[Music]
tiny houses everything you can imagine
you would need in a regular-sized house
to be safe comfortable skillfully
crafted to fit within 300 square feet or
less and sometimes put on a chassis with
wheels this is the tiny house you may
have seen them on one of the popular TV
shows that are on these days you may
have heard about them
well tiny houses are my craft this is
what I do I believe in tiny houses I’m a
big advocate of the whole movement and
there are a lot of really great benefits
to tiny houses and the whole lifestyle
really they’re cost-effective they’re
you know relatively cheap to build in
the first place they’re cheap to
maintain
inexpensive to live in you know the
benefits go on and on they’re just your
electric bill alone is normally 1/10
that of a standard electric bill what
could you do with that they’re just
amazing peaceful places to live they’re
good for the environment the earth
friendly they have a small carbon
footprint and my favorite favorite
aspect of the entire concept of tiny
living is what it can do for your life
you see living micro can make your life
macro living small and living well
within your means can make you available
you see with less financial burden with
less house to clean right with less
stuff to maintain and keep up in a house
your life becomes available right my
wife and I started living tiny many
years ago kind of on accident we had
this great vintage home and we loved the
old historic homes and
had a nice big of you know attic in it
and I turned the attic into an apartment
thinking we would you know subsidize our
income with that it came out so stinkin
cute we moved into this little 300
square foot domicile and instantly
started experiencing the benefits of
living tiny it was amazing it’s like a
whole world opened up to us we were
available to do things at a young age we
were able to travel the things people
wait to whole life to do we toured
Africa and Zambian Mexico and Hadean
Scotland and England we we toured the
country here in an RV for a year
traveling 23 different states I mean
most of those things we wait our whole
life to be able to do my wife and I did
him in our 30s we were available we made
an impact in our community we were able
to volunteer for mission trips for
events we babysat for young couples in
desperate need of a of a date night we
really were truly impacting the world
around us and experiencing an
extraordinary life now there was an
opportunity that came up and we were
available to take care of leader there
was this Leadership Conference happened
right here in this town every year and
it was global leaders would come from
around the world and volunteers such as
ourselves would would take these leaders
in and the thing was just get yourself
there and we’ll take care of it the rest
of the way so we would house them and
feed them and get them to the meetings
and shuttle them around and so my my
person that year was a man named William
Kent Tomoya from Zambia I picked him up
at the airport take him to my home and
make sure he sees everything he needs
and gets to the events and so on and we
had a free day I had a free day during
that week so I took William to the beach
thinking it’s great weather out let’s go
to the beach well turns out William had
never seen the ocean before imagine the
magnitude of emotion that overtook him
he rolled his pant legs up took his
shoes off he’s wading through the water
tears roll down his eyes he couldn’t
believe how grand and powerful the thing
this was I was available to make that
happen for someone it was a devastating
thing to happen called Hurricane Katrina
many of you may have known it and I had
had some experience with disaster relief
and I was a combat engineer in the
military and I was available to
literally go and save lives the very
next day I was there with supplies and
volunteers and equipment and literally
getting to people that that you know the
authorities couldn’t even get to and
helping them get through this tragedy
and it was just amazing to be available
I didn’t have to ask for the time off I
didn’t have to worry about how this was
going to impact my life I was available
to jump at the opportunity to do this
great thing there’s a ship called the
Charles W Morgan it’s a historic Whaler
ship an old wooden one centuries old and
it’s really significant in my family
particularly because I’m a descendant of
the Charles W Morgan there’s a captain
Captain John Tinkham was my great-great
grand uncle and as a descent of the
Morgan I was invited to a reunion of the
descendents of the Morgan and it was a
really prestigious thing to be invited
to and there were only a couple hundred
of us in existence and it was it was
quite an extraordinary experience
especially for my family because we
really cherish this there was even been
books and movies about this ship and so
we went I took my mother and we went and
attended this big thing and sat with
governors and admirals and and just
enjoyed that that honor in that night in
the Mystic Seaport star a beautiful
night my mother and I or the first
people allowed to sleep aboard the deck
of that ship aboard the deck of the
Charles W Morgan it was just surreal it
was an amazing experience and guess what
my family has the claim to the first
tiny house ever because on the deck of
that ship there’s a six by six by six
cabin
not much bigger than this spot that was
built for Captain John Jenkins wife okay
see back then I don’t know if you know
this but women were considered horrible
bad luck aboard working vessel and
superstition wouldn’t even allow them on
it so my my great grand uncle John
Tinkham said I’m not gonna take the job
unless I’m allowed to bring my new bride
and the powers that be said well okay
but we’re not gonna allow her down below
deck in the captains quarters we’ll have
to build her her own tiny house I’m the
dick of that ship so it was it was an
incredible thing and that’s our family’s
historic claim to the tiny house
movement was back then and also she
paved the way as that ship still floats
today centuries later and has a history
of being the most profitable vessel in
its era so ladies you are in fact very
good luck on working vessel thank you
very much and another cool thing was the
whole reason for that reunion was that
they finally had the lumber available
