Leighton’s Blog

When God put it on my heart last fall to use my Jeep to help the homeless and poor, He also gave me the name for the ministry, “Mission For Hope”  From the start of this ministry my vision has been to give the homeless and poor “hope”.  To make them feel wanted and loved, not rejected. To hopefully be a blessing to the less fortunate than myself. To share the love of Christ with others. What I didn’t see come was how many people would be a blessing to me on my journey. Whether it’s people I meet for the first time in a parking lot or friends back home praying and supporting me, my hope is secure that God is faithful. “through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.” Romans 5:2 NIV   #missionforhope (Wednesday I visited Mission, BC and Hope, BC. Both are north of Vancouver, BC and only 58 miles away from each other. Funny that I saw these two towns on a map while I was planning my trip south to

Photos taken from Clinton, BC to Stawamus, BC on Tuesday. Absolutely gorgeous drive! Last photo is where I crashed Tuesday night in Stawamus Chief Provincial Park. (Crash...meaning spent the night.) May go for a hike in the morning. 

Grabbed a camp site at a campground in Clinton, BC. My site overlooks a beautiful pond which has a couple dozen charming geese. Hopefully the geese will drown out the 18 wheelers going by every 2 minutes 200 yrds away. :) Upsides are a picnic table  & showers. Tuesday I’m going to head south to Vancouver, BC through the mountains. I’m a head of schedule again so I could spend a night in the mountains. Outreach in Vancouver Thursday after I hit Walmart in the morning to get some baked goods, water & fruit to give out. missionforhope #cantstopdriving #jeeps #jeepers #givingback #helpingthehomeless 

Sunday around 5PM on Rt16 in Kitimat-Stikine, BC I hit the 10,000 mile mark on my trip. Been on the road 51 days with 149 to go. Will probably do another 10,000 miles by the time I get home in December. For the rest of the trip I have homeless outreach events scheduled in major cities every Saturday and the cities are pretty close together.  So I will have some time for off road detours between each cities. Next detour will be Olympic National Park in Washington for a few days next week.  I’m making my way towards Vancouver, BC and hope to do some outreach there.  Check in time for Seattle is 3PM on Friday. Kind of looking forward to a few comforts of a hotel after living in my Jeep two weeks.  Thank you for all your encouragement, support and prayers. Couldn’t do this without all of you! (Oh… The second shot was taken where I boondocked it last night on Drywilliam Lake. ) #missionforhope 

Couldn’t find a church service Sunday morning. Both churches closed. So I had my own service complete with worship, communion, reading of scripture & prayer. My worship this morning was about praising the Lord for being with me every mile and praising everybody who has been encouraging me, supporting me and praying for me. Thank you!  I couldn’t do this mission trip without all of you! #sothankful

Just a few images taken in Stewart, BC & Hyder, AK. Cute little towns but both churches are no longer open. Second image is US border in Hyder coming from Stewart. Tight security. When you go to the glaciers you have to through Canada from Hyder and no customs officers there either.  Last image is where I boondocked Friday night.

Got some toy Jeeps for future Jeepers I meet along the way.  #missionforhope #jeeps #jeepers #givingback #helpingthehomeless