CATCH THE WIND
Tiny Homes, Big Possibilities More Than a Place to Live in Shelby County
T
ime seems to move quickly when you
their areas of service to their local heroes.
are in the midst of doing ministry.
That is when ministry began to move quickly.
Catching the wind sometimes happens
sooner than we might think. That is so
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true for Dr. Pippin—or Doc, as he is fondly
A Sense of Home
referred to by many who know him—and a
On October 1, 2019, ground was broken for
small group of fellow veterans serving the
the Veterans Village, a small plot of land for
Shelby County community. This group of
six tiny homes. Fast forward to October 1,
men founded Veteran’s Rural Outreach (VRO)
2020 and the first person moved into one of
and brought their vision of the Veterans
the six finished homes. When you step on
Village to Awake Ministries, whose board and
the grounds of this village, you get a sense
leadership embraced the ideas of expanding
of home. Although the roads still need to be
