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Breaking “Ground”
Our first project with the van is complete! It seems like yesterday we were contemplating vanlife for the first time. Thomas actually laughed at me because the thought of us doing all this work ourselves seemed pretty laughable at first. After watching tons of videos and talking through the process a few…hundred times, I was…
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Sad State of the Flesh
Romans 8:5-8 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit…
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Bryce Canyon National Park
On our way to our Airbnb in Manti, we decided we couldn’t pass up Bryce Canyon and the internationally renowned views. I had done some research and made tentative plans to visit, but we were not sure if the timing would work out. We were so glad it did! Despite my ankle injury in The…
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The Greater Law
Romans 8:2-4 “For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned…
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Zion Canyon National Park
The next stop on our Utah adventure was Zion. This was the place I had been begging Thomas to visit for ages. After a whole debacle at our planned Airbnb I would rather not get into, we ended up staying at the Majestic View Lodge, the last stop on the Springdale Shuttle line which would…
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No Condemnation for those in Christ Jesus
Romans 8:1 “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans is considered by many to be a book of basic Christian theology. Many of the concepts have been used to understand systematic theology. Romans chapter 8, in my opinion, is the axis on which the Christian faith turns. It…
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Coral Pink Sand Dunes
Our first trip after we started thinking about vanlifing was to Utah. I had been dreaming of the amazing hiking opportunities available there and we finally went for my 30th birthday. Of course we ended up seeing campervans every five minutes it seemed. We started playing a game we called, “Vanlifer or Rental?” It was…
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Fear Brings God’s People to Him
Ezra 3:1-3 When the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem. Then arose Jeshua the son of Jozadak, with his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel with his kinsmen, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, to…
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Enter Eremos
After Nebo (the used van we checked out in Phoenix), we had to go back to the drawing board. Should we still aim for a Promaster? Should we save to pay cash at an auction? There were so many questions! We thought we should check what kind of payments we would be looking at for…
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Caiti’s Testimony
Like Thomas, I was raised in a Christian home. We were very active in church. My two brothers and I went to Sunday School, VBS, Church Camp…whatever activity was available for our age group at the time. I asked Jesus into my heart at a VBS when I was nine and my brothers and I…
The Traveling Mountains 