From August 5, 2021
You may be wondering how we became full-time RVers. It is not something we really planned on doing until we retired! We have been in ministry for 14 years, and in the places we have served, housing was provided. We had no home for retirement, so we bought our fifth wheel four years ago to take from daughter to daughter throughout the year when those golden years arrive. We have five daughters, so we figured two months at each one and then two months to do whatever we wanted. Since we both grew up camping, we figured this would be a fairly easy transition.
That was the original plan. I like to say, “We make our plans, and God laughs.” Ultimately, it’s God’s plan that always wins out. We make some detours along the way (and maybe those are part of God’s plan, too), but we always get to the destination God wants for us. “Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.” (Proverbs 19:21)
God has called us out of the previous ministries that had provided housing. For a few months, we really didn’t know what our next step was, but we have been led into the ministry of Construction Workers Christian Fellowship (CWCf).
Mike has over 40 years carpentry experience and 12 years of pastoral experience. We will be helping with construction projects across the country while living in our fifth wheel (and maybe even flying overseas!) and, also, doing soul care, which is basically encouraging other missionaries, ministry workers and others along the way. “What kind of construction projects?” you might ask. Churches, Christian camps, missionary headquarter, Christian schools & colleges, … anywhere we are invited to help with the labor of building, renovation or maintenance projects.
Mike has skills. 😊 I am his helper. Plus, there are sometimes other projects that need a woman’s touch: sewing, cooking, maybe childcare…. And I am our administrator. That is why I am blogging, and Mike is not. lol
I hope to keep you all in touch as we journey along God’s path for us. Right now, we are parked in a friend’s backyard in upstate NY. We will be visiting different places until we have built our ministry team to stand behind us. We definitely need this team in place before we can head out fulltime!
I have some topic ideas for this blog, but if anyone wants to hear something specific, please leave a comment below! Thanks for reading!
Nomads for Christ 