Events require that you need to return to your legal domicile every so often. Well, I guess you could work around most things, but for us it is close to family. We departed Tuscaloosa, AL and headed to Ft Benning, GA near Phenix City, AL our legal domicile shared with our oldest son. This trip was necessary to pay the annual taxes on our motorhome and to vote in the mid-term elections. We were able to accomplish these things and visit with our son. I always like camping at Ft Benning’s FAMCAMP. It is a flat peaceful setting in the woods with frequent machine gun fire, roaring aircraft engines, and explosions in the distance. Having trained at Ft Benning and served many years in the military, the sounds of friendly forces training are music to my ears.
It was while we were at Ft Benning that I received an email from a fellow I use to work with asking for my resume. I sent it to him and the next thing I know, I am on a jet to Washington D.C. for an interview. Wait…what am I doing? Should we return to the corporate world? The RV lifestyle is a great way to live if you can afford it. We figured we should explore our options and see where we are led.
The day after we voted, we took off for Wilmington, NC. Hurricane Florence passed through there about 45 days earlier and many people were still in need of help recovering. We linked up with the NC Baptist Men as part of the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief organization. They were conducting recovery operations from a local church that allowed us to park on one side of the parking lot. One of the men was an electrician and he quickly rigged up a 50amp RV box for us to plug in. We told them we could give them about 2 weeks of work and they quickly accepted. They needed an experienced husband and wife to treat homes for mold using a chemical sprayer and fogger. We loaded all the equipment in our Jeep Grand Cherokee, got our work orders each day and headed out. Other groups of college kids, high school kids, corporate work groups, and others were assigned the task of tearing out the soaked interior of the homes or cutting up downed trees. We would go in after the tear out and treat the homes for mold. Sometimes, we caught up with the tear out groups and were able to jump in and help them as well. It was a rewarding experience and we made some good friends getting dirty and showing the love of Christ.
We said our goodbyes to the disaster relief friends and headed to Sawnee CoE campground on Lake Lanier north of Atlanta. We set up here to be able to visit with Pattie’s side of the family for Thanksgiving. Her sister and brother in law are always very gracious to open their home to family and friends. We enjoyed our time visiting and stuffing ourselves with some great traditional dishes.
Where are we going next? Where will we spend Christmas? We received an offer for a job, do we accept it or not? There are too many questions without answers right now. Like Eugene the jeep in the Popeye comic strip we can go anywhere at anytime. Lord guide us!
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