There and Back Again

We are home! Wow what a trip. I am so thankful that we got to go and see our dear brethren there in Colorado. It is a LONG drive! Let me say that again... it is a L O N G drive! 20 hours! We went there to see Bro. Marc and Sis. Carolyn G. who are the mother and father of our newest niece. Bro. Marc is very afflicted. He sincerely needs your prayers, most likely he has congestive heart disease and has swelling and other problems in his legs. I can't say enough how much he needs the grace of God to suffer this. But he is a testimony of cheerfulness and what grace God can give in this kind of thing. He says he is ready to jump over that final river Jordan! And why not he asks? That is what we are all living for...to die and make it to heaven to be with God. I hope I can have such a heart in my final days. His wife, Sis. Carolyn is now so dear to my heart. We got to spend a lot of time visiting with her and she cares for her husband with such patience and love. She definitely needs our prayers for continued strength in all that she does. Daughter L, the Dad and I got to go to church in Delta and meet so many brethren. It was so humbling to be in their old time assembly and meet dear sweet sisters like Sis. Helen, Sis. Carolyn's mother. What an honor to meet her! Girls, this woman has LIVED the faith! As we spoke with her, she would get tears in her eyes as she mentioned past trials, but what a smile and what a laugh and what mercies of God she spoke of! It was an joy and honor to be invited into her home and be welcomed. I want to go to her mansion and see her in heaven one day! If she knew your grandma, (and she asked you who she was!) then she was sure she would know you! My goodness how many brethren she knew! And we got to meet Sis. Julie! How can I begin to say what a blessing and an honor it was to see her sweet face and meet her? Words will never describe what a gift that was. She was warm and gracious and tried so hard to work things out to meet us. And we got to spend the whole afternoon with her! And meet her darling little kids! HI Taylor and Blake! Did you read Skippyjon Jones and Finklehopper Frog? And then Julie took us to meet her mother. Girls, again, what a blessing to meet such a sister! You could tell by little things she said how deep the faith was in her blood and what a rock she was. Again, we were welcomed so heartily and graciously. We also got to meet another bloggie sister! Sis. JoAnn! We got to take a picture with both her and Sis. Julie after church. Then on the way home, after driving all night, we got to see Bro. Van and Sis. Nancy. They kindly welcomed us into their home at 6:00 in the morning and we got to spend time visiting with them before we drove the last 7 hours home. Again, what can I say? It was wonderful to sit and visit with such dear loved ones and hear their old time faithful testimonies. I surely want to thank God that He allowed us to travel there and back again. He watched over us and kept us once again while we travelled 2438 miles. PS sorry about the sideways picture, I guess I'm a dork and don't know how to turn it!