Chapters

This is Shane and Sarah Boyd along with their 3 kids Cash, Presley, and Jovi.

In the beginning of 2022 we felt the call to become missionaries to these rapidly growing campsite communities. Since then we sold everything, bought an R/V, and prepared our family for whatever God had next. In 2023 this ministry God’s given us, called Gathering of Nomads, will travel to at least 20 campsites all over the United States. We are beginning in our home region of Northern California where we plan to spend an average of 14-21 days in each campsite we visit, and immediately begin to form relationships, inviting campers and residents into a weekly meeting made up of Food, Fellowship, and Faith. At these weekly nomadic gatherings we will identify, train, and send out those that the Holy Spirit is calling us to partner with!!! This model will be intentionally kept simple, so that anyone with a call or desire will easily be able to start a new gathering of their own.

The Schraffenberger's have been on the road for almost 3 years. We lived in the Florida Keys for a decade before we hit the road. We have 2 girls (Georgia 6 and Delta 3). We obviously enjoy traveling and we sure love Jesus! We opened a campground in Manton, Michigan and will be hosting Discipleship Training in the summers for the foreseeable future. We are parked in Michigan for the time being while we volunteer/lead worship at a local church.

Hello, we are the Bross family. Joseph, McKenzie, and our three children Versoviya, Melchizedek, Saoirse. We first felt the call to drop everything, load up in an RV and hit the road in 2019. We bought a motorhome with our tax return and were eager and ready to hit the road. Then the lockdowns came and put a halt to all of that. We found ourselves back in the grind of working full time and put the calling off. In the Spring of 2022 that call was now louder and refusing to be ignored. Late fall we went spontaneous RV looking, found the perfect one for us and by December had put a down payment on it. I’ve felt the call and the pull to church planting for many years but been unable to act upon it. This year the call and vision has become clearer. Semi-stationary RV living. Sharing the gospel around campsites, and the surrounding communities establishing home cells, Bible studies, small groups, preparing new leaders to maintain these pockets after we move on.

With a background in leading teenage Sunday school, bible studies (both in person and virtual), preaching, internet ministry and having self-published a book on spiritual warfare, and my wife’s background in motivational speaking, I am eager to see what else the Lord will use me and my family to be a blessing to others as we traverse the continental United States.  Stop by anytime for good company, for prayer, or just to have a friendly ear and shoulder.

Hey everyone! We are Thad and Kaila DeBuhr, two happy, Jesus-loving adventurers living life to the fullest wherever we are. Our full-time RV journey started this past August 2022 and there's been no stopping us since. We sensed God calling us to take a leap of faith and sell it all, hit the road, and launch an online church to reach people everywhere. But don't think for a second that it's all ministry for us - we love nothing more than exploring everywhere we go, on mountain bikes, kayaks, hiking, or cruising on our Honda Ruckus scooters! Along the way we create some pretty awesome videos to help bring the Bible to life, connecting the lessons from Scripture with the amazing places and people we encounter along the way. We are excited to meet you somewhere along the way and God willing, share some campfires and adventures together! Until then - don't hesitate to reach out and say Hi, we're so glad you're here with the rest of us Nomads!

Hi 👋 I’m Barbara, I travel fulltime with 3 of my children ages 20, 14, & 11. We went fulltime in 2017 in a 24’ travel trailer. It was initially a one year grand adventure. But God… God really placed on our hearts to keep going after that first year and here we are now in our 6th year of full time rv travel and living. We learned early on that one has to be intentional creating community and relationships on the road. You don’t see the same people every Sunday at church or at your weekly Wednesday Bible study. So I learned to host campfires, potlucks, Bible studies and more to make those intentional connections in my RVing community. Today, I am blessed to be a chapter leader in Gathering of Nomads and looking forward to connecting with many of you in our travels. I am always willing to pray with/for you, help you host a campfire or Bible study, encourage you and connect you to others in the community.

Hey y’all! We’re Ben and Erika Grimm. We started full time traveling in August 2021. We decided to sell our house while the market was hot and hit the road. We have 2 kiddos (Elliott & Rylee) & started the homeschool journey as well. Our mission is to empower families to enjoy life’s adventures & serve others for God’s kingdom. We’re so excited to get to connect with others through Bible study, potlucks, & building community. We cannot wait to see where God leads us! You can follow our adventures @grimmsideoftravel (Grimm Side of Travel) and we hope to meet you along the way!

Hey there, we are Carl and Kristian Diebold.  Along with our 2 daughters Delta and Eden, We set off from the Nashville, TN area on our nomadic journey back in October of 2021.  We enjoy grilling out and creating community with the people we meet along the way.  The best way to share Jesus is with food, meaningful conversation, and through His word. It has always come naturally for us to connect with people quickly and love to connect people to Jesus. We love sharing our story and how God has worked in our lives and hearing the same from others.  We look forward to doing what God has called us to do and hopefully get to meet you all along the way.

You can follow us @ourOOAKlife (One Of A Kind)

Hi we are the Deuter family. I am Dani I travel with my 2 children ages 16,7.

Kyle is 16 has a spiritual gift for shepherding and evangelizing. He is putting together a teen program called “Outside and Outloud”. This ministry is about gathering teens together outside while adventuring and sharing Jesus.

Anastasia is a 7 year old girl who loves people, Jesus and making friends.

Dani is a redeemed woman of God through Jesus, and has nearly 20yrs of sobriety with the help of Celebrate Recovery. She loves helping people see the love of Jesus while helping them through their struggles of everyday life.

As a family we share the redemption of Jesus while seeking adventure. We have been on the road for 4 years. We are so glad to be aligned with Gathering of Nomads to help reignite our campfire ministry for Jesus and people.

If you would like to hear our goals for this year feel free to connect with us.

We're the Meyers family: Joe, Tara, Aden, JJ and our dog, Mickey Mouse. Our corporate careers brought us all over the globe, where we experienced firsthand many impoverished communities in need. We sought out opportunities to serve while traveling, but as a family with young kids, we saw a gap in the opportunities to serve in a way that was simple, impactful and that we could do together as a family. As a result, we established World Share in 2018 to make serving simple by removing barriers and equipping people with tools and resources to use their time, talents and treasure for God’s glory. 

We've been traveling fulltime in our RV for three years sharing the hope of Jesus and hosting turnkey, family-focused opportunities to serve, across the U.S., Mexico and Caribbean. To date, we have shared hope and encouragement with 8,500 kids through the distribution of World Share Impact Kits, and with your support in 2024, we have a goal of reaching 37,000 people with Impact Kits and ongoing community outreach. 

We believe that we all have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and can live out our purpose in all that we do, all of the time.