Category: Rhonda’s Ramblings (Page 10 of 10)

I serve an awesome God!! Yes, I am in awe of Him on a pretty regular basis. This morning, however, I am praising Him that He has a plan and a purpose for each of our lives. Part of that plan and purpose is to see His children walking in wholeness. It may take time and effort to see that healing manifested but I know that God is more than able to bring us to that place where we walk out that manifestation of wholeness. I have seen it many times in my own life and I see it in the lives of many around me as well. I love seeing God being God and the sacrifice that Jesus made for us on the Cross (which includes wholeness) manifested!

As many of you know, I have been in Florida with Josh. He had become very ill several weeks ago when some chronic, undiagnosed symptoms came to the surface all at once. He was one very sick young man!! He was in and out of the ER at the local hospital twice in 72 hours. It was not a good time. That situation has gotten the doctors attention though and after two years of living in pain and a “less than quality life”, it is long overdue!!
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The days are flying by and I don’t seem to get any articles written or emails returned. I am sorry all. I am amazed at what it takes to keep this crew running with all three of us in and out all day! Not to mention the continued ‘moving in’ process or doing any projects, I am not going to get into trouble any time soon for sure!!

Matt has been so faithful to write articles and did such a grand job getting the website redone! I will start tonight and try to do a short update and then write more individual items as I can.

We are about 80% moved in and settled. I still have a lot of things stuffed in to the guest room. No one has been here for almost a month now and so it has gotten filled with the extra things that don’t go anywhere else yet. Someone NEEDS to come visit so I get it cleaned out! We have painted a couple of walls in the main part of the house but for the most part the ‘decorating phase’ has not started yet. We love our location! Our ‘backyard’, as we call it, is the 330 acre Ute Valley Park. The trail head is 1.5 blocks from the house and we go often to walk and hike. It must be where the coyotes we hear run at night. We have enjoyed the doe and her twin fawns that frequent the park as well as the birds – especially the humming birds. They are quite common there and they allow you to get up close. They will sit in a tree and just let you walk by! They are beautiful.
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Life in Colorado has been awesome so far and I have yet to find something that I don’t love so it is wonderful to share it with friends and family. I have had the privilege to have Josh here with us longer than he had planned and then to have Rose and Angie with us over the 4th of July and my birthday was a HUGE blessing!

Angie arrived on Friday with loads of Iowa lovings and hugs as only Angie could give them. She and Rose have been friends with Kristina since they were little girls. They are truly ‘lifetime friends’ for Kristina! For me they both are daughters, so it was with real delight that we welcomed her into our home.

Saturday we went up to Pike’s Peak which is an awesome experience anyway but with Josh, Kristina, and Angie it was a special experience. We enjoyed the lovely views along the way and then from the top, it is breathtaking. A once in a lifetime experience for sure! There was snow ‘up on top’ and it was a warm 32 degrees. Quite the change from the mild 80 degrees or so at the bottom. It was very interesting to see the different vegetation of the mountain and how the terrain changes. We were all surprised that flowers actually grow at the top! In the granite! It is an amazing testimony to how God created the Earth and that He thinks there should be flowers EVERYWHERE. I agree!

Rose was spending the summer at the Navigators program at Snow Mountain and made the 3 hour drive down to see us all on Monday. That was awesome! Thank you, Rose for your extra effort I know it was hard to get away but we LOVED having you here! Your challenges to us and sharing about what God was doing in and through you at Snow Mountain were exciting to hear and experience.

Angie and Kristina had made breakfast of all kinds of yummy things. They also baked a beautiful delicious carrot cake (quite a feat at this altitude!) and we had a birthday party that so humbled and blessed me. There were gifts and cards to be treasured. Lovely, edifying, heart warming sentiments written and spoken. I cannot put into words how celebrated I felt and still feel st the memory of it all.

Both Rose and Angie had to go back to their own responsibilities in their lives by Tuesday. I will treasure the time that we had talking, laughing, and loving one another that weekend for a lifetime. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of you. I am a blessed woman to be so showered with your love.