FULL Build Off Grid Cabin and Homestead -Why live like this?
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After spending most of my life in the big city, living a congested life within society's grip I decided to leave all that behind and become more self reliant living a simpler more fulfilling life close to nature. My wife and I have 6 children, we homeschool, raise a garden, mini farm and try to be resourceful as we can providing everything the family needs from nature. To contact me: davemeaddoes@gmail.com You can follow me on Instagram @davemeaddoes and Linkedin / dave-mead-7ba8a1132 You can now buy me a coffee so I can keep building and making videos! Thanks for your support! www.buymeacoffee.com/davemead... If you are interested in my floor plans find them here www.meadlongbows.com/store/pr...
God gave me trees so I built a Log Cabin. 3 yrs hard work! Inexpensive debt free MASSIVE Off Grid Log Cabin Build start to finish timelapse. Building with crooked logs is a challenge in every way. Not to mention every single log was Persimmon. They are so dense a 6 inch diameter 8ft long log section can weigh 300lb They make everything difficult, but they cost me nothing and I learned to love them for what they are. It definitely makes my home look unique. They were free because they were going to be bulldozed and burned by the landowner. As long as I cut them and dragged them off by myself I could use them. It's hard to believe that it only took me 9 months of hard work to make it live in ready. Here I've put together a time lapse of 3 years of building, hundreds of hours of footage cut into about a 30 min video. I've done a lot of work to get the cabin to where it is now, and I thought it would be nice to have a video showing everything from start until now. Watching the shorter episodes, gives a completely different understanding of how the building was done. There will be more long form videos on the full build with even more detail coming soon. If there are any key moments in the build you would like to see more of please let me know in the comments section below. More work on the homestead will be coming my sons cabin build, harvesting fish from our pond, building a dog trot connecting both cabins! Happy Holidays, stay safe! Thanks for watching dont forget to subscribe so you won't miss any future episodes: To subscribe and watch other videos of mine click here bit.ly/3EsYfWs - Jak na to + styl
I lost my beautiful wife in 2021 at the age of 43. I worked my entire adult life in law enforcement. After losing her, I was lost and devastated. I retired from law enforcement briefly. In 2022, I turned back to my faith and started praying to God to give me peace. God led me back to my old profession, only this time I'm serving for the Liberty University PD. I feel as though I'm protecting my community, and this was his will, not mine. In short, God has a plan for us all. If you want peace within your soul, just obey his will. He talks to us all the time, but sadly, most of us don't listen. Stories like this one are a testimony for those who seek his grace.
Amen brother thank you for sharing your testimony glory to God! I am so sorry for your loss brother. 🙏 peace be with you and blessings in your life and those who you cross paths with
@davemeaddoes May God bless you and your family throughout this new year. I pray that your channel reaches those who need to hear his word...🙏🙏🙏AMEN!
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@williamjohnson9727. I too just retired from last year from law enforcement as cop and jailer. Bad things do happen to Us but faith maintains us close to God. We do not understand what God understands but trusting in his grace will see Us through to the other side, always. It's tough, I know. I had a lot of faith shaking tragedies throughout my adult life, seeing death and human miseries in law enforcement, with personal ones as well. I'm here, still believing and trusting in the One True God, Jesus, who knows what is best for Us all. 😇
@acebrandon3522 Amen brother! I pray for your peace and serenity. God bless you sir!
I'll be honest. I watched this because of the cabin being built. But the part where you started talking about your faith made me forget about the work you was doing, and had me more focused on what you was saying. So thank you for that.
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Holy cow. Did you ever watch a video on CZcams just because it appealed to you, and at the end of the video, wiped the tears from your eyes? No? Just me?
Dave (or do you prefer Mr. Does? lol), God did put you into my path tonight on purpose. The similarities between our stories are UNCANNY. I'm going to send you an email ASAP... It will be long - you've been warned. 😉
To keep it short here though, as soon as I was done watching and wiping the tears from my eyes, I sent up a prayer to Him to keep you healthy and productive, and to protect you. Especially interesting and wonderful to me was your continual mention of 2 Corinthians 5:17. It has been my favorite verse since I was born again. To hear your message and mentioning the context of that verse, I KNEW that I was supposed to be watching your video tonight. As my wife and I always say: "that's really coincidental", knowing that coincidences are God's hand in our lives.
