The Oka
Monday, February 12th, 2007 by Nick Verwymeren
RTO (Reef to Outback) is going back to its roots. That means that more of our outreaches will focus on people in isolated communities in northern Australia. To get up there we needed something that could handle the terrain. There aren’t many roads so that’s why we recently purchased ‘The Oka’ (pronounced aa-ka). The April DTS will be the first school to take this beast on outreach. We can hardly wait to hear some of the stories that will come of this!
Watto, our all Australian maintenance guy, spent time fixing up the Oka and you can see him in the video below (created by Matt Thomas) talking about why RTO decided to purchase it.
Quicktime 7 or higher required:
High - (450×253 1:19 7.8MB)
Medium - (320×180 1:19 4.6MB)
Low - (160×90 1:19 2.9MB)
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Sara and I (Nick) have been married since June 2007. We volunteer with an organization called YWAM (Youth With A Mission). YWAM has close to 1000 bases around the world. One of those bases is Reef to Outback in Townsville, Australia which is where we are located. Nick currently works in the communications department and Sara works with the music ministry. We believe that we will be in Australia for a few more years to continue volunteering. Neither of us receive a salary from RTO (Reef to Outback) or YWAM for what we do. We must raise all of our own support through church, friends, family, and anyone else who is genuinely interested in helping us (if you’d like to help us please visit our ‘Donate‘ section).
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February 14th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
You’re hot. and you spelt maintenance wrong.
February 14th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
I guess that’s why they have me in communications, we seem to attract people with poor spelling abilities.
March 2nd, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Nice truck Nick ! We could use that here in the great white north with all the snow we have.