States we've Traveled

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Tribute to Ms Southwind

Tribute to Ms Southwind

Monday, December 3, 2007

RVolunteers!!


Wow, being parked all summer has been great, but ... the stuff that you leave out and has to be packed back up and put away. I spent the entire morning packing and re-organizing things. Finally around 1.30 pm i had everything secure and moveable. Took the motor home in town and had the propane tank filld. It was on E, 18.8 gallons of propane and $48.11 later. Got back to the campground and reset up.

Got exciting news. When got back, i listened to a voice mail i had and was accepted as RV Missionary Volunteer! I am now officially a member of their organization and family. Look forward to being a better servant for God. I have spent the summer volunteering at a one of their facilities and it has been a wonderful summer. I really feel that God lead me here with a purpopse in mind.

Okay your asking who and what is RV Missionary Volunteers?? .... A Christian person or persons who live in their RV's and are volunteering one’s time & talents to help others through U.S. Mission Services. U.S. Missions coordinates volunteers to assist churches and ministry institutions with construction and evangelism projects. RVers share their time and talents by volunteering from a few days a year to full time working in construction and evangelism. Presently there are 96 projects that include churches, Bible colleges and universities, Challenge centers, children’s homes and district camps. Last year volunteers saved projects an estimated $2,555,100 in labor costs alone, and gave more than 127,755 hours of their time.

Each year hundreds of people from a wide variety of vocational and professional backgrounds dedicate their time, skills and resources to enhance the growth and building of our churches and ministry facilities. If you have a desire to serve and utilize your God-given abilities, there are opportunities throughout the United States and its territories waiting for you.

Your asking why we choose to become RV Missionary volunteers instead of work-amping? As anything in life it's a matter of choice. I feel it's a calling I have received from God. Missionary work & work-amper's are basically the same, their both RVolunteer.
Work-amper's & RVolunteer Missionary are asked to donate their time doing volunteer work. This work involves the skills that they have to offer. In return they are furnished full hookup sites, and sometimes their meals or other amenities. Some of the state, federal government, campgrounds and other work-amping jobs will offer a pay for any additional hours worked.

The team has a new direction in life. God will be leading the team into the direction he wants. Who knows what is ahead of the team, weather it be doing a RVolunteer job, or it. The team does not know where the next job is going to come from. God will lead in the right directon.

What I have learned in the past years is ... life is too short. Material things are just things that one possess that are only borrowed. As long as you have a roof over your head, weather it's living in the RV or a stick home, clothing on your backs, & plenty to eat. God has promised he would provided us with all the basic needs to survive in this life. Now instead of working to possess things, work to help change lives. Being content, happy and most of all receive the holy spirit in your hearts in doing what God has lead me to do at this point in time in my life. Enjoy the fellowship with others that share the same beliefs and are working to better change lives. I have found that I enjoy this new direction much more then I did the old one. I have found the benefit of work-amping gives more options & opportunities in the RV lifestyle.

What better way to spend our lives doing not only what we've dreamed about, but also doing what God has lead us to do? We are traveling in our RV and seeing the country as we are volunteering, helping to build churches, campgrounds, facilities, and changing lives. Life is great!

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