I'm rambling. Email incoming, with probably more rambling. May the Lord continue to bless you and your family. You, sir, are an inspiration.
Talk to you soon!
Praise the Lord God bless you and your family 🙏 talk to you soon brother
Thank you for sharing your testimony, Dave!! God is good!!
Very welcome I pray it helps many to turn to Jesus. God is great!
THIS is a good man, raising a good family the right way. We all find our ways in the world. GLAD to have your videos. Your living right! Prayers UP!
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Praise God!! Tremendous testimony!! Love your prayer to get off the meds! I have a friend who has anxiety & can’t sleep. Doesn’t take meds…. I’m going to share this video with her.
I’ve been going through a huge trial for 2 yrs…. I’m fully trusting the LORD to intervene and bring reconciliation! Many people are praying with me ….. I am waiting on God’s perfect timing. Many blessings to you dear brother. A sister in Christ…
Amen 🙏 glory be to God blessings to you
Dave, I am a first time viewer and thought this video was inspirational. I look forward to watching and learning from your content. Merry Christmas to you and your family
Thank you 🙏 same to you and yours
Well done my friend, love and light for you and your family, greeting Rene, The Netherlands
Thank you 🙏 God bless you and your family
Dziękujemy za piękne świadectwo :) Bóg jest żywy pośród nas i w nas :) amen
Pozdrawiamy z Polski
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Love your story, my brother!!
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Congratulations and proud of you! I had a heat stroke as a welder and had seizures and they gave me Xanax and I got where I needed it same only you can understand bc you’ve been there. And I’m clean off of it 2 years now and found Jesus in last years over a process gradually and have started praying and thanking god daily. Thank god daily! Happy for you and your family! What an amazing story. I’ve stopped having seizures I had all the time and back working and saving to get land. I love your story. Gives even more hope and inspiration that if I keep working and believing I can get where I want to be too! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you and God bless you on your journey 🙏 praying you can get land and start building your dream
@@tribeofdavid8 thank you getting closer. God bless and thanks again. This was that little bit extra… the sign you ask for when you’re still on your journey to believing. I’m there.
I am so happy to have subscribe to your channel. I did not know you were a Christian man and you and your family are following and living the teachings of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. I too came back to God after a long absence from the word. The carpenter not only builds houses and furniture. Most importantly the carpenter builds families. All the best to you and your family moving forward. I will be watching and seeing the progress you all are making together. Merry Christmas and God Bless to your entire family.
Thank you 🙏 God bless you and Merry Christmas to you and your family
Beautiful testimony. Beautiful family. Beautiful cabin. Be encouraged in the Lord and the power of His might.
Thank you praise Jesus! God bless you and your family 🙏 glory be to God
Enjoyed the build and your testimony even more. HE is the only way! God bless.
Amen brother and thank you 🙏 your cabin is awesome by the way
Bless you and your family. I am thankful you found (received) the Peace that goes beyond all understanding.
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I'm so glad for you and so glad to here some part of your story. Thank you for sharing with us. Glory to God.
Thank you 🙏 Glory to God
Your doing what alot of men won't because of money and power. I love what you do in this video 👍
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What an amazing testimony. I clicked on your video to watch a cabin build video. I got an extra surprise with your amazing story and journey of your faith. I'm looking forward to seeing your work in the future. As a fellow brother in Christ I love to see how we are changed (myself included).
Amen brother praise the Lord 🙏
Thanks for sharing! Stay strong and safe Brother!! - Walt
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What I really loved was taking us on the journey through your story so we were getting two things here at one time watching you build is beautiful life and then this log cabin plus at the same time you were telling us how to nail a nail or cutting board you were telling us your story. I just think that was awesome. Merry Christmas to you and yours.👊💖 and with faith, man can conquer all things… women too🙏
Thank you so much 🙏 Merry Christmas and God bless you and yours
Amazing video and testimony brother, thank you. God bless you and your family. Merry Christmas 🎄
Thank you 🙏 God bless
I love your testimony. God is so good. All the time. May God keep blessing you abundantly above all you can think or imagine.
