Volunteering Gives Us Purpose As We Travel Full-Time
Wehave been back in Canada for over 6 months now. We didn’t plan to return this long, but it’s how things have played out. We aren’t sad about it. In fact, once back, we both realized quite quickly how tired we were of traveling and moving around. It’s nice to be somewhere we can stay a while and not have to worry about the ever-looming deadline on our visa.For most of our time here we have been housesitting, which, I suppose is its own type of volunteering. We don’t get paid to housesit, and we don’t pay to stay in the house. It is a free exchange. We have housesat in quite a few countries around the world now, and we always enjoy it as there are no demands on our time other than to take care of the animals and the house.But it’s meaningful volunteering where we really shine.
We enjoy helping others and we know that our hard work makes a difference in their lives. Currently, we are staying on a 6000-acre multi-generational farm in Eastern Alberta, Canada, where we have been for about a month.We initially came for 3–4 days. We were given our own house to stay in on the property and full access to the food in the garden plus a freezer full of their home-grown beef. At first, they just had a small list of chores for us to complete, but after just a couple of days, we told our friend (for the context of how this came to be, read this article) that we were happy to stay longer if they had more for us to do.
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