for the complete restoration of the ship
because of the lumber that was harvested
from Hurricane Katrina which we were
there cutting to save people and get to
them so it was kind of a neat way to
link those two together another
opportunity came that I was available to
take a second trip to South Africa this
was really exciting because in 2008 so I
go over there and I get to be a part of
this really cool conference and as I was
there I went ahead and flew over to
Zambia to meet up with a friend of mine
who live there and in that week the
president died the president Sambia
Patrick Levy Mwanawasa beloved man a
great man a great patron to his country
to many great things saved him from
extortion all kinds of things and the
country was in mourning of posters and
billboards and people crying their
streets and they’re just this great loss
for them this great man and and I just
happen to be there at the same time so
the things we had scheduled to do were
all canceled you know we had planned on
going to Livingston Falls in different
places and we just we just couldn’t so
it took the opportunity I was now
available to do some other things and
met with small groups and missionaries
some men’s groups and things like that
you know
great and my friend who was there says
hey how would you like to go see the
president’s house and view the body
excuse me from me why he goes well we’re
gonna go we’d love for you to come with
us and and of course I’d be honored so I
did I go and yeah listen I’m just a
carpenter I’m just a guy and I’m in the
president of Zambia’s house to pay
respects to him that just died that week
I was blown away I was available for
some extraordinary experiences
later that day my friend says hey
there’s somebody wants to come pick you
up and take you to his house for supper
he wanted to have you over for a meal I
said well okay apparently I’m available
so I’ll go you know later on a car sent
for me and they picked me up and they
take me to this really beautiful home in
Zambia and as we pull up into the
driveway another man pulls up he’s a
distinguished man in a suit and he comes
out and you know very important guy you
know bold speaking everything he grabs
my hand shaking my hand he says listen
I’m so honored to have you in my home
and and unfortunately some you know I
have to tense him to some important
business with the president’s funeral
apparently he had he was a high up
diplomat of some sort and and had
something to do with the emcee of the
funeral for the president but he said
I’m so sorry but listen my wife and my
children Lauren are you in our home as a
guest and I’m standing beside myself
going again I’m just a carpenter from
Florida why am I getting this
extraordinary experience well it turns
out this man has a brother named William
who made it to America one time to
attend a conference and somebody took
him to the ocean for the first time ever
now listen living in 200 square feet on
a set of wheels may not be for you maybe
a little beyond your comfort zone but I
guarantee you one thing it’s worth every
risk in every attempt to find out what
is there’s an extraordinary life waiting
for you
[Applause]
tiny houses everything you can imagine
you would need in a regular-sized house
to be safe comfortable skillfully
crafted to fit within 300 square feet or
less and sometimes put on a chassis with
wheels this is the tiny house you may
have seen them on one of the popular TV
shows that are on these days you may
have heard about them
well tiny houses are my craft this is
what I do I believe in tiny houses I’m a
big advocate of the whole movement and
there are a lot of really great benefits
to tiny houses and the whole lifestyle
really they’re cost-effective they’re
you know relatively cheap to build in
the first place they’re cheap to
maintain
inexpensive to live in you know the
benefits go on and on they’re just your
electric bill alone is normally 1/10
that of a standard electric bill what
could you do with that they’re just
amazing peaceful places to live they’re
good for the environment the earth
friendly they have a small carbon
footprint and my favorite favorite
aspect of the entire concept of tiny
living is what it can do for your life
you see living micro can make your life
macro living small and living well
within your means can make you available
you see with less financial burden with
less house to clean right with less
stuff to maintain and keep up in a house
your life becomes available right my
wife and I started living tiny many
years ago kind of on accident we had
this great vintage home and we loved the
old historic homes and
had a nice big of you know attic in it
and I turned the attic into an apartment
thinking we would you know subsidize our
income with that it came out so stinkin
cute we moved into this little 300
square foot domicile and instantly
started experiencing the benefits of
living tiny it was amazing it’s like a
whole world opened up to us we were
available to do things at a young age we
were able to travel the things people
wait to whole life to do we toured
Africa and Zambian Mexico and Hadean
Scotland and England we we toured the
country here in an RV for a year
traveling 23 different states I mean
most of those things we wait our whole
life to be able to do my wife and I did
him in our 30s we were available we made
an impact in our community we were able
to volunteer for mission trips for
events we babysat for young couples in
desperate need of a of a date night we
really were truly impacting the world
around us and experiencing an
extraordinary life now there was an
opportunity that came up and we were
available to take care of leader there
was this Leadership Conference happened
right here in this town every year and
it was global leaders would come from
around the world and volunteers such as
ourselves would would take these leaders
in and the thing was just get yourself
there and we’ll take care of it the rest
of the way so we would house them and
feed them and get them to the meetings
and shuttle them around and so my my
person that year was a man named William
Kent Tomoya from Zambia I picked him up
at the airport take him to my home and
make sure he sees everything he needs
and gets to the events and so on and we
had a free day I had a free day during
that week so I took William to the beach