Thank you 🙏 and may God bless you! God is great
I am so happy for you.. I love to hear about someone chasing and succeeding at what we are supposed to be doing as humans. A lot of people are taught and believe that power and money is the means to all ends when in fact its peace that is! Congrats to you and your family on your happiness..
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I d0 relate to everything your saying. The medication, waking up to like a whole new life.May God shine upon you and you family all the days of your lives.❤
I have to say. You and your wonderful family are an inspiration. God bless
Thank you 🙏 glory be to God! God bless you and yours
God Bless you, Dave. What an awesome and inspiring story and great video documenting your amazing work! Love to you and your family and may everyone who watches this video be blessed.
Thank you so much if this can help just one person out there it’s all worth it. Praise God and Love to you and yours too 🙏
Thank you for the build and your testimony God is so good again thank you I will pray for you and family God bless you
Thank you 🙏 amen God bless you and your family
Awesome testimony. Thanks for sharing that. I've been clean and sober for 31 yeas. All glory and praise go's to JESUS!!!!!
Amen brother 🙏
Great testimony brother. You are an inspiration to many. May God continue to bless you and your family.
Praise the Lord 🙏
It’s amazing what God will do with our lives when we open up to him🙏
Amen 🙏
Dude, I love the channel but moreover, the message. At 69 with 1 foot in the grave, the cabin building is out of the question, so I'll live the cabin life vicariously through you, but living the message. God bless ya, bro.
God bless you 🙏
Awesome, keep up the great witnessing
Praise the Lord for your testimony, brother. I have been in a dark place in my life now for quite a few years, seeking for solutions. I was saved many years ago but the last years have been just like hell. Your testimony both in regards to chosing this off-grid life style as well as finding faith in the Lord is so inspiring and encouraging for me. It melted my heart (I am still weeping) and strenghened my faith in the Lord that He can and will get me out of my troubles. Yep, pain/suffering breaks us open for the Lord to step in. May the Lord take all the glory! What a story! You got healed because your spirit and heart found rest in the Lord. Man is restless until he finds rest in Him. And all other things fall into place. May the Lord bless you and your family and use you to help others find Him.
praise the Lord! Seek Jesus in good and bad times, never stop. Use your life experiences as your testimony to help others seek the Lord. May God bless you, peace be with you. 🙏 thank you for your comment
Yes to the faith, in every way. Great video. Recently had a prayer answered in a similar fashion to yours just an entirely different situation and it was fully brought to fruition.
Amen 🙏 thank you and God bless
Congratulations and thanks for your honest and strong message of faith , hard work and true family values. My best wishes from Chile.
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I started watching because of the cabin build which I loved. I am getting over a rest back injury and stopped taking all the pain killers last night. It's really nice to see it all gets better. God sends us inspiration all the time we just have to be awake to see it. Thank you for the inspiration today. Best wishes and God bless.
Thank you 🙏 God bless you and prayers for quick healing
Awesome testimony! Thank you for sharing it. God Bless!
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Love your testimony great video, thank you for sharing your life with us. God bless you and your family. Merry Christmas. My friend. ❤
Thank you so much God bless you and yours 🙏
Amen!!!! Great word !!
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Great video, thank you for sharing.
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Excellent choices! God bless!
Thank you Gordon God bless! 🙏
I like your Life , Because you are Free like a Bird , I love that feeling of Freedom ......
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Great video and a strong message for everyone.
Thank you 🙏 God bless you
wow. thank you
Mr. Mead your story of how you came to GOD is wonderful.
Seeing what you have built on your own, mostly, is inspiring. You are so very correct that watching your video means I need to take the next step. We plan to do just that this year, and start building a cabin to help us with our deram of living debt free.
May God bless you on your journey. Follow Gods WILL and He will be with you along the way guaranteed 🙏 just like He was when I built this
This was the most beautiful CZcams video I have watched in a long time. You are inspiring and amazing in your triumph over life’s challenges. Thank you for sharing your story. It really hit me at a time when I needed it. ❤
Thank you 🙏 glory to God and may God bless you in your life!
