Danielson - Bob and Vicki

We retired the end of 2006, and started traveling the country, working with RVICS~~Roving Volunteers in Christ's Service. We live and travel in our motor home, and work at Christian camps, schools and conference centers accross the country. RVICS isn't affiliated with one denomination; it's a Christ faith based ministry. We don't travel as a group, rather whoever is assigned to a particular project meets up on the beginning date. We're on a project about four weeks.

If you are interested in more information on RVICS, please log on to: rvics.com, or contact us. It's a blessed lifestyle.

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By Danielson
November 21st 2009

Our Foreign Affairs.... North America » United States » Texas » Giddings

This doesn't look like a swimming pool
at any camp I attended! (no we haven't, because it hasn't been warm enough!)

(Camp Tejas) Things are happening so fast here that I feel like I’m running to keep up! It’s been cold in the mornings here, so the women have been cleaning the gift shop. (Bob has a theory that many of these camps would go under if the RVICS women didn’t visit their gift shops!) This one has the largest, nicest inventory of any we’ve been to, and was very fun to clean! The men are still working on the conference center…sawing, hammering, and doing guy-stuff. We had Bible study Tuesday night, and then a staff potluck Thanksgiving dinner Wednesday night; a [View Full Entry]

By Danielson
November 16th 2009

Tour Day: Food Pantry North America » United States » Texas » Giddings

Just a peek in one of the bread
boxes. There were probably some pastries in there someplace!

(Camp Tejas) Our tour day this week was to help at the food pantry at the Baptist Church in Giddings. We arrived about 8:30, and there were probably 50 people already in line, even though the food distributing didn’t start until 10, and the people had already been prequalified as far as who would get food. The first day they were going to pass out 300 baskets (meaning shopping carts!) and then Saturday they’d give out the rest. The food they had came from an area food bank, where it was purchased for 10c a pound. We were stationed at [View Full Entry]

By Danielson
November 11th 2009

Bugs, Dirt, Water & Bones North America » United States » Texas » Giddings

Outdoor science class:
this is a scorpion. A staff member found it on the lumber he was carrying (for the women to paint) and showed it so we would know what to be watchful of.

(Camp Tejas) Now we’re Texans, and enjoying it. Camp Tejas is about 40 miles east of Austin, outside of Giddings, which is a town of about 5,000. Tejas is Spanish for Texas, and means Friend. It runs summer camps and year round retreats. It’s really two separate camps now, an upper (the newer part), and the main camp. Last summer they had 5400 campers go through here, so you can imagine it’s a huge, active place. Last Saturday we went to Smithville for the Airing of the Quilts. It’s the first time they’ve done it, and after the response they got, [View Full Entry]

By Danielson
November 7th 2009

Leaving New Life Ranch North America » United States » Texas

Another look at the Natural Falls,
outside of Colcord, OK.

We left New Life Ranch without me even mentioning it to you, but there was a lot going on at the time. Norm & Darlene left a day early (our project ended on Tuesday, so it was one of those fast-turnovers) because they’re leaders at the next project; everyone was going to the next project except Frank & Marilynn (who are headed home) and Glenn & Joyce who are going to RVICS Village in Smithville (which is also our headquarters). As Jon & Jane were headed out, Jane tripped on something and fell, hitting their Jeep, and breaking her arm [View Full Entry]

By Danielson
October 24th 2009

Our new Bus! North America » United States » Oklahoma » Colcord

Where there's rain, there's fog;
where there's fog, there's a gorgeous photo!

(New Life Ranch) We have some exciting news; we traded motor homes! We have now have one with a slide in the living area and a second slide in the bedroom! The slide in the bedroom is what we were wanting, as that turns the bed to the side of the room, and allows the whole back wall for closet! We have found, and I have mentioned, that it’s not the amount of clothes we need, it’s the variety of seasons~~I was forever moving the warm clothes out of the totes in the basement of the bus and putting some [View Full Entry]

This is the island that you couldn't see

By Danielson
October 14th 2009

New life at New Life Ranch North America » United States » Oklahoma » Colcord

You can see the climbing wall...
not being used right then! See the hand rings? You can go from one side of the creek on the rings...well some people could probably do it, but I'm not one of them!

(New Life Ranch) We got to New Life Ranch in time for the Big Rains….again! We’re thinking about hiring ourselves out to bring rain to “we really need it” areas! We’re located in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains (which aren’t really mountains, they’re just beautiful hills!) It started raining Wednesday evening, and with it came flood warnings, the creek~~which runs right behind us and through the camp~~ flowed way out of its banks, and there was water everywhere. Everywhere that is, except the RV park! With this rocky soil it doesn&rsquo [View Full Entry]

By Danielson
October 4th 2009

Down in the Salt Mine... North America » United States » Oklahoma

Because equipment has to be disassembled,
taken down piece by piece, and then reassembled (which can take months, depending on the size), once it's no longer operational, it's discarded in one of the empty shafts. Everything down there is co... [more]

We left Shepherd’s Staff Thursday right after work, even though there were high wind warnings (and they weren’t kidding), because we had tickets to the underground salt mine in Hutchinson, which was 250 miles away. We drove slowly, and it worked out. We were going to spend the night in Salina, but when we got there we heard that the wind was going to blow throughout the night, and again Friday, so we decided we’d rather keep going, knowing what conditions we were traveling in, than to risk it the next day. Once we got to Hutchinson, we were glad [View Full Entry]

By Danielson
September 28th 2009

We've come and we've seen North America » United States » Kansas » Rexford

Our Shepherd's Staff Group....
Don & Marilyn (IA), Glenn & Joyce (leaders..PA), Don & Ethel (MN), Us.

(The Shepherd’s Staff) I’ve done a poor job of letting you know about our tours. I always get behind when I have to go someplace to use the wifi~~I get here and can’t remember what I was going to do. We are on tour for this project, and at first we thought there would be nothing to see, but then we (Bob!) looked under the surface and discovered that Colby has a museum that would rival a town three times its size. It (the museum, not the town!) covers 24 acres, and at first we allotted 1 ½ hours to [View Full Entry]

By Danielson
September 22nd 2009

Pictures, mostly! North America » United States » Kansas » Rexford

Main street during rush hour
in Rexford. Wait, maybe it's during the middle of the afternoon....it's hard to tell! The whole town is as relaxed as this picture appears!

I haven't given you a tour of Rexford's Shepherd's Staff project, so I'm going to just post pictures this time... [View Full Entry]

By Danielson
September 9th 2009

Hey Dorothy, is this Kansas? North America » United States » Kansas » Rexford

Isn't this elegant?
Even with all that's been taken apart inside, it's such a magnificent house. I am inclined to put on a long dress and play make-believe in that house! I'll try to get more shots of the rooms, even i... [more]

(The Shepherd’s Staff) Hey, Dorothy, we’re in Kansas! And it’s certainly different than any place we’ve visited so far….but haven’t I said that at every place we’ve visited so far! We only have three couples right now, as the other two have medical situations which will delay them a week or two; Glenn and Joyce are the leaders, and we originally worked with them in British Columbia, at Ness Lake; Wilmer and Marilyn worked with us last January through March, in Florida. The other two couples are new to us. Shepherd’s Staff is a ministry [View Full Entry]

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