Having served seven years as a missionary in Belize, Central America, providing health, developmental, and spiritual assistance to that nation, Ervin returned to work with people in Lancaster County. He is employed at Kingsway Realty, located on Oregon Pike in Lancaster.

Ervin and his wife, Martha, live in Bird in Hand with their six children. The family enjoys traveling together and have visited over three-fourths of the United States as well as Belize, Canada, and Europe.