Amen to that brother , outstanding
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Thank you brother.
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It’s my dream to build a cabin but the cost of land in my area is to high I’ve watched a lot of videos on building cabins but yours is the biggest I’ve seen it’s a beautiful cabin I hope you and your are happy and wish you all the best for the future 👍
Thank you 🙏 God bless
Beautiful story, Beautiful family, beautiful home . I'm glad everything has come together for you and your family 😊👍
Thank you 🙏 God bless
Loved watching you building a cabin while God was building your character. Blessings from Brazil
Thank you 🙏 Amen
Beautiful wise words. After the first few minutes of watching it popped into my head that God had chosen this video for me to watch. I love when that happens! When he nudges you back onto the narrow path. Amazing. I dream of living off grid and watch many videos about cabin building but this one was extra special. Amazing cabin build. Much love and many blessings from me in the uk to you and your beautiful family.
Thank you 🙏 God bless you
Very inspirational.
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Thanks!
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Very much impressed
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Awesome testimony bro! Thank you 🙏 💪💯
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100% accurate sir thank you so much for sharing your faith! May God bless you and your family!
🙏 God bless you and your family!
Thank you for sharing sir. Wishing your beautiful family a lovely merry Christmas.
Thank you 🙏 God bless
Awesome story. Welcome to the family. We too have gone through LHBA 2019. Wrk on our build too Far North40 ID. Great message. Very inspirational.
Thank you 🙏 and God bless you all!
Thank you. I have been hurt so many times by so called Christians that i have given up on God. I needed this tonight.
He hasn’t given up on you. Read your Bible don’t listen to humans find the truth in our Lords words and in your heart. Find peace in his path for you by understanding the word of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. May God bless you. Ask Jesus to enter your heart and help you have clarity and peace and to help you find truth. The Holy Spirit will help you understand the word of our Lord.
I really enjoyed your video.please make more.God bless you and your family
Thank you God bless you and your family 🙏
This video is truly inspiring. I feel stuck in a suburban manufactured life. My spirit says go back to the Country where your Family is from. My career keeps me in the trap. Sometimes we just have to step off that ledge and let Jesus lead the way. Thanks for putting out this video. God bless.🙏
Praise the Lord 🙏trust Jesus, have no confidence in the flesh. Follow the spirit and find peace
Thank you so much for sharing you're personal story and testimony.Youre words of wisdom,faith and truth is so powerful.God is real and has definitely blessed and touched you.Its beautiful.Look forward to you sharing more to.Glad I found you're video and have heard and learned a lot from you.Thank you.
Thank you 🙏 praise the Lord! May God bless you and your family
I give alot of credit to sir and your family keep going never give up you will survive
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An incredible and inspiring testimony! It’s all about Jesus!
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God bless you and your family 🙏
Thank you 🙏 God bless you and yours!
Loved your words Were very special to me.
Praise the Lord Jesus Christ our savior 🙏 may God bless your life
YOUR AWESOME AND A IMSPERATION
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God bless you Bro !
God bless you 🙏
Praise Jesus Christ Brother! Thank you for sharing your testimony! May God Bless you and your wonderful family! I pray that you continue to feel better and continue to get better!
Thank you brother 🙏 may God bless you and yours
Being found is the new life.
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Dave, I too am a first time viewer and absolutely love your video and your perspective on life. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, will do!
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This is amazing. I would love to escape the city and live a simpler life.
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what a great video, blessings from Australia
Thank you 🙏 God bless
GOD BLESS you and yours ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
God bless you 🙏
THANK YOU VERY INSPIRATIONAL
Inspiring......
I haven't watched something with this amount of attention in years. What an amazing story. The scary thing is, I can kind of see myself in it. Maybe it is time.
Thank you 🙏 and yes that is God speaking to you if you can see yourself in it. Seek Jesus and find peace.
@@tribeofdavid8 I can see myself in it. Unfortunately it is not possible to live such a life in the country I'm from, because it's basically 100% developed, no big forrests left, land is incredibly expensive, and a log cabin is not up to code here. Also my better half is not interrested in moving to another country.
