September 12, 2018. Eureka Springs, AR. On The Road

Five years ago this month, Karen and I purchased a motor home, our first, and decided we were going to take our ministry to Vietnam Veterans out of Fort Collins, CO and be a road ministry. We named our ministry "Ministry of Miles" because we envisioned traveling a lot of miles with no fixed base of operation other than returning to Fort Collins every few months and planning our next miles from there.
But our plan changed. And, while we still talk with Veterans about the benefits they are entitled to, we haven't driven all the miles we anticipated and we have generally been either at The Great Passion Play in Arkansas or Source of Light Ministries in Georgia. We've only logged 19,000 miles in the RV and most of the 30,000 miles on the car have been local miles except for Karen's three trips back to Colorado and Utah for medical appointments or family events.
While a few of our friends have left or curtailed their on the road ministries, many still stick with it and endure the.unique issues which this life style presents. There are a lot of mechanical issues to contend with, weather conditions which present problems and the limited living space which can make you feel "confined". But, Karen and I still enjoy the life we have, the challenges we face, and always have the option to find a small place to "settle down" and still have the motor home as a second home. With the wide variety of places to "park" we can have whatever environment we want for as long as we want it. And, there's always the opportunity to return to Fort Collins and our house there, although we both agree that would probably be our least likely option. We've gotten way too acclimated to country living, small towns, minimal traffic, little noise and few close-by neighbors.
In about six weeks the Passion Play will complete its 2018 season, and we will face a move or not move decision, and for now we really don't feel any urgency to make that decision. Waiting on God........waiting for the cloud to move or not move.......waiting for God to guide us where He will, knowing that whatever we do, it will be His call and our desire to answer it. How comforting it is to place our trust in Him.

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