Volume 26, Issue 5
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God’s Wandering Children (Part 8)
his job and they took what money they had and started a long drive across country for the promise of a better job. Along the way, their transmission had to be replaced and they had a major repair bill because of the problem with the car. They put signs up in the rest area asking for help. When we saw them, the weather was very cold and they were bundled up in the car trying to stay warm. They only ran the car long enough to take the chill off when they could not take it any longer. They had a small propane heater, but they
also ran out of propane.
When we got home, we enjoyed the time spent with family and friends, but the kids had their lives and plans over the holidays so we did not get to spend the amount of time with them that we were hoping we could. We were not ex- actly set up to be com- fortable in the cold Northern Illinois climate so we were happy to leave again after the hol- idays. We had several vendors talk to us about their plans for the winter. Many of them told us about Quartzsite, AZ. It is the place to go to find inventory and that is the main reason we wanted to be there. Besides, the weather is basically mild. Quartzsite is a very unusual town. There may be others but it is the only town I know of with a population of 2400 that has two exits off the interstate, two zip codes, and two major truck stops. It has become the place to go for rock enthusiasts and RV campers wanting a place to stay for the win- ter. The population in the winter months goes from 2400 to some- where between 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 people. That’s a wide range, but there does not seem to be an accurate way to count everyone. The number of people depends on who you wish to believe. The fact is, the land is covered with RVs. Be- tween the rock shows and the seemingly countless vendors and the mild winter weather, people are drawn there. We saw many vendors go there with the idea they would be rich be- fore the winter was over. It is a shame that they did not do their home- work before they ar- rived. Many went broke and had to sell what they had dirt cheap to raise enough funds to make it home. Our trip to Quartzsite was uneventful except for one encounter with a family at a rest area. The husband had lost
We talked with them and prayed with them. We left some propane tanks and food with them. We were not carry- ing any gas and cash and gas is what they needed the most. We did leave some cash, but it was not enough to get them very far. (Psalm 56:3). “For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, ‘Fear not; I will help thee.’” (Isaiah 41:13 KJV).
By Harry and Hadassah Wilkinson September 2025 Two damaged lives, a yellow truck, an open road, and a life we never could have imagined. We have been on the road since September and now Christmas was only a couple weeks away and we were want- ing to get back home to spend the time with fam- ily. When we left, we were naïve, probably better described as dumb, about what life would be like on the road. We had guessed some of it right, but did not begin to con- sider what would affect us the most. There were several demonic attacks. Some people would brush off the situations as unimportant or a co- incidence, but we saw them as random de- monic attacks. They ranged from some people we met to strange problems with our truck (rear wheels coming loose) to very vivid dreams of a child being tortured. I did not see what was happening, but there was no misunder- standing what I was hearing. Almost all of this happened in Texas. I have no idea why it hap- pened so frequently there, but it did. When we finally left Texas and crossed into Louisiana, the frequency stopped. We still had strange situations, but not as many. There were far more good encoun- ters with friendly people than bad encounters. God was beginning to make us aware of the evil that surrounded us. (Matthew 28:20).
It is interesting that al- most all the demonic en- counters that came up did not come from the traveling vendors that many people look down on because they do not live a typical life. There was a very small number of vendors we met that were just simply not the kind of people we cared to associate with. I men- tioned before that travel- ing vendors are part of a subculture that looks out for their own. We had advice offered that would help us find the next place to sell, who to trust, who not to trust. Vendors were there to offer help whenever it was needed. Not every vendor would do that, but many were ready to help another vendor if it was needed. That was a welcome eye-opening fact that we never thought of. But..there is a flip side to that also. Do not take advantage of another vendor because they po- lice their own! Their sys- tem is effective. If someone has done some- thing bad enough in the eyes of other vendors, word is passed around that a particular person is being looked for and there is no escaping if they stay on the road be- cause there are many people watching for him/her and, sooner or later, they will be found. As we left Louisiana and headed home, we felt good about the first months we were gone. We were beginning to learn how to survive with no electricity, no heat, and no refrigeration and we were actually able to put enough money back to survive the winter. Of course, living that way, the expenses are mini- mal.
Email: harry@virtually-forever.com
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