I have back problems I don't sleep well im take pain pills but i don't want to anymore but listening to you give me hope that I can stop talking them
I will pray for you thank you for watching have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as your savior be saved be healed
@@tribeofdavid8 thanks I appreciate that I have nobody to talk too I fight my demons I'm currently have no place to live but I will try to talk to God and see what happens
@@WilliamBaldwin-uo6dn God cannot work in your life unless you have faith. Get into the word of God start doing Gods will and be blessed in life. 🙏
GLORY!!!!
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Hey Dave,i wish you merry Christmas for you and your Family 👌😉
Same to you brother 🙏
Praise You Jesus Hallelujah 🔥🔥🔥🙏What a Beautiful Testimony 💥💥🙏🙏This is a Blessing and Encouraging Word!!Thank You for Sharing 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you 🙏 Praise the Lord
Lar maravilhoso e linda família! Deus os abençoe!
Obrigado 🙏
Great just keep going no matter what god sends to us that's what i do just get on with stuff well done ! Little john from the UK
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beautiful house, nice people, I like it
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Merry Christmas from Tennessee
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Your reasons for doing this are similar to why I want to do this. I was hoping to eventually get some land and rent my house out to a family member for as next to nothing once the cabin is done. I never was very religious but the way the worlds been going it was almost natural for me to talk to God again. Times are tough but I think in the end it will work out.
God bless yah man.
God bless you ! Go for it! Praise the Lord
👏👏👏💪 bravissimo..auguri anche alla tua splendida famiglia 🎇🎇 avanti così 🎉🎉
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I love this, Good job!! I’m thinking of living off grid in a cabin on 100 acres and build over time.
Thank you 🙏 go for it!
This is awesome. Looks like West Virginia :). I grew up around that beautiful area.
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Great story!! Sounds a lot like my own.
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Your story is sso inspiring,...I take out so much in it. I appreciate your views and position on life and God's Word. Strength and Abundant blessings to you and your family. Thanks for a great vid.
Thank you 🙏 God bless you and yours
Thank you so soo much Dave,was just watching the build,but what came next,waaooh,truly God sent,be abudantly blessed together with your family,watching from Kenya (Africa).Again thank you.Trust me it's not giberrish,makes 101% sense.
Praise the Lord 🙏
Amen🙏 God is Good All the Time and All the Time God is Good ❤️👋.
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My relationship with Jesus didn't blossom until I started reading His word every day. People nowadays are out for a quick fix with a tick-tock video, and not into reading, especially the Bible. God's Word is sharper than any two-edged sword, and changes us as we read it, praise the Holy Spirit. May God bless you and your family, as well as your viewers. Your faith, and boldness in giving your testimony and telling people about Jesus is commendable. May you get your crown to lay at the Lord's feet.
Amen brother 🙏 praise the Lord Jesus Christ and may God bless you and your family in your life as you live out Gods will. If it’s not Gods Word it’s not Gods Will 🙏
Awesome Testimony……
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Your log cabins look great! I was sorry to hear about your back problems. Maybe consider hanging from a chin up bar to decompress your skeletal system, vertebrae and back muscles. I have found it adjusts my bones and stretches out my muscles like a chiropractor. Lots of videos about it on you tube. I realize it will be a life long pursuit. I hang for at least one to three minutes x 3 times per day at a minimum and it does the trick. I have had back issues for many years. But no longer. It is not easy when you first begin doing it, but it gets easier as you go along once you begin relaxing and breathing into it. Happy holidays to you and your great family!
Thank you 🙏 happy holidays and God bless you and yours
Your way of living, your morals and values...what you teach your children, it's ALL done in the ways that Yahshua intended us to do. It's all done, putting Him first. Because you do this- His blessings will be bountiful for you and your family. stay blessed and safe, my brother in Christ. ✝️🛐🕊💖🦁🐑🙏
🙏 thank you blessings and peace be with you and yours
What an amazing testimony... God bless you, my Christian Brother... in Jesus name!
Thank you 🙏 God bless you Praise the Lord Jesus