thinking it’s great weather out let’s go
to the beach well turns out William had
never seen the ocean before imagine the
magnitude of emotion that overtook him
he rolled his pant legs up took his
shoes off he’s wading through the water
tears roll down his eyes he couldn’t
believe how grand and powerful the thing
this was I was available to make that
happen for someone it was a devastating
thing to happen called Hurricane Katrina
many of you may have known it and I had
had some experience with disaster relief
and I was a combat engineer in the
military and I was available to
literally go and save lives the very
next day I was there with supplies and
volunteers and equipment and literally
getting to people that that you know the
authorities couldn’t even get to and
helping them get through this tragedy
and it was just amazing to be available
I didn’t have to ask for the time off I
didn’t have to worry about how this was
going to impact my life I was available
to jump at the opportunity to do this
great thing there’s a ship called the
Charles W Morgan it’s a historic Whaler
ship an old wooden one centuries old and
it’s really significant in my family
particularly because I’m a descendant of
the Charles W Morgan there’s a captain
Captain John Tinkham was my great-great
grand uncle and as a descent of the
Morgan I was invited to a reunion of the
descendents of the Morgan and it was a
really prestigious thing to be invited
to and there were only a couple hundred
of us in existence and it was it was
quite an extraordinary experience
especially for my family because we
really cherish this there was even been
books and movies about this ship and so
we went I took my mother and we went and
attended this big thing and sat with
governors and admirals and and just
enjoyed that that honor in that night in
the Mystic Seaport star a beautiful
night my mother and I or the first
people allowed to sleep aboard the deck
of that ship aboard the deck of the
Charles W Morgan it was just surreal it
was an amazing experience and guess what
my family has the claim to the first
tiny house ever because on the deck of
that ship there’s a six by six by six
cabin
not much bigger than this spot that was
built for Captain John Jenkins wife okay
see back then I don’t know if you know
this but women were considered horrible
bad luck aboard working vessel and
superstition wouldn’t even allow them on
it so my my great grand uncle John
Tinkham said I’m not gonna take the job
unless I’m allowed to bring my new bride
and the powers that be said well okay
but we’re not gonna allow her down below
deck in the captains quarters we’ll have
to build her her own tiny house I’m the
dick of that ship so it was it was an
incredible thing and that’s our family’s
historic claim to the tiny house
movement was back then and also she
paved the way as that ship still floats
today centuries later and has a history
of being the most profitable vessel in
its era so ladies you are in fact very
good luck on working vessel thank you
very much and another cool thing was the
whole reason for that reunion was that
they finally had the lumber available
for the complete restoration of the ship
because of the lumber that was harvested
from Hurricane Katrina which we were
there cutting to save people and get to
them so it was kind of a neat way to
link those two together another
opportunity came that I was available to
take a second trip to South Africa this
was really exciting because in 2008 so I
go over there and I get to be a part of
this really cool conference and as I was
there I went ahead and flew over to
Zambia to meet up with a friend of mine
who live there and in that week the
president died the president Sambia
Patrick Levy Mwanawasa beloved man a
great man a great patron to his country
to many great things saved him from
extortion all kinds of things and the
country was in mourning of posters and
billboards and people crying their
streets and they’re just this great loss
for them this great man and and I just
happen to be there at the same time so
the things we had scheduled to do were
all canceled you know we had planned on
going to Livingston Falls in different
places and we just we just couldn’t so
it took the opportunity I was now
available to do some other things and
met with small groups and missionaries
some men’s groups and things like that
you know
great and my friend who was there says
hey how would you like to go see the
president’s house and view the body
excuse me from me why he goes well we’re
gonna go we’d love for you to come with
us and and of course I’d be honored so I
did I go and yeah listen I’m just a
carpenter I’m just a guy and I’m in the
president of Zambia’s house to pay
respects to him that just died that week
I was blown away I was available for
some extraordinary experiences
later that day my friend says hey
there’s somebody wants to come pick you
up and take you to his house for supper
he wanted to have you over for a meal I
said well okay apparently I’m available
so I’ll go you know later on a car sent
for me and they picked me up and they
take me to this really beautiful home in
Zambia and as we pull up into the
driveway another man pulls up he’s a
distinguished man in a suit and he comes
out and you know very important guy you
know bold speaking everything he grabs
my hand shaking my hand he says listen
I’m so honored to have you in my home
and and unfortunately some you know I
have to tense him to some important
business with the president’s funeral
apparently he had he was a high up
diplomat of some sort and and had
something to do with the emcee of the
funeral for the president but he said
I’m so sorry but listen my wife and my
children Lauren are you in our home as a
guest and I’m standing beside myself
going again I’m just a carpenter from
Florida why am I getting this
extraordinary experience well it turns
out this man has a brother named William
who made it to America one time to
attend a conference and somebody took
him to the ocean for the first time ever
now listen living in 200 square feet on
a set of wheels may not be for you maybe
a little beyond your comfort zone but I
guarantee you one thing it’s worth every
risk in every attempt to find out what
is there’s an extraordinary life waiting
for you
[Applause]
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