Bridgeway Christian Church

Kent & Joanie Hein

Married almost 38 years.  We have two daughters, one son-in-law and three grandchildren.  Our younger daughter is getting married in October in S.Cal, so we’ll soon have another son-in –law with more grand kids to come!!  In August of 2009 we sold our Roseville home and moved into our motor home and we’re now “fulltiming” – traveling and working at campgrounds across the country.  Our last two years in Roseville, we were fortunate to be a part of Bridgeway.   From time to time we’ll report on our adventures and let you know how the Lord is using us as mobile vagrants.

Called to Tennessee

In June and July last year, we received 3 phone calls from a campground in Tennessee.  Although we thought it was a good fit for us, we weren’t ready to go.  Our house wasn’t even on the market when we received the first call and hadn’t yet sold when we got the third call.  We thought the Lord was trying to tell us something so on July 26^th, we committed to an end of August arrival in Tennessee.  At that point we said to ourselves – “Now what have we done”?  How are we going to sell our home (no offers at this point), downsize from 3,000 square feet to 300 and drive across the country in a five week time frame??

The Lord must have chuckled at those anxious thoughts.  The very next day our house sold!!!  It was purchased by a real estate agent and her husband who really weren’t ready to purchase another house nor were they interested in a two story (ours was).  As of January no one was living in it yet.  I mention that she was a real estate agent because that helped the sale process move along more quickly.

Not only did we have a house to sell but we also needed to sell and/or donate all of our furnishings right down to forks, knives and spoons along with most of our clothes.  Fortunately, God worked out those details too as we were able to donate a good portion of our belongings to William Jessup University and help them equip the new apartment being used for missionaries on furlough.

In a difficult real estate market, when appraisals, home inspections, title searches and everything else involved should have taken well beyond 30 days to complete, we left Ca. with all the paperwork signed on August 23^rd – 28 days after committing to follow what we believe the Lord was asking us to do.  It goes beyond my ability to communicate to you all that the Lord accomplished in 28 days.  Seven months later, we’re still shaking our heads in amazement as we reflect on all that He did.

 God has used us in Tennessee to be witnesses to Joe and Sue – the campground owners.  There are a number of issues they are working through, not the least of which is divorce.  Please pray for them.  God has also provided numerous opportunities throughout the winter for us to visit our parents in Ohio and our grand kids in Georgia.  Last but not least, He directed us to a great church where we have been welcomed even though we are “left coast yankees”.

More later as we head for Florida in April.

Isaiah 55:9