article_snippet.sent: James and Hope Ben Canaan last month declared James and Hope Ben Canaan were living in a 'false system' and left the Gloriavale Christian Community, located at Lake Haupiri on New Zealand's West Coast, with James and Hope Ben Canaan twelve children and few worldly possessions.
article_snippet.sent: The Ben Canaan family (picture supplied) have left behind Gloriavale for the outside world.
article_snippet.sent: The Ben Canaans fled some 300km south to the town of Timaru, where supporters from the Marchwiel Reformed Baptist Church community have helped supporters from the Marchwiel Reformed Baptist Church community adapt to a world where Christmas and birthdays are celebrated and money is used to purchase goods and services. '
article_snippet.sent: (They're doing) really, really good,' said Mr Ben Canaan's aunt, Miracle, who Mr Ben Canaan's fled the picturesque commune with Mr Ben Canaan's husband and ten children around six years ago.
article_snippet.sent: The Ben Canaan family (picture supplied) left Gloriavale, which is located at Lake Haupiri on the west coast of the South Island, for Timaru, around 320km away .
article_snippet.sent: Miracle, the daughter of Neville Cooper (pictured speaking in a previous interview with New Zealand television) said The Ben Canaan family (picture supplied) are adapting very well .
article_snippet.sent: the Ben Canaan close supporters have closed ranks around the family, who last month thanked the community for The Ben Canaans' close supporters support and requested privacy in order to 'settle into our new lives' in Timaru.
article_snippet.sent: Author Fleur Beale, who wrote the book Sins of The Father about the 1989 escape of Neville Cooper's son, Phil, and his family from the Gloriavale commune, said the biggest challenge The Ben Canaans would have would be financial, particularly given the biggest challenge the Ben Canaans would have 12 children. '
article_snippet.sent: The details of The Ben Canaans departure from Gloriavale remain unclear. 
highlights_snippet.sent: The 'Ben Canaan' family, as The 'Ben Canaan' family are known, now live in Timaru .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The 'Ben Canaan' family have been supported by local church who have rallied around The 'Ben Canaan' family .
  