We started thinking about going full time in an RV about a year ago. The first thing we did was start looking for other families that were living this life. One of the first families that we started to follow was the Loecken family. The Loecken’s are a family of 6 (Jay, Beth,Ben,Bekah,Abi and Noah) that have been traveling full time for the past 9 months in their motorhome. This is one incredible family.
While there are many families that take a year off and travel the Loecken family have decided to make it much more than sightseeing. In July 2007 the Loecken family took a missions trip to Africa that ultimately changed their life. Based on this experience and their strong Christian values they decided to turn their RVing adventures into a mission. Therefore, they created “The ARK Tour”.
The ARK Tour stands for “Acts of Random Kindness”. Their mission is to motivate, inspire and encourage families to serve together by doing Acts of Random Kindness wherever they are. Throughout their months of travel they have volunteered in many places around the country with their 4 kids. Their service to others and love for Christ has made them a true inspiration to our family.
If you remember over Christmas we created bags for the homeless. While we had thought about doing this before it was watching the video on The ARK Tour Website that encouraged us to actually do it.
It is our hope that our travels over the next year will include many “Acts of Random Kindness” to help teach our kids the value of helping others. We also hope to follow God’s will for our lives.
Jay Loecken was kind enough to send our family some t-shirt that we can use while we travel. Thanks Jay!! Please be sure to subscribe to their blog.
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