Month: November 2014

We continue to move into the motorhome

and it is beginning to feel

all homey!!

And that is how far we have gotten.

Thank you Veterans!!!

Can’t believe it is already Wednesday night 

and almost time for bed.

So what have we been up to

well yesterday I was up at 3:39 AM

and I have no clue why

so I did the only thing I could think of

got up and went out into the office and 

worked on QuickBooks…till we finally closed the office at 4:30 PM

YES it was a very long day 

but I did get a lot done and 

the light at the end of the tunnel is near

And for that I am very 

Today has been another busy day

First was a trip to Walmart

and then more progress on the 

Motor home

And then it was time to get ready to go to the 

for the Veterans Welcome Ceremony

to start the beginning of 

Veterans Week 2014.

And then we went to Grand Country

to see

and to wish

Jason Robinson

best wishes on his new journey as he leaves New South

to join Big Cedar

Jason you will be missed!!!

We have enjoyed getting to know you,

your family,

and watch you grow into a strong,

loving husband, father, and believer in Christ.

And that  is how we have spent the last two days!!!

Today we decided to play.

Well after waking up before 6:30 this morning and heading out to the motor home and working on a few more projects out there (sorry no pictures of that today), we decided to run to Lowe’s, buy a few things and then go play!!!

And this is where we went!!!

Here are a few pictures from our fun time today.

We had a lot of fun

but by the time the parade was over we were ready to call it a night,

it was more than chilly out there.

Hope you enjoyed this little glimpse of

Silver Dollar City 

and our time there today.

Now to figure why all the pictures on my camera did not download

to my computer.

Who knows, there might be more of our time at SDC

on tomorrow’s blog.

We have enjoyed being the managers here at 

The owners, Darrell & Patty are great bosses

and we have truly enjoyed working for and with them.

We were not thinking of new jobs or even leaving Branson

when we got a call a few months ago from one of our sons asking if we would consider moving back to the

Pacific Northwest.

Now y’all know this Grammy’s heart said

Ron even said 

But we knew we couldn’t just up and leave Branson.

So we began to

We quietly began looking for work in the Portland area

In fact, Ron got offered a part-time job but they couldn’t hold it till 

February 2015…the earliest we felt we could be there.

We knew we would not leave D & P in a lurch,

plus we needed money to travel and make a 2500 mile trip.

And we did what we have done in the past,

asked specific people (5) to pray for us

and with us that God would show us what He would have us to do

and where He would want us to live.

And day’s after speaking with our son

we got a call from a friend we had met here in Branson

asking us to consider making a move about an hour away from Branson.

Now what to do? 

This Grammy really wanted to be near the Grands!!

So we continued to pray and seek His will.

We received great counsel,

talked some more,

prayed some more

and felt the Lord leading us to 

and staying here in Missouri.

And then God sent confirmation that it was time to leave 

Branson View Campground

and move to GUMI Camp.

One evening we were hosting a woman here in the campground.

We had never met her and she didn’t know what we possibly thinking of doing.

Yet God put her in our living room one Friday night.

She was standing between Ron and I.

She put her hand on my arm and said

“you know you are only here for a season.”

Yes, we knew that.

She then said “really only a short season.

God is moving you to a camp, not like this campground

but where you will have a chance to minister to those who are hurting, 

where you will share your own history of pain

and how God brought us through it.

She added we weren’t going far, it was to a camp

with water running through it

and where people would come for healing.”

We just stood there in awe!!
There is no humanly possible way for her to know what we had been thinking about,
praying about, seeking counsel about BUT for God!!

We met with T & A
a couple of days later and shared that we believed
God was indeed leading us to
GUMI Camp USA!!

And then we met with D & P…again God had everything under control.
I called D and asked if he and P would be home that night,
we wanted to drive to Bethany (5.5 hours away) to talk with them.
Umm…no, they had just arrived in Branson not 15 minutes before my call.

After a whirlwind day of
phone calls,
meetings,
more phone calls
we had given our notice effective
January 1, 2015.

D & P had hired R & T as the soon to be new managers of BVC
and
Ron and I were filled with

the peace that passes all understanding,
the peace that only God can give.

And then the fun began….
cleaning,
planning,
praying,
renovating,
cleaning,
all the while keeping the campground running,
doing a computer change (the last one froze)
switching from Quicken to QuickBooks
(not as easy as I thought it would be)
lots of cleaning,
planning,
praying,
feeling overwhelmed
yet excited

and now you know
what our next new adventure will be.

Stay tuned as we continue to ready the motor home for our return,
move from the apartment
(2 bedrooms, living room, dining room, sun~room)
which means lots of
purging,
praying,
cleaning,
organizing
and
trusting God while
remembering to

If you are still reading,
thanks for sticking through this narration.

More to come, so stay tuned.

The Question of the Day

What is this new adventure we keep talking about??

Grab a cup of coffee and travel back with us a few years.

This isn’t a book but it could be a chapter 🙂

Many years ago, Ron and I talked often about what we would like to do once our boys were out on their own…our desire has to always been to work at a Christian  where we could use all our work skills, serve others, share the love of the Lord and have fun doing it.

Here is how it has gone so far…

When we began our traveling and working we began by going to work for Funtastic Shows in March 2010.  

You can read about it beginning here.

After working for the carnival we went on a three week vacation to Lewiston, Idaho.

During our return trip to Blaine we got a call and was offered a job selling Christmas trees!!!

Now how fun could that be??

It was a lot of fun,

a ton of work

and not very much pay.

And yet every day we gave thanks to the Lord 

for providing for all our needs.

You can read about that new adventure beginning here.

While selling Christmas trees we applied for and were offered our first 

Campground Managers position.

That took us out of the Pacific Northwest to

Hondo, TX.

We had a very interesting year, meeting lots of interesting people

and seeing parts of the US we had never seen.

Our life at Lone Star Corral begins here.

After a year filled with fun, laughter, tears 

we found ourselves without a job and wondering what the Lord had in store…

…little did we know how He was moving in our lives.

We left Hondo, Texas on April 4

to begin an adventure we had no desire to walk

but God had other plans.

This became our mantra

We had no clue what we were going to do

or where we would land.

But God Did!

And we made our first trip to

Branson, MO arriving on April 15, 2012.

You can read about it here.

We have spent the last two and a half years here at 

Branson View Campground with a brief break from April 2013 to July 3, 2013.

During that time Ron worked at Amazon in Coffeyville, KS

while I stayed at home and did all the wifey things.

And then God called us back to BVC.

We returned on July 3, 2013

and have enjoyed our time here in Branson.

But God has new plans for us.

Beginning in January 2015

we will be working at 

Check it out by clicking on the link above.

Stay tuned for how God opened the doors for this new adventure

and shut some other doors along the way.

Yesterday was super busy here at the campground so I didn’t get any time on our motor home project.

Today was a bit different, 

had two phone calls and

one guest checked in ~ so the motor home 

continues to change

Well tomorrow we are off to have a play date.

We are so thankful for friends who have helped and encouraged us as we prepare for our new adventure.

More details to come!!!!