49 DAYS: Top 10 “Next Steps” for this Week 1. Research Travel & Medical Insurance Options 2. Work on getting our Blog up 3. Find accommodations in Papeete and reserve 4. Work on a tentative outline for Australia, and reserve lodging for New Year’s Eve in Sydney, before everything is booked up. 5. Continue to pair down our possessions 6. Touch base with several ministries/organizations we are potentially coming alongside in Playa del Carmen, Chiang Mai, and Phuket, Thailand. 7. Continue searching airline routes and potential itineraries while in Southeast Asia 8. Work… Read More

So HOW? How can we afford to do this? (aka “You must be loaded!”) The truth is, no…we are not independently wealthy. Not even close. And this is not a “luxury” year long vacation. So how, then? Well, there are a number of contributing factors. I’ll share our TOP 10 here. 1. We live frugally & have made sacrifices along the way. No cable, no new cars, etc. 2. When we leave, we will have no mortgage or rent to worry about. Only storage costs. 3. We worked hard at becoming debt-free…. Read More