the best❤

[@colleenrodamer9497]

Missed ur live stream how r u liking Arizona? Long time subscriber , happy for u n ur family finally made it to the USA along time in the making many blessings from North Texas ❤

[@patricianorton3908]

Are you aware of how many calories you burn typing all three letters of three letter words? It may not seem like much, but they can really add up over time. In addition, by using all the letters you can make it so much easier for this 82 yr old to understand what you are trying to say. Here’s hoping. 👵🏻🤞

[@L1623VP]

I've been following Simeon and Alex since Sweden. What's funny is that, even though they didn't say it directly, I always felt they were Christians in some type of ministry. I recall Alex said she met Simeon in Bible college, so these present revelations shouldn't be shocking anyone who was paying attention. Because of that, I was also certain they were already homeschooling their children, but apparently that isn't an option in Europe. I knew it wasn't allowed in some European countries, but perhaps it's the whole continent. I'm a huge advocate of homeschooling.

[@patrician9745]

No it is not the whole continent, there are countries in Europe where you can homeschool your children 🙂

[@bearupfarm1818]

I wished I new you are in Airizona. Let me know if you’re family get to Showlow AZ let me know and would like to meet. Good luck and god bless.

[@tammyhanson7843]

The Lord Jesus will provide. You know that already. Look at the car. Lean in lean in hard to God. He is our backbone I think. It’s impossible for me to not believe in God when you tell us of all the blessings that you have experienced. Lord Jesus we trust you, believe in you. Take care and be patient friends. It’s always in Gods time.

[@juanitalane4921]

Can hear you ok

[@rancherrita7512]

🎉,👍

[@flossybeans4714]

❤❤❤❤

[@bearupfarm1818]

If you would like to a how to. I have 20 acres to start. I have built my own house and totally sustainable farm ranch. We have are own well and solar system. Raul living is the best to raise children.

[@markmcdeavitt3092]

Great to see you guys back I’m with whoever said i liked you on your family’s farm and the things you done but let me say this you cant be in the the USA and just expect to sit around and tell people what to do in the USA we work not dictate what others do

[@tammyhanson7843]

The video has become wonky on my end. Praising Jesus, I’m not surprised my connection is poor. Other reasons are apparent. 😀💜🦋

[@moodophile]

Here for the 'give Arizona a chance' comments, especially the mountains. Once you get to the right elevation, it can be fairly familiar to those of us used more to the alps. Only with more space, more wildlife, great people, and more affordable land... Good call on keeping the Christian stuff off this channel. I do not come to KZbin seeking spiritual enlightenment, and I suspect many people find it actively off-putting, whether they have faith or not.

[@deseed]

thank you for the honesty. i've been with you 4 years+, loved your howto's. they still pop in my searches. since you left SW, cant remember a single useful/handy video. unsubbed. good bye.

[@battles146]

Happy Thanksgiving Simeon, Alex and children - google 'what states are best for permaculture' if you haven't - loads of information!! continue in your faith that the Lord will continue to lead you, ignore the unbelievers on your journey - ♥