Valk and his wife left the group in 1822 to await Christ separately ; Valk and his wife left shortly thereafter .
His wife had sold all their family possessions during the hard times of the late 1810s .
Valk and his wife , who had sold all their family possessions during the hard times of the late 1810s , left the group in 1822 to await Christ separately ; Valk and his wife left shortly thereafter .